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I heard some courses might not be processed in PATH yet before registration opens. For example, I can't find MATH 211 under Fall 2026 even though it is supposedly offered every semester. Does anyone know anything about this?

I'm an incoming freshman planning on majoring in bio/public health on a premed track. I have dual enrollment credits through Richard Bland College of W&M from a few classes that I took in high school, including AP Chem which granted me both sems of Gen Chem credits. However, I just learnt that the grades I received in a few of these sems will negatively impact my GPA come med school application time (amcas requires you report all college courses/grades), and was wondering if I should redo gen chem my first year to pull up my GPA as the grades will be averaged out or if I should just jump straight to Orgo? What would med schools prefer? I've also heard that there's a semester-long course of advanced chem that I could take in prep for orgo - would this be a viable option?

Hello everyone!

I'm an in-state rising senior hoping to get some advice on how to maximize my chances of admission as well as how you all think I currently stand. W&M is currently one of my top schools and I am considering applying ED.

Demographics/background:
NoVA resident
LGBTQ male
First-gen
Intended psych major + pre-med

Academics:
3.67 uw gpa (calculated, school only uses weighted)
4.21 w gpa
16 aps by graduation, 9 by application
1440 sat (retaking in August and October)
Upward trend: 4.0 freshman year, 4.3 sophomore year, 4.45 junior year

Awards:
College board school recognition
AP Scholar w/ distinction

Extracurriculars:

-Hospital volunteering (roughly 200 hrs by applying)

-Psychology club founder and president (we hosted PhD guest speakers from a nearby university and did small research projects and lessons)

-Medical equipment company intern (organized an email marketing campaign which resulted in over $10k in profits)

-Part time work at a chinese restaurant and dollar tree (mostly over summers, roughly 20-30 hrs a week)

-Self studied Japanese to an N2 level (upper-intermediate/advanced) and also took AP Japanese

I also know that demonstrated interest is considered in the application process. I recently toured W&M and plan on doing an interview soon.

Sorry for any formatting errors, this is my first time posting. Please feel free to be completely honest.

Thank you!

Chem 205, Biol 203, psych 201 & a Coll class. Does this seem like a reasonable first semester? Chem 205 + Biology 203 too much together?

Hello!!! Has anyone actually gotten roommates through the williamsburg off campus housing website? I got pulled from the waitlist to W&M yesterday and paid my deposit, so I have less time to figure out a living situation then I would like. Not ideal but it’ll have to do. Has anyone had good experiences with this?

*Edit* - I am a 22 year old female in the Government program. Any leads or connections is helpful!

Hello! I'm an incoming student rooming in Monroe hall. I'm also gay. I've recently discovered some social media activity of my roommate's which I didn't see prior to roommate/room selection that makes me worry they are potentially homophobic. Is it worth reaching out to William and Mary about this? If so, who should I reach out to? Is it even possible to switch roommates at this point without switching out of Monroe hall? Thank you for any help you can provide, I'm very unsure of what to do or what my options are.

Hi,

I'm sorry if this is written poorly but I'm super stressed rn. Got my report card back recently and I bombed my Spanish class, ended with a D for the semester somehow, I barely checked my grade since acceptance and I didn't think I did great but had no idea it'd be this bad. Sure enough, I received an email from admissions asking to explain the grade with a threat of them possibly rescinding my admission. I didn't have anything traumatic happen to me or a great reason for falling to senioritis and I'm super scared of getting rescinded. It was only in one class and I've never had smth like this happen before, am I cooked??? I'm planning to write a super earnest apology email to the admissions board tmrw morning to assure them this is a one off thing but idk

Edit: Sorry I got it all figured out. My teacher thought I didn't submit certain assignment I did in actuality, turns out that one assignment was a third of my grade for the semester. Got it cleared up on my end and am ending the semester with a B minus. Still ain't great but shouldn't need to worry about getting rescinded. Thanks for all the help!

I was just wondering if any local students have good recs for food or stuff to do near william and mary? we were having trouble figuring out restaurants and sure we can look at google but I wanna know what actual locals like? thank uu

hey! was wondering how the women’s club lax team is. i really want to join it, but ive never played before. i would say im pretty athletic, just never had the chance to play lax. would it still be possible for me to join?

As the title says...what the freakity fracking freak is a single use hall bathroom and in your experience, are they clean 😭 listen i really really wanted a suite bathroom but theyre so limited that I couldn't. And, I genuinely don't know what I would do if I have to wake up for an 8 AM class and walk into a bathroom to find piss stains all over the toilet. I'm shuddering at the thought of it.

...any tips...

Any thoughts on taking CHEM 205 (Advanced Chem) and CHEM 254 (Chem 2 Lab) in first year to meet chem requirements as a pre-med? Any regrets? When did you take the lab because it looks like it's only offered in spring? Is it too difficult to balance Chem 2 Lab with taking Orgo 1 in the spring at the same time?

I have my room, how can I see who my room and suite mates are?

Hello! Does anyone know an exact date for when financial aid will be released? I’m worrying myself sick over it. The internet says late June but I am hoping for some more clarification on when that might be or when it was in previous years.