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Anonymous wrote:Spring admit no big deal. Take that option. Great school!

My DC was turned off by it because when you tour the school, almost every person who is asked about their favorite memories or traditions at W&M named things that happen in Fall of freshman year. It was really off-putting. Ultimately got off the WL, but chose to go elsewhere.

May I ask when your child got off the waitlist? Month? Year? The waitlist has sooooo many kids on it.

Please provide a link where the waitlist numbers are posted.

The waitlist numbers can be found in the Common Data Set. However, should you accept the Waitlist and do the pathways for spring admission, your kis will show under the 'D: Transfer Admission' section and not in the 'B: First-Time First-Year Admission' section of the Common Data.

Now the difference between a normal fall transfer and the WL spring transfer is that those spring kids are guaranteed spring admission if they meet the course & gpa requirements. While fall transfer will additionally depend on space available. I trust they have a pretty good idea of the number of kids taking the spring pathway route and the level of success which lead to a certain number of WL spring admission kids. Just like they know to estimate the numbers needed to fill all fall seats.

Anonymous wrote:I have two colleagues with kids who did the spring admit this year at W&M. My DD was an ED admit and started in the fall; the other two girls spent the fall in London and had a lot more fun! They met several other spring admit kids so they had friends going into this semester.

It's a bit of an adjustment in the spring for sure but they are also coming in at a time when the initial fall freshman friend groups are getting a little stale and kids are looking to branch out from their dorm friends (or at least my kid is!) and are excited to meet new people. I think it's a great program. Much better than leaving kids on the WL for months in limbo!