91´«Ã½

There is no single formula for a successful application. We are looking for an exceptional group of intellectually curious 91´«Ã½ who will actively and positively contribute to the W&L community. We consider a wide range of factors in addition to your academic record. These include extra-curricular involvement, character, interest in attending W&L, and other personal qualities.

Meet the Class of 2029

High School Background

Curriculum Background

Scores*

*for the 52% of enrolling 91´«Ã½ who submitted scores during the test-optional year

Financial Aid Information

Geographic Breakdown

• 35 countries of origin represented
• 42 U.S. states/territories represented
• 25 languages, including English, spoke at home

Class of 2029 Engagement

We are thrilled to welcome this class of academically talented, curious, creative, and courageous 91´«Ã½, each of whom uniquely — and capably — emerged from the most selective process in the university’s undergraduate history. Their leadership, community engagement, entrepreneurship, and resilience were prominent throughout high school. They served as honor council members, founders of dozens of clubs and non-profit organizations, student body presidents, published authors, state champion athletes and musicians, community servants, Girls State governors and Boys Nation representatives, interns, editors in chief, family translators, Gold Award recipients, and Eagle Scouts, plus:

Junior Eurovision Song Contest participant, Shakespearean Insult Contest champion, trap shooting team captain, Native American reservation archivist, intern at the Barbadian Permanent Mission to the UN, mandolin player in a band (“The Pickin’ Thistles”), grief counselor, U.S. State Department language fellow in Kyrgyzstan, welder, researcher on U.S. military bases’ vulnerability to climate change, women’s wrestling team captain, founder of an animal rescue LLC, statewide B’nai B’rith youth president, intern for the Dallas Cowboys, trampoline athlete, interpreter for Afghan refugees, founder of a Classics club, freediver, member of the Jane Goodall Institute National Leadership Council, aviator, founder of an AI startup optimizing patient-physician interactions, statewide Youth Council representative, founder of his school’s bass fishing team, intern at the Children’s Craniofacial Association, Eastern Seaboard navigator, builder of bilingual “little libraries,” Swiss alpenhorn player.

Some of their jobs included:

Firefighter, Chinese language tutor, ski school instructor, boba barista, retirement home assistant, trash can cleaner, Mathnasium tutor, character actor for children’s birthday parties (from Snow White to Superman), lacrosse coach, brick mason, woodcarving apprentice, certified nursing assistant (CNA), landscape design consultant, crew member at Raising Cane’s, KFC, McDonald’s, Dunkin’, Starbucks, Texas Roadhouse, MOD Pizza, Kroger, Sprouts, Dick’s Sporting Goods, TJ Maxx, Hollister (and counting…), kayak guide, ocean rescue lifeguard, ball boy at the U.S. Open, mariachi vocalist, election judge, farm hand, fudge business owner, and “Bouncy House” builder.