<p>Let's keep it clean, now. I grew up in St. Louis.</p>
<p>What are earth is not waspy about the name Washington, fudgemaster?</p>
<p>Washmore College for the Gifted</p>
<p>From the MIT admission blogs
"This year, we received 12,443 applications for freshman admission, a record number for us and a 9% increase over last year. We admitted 1533 students total (including the 390 from early action) for an overall admit rate of 12.3%, or fewer than one of every eight applicants. We offered 499 students a place on the waiting list"</p>
<p>I guess washington is a waspy name but it's but the name has been overused. The name of the school just makes people think that it's a another state university in the state of washington. Plus the name, washington university -st louis, is a mouthful. it's analogous to how some people confuse upenn with penn state.</p>