Same for D25- while I was waiting for her to check the portal checked the USPS informed delivery (I did not even know that was a thing) and saw a “pre-shipment, USPS Awaiting Item” notice. Went to go ask her to check and was greeted by a screech as she read the email she got in (award notice came straight to her email).
But just as you said, I’m sure so many others had the GPA, academic rigor, SAT score, EC’s, she just feels very lucky.
Congrats! Comp sci and econ departments are amazing.
D25 accepted! (no package info so I thought it was a reject).
S25 waitlisted.
i got in!!! and also to colby, cmc, amherst, and bowdoin as well which im SHOCKEDDD 
GO EPHSSS 
D25 was just accepted. Also ucla film program. So two very different options.
Congratulations! If your D is planning to attend the admitted students days, she might want to reach out to admissions to see if they can connect her with professors and students in her areas of interest. Williams has so much going on in the arts and Images, the independent movie theater in the middle of town, is about to undergo an expansion.
Thanks! It definitely is my first choice
wow! which school will you choose? (and why)
Here is the article from the Williams Record, 8.5% acceptance rate
College admits 8.5 percent of applicants to Class of 2029 – The Williams Record
prolly williams!! haha they gave me the best aidd :DD and great econ! not completely set until ivy day/duke/northwestern come out, but for now it’s probably williamstown :))
Nice! congratulations - hopefully you’ll bag some of those T20s as well!
Agreed, you have amazing options and there is a high correlation with a Williams acceptance and Ivy Plus schools!
Looks like the frosh fall orientation program is going through some replanning, see article from the Record on difficulty recruiting student leaders:
EphVentures contend with declining interest from student leaders, funding cuts – The Williams Record
Interesting article from the Record on the acceptance box welcome gifts:
Congrats, you’re an Eph! Inside accepted students’ welcome boxes – The Williams Record
Recent opinion piece from the Record urging Williams to require testing as Harvard and Dartmouth have done, would be interesting to hear from new admits if they chose test optional vs submitting scores?
It’s time to end test-optional admissions. The scores are important. – The Williams Record
“ as applicants’ writing skills are already (supposedly) on display in their Common App. personal statements.”
If there is anything we can be certain of is that this is not the case. (Which is why Duke said it would only look at essays for context going forward).
Still having a kid who is a natural writer and storyteller and one who is most definitely NOT I think testing is much more equitable. I agree that colleges are able to apply context (I my case, two kids from the same school and background) to scores and determine whether a student is sufficiently prepared for the academic work required.
Agreed, also, regarding the College Board’s “Landscape” tool that provides composite data that compares and applicant to their zipcode, has anyone else heard of this? It seems that students should be able to see the data for their zipcode as well, it seems unfair for this type of tool to be used by Colleges without students understanding how their scores are compared by the College Board.
I have heard of Landscape. I don’t think the information is public. I could be wrong but I am under the impression it’s a paid that universities may subscribe to.
I’ve heard the Landscape tool discussed on the Your College Bound Kid podcast. I think it’s much more than an interpretation of test scores, rather a way to contextualize an applicant by the community they live in on a lot of data points. To me it seems more complex than just a score interpretation and I don’t think it’s unfair for colleges to use it.
Most high schools publish a “school profile” that they provide to colleges, it has information like how GPA is calculated, distribution of GPA, and mean test scores. This document is usually publicly available (try googling your school’s name + school profile) and you can see how a student compares to others in their school.