A Personal Argument for William & Mary
April 11, 2014
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We Admit It! We love it when a plan comes together. With Dean Livingston out on maternity leave while our admitted students look for guidance to help them make their decision about where to enroll next fall, Dean Broaddus himself put together a blog entry for us in the form of a slideshow to offer his personal answer to the question “Why William & Mary?”
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It would also be very interesting to show the top 10 Liberal Arts schools in the country on the same graph. The likes of Williams, Amherst, Davidson, Swarthmore, etc…where do they fall? No matter, our daughter turned down 2 Ivies and 2 of the top Liberal Arts schools! The best fit with exceptional undergraduate teaching (ranked third only behind Dartmouth and Princeton) and a true social life is William & Mary! Dean Broaddus, we turned down Dartmouth…that’s a good thing! Thanks for sharing your presentation!
@OOSAdmitted, Dean Broaddus relayed the following response to your comment:
Ah, you’ve anticipated my initial and more ambitious info-graphic. The so-called Little Ivies would have been another interesting Ivy constellation that would be dispersed mostly in the upper-left quadrant. Unfortunately, their bubbles would have to be so small (often one-third the size of the smallest that already appear), or the larger places on the graph now would have to become so big that we’d be left with either illegibility or clutter. Sticking with national universities made a cleaner visual.
Congrats to your daughter for choosing the Green and Gold, and welcome to the Tribe!
Great presentation! I just have a quick transfer question…I received an email the other day informing me that I still need to send in my current college transcripts. I did so as soon as I got the email, which was on Friday. Will I receive any confirmation email letting me know that the admissions offcice has it? Thanks!
@Emily, yes. Once we receive them and complete the application you will get an email letting you know your application is complete and read for review.
You see – this is why I love William & Mary. No other colleges (that I’ve seen) would make something like this. W&M has the “nerd factor” while also being humorous. It’s very hard to capture in words, but seeing the sarcasm and wit on the website and informational mail is why I love it so much. Very nervous yet optimistic about transfer decisions in a few weeks!
I love how W&M is its own entity; it doesn’t need to rely on other groups to cultivate an identity of its own. Rather it knows what it is and doesn’t try to sit with the proverbial “popular kids” of Ivy Leagues or other groups. The independence from this system is what is so attractive and I’m looking forward to hearing from W&M, no matter what the outcome.
Hi there,
Quick point of inquiry:
I am a transfer student who applied for fall 2014 (yes patiently waiting). My question is am I able to fulfill the language proficiency requirements via examination or conversation with a professor? The reason I ask is because I speak arabic and I was able to fulfill my language requirement via examination conducted by the arabic professor at the institution I currently attend (pepperdine university).
Am I able to do this at william and mary? And will you consider this factor when reviewing my application if i have stated that I speak/write arabic? Thank you for such a wonderful blog!
@TransferStudent, we don’t offer placement exams so to speak. SAT subject tests, AP exams and IB exams can get students credit for foreign language. Or, if you completed the fourth level of a single language in high school that meets the requirement. If Arabic is your native language then yes, you can meet with faculty to determine if you meet the proficiency standard.
Ok great.
And yes, Arabic is my first language.
Am I also safe to assume that you have taken into account the fact that I am able to meet the proficiency standard if I have stated that I speak/write Arabic on my application?
The only reason I ask is because I know you look for applicants who are on a good path towards completing their GE requirements.
Just to further qualify my question,
AP/SAT/IB examinations are not offered for Arabic. So therein lies my dilemma.
@TransferStudent, we do not expect that any transfer student has completed all GERs/proficiencies prior to transferring. If a student is international or is ESL we certainly give them credit in our review process for taking a foreign language (English being the foreign language). And we know that exams aren’t offered in Arabic but we didn’t know if you had experience with other languages.
That does not actually answer my question but its ok 🙂
Thanks for your extremely prompt responses!
@TransferStudent, we cannot assume any student will meet the language proficiency unless they have done so through one of the standardized ways. But as we said, we certainly will review the languages you speak/have taken and certainly understand there’s a context we need to apply to those for whom English is not the first language in terms of what language classes they have and have not taken.
@Admit It
hmm…sounds fair enough to me!
If it helps you find me among the haystack of applications, my last name is Mawari.
We have just a little over a week, potential transfers! #hyped
What a delightful slide presentation. Sure does make one feel warm inside about W&M. The top-10 list is priceless.
@Incoming Monroe Scholar Father, thanks so much for the positive feedback, and congratulations on having a distinguished member of W&M’s Class of 2019 in your household! We look forward to seeing you on campus soon.