Decisions, Decisions- 2015 Spring Transfer Edition
We Admit It! As of this evening we have officially completed our spring transfer review process. Spring transfer decisions have been launched, and will be arriving in your inbox shortly. We appreciate your patience as we have been finalizing things on our end, and thank all of you for taking the time to apply to William & Mary. We have thoroughly enjoyed reviewing your applications and learning more about you.
Below you will find all pertinent information about how decisions are released and what each decision means.
Decision Release:
- Decision emails were sent this evening (December 7) to the email address provided in your Common Application.
- Though decisions have officially been launched, it will take some time for all emails to leave our server and reach your inbox.
- Decision emails are sent to all applicants regardless of decision (assuming you submitted a completed application).
- Please check your spam/junk folders in case the email landed there instead of your inbox (this does sometimes happen).
- The sender of the email will be “College of William & Mary.” The subject will either be “Good News” or “William & Mary Admission Decision.”
- Those who are admitted will also receive a formal admission packet in the mail in the coming days. Those who are not admitted will only receive a decision email.
- Note: If you submitted a completed application and did not receive a decision email from us this evening, please do not panic. There are a number of reasons why this could have happened. Please contact us starting tomorrow. We will investigate what happened and report back to you. If need be, we can re-launch your decision email, as well as mail a hard copy to you.
- Second Note: As decisions are arriving to inboxes, we will be signing off until later this evening. Please review this blog in its entirety for answers to any immediate questions. We will respond to any other questions or comments later this evening and throughout the weekend.
Decisions
Admit: Congratulations, and welcome to the Tribe! It is our absolute pleasure to welcome you to the William & Mary community. We have full confidence that your experiences, passions, stories and interests will meaningfully enhance our university. A more detailed packet of materials has been sent to you, including a preliminary transfer credit evaluation and an official admission letter signed personally by Dean Whitney Link. We encourage you to review these materials while making your final decision about whether or not to enroll at W&M (the obvious choice, in our humble opinion).
We realize that there is a lot to consider and get done over the next few weeks, but all of this hard work will soon pay off. Please let us know if we can be of any assistance – we are here to help in any way we can. Congratulations again on this terrific accomplishment. One Tribe. And now it’s yours.
Deny: We are genuinely sorry that were not able to offer you admission at this time. We know that you were hoping for a more positive outcome, and we understand that you’re likely disappointed and frustrated.
While we wish that we were able to accept every talented student wanting to attend W&M, the competitive nature of our applicant pool coupled with our smaller size make this impossible to do.
Throughout our deliberations, the decisions we make are not between good and bad applicants, but between great and great applicants. Your admission decision is in no way a reflection on what you’ve accomplished or on what you might accomplish as a member of the W&M community. It is simply a product of an exceedingly competitive and selective admission process.
Please keep in mind that we cannot waitlist spring transfer applicants, as the timeline from admission offer to arriving on campus is so truncated that it doesn’t allow for a waitlist process to play out. Because of this, there are many students who had stronger applications than a deny decision implies. In many cases, students who have re-applied for future semesters with additional coursework and grades have been admitted. We wish you all the best going forward. Take care, and happy holidays.
Brad Harlan
Assistant Dean of Admission
Comments are closed on posts older than one year, but we still want to hear from you. If you have a comment or question for us, please email admission@wm.edu.
This evening my home is overflowing with Tribe pride. Thank you, Admissions committee, for seeing the potential in my daughter. I am certain your job was not an easy one. We are all appreciative of the time, energy and effort you put into your decision making process. Thank you! We’ve already ordered W&M sweatshirts, car decals and more! Congratulations to all of the newly accepted transfer students. See you in January. We promise to continue be a family full of Tribe pride!!
@Katie-Proud Tribe Mom we are appreciative of talented individuals like your daughter applying to W&M! It is always such a thrill to learn and read about such impressive people. We are ecstatic to welcome you and your entire family to the Tribe. Congratulations! We look forward to welcoming you to campus in January. Until then, take care, and happy holidays.
Last night, in a completely unexpected moment, I received “Good News” from the College of William and Mary! I am absolutely elated that I have finally been accepted to this wonderful school, and I want to thank you so very much for your immense support throughout the admissions process. Your department is incredible, and deserves much thanks and appreciation. I was wondering if there is any way for accepted transfer students to speak with current WM transfers and ask them questions about their own experience transitioning to the college. If not, are there other William and Mary students working in the admissions department who I could speak to before coming to campus in January? Thank you so much!
@ExcitedTransfer2018 congratulations on this terrific accomplishment! It is our absolute pleasure to offer you admission. You certainly earned it through your impressive hard-work and accomplishments. We would recommend emailing Dean Whitney Link directly at whitney@wm.edu. Whitney serves as our Director of Transfer Admission, and could put you in contact with current students who also transferred to W&M. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance. We hope you join us here in Williamsburg! Take care, and happy holidays.
I think it is finally beginning to sink in…I received my “Good News” email last night and needless to say I haven’t stopped talking about the fact that I was accepted to William & Mary! Thank you to the Admissions Committee for all of your hard work and dedication throughout this very tedious process. I’m thankful for the opportunity to continue my education at this school and thankful that you have the FlexTrack program to allow me to attend part time and continue to work full time and be a mom!
@Sasha let it sink in, and take some time to celebrate this tremendous accomplishment! A big CONGRATULATIONS to you. We are thrilled to welcome you to the Tribe, and can’t wait to welcome you to campus in the near future. Happy Holidays to you and your family!
Admissions, Thank you for your dedication and integrity.
Tribunal council rocks!
A life changing opportunity for my daughter. The end of her long journey ; the beginning of her exciting new adventure.
Grateful for this gift. Ready for the ride!
See you soon.
Lauren Vanderzee
@Lauren Vanderzee congratulations to you and your entire family on your daughter’s tremendous accomplishment. She has more than earned this opportunity, and we can’t wait to welcome her to campus in the near future. Happy Holidays, and Go Tribe!
Hello!
I have already submitted my Common Application for another school (I’m applying to W&M regular) and recently won an award. Common App still allows me to edit my awards and activities, but I’ve heard from some people that colleges look down upon that.
So, are we still allowed to edit the Honors and Activities section on the Common Application even after we’ve submitted it for another school?
Thank you
@Student we don’t “look down upon” students updating their applications throughout the application process. In fact, we encourage it, especially if a student feels like they have important updates that they would like to provide to our admission committee. You can either update your Honors and Activities section on your application before submitting to William & Mary, or simply send our office an email (admission@wm.edu) detailing these updates. We will then arrange to have this email uploaded to your file. We hope this helps! Happy Holidays.
Hello!
Is it true that we are allowed to submit a video instead of an essay for undergraduate admissions?
Thank you!
@Student if you are applying to W&M as a high school senior, there are two essays that are part of your application: the required Common Application essay, and the optional William & Mary supplement essay. The Common Application essay should be an actual writing sample, not a video. You can potentially use a video as your William & Mary supplement essay; just be sure to include a link to the video in your application. You can also include actual writing samples for both your Common Application and optional W&M supplement essays, and either include a link to your video in the “Additional Information” section of your application, or email a link to your video to our office (admission@wm.edu). Any of the above approaches is acceptable. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance. Happy Holidays!
Is there supplement essay for transfer applications?
There are 2 essays that are part of the transfer application. The first is part of the Common Application itself, and states, “Please provide a statement that addresses your reasons for transferring and the objectives you hope to achieve.” The second is part of the “Questions” segment, and states, “Unless already discussed, please briefly explain why you wish to transfer to William & Mary.”