<p>i know wustl doesn't release ED stats, but does anyone wanna take a guess?</p>
<p>My best guess…25%</p>
<p>I would guess in the 35-40%, maybe even up to 50%. RD admission rate is around 20%, and its definitely a lot lower than ED.</p>
<p>I heard ED is not a significantly higher chance. They tend to defer a lot of people. I’d put it around 30%.</p>
<p>Actually now that I think about it, it should be around 30-35%. People who apply WashU ED are generally people who do not have very strong applications (ex. ones that may get accepted to top ivies). The level of RD applicants are often much stronger due to WashU’s easy supplement, and for many of the top applicants just another school to add to their list.</p>
<p>Wash U has always jealously guarded this information, presumably because a substantial ED acceptance rate has a lot to do with WashU’s fairly precipitous drop in overall admit rate - and the accompanying meteoric climb in the rankings - which occurred starting in the mid to late '90s. Washu U is a fabulous school, with great PR, and a canny approach to manipulating numbers that affect rankings.
Does anyone know what percent of the incoming class is admitted ED? That might help figure out some other statistics.</p>
<p>WCAS- In my freshmen suite of 4 people, I was the only person who wasn’t an ED admit (I was RD).</p>
<p>Obviously that’s anecdotal, and doesn’t mean jack in answering your question, but I just found it funny.
(Opposite anecdote- I knew suites that were 100% RD. I swear reslife just enjoys messing with people. It’s absolutely hilarious how the assign roommates sometimes).</p>
<p>Johnson- You’re absolutely right about ResLife messing with the assignments. I share the same first name as all 3 of my suitemates. Coincidence? You make the call.</p>
<p>cosine- that’s HILARIOUS.</p>
<p>I was actually thinking of a similar situation (two guys with the same name in one room). No where near as intense as all 4 of you.</p>
<p>There’s no way that was a coincidence. Totally done on purpose.</p>
<p>WCAS–
It would seem, from this:</p>
<p>[Colleges</a> Where Applying Early Decision Helps - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2009/09/30/colleges-where-applying-early-decision-helps.html]Colleges”>http://www.usnews.com/articles/education/2009/09/30/colleges-where-applying-early-decision-helps.html)</p>
<p>that “a substantial ED acceptance rate” and “a precipitous drop in overall admit rate” do not guarantee an “accompanying meteoric climb in the rankings.” </p>
<p>It seems more likely that the New York Times (December 22, 2003) has a better explanation: “a mighty fund-raising effort.”</p>
<p>[A</a> Mighty Fund-Raising Effort Helps Lift a College’s Ranking - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/22/us/a-mighty-fund-raising-effort-helps-lift-a-college-s-ranking.html?ref=washington_university]A”>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/22/us/a-mighty-fund-raising-effort-helps-lift-a-college-s-ranking.html?ref=washington_university)</p>
<p>^^No question that the school’s fundraising is terrific. Of course, manipulating admit rates in order to increase one’s USNWR (and other) rankings are not mutually exclusive. Indeed, they would go hand-in-glove: it is easier to get older alums to contribute when you can point to top USNWR rankings; and it is easier to get recent alums to donate when you have assembled a student body (and hence body of recent alums) with enormous enthusiasm for the school because so many people got into their first choice ED, and that enthusiasm is infectious. It’s brilliant … and effective. I tip my cap to WashU, which does so many things to improve the school’s profile and its atmosphere (including everything from school spirit to physical plant).</p>