<p>Did it say in the letter? I know 29,000 applied.</p>
<p>They have not released this statistic. It was not in the letter nor have I seen it online anywhere.</p>
<p>Just Email the admissions office, or call the number to speak with an admissions officer. You don’t have to give any identifying information when you call. </p>
<p>The number isn’t final because they might/might not use the wait list depending on how many people accept admission, but you could easily just ask them how many so far were accepted.</p>
<p>If you look at it historically, I think WUSTL has had something around a 33% yield rate. That equates to, with a 1,500 approximate size for the freshman class, 4,500 who were offered admission. This is all very conjecturish of course, but that number probably wouldn’t be that far from the actual.</p>
<p>how many ed’ers do they accept? Does anyone know?</p>
<p>I thought I read that 1/3 of the class I’d filled in ED.</p>
<p>Yes it said 1500 in the letter were accepted!</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, that number was designated for the number of spots available for the freshman class. However, not everybody who gets accepted will go to WUSTL…</p>
<p>ED is binding so most (except for financial reasons) accept. So for ED I think the offers/acceptances would be pretty close to 1500</p>
<p>I really doubt that any college would nearly fill their class from only early decision. Many outstanding applicants don’t apply ED because of their financial aid situation, and schools don’t want to lose their chance at those applicants.</p>
<p>According to admissions, 15% fewer were accepted this year than last year, out of a pool of applicants that was 15% larger than last year.</p>
<p>[WU</a> cuts number of offers to next freshman class | Student Life](<a href=“http://www.studlife.com/news/2011/03/23/wu-cuts-number-of-offers-to-next-freshman-class/]WU”>WU cuts number of offers to next freshman class - Student Life)</p>
<p>I didn’t mean 1500…I meant 1/3 of 1500 which is what I thought I read they said they filled in the ED round- 1/3 of their class.</p>
<p>Can easily get this number by simple math due to the Stud Life article</p>
<p>25,000 applied last year * 22% acceptance rate last year</p>
<p>This year 15% fewer acceptances than last year’s total number</p>
<p>divided by</p>
<p>29000 apps this year</p>
<p>= 16.1% total acceptance rate this year</p>
<p>That’s about 4670 total acceptances (which would include ED kids, too), meaning Wash U is counting on a 33% yield again if the target 1,500 class size is hit.
Wash U’s yield has essentially stayed the same for the past several years, while the class profile increases in terms of SAT/ACT scores. To me this indicates that Wash U is competing more heavily with ivies and other top-tier schools, because as our class profile has increased to the point where it is now the same as (or better than) many of the ivies and our other peer colleges (judging by test scores alone - I know not the best measure, but it’s the simplest objective comparative measure)… our yield hasn’t gone down at all 
Yay Wash U</p>
<p>[WU</a> cuts number of offers to next freshman class | Student Life](<a href=“http://www.studlife.com/news/2011/03/23/wu-cuts-number-of-offers-to-next-freshman-class/]WU”>WU cuts number of offers to next freshman class - Student Life)</p>
<p>29,000 applicants
1,500 target first year class </p>
<p>500 early decision slots/acceptances (yield 100%)
3000 acceptances for 1000 RD slots (assuming 33.3% yield)</p>
<p>That would result in an overall 12% acceptance rate (3500/29000) for the full candidate pool, which would be higher for ED, lower RD, before going to the waitlist.</p>
<p>Someone can correct my math or assumptions and make the adjustments around the fringes, but there is no shame in getting waitlisted in that selective of a pool.</p>