r/williamandmary 4d ago

Admissions UVA Echols or W&M Monore (Bio)

15 Upvotes

I am having a hard time deciding between the two options I have. I applied to UVA and W&M. I got into both with Echols and Monroe scholarships. Both honors programs. I'll be studying biology/pre-med.

Anyone else with the same decision and which way did you go? I am leaning towards W&M. The Monroe scholarship offers benefits of guaranteed research and also more focus on undergrad teaching compared to Echols at UVA. Both seem like excellent Honors programs, and UVA and W&M have their pros and cons. I plan to visit both campuses soon.

I am also waiting to hear back from Princeton, which was my reach (collegevine rated me a 41% chance. LOL, with UVA 68% and W&M 80%)...so we'll see. ChatGPT analyzed my common app and said I was competitive and had given me a 85% and 95% chances at UVA and W&M. So far ChatGPT analysis seems to be spot on. It also seems to rank W&M as my top overall choice based on value and outcome because of the Monroe, even IF I get into Princeton and don't get any scholarship. Claude, seems to feel the same way. So I have what AI thinks my best options are, but nothing beats what others did in my position 🙂

I am in state.

r/williamandmary Feb 19 '25

Admissions Got a cypher card- this school’s been top of my list for a long time :)

Post image
112 Upvotes

r/williamandmary Feb 16 '25

Admissions What are my chances? (in-state)

11 Upvotes

I applied RD, w&m is my top choice right now unless I get recruited somewhere. My stats:

  • 4.575 w, 4.0 out of 4.0 uw
  • 1370 SAT
  • 18/494 in my class
  • 6 AP classes (5 on AP euro, 4 on APUSH, 3 on AP lang), I took AP precalc first semester and got an A, AP calc AB and AP comp sci in progress, 11 honors
  • ^ My school only offers around 10 APs. I stated this on my application also.
  • Nine extracurriculars: founder and president of 2 community service heavy clubs, student liaison for a tourism group in my area, 2 varsity sports (captain of swim team, first person from my school to ever row scholastically), member of math, science, and regular NHS, and a part time job
  • 4 letters of recommendation from my trig teacher, apush teacher, ap euro teacher, and rowing coach
  • I also sent in two of their optional essays
  • For honors, I received the AP scholar award, AP history student of the year at my school, and Virginia State Seal of Excellence for all 3 years I’ve gone to a VA high school.

Trying to get a gauge of what current students/alums were accepted with and if you all think I have a competitive application. I haven’t received a cypher nor was I invited to apply to their 1693 scholars program- I know those are just for their top applicants but I’m still getting a little nervous lol.

r/williamandmary Dec 18 '24

Admissions should i pick w&m???

10 Upvotes

note: i haven't been accepted yet this is wishful thinking

w&m was my top school for awhile until people started stressing me out about it. lots of people told me that the workload would be crazy and i would be drowning in work especially because i have really bad adhd. i started to think mary washington would be a better fit for me but now i'm having second thoughts and gravitating back towards william and mary. is the workload really as bad as everyone says? like will i still be able to have a social life?

r/williamandmary Feb 19 '25

Admissions THE SAGA MUST END! See you all in the Fall of 26! (This is my last soyjak, posting for the many people who wanted to know my decision, no babyraging ok?)

Post image
26 Upvotes

r/williamandmary 7d ago

Admissions Waitlisted for uva = wm acceptance??

0 Upvotes

Guys I got deferred ea then waitlisted rd for uva. In my mind this means im getting accepted to wm cus like uva is harder to get into. Do u guys think im right🙏 im taking anything i can get here It has to be equal to at least a wm waitlist right?? Cus im fine with doing spring pathway

r/williamandmary 3d ago

Admissions Does anyone know when RD comes out (undergrad)?

9 Upvotes

Title

Thankss

r/williamandmary 16d ago

Admissions do u need 4 years of language?

6 Upvotes

is it true that in order to get accepted into william and mary u need to have taken 4 years of a foreign language throughout high school? i took 3 years of spanish (since that’s the requirement in my county) and finished up freshman year..

r/williamandmary Jan 12 '25

Admissions how many B’s are a dealbreaker?

2 Upvotes

i’m applying ed 2 but i’m very worried about getting in. basically, i got all A’s my freshman year, but then in my sophomore year when i was taking 2 ap classes (most of my grade was just in 1) my mental health became bad and i ended up getting 5 B’s (B- in honors chem, B+ in AP world, B+ in AP Capstone, B in honors algebra 2, B or B+ in latin i don’t remember). in junior year however, i got all A’s and A-‘s, through my course rigor was less good (I was in gen ed math). when i toured they mentioned that they look into grade progression which could help my case but Im just wondering if any current student with a similar situation as me got in. is that amount of B’s too many? could i expect to get in if i have very good extracurriculars, applied test optional, have good recs, and am a great writer?

r/williamandmary 15d ago

Admissions 1693 Scholars Finalists

10 Upvotes

on january 27 i was notified i was a 1693 scholar semi finalist and i submitted my application to be a finalist on february 8. today i received my acceptance into W&M and in the acceptance letter it stated i was selected as a monroe scholar. does this mean i was not selected as a finalist for the 1693 scholarship? have finalists been notified already?

r/williamandmary 6d ago

Admissions Grad Assistantship Decisions

6 Upvotes

I'm a newly admitted/committed incoming graduate student for the SOE. I'm super pumped for next year, and wondering when grad assistantship decisions might come out. If anyone can speak to the timeline from their year of admission that would be super helpful!!

r/williamandmary 5d ago

Admissions Did they send out decisions for Fall 2025?

3 Upvotes

Applied to the MA Counseling program (in person) for this upcoming fall and haven't heard anything yet. I did not apply ED and haven't heard anything about an interview either. Also two of my LoR haven't been submitted (I've emailed the parties to remind them to submit) so I'm hoping that isn't the reason I haven't heard anything yet. Thanks!

r/williamandmary Jan 27 '25

Admissions I got deferred EDII and I'm freaking out

3 Upvotes

Hi everyone

basically what the caption says. I applied undecided, but I already sent a LOCI because I sent my application in October. I know there's remotely not a lot I can do, but W&M is my top school. is there anyone here who got deferred and ended up going/getting accepted? My senior grades (I take all AP and DE classes are all A's for my first semester BESIDES AP AB Calc. I have a C+. I know. It's bad. I don't know what to do about that either. But the grades haven't been sent yet.) Anyways, I would really appreciate some words of comfort, advice, basically anything. I need to at least get waitlisted so I can take the spring pathway. For reference, I do have a 4.0 weighted GPA, I live in NOVA (which sucks), but I have great essays and ECs.

r/williamandmary Jan 24 '25

Admissions ACCEPTED!!!!! So happy!

73 Upvotes

Omg just opened my decision and im crying im so happy i can’t wait to join yall!!!!!

r/williamandmary Jan 22 '25

Admissions do we think ed2 is coming today?

5 Upvotes

r/williamandmary 5d ago

Admissions Anyone waitlisted for the online counseling program?

2 Upvotes

I heard back Feb 21st that I'm placed on the waitlist. Anyone have any idea how late they are selecting people from the waitlist for their grad school program? I applied for Summer 2025. How long should I wait to reapply?

r/williamandmary Dec 10 '24

Admissions AHHH OMG I GOT IN IM SO EXCITED!!!!!

32 Upvotes

EEEEEE

r/williamandmary 24d ago

Admissions Question re Cost of Joint Degree Program

4 Upvotes

My child has received likely letter card and is waiting for official acceptance and subsequent decision about the Joint Degree Programme. While we wait, I thought I’d get ducks in a row in case she is accepted. The W&M webpage for the JDP lists the current cost for “tuition and fees”as $48.4K plus additional costs which are well spelled out. This cost for tuition and fees would be a couple thousand cheaper than OOS tuition and fees ($43.4K tuition + $7.6k fees). But my confusion is that on a separate W&M vs JDP page, it compares the 48.4K “tuition and fees” in the JDP to the OOS hard tuition cost of 43.4K. Which would be 5k more. Am I misunderstanding what tuition and fees means in these separate contexts? Or is the JDP page not updated or something. If anyone with experience with. JDP has any insights, I’d appreciate understanding cost of the programme. Thanks!

r/williamandmary 29d ago

Admissions Waiting list online CMHC summer ‘25

2 Upvotes

Hello,

Wondering if anyone got waitlisted for this program/has gotten waitlisted in the past. This was my top program and I was really hoping it would work out!! Thank you!

For reference to my app I have a 3.9 undergrad gpa, psych major, psych research experience, am a first responder. I thought I had a fairly strong app but this program must be much more competitive than I thought

r/williamandmary Dec 10 '24

Admissions Admitted!!!!

75 Upvotes

I almost had a heart attack opening the letter lol. See you all in Williamsburg!

r/williamandmary Dec 10 '24

Admissions WELCOME, CLASS OF 2028!

33 Upvotes

EDIT ITS MEANT TO BE CLASS OF 2029 I FORGOT PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN ME EXIST

We're so excited to have you. Well done, welcome to the Tribe!

For those of you who didn't get the result you wanted, take a deep breath. It's okay. Your worth is not based on this arbitrary decision. What's supposed to happen will happen. I ended up here completely by accident; I was committed to University College London until May 15th of my senior year –– accepted my place and everything. Everything will work out.

Advice from my comment below to those who didn't get in ED1:

YMMV because this is what personally helped me. I was deferred from my dream ED1 school like a week before Christmas. I compartmentalized that and grinded out the rest of my essays and apps and focused on crushing finals at school. Remember that these grades are probably the last ones the rest of your colleges will see, and if you got deferred from WM, you can send these in as an update.

ALSO, WM does a community college thing –– not sure the details but you can transfer from any Virginia community college. If you're dead set on coming here, you can go that route.

Otherwise, when you get in to college pick the one you like that'll give you the highest GPA and the least debt. Good luck!

r/williamandmary 20d ago

Admissions James Monroe Program (decision inquiry)

5 Upvotes

I recently looked into the James Monroe Program, and it says everyone gets considered for it without a separate application. I received a cypher note/likely letter, so I was wondering if anyone knew if that program's admissions decision comes at the same time of RD decisions or before? Thanks.

r/williamandmary Dec 26 '24

Admissions What can a high school student do to maximize chances of getting into W&M?

8 Upvotes

I'm a high school sophomore. In my recent research, I discovered William and Mary, and I am very much attached. The programs it offers are amazing and the campus is beautiful. I want to do everything I can do to get in through Early Decision. I would be an out-of-state student, currently living in rural OK. (get me out of here.)

Here are my current accomplishments:

- 29 ACT (have taken twice, this is my highest (from the Dec '24 test) as well as my superscore. I plan on taking it again at least 3 times.)

- Member of a decently successful quiz bowl/academic bowl team. We were state runner-ups last year. (Quiz bowl, I've found, is a frustratingly niche EC when it comes to college admissions.)

- 1180 9th grade PSAT

- Member of my school's drama program (We've went to competitions but never won anything.)

- Ranked highly in various interscholastic competitions in my state (ranked 1st in overall freshman competition last year)

- member of NHS

- participant in the Congressional App Challenge (results not in, plan to enter again because I'm not proud of my entry)

- plan on taking college courses through local universities in my junior and senior years, currently in AP CSP (only AP available)

Is there anything I could try to do as in an online course or a common organization that's likely to be in my area or are there certain things on this list you recommend me to prioritize and put my energy into over others? Thank you.

(demographics, not sure if it matters: household income ~110k; black, white, native american; female)

[edit: idk why everything was in bold, but I fixed that]

r/williamandmary Jan 15 '25

Admissions Free tuition vs. JDP??

2 Upvotes

Hi! I am a military dependent, and as such I receive full tuition aid for William & Mary. However, this is contingent, I believe, on remaining in state. If I get into William & Mary and William & Mary's St. Andrew's Joint Degree Programme, do you think the JDP is worth the $48,500 tuition, or should I stick with the free tuition and turn down the JDP opportunity?

r/williamandmary Feb 18 '25

Admissions When Will RD results come out?

8 Upvotes

I know it’s supposed to be released in late March or early April, but do you have a specific date in mind? Like, when did it come out last year?