Williams admitted 1,253 out of 8,593 for the Class of 2021. For the Class of 2022, Williams admitted 1,163 out of 9,559, so about 1k increase in applicants. One of the suspects, I’m sure, has to do with the ever decreasing selectivity rate among top national colleges. For the Class of 2022, there were 14 top colleges with single-digit selectivity rate that forced many students to apply to more colleges to increase their chances (fact or not) as well as to cast a wider net across both national (and international) and LAC colleges.