<p>How does that make sense Jamaica? </p>
<p>Sorry, but if you’re applying to Ivy leagues and places like Stanford then MAYBE you can call WASHU Safe, but you can never call it a safety school.</p>
<p>well you didnt get in and expected to. they are empirically arbitrary in decision making, so why would it be ones safety !?</p>
<p>washU safety? really?
good luck everyone!</p>
<p>Ok…some one ask so i will answer…9 out of 10 Americans never heard of WASHU, No offense to those of you that have WashU as your top Choice, and that really doesn’t mean that they are not a good school. They are just not as known as many other schools and that can play a factor for job prospects in the future. I already have admissions to Ivy’s and other top schools, so maybe that is the reason why I can flap my mouth in somewhat of an arrogant manner. WashU to me was maybe my 10th choice to be honest.</p>
<p>Jamaica,
No offense but you were accepted to Cornell, which has about the same acceptance rate as WashU. And yes we are all aware of the underground prestige of WashU in comparison to the Ivies but it is a terrific university that is sparking great amounts of interest. As for your chatter in another thread about your 1 out of 42 accepted scholarship at Vanderbilt, keep that to yourself. Congrats, but there are people here who have selective scholarships as well. Congrats, you’ve applied to selective schools but aren’t we all pushing ourselves here? And Congrats, you’re very pretentious.</p>
<p>Ugh Wash U waitlisted me.
Wanted to go for architecture and had an art portfolio </p>
<p>But eh, im not angry. I’m waiting for Cooper Union and RISD… thats when i will start to freak out.</p>
<p>IPandraic… way to go, good way of putting it.</p>
<p>^freakintexan, dude i applied for architecture too. what are your stats, if you dont mind saying?</p>
<p>hate being waitlisted</p>
<p>waitlisted!</p>
<p>haha personally, i’m already pretty happy they didn’t reject me considering they don’t review their applications as holistically as other top schools might.</p>
<p>That’s the part I don’t understand.</p>
<p>There are whole bunch of students whose profiles look so great and they still get waitlist?</p>
<p>I mean, how really do they make decisions?</p>
<p>SAT: 1510/1600 (WUSTL doesn’t count writing section)
GPA: 4.18
Major: Business</p>
<p>Waitlisted but the odds were pretty stacked against me - impacted major, international student, and i applied for financial aid. I’m surprised they didn’t reject me! Honestly though, I wouldn’t have gone to this place if they didn’t pay me for it. With the whole financial aid situation (my family income is low enough that I am entitled to 100% coverage), I seriously doubt they will decide to admit me. Oh well, glad this wasn’t one of my top schools - otherwise, I wouldn’t have applied for financial aid like how I decided to forgo aid apps to UChicago, Northwestern, and Cornell because it would have drastically lowered my chances.</p>
<p>Of course, I also didn’t show ANY interest at all in wustl: no interview, no visit, etc. but that is because it is halfway across the country (I live in California) and I didn’t know we had to contact them to schedule an interview. I hear that interest is a big deal to this school?</p>
<p>what do you mean by "not as holistically as other top schools might? Does WashU value one thing over another when looking at your application?</p>
<p>^ I don’t mean they necessarily “value one thing over another,” but they might not look at an applicant “as a whole” as much as a school like say, Stanford, would. Stanford is very well known for placing a great deal of emphasis on essays, recs, etc…they want to pick those who are passion-driven, not just those with perfect SATs. I’m not saying WashU only looks at scores - that isn’t true - but they are not known for taking into consideration the “humanity,” if you will, of an applicant quite as often. Thus, in my opinion WashU tends to be less holistic in the application review process. There isn’t a huge discrepancy, since after all WashU is a fantastic school, but there is a difference. Just my opinion though :/</p>
<p>lulz i got waitlisted.</p>
<p>i agree, theyre not nearly as holistic as other top schools</p>
<p>To all Waitlisted students, I think it would help if you read the following thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/865140-washus-not-hahvud-but-its-hotter-than-some-ivy-leagues.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/washington-university-st-louis/865140-washus-not-hahvud-but-its-hotter-than-some-ivy-leagues.html</a></p>
<p>face it: you were one of 22000+ applicants. You are not the only smart involved kid who applies to wash u. You are just like everyone else from a numerical point of view. A waitlist is the same as a reject only you still at least have dome chance.</p>
<p>For those people saying “over qualified” that is complete and utter BS. Wash u has higher gpas and test scores than most of similar colleges (yes even than your precious ivy league) and yet you still don’t get that wash u is NOT your small adorable Midwestern school that is a safety. It’s not. Get over it and move on. </p>
<p>While I have no information or real opinion on the vast Waitlist that wash u seems to have— I don’t get it would you have rather been rejected and stand NO chance of being accepted?or are you all upset because you are entitled, think you are somehow special, aren’t used to being said “no” to and actuall expect being accepted? </p>
<p>For every person with a top 5%rank and a 1550 SAT that was waitlisted I’ll give you another ten who were accepted. </p>
<p>Admissions aren’t formulaic. There’s 20000 other applying with your same stats and they can’t take everyone.</p>
<p>Yet no one cries or is furious because they weren’t accepted at an ivy league because they must be inherently selective and always make the right decisions.</p>
<p>Wash u’s yield is like 35%. It’s so low because they’re obviously accepting the same kids that the ivies are but the kids choose the ivies instead. All these arguments about wash u having a"complex" is utterly ignorant and makes no sense at all.</p>
<p>Remember admissions is one small part of your teenage life. Whatever admissions decision gets does not negate why you liked the school enough in the first place to apply and thought about going there. </p>
<p>Finally, you can’t make an assumption about a school’s decision making process because you all see stats of a small handful of kids. This small sample size and lack of evidence and response bias favored to people posting who weren’t accepted or rejected would NEVER hold up in any statistical courtroom. Sure wash u probably has a larger WL then other schools but who cares, get over it and move on and at least you still stand a small chance of being taken later on.</p>
<p>Hello all, my DD was also one of the seeming gazillions who got Waitlisted.</p>
<p>Thankfully she is taking it very well I think, a bit disappointed I’m sure as she liked the college but not distraught. I think the reason is that we emphasized from the get-go of the college application process to pick a VARIETY of colleges that you like and are a good fit for you and do not get obsessed with attending one and only one school. IMO that is the only way to retain one’s sanity and most of all PERSPECTIVE throughout this process!</p>
<p>I won’t post all of her stats because as one mother already said it is not our stats to post. However, I will say that her numbers, ranking (#2), scores, ECs, awards, etc etc etc are at the top of the top. She has rcv’d numerous full ride cholarship offers. At her school about a dozen applied to Wash U and only one acceptance, all the rest were waitlisted. </p>
<p>Speaking of PERSPECTIVE I think it is SO important that all of you wonderful, talented young people realize just how gifted you are and how many wonderful things you will all contribute to our world and teach us. As our guidance counselor told us, admissions, even for students like our daughter who is at the very top of her class is a crap shoot, a roll of the dice, half the time it rolls one way and half the time the other way and you should not, repeat, should not take being waitlisted as anything for other than what it is…a roll of the dice.</p>
<p>So, all of you talented, hard-working, smart young people out there…don’t worry you WILL find the perfect college where your gifts and talents will be appreciated and you will thrive and grow. I know that may sound like the mutterings of an Old Person, but I believe it with all my heart. So chins up everyone, keep dreaming your dreams, following your passions and making our society a better and more compassionate place! :)</p>
<p>Actually, now that I think about it, I’m even more sure they waitlist better applicants they assume will go elsewhere. Last year, my school had a student w/ rank 25ish get in while #3 got WL. They probably assumed the lower applicant (whose only strengths were test scores) and no ECs would take it. But he chose not to go, and if WUSTL looks at school history whatsoever, it’s no wonder they waitlist someone whose rank in over 20 higher than a student who chose not to go last year…</p>
<p>I put my name on the wait list out of curiosity but already accepted UNC in January!</p>