<p>WashU isn't the best school. But you have no idea that they indeed made those decisions. We can't see any of the subjective parts of those posters on the boards who were waitlisted on the boards who many people think should have been admitted (I'll admit, some people wow me with their stats and I was admitted). But you also have no idea what kind of passion came through in our essays, recommendations, and all other factors. You can't say that that was the case for sure. If that's what you want to believe however, I guess that's OK.</p>
<p>wonder123, no school wants to be the safety school for the tier above them. More and more we are seeing kids rejected or waitlisted from schools that they considered safties and accepted to higher tier schools. A friend of my D's was accepted to Cornell but rejected from U of Miami. It happens all the time these days. No school wants to accept a student who isn't likely to attend.</p>
<p>Wonder you said,
“Wash u is a selective school and nobody expects it will accept all applicants. The POINT is they it should not have waitlisted applicants because it thinks the applicant is likely to attend a better school, such as Harvard or Stanford.” </p>
<p>How do you know that? I could prove you wrong with two of my children that were accepted at the Ivies and top ten schools and were also accepted to Wash U, and so many kids are in the same situation (two of my S's suitemates).
I went with my D to the Multicultural weekend (I just flew back) and most of the kids there were accepted at the Ivies and also were accepted at Wash U, but just a few got some scholarship.
This year will be again over-enrolling and the acceptance rate was much lower than the year before.</p>
<p>Agree with a lot of the other people said....</p>
<p>I know I got into the school with 35 ACT, 2170 SAT and tons of extracirriculars. However, the ECs are the major factor in the scholarships (unfortunately i didnt get one). Additionally, with WashU i would say that one of the most important things is showing interest. Visit campus, make up a bogus question to ask an admissions official, call them, SOMETHING. Essentially anything to show interest will be of great benefit to you in the eyes of WashU.</p>
<p>And not to add pressure, but if you don't get a scholarship good luck with the financial aid...</p>
<p>Back to the original questions. A friend's child received one of the full-tuition scholarships. A wonderful and talented kid but (according to her) "no superstats". Nonetheless she mentioned that most of the kids at the finalist weekend did have superstats. This student (maybe just being modest) felt that most of the kids seems to have been picked for some unique attribute in their application or essay.</p>
<p>Regarding the wait-list, Washington University is not one of the institutions that most sources list as need-blind. Thus, when considering reasons for wait-listing an obviously talented student, demonstrated interest and demonstrated need both come to mind. While it is certainly possible that some of these wait-listed superstudents were felt to be "overqualified" and "unlikely to enroll." It is equally possible that, for each of these posted cases, the entire story is not known. Did the student make a campus visit? Was the demonstrated need astronomical? (2 from among a million possible reasons for not admitting ).</p>
<p>Hey SallyK! We returned from the Multicultural weekend yesterday and both my D and I had a blast. Got to meet a lot of talented kids and nice parents from all over the country. The more we explored the campus and programs, the more we loved WashU. </p>
<p>To respond to comments related to scholarship/financial aid/need-blind admission: This is a fact that my D applied to both scholarship and financial aid and she is now an admitted student attending WashU in fall. The financial package is very nice and is in the form of a merit scholarship.</p>
<p>My D has good stats and we did not even apply for need based aid. Again she is accepted by all top schools she applied to, waitlisted by wash u.</p>
<p>Cressmom, the admission director never proved me wrong, actually he admitted that my D is very good in every espect and has no weakness in the areas the school looks at, he asked whether Wash U is THE school my D wants. I told him, not any more.</p>
<p>Get over it.</p>
<p>I wholeheartedly agree with jazzymom - could not have stated it better.</p>
<p>WashMomG -- Glad to hear it! Was hoping so for you all, and didn't think it would be otherwise....</p>
<p>does anyone know about the research scholarship program or something?</p>
<p>Cressmom - how do you know the acceptance rate was lower this year? Also, my take on the endless Wash U controversy - Wash U is acknowledged to be a top school. It's SAT scores are as good as most of the Ivy's, etc. But it is relatively new to this league and is trying to use it's huge endowment and it's reputation as a place where kids are extremely happy and well looked after by the faculty to get the recognition it deserves. If it has to wait-list kids who will almost definitely not go there I do not see this as a tragedy. They also make it very easy to apply - no extra essay, they give you 2 extra weeks for early decision, etc. and send out a lot of mail. We wouldn't have known about if they hadn't courted us. The application is relatively cheap, if people who have no shot are applying this is also not a tragedy.</p>
<p>nvm i found out, it's the Hoopes Research Scholarship...anyone else get this btw?</p>
<p>DId anybody else get the somebody somebody leaderhsip scholarship- I am very glad I recieved it, but I'm not sure why I got it. I didnt apply for it...anybody know whats up?</p>
<p>I also for some reason was led to a thread on the Columbia board. There are a lot of kids there who were accepted to Harvard, Princeton,etc. and rejected or waitlisted at Columbia. But people only have a problem when Wash U. does this.</p>
<p>i agree w/ editorichief888 some parents are so blinded that they believe their kids deserve to get in anywhere, I know that harvard may be better than Wash U but if Wash U doesn't want your kid then forget about it just be grateful you have a child that possesses the intelligence and diligence to be accepted to harvard or any other hyps.</p>
<p>I agree too! The "I'm deserve syndrome" puts them out of reality.</p>