<p>We attended the Dean’s Reception in San Francisco last weekend for accepted students. Madeleine Rhyneer announced that as of that week, 7,901 applications had been received. Average GPA of accepted students was 3.75.</p>
<p>Willamette has been assertively marketing itself. My child received the Student Leader’s Application in the mail last fall. Several HS peers also applied, who otherwise would not have, as the application was simplified and a quick response was promised. </p>
<p>My second child, a HS junior, has already received e-mails and mail from Willamette. From what we can tell, they got the contact info from a search done on college board. </p>
<p>Our HS guidance counselors are advising kids to apply to 9-12 schools this year. I think kids were looking for additional schools to meet that suggestion, and schools like Willamette (and there are many, we’re getting stuff from dozens of schools) that provided a quick and painless application process, were added to get to that 9-12 quota.</p>