<p>I was selected as a finalist for a scholarship at WashU. I already got plane tickets and all, but today I found out that I was also invited to the Multicultural weekend (which is also free!).</p>
<p>Is it possible for a finalist to be invited twice to campus, I mean, without having to pay a single cent?</p>
<p>WashU is definitely one of my top choices, and I would love to go there. The question is: am I allowed to go to multicultural weekend even if I am a finalist who is already going to visit? Just wanted to know if I was invited by mistake.. thanks in advance.</p>
<p>I think you’d have to call the admissions office. I can’t speak for WashU, but others schools have noted that students can choose one visit. This is so that they can provide more expenses-paid visits to more students, and more students can visit in the end.</p>
<p>If it helps, I am also a scholarship finalist but I was invited to Multicultural Wekend too. So at least you know that it wasn’t a mistake.</p>
<p>yeah, I’m a little skeptical about it…I’ve never heard of a college paying for what is probably a huge number of students to fly over and stay for a weekend…</p>
<p>bluestars, I had three colleges do that for me in the fall, and we weren’t even accepted students - just prospective students.</p>
<p>so there’s no catch? they just want over 4000 accepted students to come visit that weekend??</p>
<p>It’s not 4000. Where are you getting that number from? It’s Multicultural Weekend. Probably 500 or so.</p>
<p>Mulitcultural Weekend is only for minority students (at least that’s my understanding) and even then I’m not sure if all of the minorities that were accepted are invited to go.</p>
<p>I know that for Diversity Weekend, there were about 400 students. I bet it’ll be about the same.</p>
<p>I don’t think I will be going… I hope that I get the best impression of Washington University during the finalist weekend because the Multicultural weekend conflicts with my schedule. I will be be traveling to Oregon that week. </p>
<p>@HereToSucceed92</p>
<p>My friend, who is Jew, white, and lived in one state all his life, was invited, as well.</p>
<p>White people have culture too… hence “Multicultural.” I disagree that it’s only for minorities. Diversity Weekend certainly wasn’t.</p>
<p>applicannot: are you talking about Discovery Weekend? Because you’ve mentioned several times about a Diversity Weekend but I always thought it was Discovery.</p>
<p>I thought diversity and multicultural weekends were one and the same…</p>
<p>HeretoSucceed92</p>
<p>Ugh! You’re right. Every time I’ve said Diversity Weekend I’ve meant Discovery Weekend. Sorry for the confusion!</p>
<p>i highly doubt it was a mistake…i was offered the all-expense paid trip to Discovery Weekend, Finalist Weekend, and Multicultural weekend (and im no super genius or anything). they just received a very large endowment called the travel grant or the travel fund; something like that. it funds all these trips for prospective students.</p>
<p>^^ itsleazybaby,
Wow, that is awesome. Yea, WashU does have a huge endowment. They must really like you as a future student. They didn’t also fund you for the Future Leaders Week did they? Congrats! Let me know if you have any questions.</p>