<p>WUSTL waitlists people who they do not think have a desire to attend. You can call that “Tuft’s Syndrome” if you’d like, but it’s not that they see a 2400 and say “he’s going to HYP, let’s waitlist him”, it’s that they see a 2400 with no interview and no visit and say “he has no desire to come here, let’s waitlist him”. Obviously, there are exceptions to this (show me a college admissions principle that ACTUALLY prevails 100% of the time), but for the most part the key to getting in is showing interest. Each and every school has its own quirky admissions office with its own mind-boggling decisions, so trying to blame a waitlisted 2400 SAT/36 ACT at WUSTL on “Tuft’s Syndrome” is sour grapes. Similarly competitive schools (all across the US World News Top 25) make the same seemingly illogical decisions, and they’re hardly labeled with “Tuft’s Syndrome”.</p>
<p>I myself was deferred EA Yale back in December, and got the good news of admission from WUSTL yesterday. I would love to go to either school, and hopefully I’ll have a hard decision to make in April.</p>
<p>I suppose that’s makes a lot of sense. I didn’t think about demonstrated interest because I had an overnight visit on campus, but that could very well have been the case. Maybe I’m rationalizing; I’m not a knockout applicant.</p>
<p>And congratulations! WUSTL is really cool, and good luck come March 30th</p>
<p>Thank you for the congrats, and you too on March 30th.</p>
<p>From the sounds of it, you’re still an absolutely stellar applicant and certainly competitive for Yale. If worse comes to worse, there are other fantastic universities that will take you.</p>
<p>I really don’t think that the transitive property of mathematics (A>B and B>C, therefore A>C) applies to college admission. Different schools value different things.</p>
<p>Keep in mind…
WUSTL considers interest.
WUSTL is not need blind.
WUSTL practices yield protection.
Getting waitlisted at WUSTL is not an indication that you will get rejected everywhere else. Keep your head up for another 18 days.</p>
<p>and getting a likely letter from UVA (which I did myself) is certainly a good sign if you have your sights set on HYPS- it’s essentially UVA acknowledging they’ll have competition for your attendance from those schools and establishing a rapport early</p>
<p>I got deferred by Yale SCEA but was lucky enough to get accepted into WashU. I didn’t apply for an interview or visit the campus but i did go to their road show, request for them to send me literature, and apply for some scholarships so maybe that helped. I also applied for FA. Still have my fingers crossed for Yale :)</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation. I’m not “overqualified” by any means (2310 SAT, 34 ACT, but go to school in a town of 300 in Nebraska?). I’m not really expecting to get into Yale, but am hoping that I’ll get into one of my non-safeties at least, as I only applied to the reaches of Yale, Rice, WashU, and UChicago… what if these colleges don’t like what WashU didn’t like? Kind of mildly stressing. :/</p>
<p>From my school, two people in the last few years have been accepted after being deferred. the only ones to have gotten in early were athletes. Yale could have denied you in December. The deferral means that they want to see you in context of the class. I’m also a deferree, and while I’m not confident I’ll get in, I am confident that I have as good a shot as anyone else. I frequently have to remind myself that I did all I could, and if Yale doesn’t accept me, it’s not my fault. Good luck!</p>
<p>EDIT: Check the RD decision threads. Multiple people who got into Yale and Harvard were WLed at WUSTL.</p>
<p>just thought i would mention that i too am in the same boat. Deferred ea by yale and just waitlisted by wustl. I must say it is encouraging to see so many of us. So, it seems to me the conclusion is that we shouldn’t read into the waitlist, right? Also, what do the people on here know about the “one from a school” trend? Someone from my high school was invited out for YES weekend…</p>
<p>plsletmeblucky, I know of a case in which more than one person was invited to YES-weekend from one school, so while that may not be a definitive answer to your question, I hope that helps.</p>
<p>thought this would be the thread to add this to. We were all talking about how lots of people were in the same boat was far as being deferred by yale then waitlisted at washu. I was also just waitlisted at chicago. Anyone else in that same situation?</p>
<p>I was waitlisted at UChicago as well. Gives me more perspective at least. Now that my expectations are fairly low I don’t think March 30 will be as bad as I imagined. Still have a tiny, tiny hope though</p>
<p>its always nice to know that others are in the same boat. @petaandpita yeah it definitely eases the anxiety. I really don’t expect anything anymore and will likely attend case western reserve so like you mentioned this has almost lifted a burden of pressure in a way</p>
<p>So this thread is very interesting. Lots of people here were waitlisted at both wustl and UChicago and deferred from Yale. I was deferred from Yale too, but I got rejected from UChicago BUT accepted to wustl. In the end, I have no idea what any of this means for our chances XD when you get to this level it’s honestly just luck of the draw I think.</p>