Williams ED Bloodbath?

[Anonymous]

Hearing stories of very few admitted ED1, many (unexpectedly) rejected outright and few deferrals.

Any personal insight?

What does this say about larger early decision trends?

[Anonymous]

Huh?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hearing stories of very few admitted ED1, many (unexpectedly) rejected outright and few deferrals.

Any personal insight?

What does this say about larger early decision trends?

What is an "(unexpectedly) rejected outright" decision? How is that possible in these times?

Legacy may be a light thumb on the scale for qualified applicants, but will not necessarily work for students who are in the lower range or below of admit stats.

[Anonymous]

According to college confidential, Williams is expecting to accept less than four percent of applicants this year so apps most be up. This is based on what William’s said in the ED decision letter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing stories of very few admitted ED1, many (unexpectedly) rejected outright and few deferrals.

Any personal insight?

What does this say about larger early decision trends?

What is an "(unexpectedly) rejected outright" decision? How is that possible in these times?

Legacy may be a light thumb on the scale for qualified applicants, but will not necessarily work for students who are in the lower range or below of admit stats.

+1 they already had a sub 10% acceptance rate. No rejection should be "unexpected". Unless you were a recruited athlete and the coach said you were in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing stories of very few admitted ED1, many (unexpectedly) rejected outright and few deferrals.

Any personal insight?

What does this say about larger early decision trends?

What is an "(unexpectedly) rejected outright" decision? How is that possible in these times?

Legacy may be a light thumb on the scale for qualified applicants, but will not necessarily work for students who are in the lower range or below of admit stats.

The pp didn’t mention legacy. My guess is the applicants had high stats and therefore expected, worse cases to be deferred based on prior applicant experience at their high school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hearing stories of very few admitted ED1, many (unexpectedly) rejected outright and few deferrals.

Any personal insight?

What does this say about larger early decision trends?

What is an "(unexpectedly) rejected outright" decision? How is that possible in these times?

Legacy may be a light thumb on the scale for qualified applicants, but will not necessarily work for students who are in the lower range or below of admit stats.

The pp didn’t mention legacy. My guess is the applicants had high stats and therefore expected, worse cases to be deferred based on prior applicant experience at their high school.

Yes. Based on our private, hearing this.

[Anonymous]

Good grief people. Move on.

There are kids who could have reasonably hoped for a deferral (their stats are very high if not perfect, kids with similar stats from their school were admitted last year, etc).

[Anonymous]

My DD is in!

[Anonymous]

It is a single digit admit rate. If you aren't hooked, don't waste your ED there. This isn't complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh?

This is what is confusing to me. These schools only accept 1300 or so kids total at 8% acceptance rate. If you know 10 kids applying, chances are they will NOT be accepted.

Also, the students are self-selecting, as the same types of kids would be applying - so similar stats, background, etc (meaning a lot of rural kids in Texas are not )

They can only accept a set number of kids... So admission probably seems random and is pretty much a toss-up. (but if it makes us feel better, we can blame it on diversity and URM or first gen being "let" in )

[Anonymous]

Bloodbath? Wow. Take it easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huh?

This is what is confusing to me. These schools only accept 1300 or so kids total at 8% acceptance rate. If you know 10 kids applying, chances are they will NOT be accepted.

Also, the students are self-selecting, as the same types of kids would be applying - so similar stats, background, etc (meaning a lot of rural kids in Texas are not )

They can only accept a set number of kids... So admission probably seems random and is pretty much a toss-up. (but if it makes us feel better, we can blame it on diversity and URM or first gen being "let" in )

You know they will!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bloodbath? Wow. Take it easy.

Exactly. There is actual violence in the world. I would edit your title. Rich, well connected people not getting into their perfect small LAC is NOT on the same level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bloodbath? Wow. Take it easy.

Exactly. There is actual violence in the world. I would edit your title. Rich, well connected people not getting into their perfect small LAC is NOT on the same level.

I agree. The title is incredibly inappropriate.