Waitlist Update — The Process Continues Slowly but Surely
We Admit It! We wish the waitlist was a fast-moving process. Unfortunately that is not the case. It’s definitely a step-by-step, day-by-day process. As many of you know, we activated the waitlist on May 3 with the intention of making a few select additional offers of admission. Over the course of several days, we made phone calls to the first wave of admits who the Committee saw as the most competitive students remaining on the waitlist. Many of those students accepted our offer (because the Tribe is awesome of course, at least in our humble and biased opinion). Others needed some time to make a decision. Others, very understandably, had moved on and gotten excited about another institution.
So every day we count new deposits, follow-up with those who have been made an offer off of the waitlist but haven’t responded, determine whether or not anyone who initially committed to W&M is withdrawing their deposit and assess whether or not we need to make additional admission offers. As we make additional offers we do so on a case-by-case basis; not so much in waves but one offer here, another offer there. So just because you haven’t heard anything doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t.
We do ask that if you are no longer interested in remaining on our waitlist, please email us at admission@wm.edu and ask that we withdraw your application from consideration. This helps us to avoid considering any student who no longer remains interested, and therefore makes the process more efficient. And remember, all students remaining on the waitlist will hear from us via email with a status update in mid-June.
Wendy Livingston ’03, M.Ed. ‘09
Associate Dean of Admission
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Hi Ms. Livingston,
At this point, does it appear W&M will use the transfer waitlist?
Thank you
@Will, we’re in the process of determining that right now. The deadline was just 2 days ago so we’re still receiving some deposits and waiting to hear from those who received extensions. Hopefully more info to come next week.
i have a feeling i might not get off the waiting list so i have a question about transferring. if i transfer after 2 semesters to William and Mary, am i likely to be accepted because I was waitlisted this year? and do you recommend taking the ACT/SAT again if you are a freshman transfer?
Thank you
@nancy, being waitlisted for this year means you were a competitive applicant so as far as reviewing your high school info, you’ll do well. Plus we appreciate a student’s contined interest. We will of course critically review your college transcript. If you falter there that could of course work against you. There is no need to retake the SAT or ACT. That’s not a huge part o our transfer process.
Is there any hope of there being a second batch of calls going out to wait listed students?
@Chris, that’s hard to answer because the class is always in flux. Nothing is off the table as of right now but as we’ve said throughout this process, while we have space available, it has been limited in scope so far.
Are there any statistics available on the size of the current waitlist and/or number of students already accepted off of the waitlist? Is it safe to assume that, at most, only 10% of those on the waitlist stand a chance of being offered admission?
@Spencer Waters, as we’ve mentioned the numbers for the class are always in flux so therefore too is the number who could be admitted from the waitlist. As we’ve also said, we’re going to the waitlist for a select few students. It’s certainly more than a handful but mot gobs and gobs. Originally, about 1200 plus people asked to remain on the waitlist however some may withdraw or lose interest. So sorry this isn’t more specific but again, the numbers are changing daily.
Should I send my final transcript?
@Katie, are you on the freshman waitlist or transfer waitlist? For transfers, you absolutely should. Most freshmen don’t have a final transcript until late June so we don’t expect that as much.
just got an email the class of 2017 spaces are filled , well that’s a huge disappointment
@Nancy, we will post a full update about the email you refer to in a new blog post tomorrow. Unfortunately this was not a year in which the waitlist could be used to a great extent, We understand that for many this is a disappointment and for that we are sorry.