<p>You've no idea how much I'm still hoping... ;(
This is painful.</p>
<p>Yes, this is very painful. I've never been to WashU, but I became madly in love with it after looking at the pics on the WashU facebook. On the inside, I keep hoping I'll get accepted, but realistically thinking, I don't think it's likely for me to get accepted anymore (since I am asking for a lot of financial aid). </p>
<p>Also, the fact that someone else got admitted off the waitlist doesn't help ease this pain at all, b/c that just means one less of a chance of getting in.</p>
<p>Gosh, I should get a life and stop worrying about this!!!!!</p>
<p>(I already posted this in another thread, but I'm hoping some people here will have answers too)</p>
<p>I am currently on WashU's waiting list, and it is my #1 choice at this point (well, tied with Wesleyan, at which I am also waitlisted). However, I applied as Undeclared, and I'm getting afraid that this has affected my odds at getting into this school.</p>
<p>Can anyone here who has been accepted from the wait list comment on their listed majors? I'd especially like to know if you were undeclared too, as it would definitely give me some hope. Thanks.</p>
<p>Fooby-your post seems to be a thread killer.... </p>
<p>so, I'll break that problem & say I heard that people were admitted yesterday in Illinois.</p>
<p>Fooby,
even though I haven't been admitted (yet), I know that your listed major is given almost no consideration in the admissions process. The biggest factor is what school you applied to (i.e. Arts and Sciences, music, engineering), not what major within that school.</p>
<p>this just makes me think a lot....WashU is very flexible in allowing students to switch between the school...lets say a student want to beat the odds and apply for the music school....but really plans on majoring in Biology....he/she just puts music b/c its easier to get in...isn't that unfair....???</p>
<p>yeah it is, but i would like to think that washu looks at an applicant's application closely enough to determine if his/her interest lies in the subject area that relates to the school the applicant applied to. but i doubt that is a fool-proof system. i also think washu prides itself on letting kids "explore their academic interests" which means they have the flexibility to switch schools. if washu was concerned about students taking the easy way in, they could always be like cornell and make it really difficult to do transfers from college to college.</p>
<p>well i feel like if you can get into the music school you prolly deserve to be there anyway. like you're actually really gifted at something, instead of just kinda smart. i play a musical instrument, and im pretty sure if i applied to the music school (or even sent in a recording) they would have laughed. a lot.</p>
<p>What I, as a parent of a waitlisted student, really resent is the college not having the decency to e-mail waitlisted students with some kind of an update. Will my son ever receive any further communication from WashU? Or are we to just assume that as we head across the country to move him in elsewhere in August that the admissions office has completed the roster... In this day of easy tech communications, there is no excuse for not doing an e-mail blast to update everybody as to what might be happening. Saying yes to the waitlist should at least buy you that...</p>
<p>remark_gi,
I would recommend that your son call the admissions department himself and ask to speak to his rep for a status update. Not only will you get the information that you're looking for, but it will also remind WashU that your son is still interested in the school.</p>
<p>Remark_gi, I’m sure they will let you know when they are done accepting people off the waiting list. After a school’s initial rush of offers in May, it’s often a slow process after that to see who accepts a spot off the waiting list, which admitted students drop out over the summer, who drops out after getting in off the waiting list at another school, etc. I’m sure they will let all waitlistees know when they are done. As Fooby suggested, in the meantime, your best bet is to call admissions and find out what you want to know from them directly. </p>
<p>It is always a long shot to get in off any waiting list. The best thing students can do is mentally prepare to go to the school where they have accepted a spot. If they get the call off the waiting list, great, but if not they will be more invested in the school they will actually attend.</p>
<p>Just got an email from WashU....Their class is full. Though they are holding on to the waitlist, just in case anything changes during June.</p>
<p>They took about 15 people from the wait list, the class was full by May 6th but the wait list isn't closed, they usually wait until first week of August just in case anything changes.</p>
<p>I was admitted to WashU Engineering in Mid-March and accepted admission. After all the problems I have been hearing with the engineering department, I am thinking about rescinding my acceptance. So to all of you waitlist hopefuls, a spot may be opening up in the near future.</p>
<p>i called washu and they said there class is full and they dont think theyll be accepting any more but are keeping the waitlist till the entire period</p>
<p>They only took 15 from the waitlist??? do you mean for a specific school? That seems like a very low number. Does anyone have any more information?</p>
<p>I got in off the waitlist on wednesday the 28th, and just got an email saying that they've gotten my acceptance paperwork. This was for the college of arts and sciences though.</p>
<p>they say they're done.</p>
<p>bye bye WUSTL!</p>
<p>There's always next year to transfer.</p>