I think it will be slightly lower than the RD applicants @xavier42
Did anyone else email a admissions officer?
since the previous years were posted on a weekday, does that mean that they don’t send them out on weekends?
@xavier42 hard to say as far as SAT scores go. ED applicants tend to be better qualified than RD applicants for a few reasons. They come from high schools that are equipped to get materials out early and ED applicants tend to be wealthier-- they forgo compare aid packages etc. On the other hand, hooked applicants such as legacies and athletes are also encouraged to apply ED. Athletes who apply ED, who pretty much already know they are in, will lower the SAT but and decrease the acceptance rate for the rest of us by taking up spots. These are general rules about most colleges that any good college counselor or article would be able to tell you, not specifically about WashU. From what I know, I think ED SAT scores would most likely be higher than RD SATs because the applicants are usually more qualified, but there is really no way of knowing.
Emailed admissions earlier today with no response in regard to an exact date… any who, for those that are new, I am an ED applicant to arts and sciences wanting to study physics!
@Jjlghv73 ahh that’s annoying. I guess we are stuck with whatever my admissions officer said unless someone else decides to email again. I really want it to be Friday but I think its gonna be a 12/11 deal.
Also quick question: who is gonna start the deferred/rejected thread haha
Hi I was wondering if anyone knew anything about your chances at washu if you are considered almost legacy? My mother did not go there but she has worked there for a long time so I know they are considered the same. If accepted I will receive full tuition or half anywhere else. I know washu isn’t needs-blind so do you think having a parent working there and the fact that Washu will have to fork out a lot of money elsewhere if I’m denied will have any major effect on my decision? My stats are well within range just not amazing.
It might help-my son knows 4 kids in this year’s class whose parents are WashU employees (2 professor’s kids, 1 whose mother works in administration, and 1 whose father works as a custodian).
So if Wash U wants a freshman class with 1800 students (was 1780 for class of 2020), and 33% of them were accepted during ED, that is 594 students who were ED in the freshman class. How many do you think they accept then? Pretty close to 594 being that ED is binding, with a little padding for those extraneous circumstances? And if they accept around 600 ED, how many ED applicants are there typically? 1,800?
@Hamurtle thanks! I think it could only help
At most schools if you can’t get in ED you can;t even apply RD.
@throwaway1900 I’m an athlete and applied ED and I doubt my SAT or GPA will lower the class means. I also have a friend who’s applying ED who is not wealthy but whose qualifications for admission are far superior to the means of last year’s class. I don’t think it’s a rich/poor, athlete/non-athlete question. And at most highly competitive schools that post these stats, the stats of the RD candidates admitted is higher than of the ED applicants, which is statistically intuitive since more students are applying for fewer relative spots.
So, @DeanMoriarty, I am assuming then that you got the “thumbs up” from the coach(es) at Wash U? That is very exciting for you, if so. My D plays a sport as well, and while I think she can be competitive at some D3 schools, I don’t think she could at Wash U. They are pretty competitive! Can you tell us what sport you play? If not, no problem.
@Winky1 I would rather be anonymous on sport. D3 Coaches can’t and don’t assure you of anything so waiting on official word like everyone else. But coaches at all schools do run some files by admissions to get a sense for whether a supported application would likely get a favorable admission decision and if not coaches will tell athletes its best to look at another school. So I am optimistic but not sure.
Ok, got it @DeanMoriarty. So I think you are in a really good spot. If your coaches have not said anything negative to you, then they probably were able to let admissions know they like you as a candidate. At some schools, being a recruited athlete is a huge deal. I have heard that if a coach wants an athlete and they pass the standards (like you presumably), then at some schools, the student bypasses the whole nitty gritty admissions step and goes up to committee which just says yay or nay. Now I do not know how Wash U does things with their athletes, but I think it’s looking good for you. Best of luck. Maybe you can tell us your sport if you get accepted! 
@Winky1 @Hamurtle do you think they will post over the weekend? or will it defiantly be on the monday or friday
Sorry, but I have no idea @librarylove.
At this point it’s hard to say. I wouldn’t think over the weekend though. 12/8 and 12/11 would be logical just because 1 date is the official end of classes and the other date is the start of dead week.
Then again it could happen on the 15th but the circumstantial evidence with the links to the portal and the WashU 22 post on Facebook could mean decisions are done/close to done.
Just received a similar email, saying that they are not sure of the exact date yet, but expect the decisions to be released the week of December 11th.
Also, the language hinted at them not yet having received all of the admissions decisions.