Decisions, Decisions — 2012 Waitlist Edition

We Admit It!  We don’t have a lot of easy answers for those of you who find yourself in limbo on the waitlist.  Your accomplishments and talents are absolutely worthy of admission.  You are the type of student we encourage to apply.  And we’ll Admit It!, in a different year with a different applicant pool you could have found yourself admitted.  But this year is this year, and the applicant pool was incredibly strong which left some unbelievably amazing students without admission offers.  That being said, you are not denied admission and our waitlist offer conveys just how strong your credentials are.

This year’s applicant pool is the most competitive in the College’s history.  We had nearly 800 additional applications from last year, yet no additional spaces in the incoming class.  This left us no other choice but to waitlist some unbelievably talented, smart and worthwhile students.

As your decision email said we have no idea whether or not we will be in the position to admit additional students in May or June.  Like you, we need to wait and see how many admitted students accept our offer.  Right now, what you do next is in your hands.  You do not have to respond immediately to our waitlist offer though you can if you like.  Take some time; assess what offers of admission are in front of you and how you want to proceed. What’s most important right now is that you consider the offers of admission you do have and that you affirmatively enroll in one of those institutions to ensure you have a place in an incoming freshman class.  If after some careful contemplation you decide that W&M is still a top choice for you, and that you would genuinely consider an offer of admission if provided over the summer, then respond to the online form linked in your decision email and add yourself to our waitlist.  When you add yourself to the waitlist has no bearing on whether or not you will be admitted.  If, come late April, W&M remains an absolute top choice, you can email your regional dean a statement of continued interest.  Other than that we do not expect you to update your file in any way.  The time for applying to colleges has come and gone; now is the time to focus on selecting a college and finishing your senior year.

In mid-May, we will begin to take stock of the Class of 2016 and begin to determine whether any additional admission offers can be made.  Once that decision is made (which may not be until sometime in June) we will contact any students to whom we wish to offer admission by phone and email.  All students on the waitlist will hear from us around June 15 with a general waitlist update.

We know you were hoping for more, and we’re sincerely sorry that we cannot provide you with an offer of admission to the Class of 2016 at this time.  We have absolutely no doubt that your amazing application will net you some fantastic offers of admission and we hope that our waitlist decision is an anomaly for you.  You are all stellar young men and women and we wish you all the best, and while we hope you keep W&M in mind, we know that your future will be amazing whatever decision you make.

Wendy Livingston ’03, M.Ed. ‘09
Senior Assistant Dean of Admission

Categories: Admission, Faculty & Staff Blogs
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