The Wait is Over
We Admit It!, the Class of 2016 is finally complete. Last night, we sent an email to all students remaining on the freshman waitlist. That email explains that while we do not anticipate admitting additional students for the fall, we do realize that additional spaces (albeit minimal in number) could open up. Therefore, we asked students who wish to remain on the waitlist through August 1 (regardless of numbers we would not admit students after August 1) to complete an online form (that form was linked in the email that was sent). Should additional spaces become available, we will admit students who responded to that form only.
Any additional offers of admission would be made in the same manner as our other waitlist offers; the student would be contacted by phone (and by email if not reached by phone). They would then have two weeks from the date of admission to accept or reject our offer. We will not send any further communication to those students who complete the online form to remain on the waitlist. We realize that for those of you who wanted W&M more than any other school that this news is disappointing. However, we have no doubt that your experience at the institution that you did choose will be amazing, and we wish you all the best. If W&M remains your top choice, you can of course explore the transfer admission process.
Speaking of transfers, the transfer waitlist is still active. We have made our initial wave of admission offers and are waiting to see where those chips fall. There may be additional offers to be made. If so, they will be small in number. In the coming weeks, we will send a communication to all transfers on the waitlist similar to the one received by freshmen and discussed earlier in this post.
Thank you to everyone for slogging through this process with us.
Wendy Livingston ’03, M.Ed. ‘09
Senior 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.
Hello, I am currently on the wait list for the Joint Degree Program. Do you know if this means that all spots left have been offered for this admission procedure as well?
Thank you for your help!
Carley, the email you received applies both to general W&M admission and the joint degree programme. However, as the email says, we allow for the possibility of admitting students until August 1.
Thank you, although that’s the thing, I don’t think I received the email you’re mentioning. What should I be looking for?
That’s something I’ll need to check on tomorrow when our office opens. It’s possible you may need to provide me with your full name so I can investigate.
Okay, thank you very much for your time! My name’s Caroline A. Gaymard.
@Carley, were you admitted to either W&M or the joint degree programme? If so you wouldn’t have received the email.
@Carley, see my earlier comment from today. Those who were admitted initially in some capacity did not receive this email.
Okay thank you very much, yes I was admitted to W&M but am on the wait list for the joint degree program. Last question, do you know if the joint degree program is full?
@Carley, for the most part yes. Again, just like with W&M proper, we reocgnize that things could always change but at this point we don’t anticipate admitting additional students to the joint degree programme.