<p>Hi, this might be a stupid question, sorry...but does anyone know the general percentage of waitlisted people in WUSTL who actually get in eventually?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>No, sorry…but my brother was waitlisted last year and he eventually got in. And he was a terrible student with no special talent or anything. So take heart!</p>
<p>cinnamon9724, thanks for your info!! this is so consoling!
By the way, did he send any other supplemental materials after waitlisted?
did he require financial aid? (If you don’t mind the question)
thanks!</p>
<p>I’ve posted this info elsewhere - at least 2 of the 5-7 waitlisted at my D’s school got calls last year (I don’t know about the others; wasn’t close enough to the families to find out). Neither ended up going (as by that point they were quite happy with their firm choices). Good luck!</p>
<p>Does anyone know when they would most likely let you know? I mean, am I really going to be waiting until June 30, or do you think they’ll make a decision before?</p>
<p>Last year, they began calling wait listed students on May 6. That’s when my son was called, he is at Wash U and says it is the best place for him. After the first wave of calls, they called another group the following week and probably continued after that.</p>
<p>What type of supplement material is appropriate for the waitlist-ers? I still want them to know that I’m interested, but I don’t have the resources to actually visit the school.
I’ve heard that some WL-ers are admitted before May 1 because WashU admission officers can estimate the yield rate a few weeks after decisions</p>
<p>First - WL people absolutely DO get in. Supplemental materials - send anything new that is positive in regard to your application. At this stage of the process, try to make your application stand out. For example what will you add to the Washu campus and community. Don’t send correspondence just for the sake of sending something, that just wastes everyone’s time and energy. Just accepting the WL offer indicates interest, so don’t worry about visiting at this stage. This year you might look for the first WL activity towards the end of April, once initial acceptance trends have been established.</p>
<p>Does WashU offer similar financial aid for those admitted off the waitlist?</p>
<p>I remember the president of the student body my D’s freshman year saying at convocation he was accepted off the waitlist!</p>
<p>oh thank god. Wash U was my first choice! >< this is my second notification and it’s worrying me so much being waitlisted by Wash U cause now i feel so much less confident about my other applications :(</p>
<p>WLMzzz–my brother didn’t do diddly-squat once he was waitlisted. He’s extremely lazy and unmotivated. He did apply for fin aid.</p>
<p>Good luck to all of you!</p>
<p>Is there anyone who applied to Olin Business School and got off the waitlist?</p>
<p>I am an international student who got waitlisted. i have heard they accept students who show special “interest”. what shud i do to demonstrate that except accepting their waitlist offer? its my first choice and living in india i didn’t even visited the campus. and cinnamon9724 can u give us the stats of your brother ?</p>
<p>dhabbu123 - If you are still interested in WashU - it is quite simple. 1. - sign up for the WL as soon as possible (time of WL acceptance can make a difference). 2. Look at your original application and decide how you can improve/enhance it. 3. Find out who “your” admissions officer is. 4. Send additional materials that are positive and will enhance your application to your admissions officer. Remember that person is your advocate when decisions are made. 5. Determine what will make you stand out from other applicants on WL. 6. Show admissions how and why you being part of the WashU community will enhance the community. 7. Craft a story around all the previous and present it to WashU. Hope this is a bit of help - don’t listen to the hearsay and rumors that people pass on with no knowledge of the facts. Good luck.</p>
<p>I agree with ST2. And, I know this is a little different, but I was deferred early decision last year and then accepted in the spring. I don’t know if this approach will work for others, but I this is what I did ater I was deferred. I sent WashU a big envelope including the following: 1) A revised common app essay- After spending about 2 months away from my essay after I sent it to WashU, I found a few weaknesses and changed around a few things. 2) More letters of recommendation - I got a few more teachers to write me recommendations and got a letter from the director at my internship (something I thought stood out) 3) A letter explaining some weaknesses on my transcript (I didn’t have perfect grades one semester junior year because of extenuating circumstances- but I never told WashU why my grades suffered that semester) 4) A letter stating that I was still interested in the school and that it was still my first choice.
Anyway, it’s definitely possible that none of these items made a difference, no one will ever know. But if nothing else, it gives you some ideas of what you can send WashU. Best of luck!</p>
<p>Sounds like a good plan. The point is to differentiate yourself from everyone else.</p>