W&M Target or Reach?

[Anonymous]

Congrats to your daughter! Thank you for coming back and updating!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update: DD was admitted for Fall 2025 and accepted last week!!! She’s so excited. Thought others considering W&M TO would appreciate the news. We hoped the other parts of her application would outweigh her lack of scores and they did. Whew!

Thank you for coming back and updating with your daughter's great news. Congratulations to your daughter. I hope she has a wonderful four years at W&M.

[Anonymous]

Congratulations! Great news!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update: DD was admitted for Fall 2025 and accepted last week!!! She’s so excited. Thought others considering W&M TO would appreciate the news. We hoped the other parts of her application would outweigh her lack of scores and they did. Whew!

Congratulations 🎉. Thank you for coming back with the update. I was one of the posters upthread that thought your daughter had a good chance and I was wondering how it turned out.

[Anonymous]

Reach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reach.

Yes, but she reached it.

[Anonymous]

I love a happy ending! Good luck to your daughter. She seems like a great fit for W&M!

[Anonymous]

Congrats!

[Anonymous]

OP here and thanks so much for sharing our excitement! I wanted to share a takeaway we learned that might help others.

Demonstrated interest really matters. DD toured in the summer, visited again in the fall for a senior interview, met her regional rep when he came to her school, and asked questions. She followed up by email thanking him and asked a couple questions specific to her arts supplement. She also did both optional essays. She didn’t ED for financial reasons, but she still applied RD on November 1.

We saw her regional rep at Admitted Students Day last weekend and thanked him in person. He remembered her from his visit to her school, the questions she asked, and their follow up email exchange. He said it was clear she belonged at W&M. I really think this personal connection helped her stand out in a sea of highly qualified applicants.

Good luck to everyone!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here and thanks so much for sharing our excitement! I wanted to share a takeaway we learned that might help others.

Demonstrated interest really matters. DD toured in the summer, visited again in the fall for a senior interview, met her regional rep when he came to her school, and asked questions. She followed up by email thanking him and asked a couple questions specific to her arts supplement. She also did both optional essays. She didn’t ED for financial reasons, but she still applied RD on November 1.

We saw her regional rep at Admitted Students Day last weekend and thanked him in person. He remembered her from his visit to her school, the questions she asked, and their follow up email exchange. He said it was clear she belonged at W&M. I really think this personal connection helped her stand out in a sea of highly qualified applicants.

Good luck to everyone!

This is a great reminder for everyone applying to schools that track interest. Even for those that don’t, making a personal connection to the rep reading your application is smart.

[Anonymous]

Congrats to your DD! My DD is a proud WM alum who loved her 4 years there. Her brother went to a highly-ranked private college, and the academic experience at WM compared favorably to his experience.

[Anonymous]

The gap between William & Mary and UVA when it comes to admissions seems to grow larger every year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The gap between William & Mary and UVA when it comes to admissions seems to grow larger every year.

Based on what? My kid got into both and is leaning W&M.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The gap between William & Mary and UVA when it comes to admissions seems to grow larger every year.

Based on what? My kid got into both and is leaning W&M.

And stats of admitted students are nearly identical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The gap between William & Mary and UVA when it comes to admissions seems to grow larger every year.

Based on what? My kid got into both and is leaning W&M.

OP here. I think PP is saying my daughter wouldn’t have gotten into UVA (which was not on her list BTW) and that W&M has really relaxed its standards by letting her in.