<p>That's because it was the second mailing that day, and the fourth that week. God thought Wash U should gear up for a rest before the seventh day. Enough is enough!</p>
<p>Well, Washu's mass mailings work. The school wasn't on our radar until our son started getting their mailings. He visited, fell in love with it and decided to move it to the top of his list. Yes, with all of the attention that he got from them he would have been disappointed if he hadn't gotten in but that would have been true of several schools. For him the school is a great fit and we're glad that the school bombarded him with all of those mailings.</p>
<p>My sides are splitting . . .</p>
<p>I understand that God is a conservative and would not even apply to Harvard.</p>
<p>Again, it depends: orthodox, conservative, or reform? Old or New Testament?
<a href="http://www.fas.harvard.edu/%7Enelc/%5B/url%5D">http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~nelc/</a></p>
<p>twinmom: Like God, the USPS rests on Sundays. No mail delivery, from WashU or any other college.</p>
<p>So we aren't the only ones deluged with WashU mailings...</p>
<p>Edad: There are plenty of conservatives at Harvard. He should hedge his bets; he'd probably get accepted to Harvard and waitlisted at Wash U. Unless he strategizes and pops down to St. Louis for a recorded visit or two...</p>
<p>M's Mom: My kids have a friend who loves Wash U and no doubt it is a fabulous place - sounds like a country club, actually! It's just their marketing strategy that gets to a lot of people.</p>
<p>Marite: There is e-mail on Sundays though!</p>
<p>Twinmom: You're so right! I should have remembered that the internet is the highway to heaven!</p>
<p>M's Mom. Wash U is known for trying to attract thousands of applicants [and their application fees$$] with their mailings, but it is also widely known among CC vets that unless one applies ED there, which is binding, the chance is they will be waitlisted.</p>
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<p>I keep hearing that about WashU, but my daughter applied there (regular decision). Never visited, never interviewed, never wrote in to ask questions, and was accepted (though didn't choose go there). I doubt she's a rarity in that regard.</p>
<p>Jack, congratulations on your D's acceptance. My son was also accepted regular decision- never visited, never interviewed etc. But there is a reason that Wash U has the wait list reputation it has on CC. At my son's school, which regularly sends 30 /130 kids to Stanford, Princeton , H, Y,etc- it is almost unheard of for students to be accepted at Wash U unless they apply ED. As a matter of fact, his counselor, with 15 years of experience, suggests that students not apply to Waah U. unless they are willing to apply ED, because chances are they will be waitlisted. 2 students do not negate a recognised pattern that has been in place for many years.</p>
<p>My son applied to WUSTL RD and was accepted. Five other kids from his HS class applied RD and were accepted and all but one are currently attending. The only kid that I know of from his HS that applied this year applied ED, was deferred and ultimately rejected. I've never personally known of anyone who was waitlisted. Maybe it depends on what part of the country you're from.</p>
<p>Have to agree with M'sMom. When my daughter was a h.s. senior, I think there were about 3 others from her high school class who were also accepted to WashU regular decision (including one who received a significant merit scholarship), and many more who applied but were rejected. Though I don't know how many actually applied overall, I don't remember hearing of any who got waitlisted.</p>
<p>This whole WL thing at WashU keps on being repeated over and over - with the story growing after every repetition. Mine applied RD - told WashU of significant merit award at Duke and was still accepted with a very competetive merit award. Never visited prior to merit weekend and when they gave award they knew that Duke and Emory Scholars were under consideration. Chose WashU and has been very happy. Most friends at WashU had very top HS stats - applied RD and were accepted. So I guess our experience has been totally different than what I hear on CC. I just wonder how many of the people on CC are just repeating stories and how many have personal experience.</p>
<p>Hey, where's your sense of humor, WashU parents? It's a fine school. </p>
<p>Did you read the many, many posts in April when "everyone" who "should have been accepted" wasn't?! That is what prompted my comment!</p>
<p>Oh, and for what it's worth ... everyone from my D's school was waitlisted this year (strong, strong candidates) ... 2 accepted/1 waitlisted last year (thought he was playing soccer there, but got waitlisted!). Those waitlisted all got into fine schools & are very happy, so no sour grapes on my end (and my kid didn't apply, so that's not a factor). :)</p>
<p>I think the point is that they reject barely anyone; instead, they wait list.</p>
<p>Again, my kids' good friend could not be happier - and did get in RD.</p>
<p>And ... I hear that they grill steaks to order there. They certainly don't do that at either of my kids' schools. (Not that either of them eat steak ...) ;)</p>
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<p>I've always wondered the same thing. ^</p>
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<p>kelsmom, my daughter didn't choose to attend there back in 2005 when she was accepted; I just thought I'd add my 2 cents, since I hear this comment (only on CC) that they waitlist everybody-- (well, obviously not everybody). Could it be--just possibly--that the kids who were waitlisted or rejected simply didn't measure up to the kids who were accepted? Always a possibility . . . ;)</p>