Williams or Brown ED

aquaphiliac
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:38:54 +0000

well brown and williams are going to be a reach for the vast majority of applicants so saying it’s a “reach” or not isn’t all that helpful. I too am a year round swimmer, but I swim on a US club team and not high school. Did you by any chance go on a recruiting trip to williams recently for swimming? Back to the schools… the williams ED deadline is actually nov 10th, so you have a little bit of time. You’re academic stats are probably in the low midrange of what is accepted at williams, so you would need to sell yourself on your committment and passion for swimming and your passion for biology and research. You said your essay is only “good to very good”… you should work on that a little to make it “great” or “excellent.” That could end up being a large factor. The williams supplement essay is an interesting one; spend a lot of time in the next week on it and see if you can’t make it thought provoking and interesting. That will be a hook for the admissions office. Sorry I don’t know much about Brown, but I’m also applying to Williams (not ED though) so I can definitely help you out there. Which reminds me, don’t apply ED if you’re not absolutely certain about one. It doesn’t sound like you’re at that level of commitment yet if you’re asking which one you should apply to. It would be different if the OP read “Applying ED to williams… what are my chances?” or a similar line for brown.

As a side note, how good are you at swimming?