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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Williams is tiny and half the kids there are legacies. [/quote]

Didn't help my kid, with straight A's in HS and a 4.53 wGPA, a 35 ACT, and good EC's.  Second kid who didn't get in to Williams, notwithstanding legacy status.  Both kids were easily qualified to get in.  I get that there are tons of super qualified kids who are rejected every year, but its really left a sour taste in my mouth.  Gonna be a while before I think fondly of Williams again.  I'll remember the good education and experience I had there, and I value the friends I made there, but I'm pretty mad at the College right now.[/quote]

I'm also a Williams alum and I understand your disappointment.  I do need to ask, though, whether you and your kids were aware that legacy status will really only be considered in the early round?  [/quote]

I was wondering this too. Because all the schools I know that give legacy preference, it only helps if you apply ED.[/quote]

Disappointed Williams alum here from upthread:  I've been told this in the past, and the legacy kids I know that have gotten in to Williams and other similar schools generally have applied ED.  But my kid wasn't ready to commit to Williams at that point, so ED wasn't a good option for him. And to be clear, I knew that he wasn't entitled to anything, and that getting in was never a sure thing.  The College has its own admissions priorities, and my smallish (but until now incredibly consistent donations) were not going to move the needle.  But the College has made a statement to me that I'm not terribly important to it, and that approach will likely go both ways in the future. Its disappointing, because one of the great things about Williams is the community it fosters, both while in school and throughout life.  (Its always been amazing to me to see how many Williams widows (who never went to Williams) come to the 50th reunions).  And while I'm not in the least bit upset at my Williams community, my relationship with the College itself has been damaged.[/quote]

They could fill their entire class with legacy applicants. Do you think that is the way these schools should all go? If not, then someone has to be the legacy applicant who doesn't get in. And...even if they filled the entire class with legacy applicants, there would still be legacy applicants who don't get in. Kind of a no-win, no?[/quote]

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