Transfer Advice

Colleges & Universities Williams College
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<p>I’m dying to go to Williams, like many of you, but missed the app. deadline. I know that transferring to Williams is difficult, but what are my chances? I’m a concert organist and have won many national awards (Presidential Scholar in the Arts, NFAA national arts finalist, etc.) I have a 4.0 in high school, but my high school was not terribly challenging, although i took the most difficult classes. This summer I will be doing a Classical Greek intensive at CUNY grad. center, 2 years of college-level Greek in 10 weeks. I have already taken the equivalent of first two years of college music theory. 1380 old SAT. In other words, how much does williams weight ec activities like mine? I will be a freshman at Whitman College next year and would then like to transfer. I would eventually like to pursue a career in neuroscience, so biochem at Williams is attractive. How much weight do they give to students with 2 year degrees, which I wouldn’t have? </p>

<p>Any advice is appreciated!!</p>

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<p>In general, the news for prospective transfers at Williams is not good. See “Information for Transfer Applicants” at <a href=“https://www.williams.edu/admission/apply_transfer.php[/url]”>https://www.williams.edu/admission/apply_transfer.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Acceptance rates for transfer applicants run around 10%. Preference is given to “graduates of terminal two year institutions”. Only a handful of transfers are accepted and enrolled (3 or 4 in recent years). </p>

<p>So transfer students are rare at Williams. If I recall correctly, they tended to come from other local colleges, like Berkshire Community College (in Pittsfield) or Mass College of Liberal Arts (in North Adams). Although I don’t have any data to support this, it wouldn’t surprise me if the transfer program at Williams exists primarily for community relations purposes.</p>