Quantifying holistic admission (at Williams)

Yurtle
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:11:00 +0000

Depends- probably for the average applicant. I never applied to Williams, but I’d venture to say my essays are awesome (Otherwise UChicago would’ve outright rejected me, instead of deferring me) and I’d like to think I can be decently personable in an interview…and my biggest EC is quirky to say the least. So like I said, that’s where holistic might come in- they’re lopsided, or don’t quite hit up to par, and so they run through everything else.

They might’ve seen my file and been like “wot, no D’s in Honors Chem!!111” or they might not have. Who knows? That’s where the rest of the file comes in.

…Keil, did you not read “The Gate Keepers” btw? Because it basically talks all about the 1-9 scale of Wesleyan and how they grade applicants 'holistically"