College of William and Mary Wait List Acceptance Rate

Wait List Acceptance Rate

For the application year 2024, the College of William and Mary offered 4,232 students a place on the wait list, resulting in an acceptance rate of 4.8% with 207 students admitted. This marks an increase from the application year 2023, where 3,833 were offered a spot and only 136 students were accepted, leading to a 3.5% acceptance rate. Historical data shows significant fluctuations, with a notable low acceptance rate of just 0.09% in 2022, where only 4 of 4,004 wait-listed applicants were admitted. The acceptance rates have generally stabilized around 4%, with 4.7% in 2020 and a stark contrast to the 0.8% in 2021, indicating increasing selectivity and variability in the waitlist process.