With the countdown to the beginning of the school year ending, all William & Mary students are officially moving in this week. It’s time for lectures, textbooks and raised hands in lecture halls across campus.
But there’s a different kind of countdown that’s emerged – one that’s unique to this year’s pupils. WY Daily has broken down a few facts about the incoming freshmen class’ W&M experience.
Class Countdown
About 10 percent of applicants were accepted into the freshmen class this year, 1,483 of 14,047. Those in the top 10 percent of their high school by class rank? 80 percent of incoming freshmen.
Nine percent of incoming freshmen students are first year and 9 percent are legacies. This is also the ninth year in a row for a record-breaking pool size.
Eight incoming students had a perfect 1600 on the Math and Critical reading portions of their SAT. Twenty-five percent of the class scored lower than 1270 and 25 percent scored higher than 1460.
Seven students applied from Ecuador. In fact, individuals from this year’s incoming freshmen class come from 17 different countries around the world.
Six students received a 1693 Scholarship worth the full cost of in-state tuition, fees, room and board. The scholarship offers personal faculty guidance, financial assistance and collaborative research opportunities.
Five percent of the freshmen class are non-resident international students. An additional 5 percent are dual citizens or permanent residents.
The acceptance rate to the joint-degree program at W&M Law School was 4 percent. Also, the average work experience among the 89 candidates for the Mason School of Business master’s of business administration class of 2015 was four and a half years.
Three students, Chandler Crenshaw, Kathleen LaRiviere and Stacy LaRiviere were selected out of more than 100 applicants as Governor’s Fellows this year. They worked with three state departments — Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Department of Planning and Budget and the Secretary of Public Safety — to help guide and implement policy.
Two of the incoming freshmen selected for this year’s 1693 scholarship are from Hampton Roads. Mitchell Croom, a Tabb High graduate, and John Markin, of Virginia Beach, are among the six freshmen to receive the scholarship.
One Tribe Place, formerly known as the Hospitality House, will be used to house students for the first time this semester.
