Did you or your child wake up to some unfortunate news of being waitlisted to the Williams College Class of 2029? Remember, you’re in some great company. Ivy Coach has helped many students over the years secure admission off of the Williams waitlist, and today, we’d like to share just how we’ve perfected our strategy. Read on to learn more!

Williams College Waitlist Acceptance Rate and Statistics

The Williams College Common Data Set stretches back all the way to the late aughts, giving us ample data to chew on to get a sense of what can be expected for those waitlisted to the Williams Class of 2029:

Williams College Class Year	Number of Students Waitlisted to Williams	Number of Students Who Chose to Join the Williams Waitlist	Number of Students Accepted Off the Williams Waitlist	Williams Waitlist Acceptance Rate
Class of 2029	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
Class of 2028	Not Published	Not Published	Not Published	Not Published
Class of 2027	1,606	637	3	0.47%
Class of 2026	2,241	860	0	0.00%
Class of 2025	2,371	929	1	0.11%
Class of 2024	1,944	846	73	8.63%
Class of 2023	1,857	651	25	3.84%
Class of 2022	1,772	653	76	11.64%
Class of 2021	1,796	673	0	0.00%
Class of 2020	2,343	864	24	2.78%
Class of 2019	1,603	573	53	9.25%
Class of 2018	1,238	594	70	11.78%
Class of 2017	1,227	342	44	12.87%
Class of 2016	1,308	542	21	3.87%
Class of 2015	1,352	584	14	2.40%
Class of 2014	1,125	494	34	6.88%
Class of 2013	1,101	492	12	2.44%
Class of 2012	1,066	438	42	9.59%
Class of 2011	1,553	682	67	9.82%
Class of 2010	1,213	506	65	12.85%
Class of 2009	1,123	744	23	3.09%

Your Chances of Admission to Williams After Being Waitlisted

The Williams waitlist has run the gamut of selectivity. For the Class of 2026, for example, no students were admitted off of the waitlist. During other years, like for the Class of 2022, dozens received good news and secured admission to this world-renowned institution that regularly tops the US News & World Report ranking of “Best Liberal Arts Colleges.” So what gives? Why is there so much fluctuation in the waitlist acceptance rate?

What ultimately determines how far Williams dips into their waitlist is the yield rate of the admitted students, or the proportion of them who choose to enroll. Since Williams admissions officers cannot, in fact, predict the future, they usually either overestimate or underestimate total enrollment during a given year. The fewer students who enroll than anticipated, the greater the waitlist acceptance rate.

While nothing, not even Ivy Coach’s famously accurate crystal ball, can predict what this state of affairs will turn out like for the Class of 2029, you can still do plenty to equip yourself with the best possible strategy for optimizing your odds of getting off the Williams waitlist. Let’s review.

Your Chances of Admission to Williams After Being Waitlisted with Ivy Coach’s Help

If Williams has waitlisted you to its Class of 2029, we at Ivy Coach can help optimize your case for admission — to give you the best shot of earning entry out of limbo. It’s a two-step process that goes as follows:

1. Complete Ivy Coach’s PostMortem application review. This involves thoroughly reviewing each piece of your Common Application and Williams supplement to understand how you positioned yourself. We must ensure your application is consistent and presents you in the best possible light. For example, if you were a student interested in art history when you applied, we can’t suddenly position you as a biology student. We need to help present you as the most exciting art historian you can be.
2. Submit a compelling Letter of Continued Interest to Williams — one filled with no brags and no updates but instead laden with specifics about how you’re going to contribute your hook to the institution’s ecosystem. Send that letter and fill it with specifics applicable to Williams to demonstrate your interest in attending!

Getting Started with Ivy Coach on Williams Waitlist

If you’re interested in optimizing your case for admission to the Williams waitlist, fill out Ivy Coach’s complimentary consultation form. We’ll then be in touch to delineate our services for students who first come to us after receiving waitlist decisions.