<p>First off, I want to congratulate everyone who has already been accepted - it's a great accomplishment! I'm sure some people have questions about next year, and just wanted to provide a place where people can get their questions answered and see other people's questions in one convenient thread. I'll check back a few times per day, and anyone else who wants to answer questions is more than welcome to do so.</p>
<p>Just a little bit about myself first: I'm a freshman, I'm considering a bio/math double major, I play club soccer here at WUSTL, and I couldn't be happier I was accepted ED here a year ago.</p>
<p>I can answer questions too. I’m a Sophomore, from St. Louis. I have declared a psychology major with a possible second major/minor in Political Science, but I took some of the premed classes freshman year so feel free to ask me about them. I’m also on the crew team. This is a fantastic school and I love it here.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who just got accepted and good luck to everyone else. My younger sister was just accepted ED and I am unbelievably excited.</p>
<p>Deferral is much more common than rejection. You will have the same chance as everyone else in the spring, which unfortunately means your chances are quite lower than they were for ED.</p>
<p>While I don’t know WUSTL specific numbers, the average was about 30% accepted, 30% deferred, and 40% rejected. Your chances depend on how much you can improve your application between now and RD. As it stands now, you are close, but not quite there,</p>
<p>what do you guys think the best way to find a roommate is? I see there is a 2015 facebook group so should we try and find one when the 2016 gets made? Or do you think it would be a good idea just to let wash u match us up with people? I would like to get to know someone and decide whether they would be a good fit first though.</p>
<p>I’m interested in the answer to indyfan94’s question</p>
<p>additionally, @RaVNzCRoFT
Is there a lot of separation between the engineering school and the other schools? Also, what kind of classes do engineering majors typically take freshman year? Im planning on a chemical engineering major, not mechanical, so you might not know, but I assume that the courses are fairly similar throughout engineering. And what kind of AP credit can I get? (Chemistry 5, Calc AB 5, US History 4, currently taking Stat, English Language, and Spanish)</p>
<p>I think most people who came in with roommates they had already met found them on the facebook group. You may have to wait until after the regular decision results come out to find someone though.
That being said I and a most people I know were assigned room mates by res-life. Most people got along with their room mate, even if they weren’t best friends. I do know of a few assignments that didn’t work out, but most of the time people figure out how to make it work.</p>
<p>You’ll fill out a housing survey sometime in the next few months. It has questions like how clean do you keep your room, what time do you go to bed, do you smoke, etc. The survey helps, but it does nothing to pick the personality of your roommate. If you find someone on Facebook and you think they would be a good choice, by all means give it a try. But I would not advise rooming with someone you know from high school.</p>
<p>In the meantime, you should definitely start to consider what style of dorm you want (modern or traditional).</p>
<p>Club sports are quite competitive here - the club soccer team was a little better than the JV team. The main differences are club can’t cut, and it’s not as much a time commitment, but the level of play is still high.</p>
<p>Chemical engineers primarily start out by taking General Chemistry, Chemistry Lab, a math course, a physics course and Introduction to Chemical Engineering. Since you took Calc AB, taking Math 132 (Calc 2) in the fall would be appropriate. For physics, I would recommend Physics 197. Since you got a 5 on chemistry, you can technically place out of gen chem and chem lab and go right to Organic. You may want to email someone from the chemical engineering department and find out if that’s a wise thing to do.</p>
<p>If you get a 5 on Lang and Comp, you will place out of Writing 1 (an annoying required course).</p>
<p>There’s not really that much separation in the engineering school. I mean, you’ll have friends from your engineering classes but you’ll meet all kinds of different people on your freshman floor and at other events.</p>
<p>@aspenleaf
I am going to major in PNP and will be meeting the premed classes. What will my schedule be like Fr year? Best I can figure, I will not have any electives with PNP, Premed and Gen Ed.</p>
<p>I got 5’s in AP Calc AB and Bio. I will be taking AP Lit and AP Chem this year. Will the AP Calc and AP Lit free up my class selection at all or does it just allow you to skip an intro class and take a different Calc and English class?</p>
<p>The AP Calc will let you skip Calc 1, and it’s normal to take Calc 2 rather than simply not having a math class. The AP Lit will give you elective credit, but you can’t get out of writing 1, sorry.</p>
<p>An example schedule for your case might look something like:
1st Semester
Gen Chem 111
Chem Lab 151
Math 132 (Calc 2)
Writing 1 (either this semester or next, you are assigned randomly)
Psych/Philosophy/some other elective</p>
<p>2nd semester
Chem 112
Chem lab 152
Bio 2960 (intro bio)
Psych/Phil class
Calc 3 or Stats if you don’t mind math, or another elective class</p>
<p>May also consider freshman seminars (1 credit weekly lecture) or the MedPrep class, which I found helpful (I was considering premed at the beginning of the semester, and I still am; however, it’s not as appealing as it was).</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say there’s a whole lot who drop it, but those who do change their minds don’t necessarily have a single reason. It may be that the classes are too hard (doubtful), or they have just decided that they don’t wish to be a doctor (more likely).</p>
<p>The schedule RyanMK laid out is a fairly typical Premed schedule. You don’t have to take calc 3, but it is required for the chemistry major or if you want to take physical chemistry. Also there are a few medical schools that require 2 semesters of math, but a lot of them will allow you to take stats instead of calc 3. </p>
<p>As far as the PNP major goes I would look in the Mind, Brian and Behavior program (MBB). It is a two year program that covers the introductory requirements for PNP. You have to apply as an incoming freshmen and the application process is competitive, but the people I know who have taken it enjoyed the course. </p>
<p>Finally don’t worry too much about your schedule. As long as you figure out what you want to do by the end of your freshman year you should have no problem completing the requirements. A lot of people don’t pick their major until mid sophomore year. So make sure you take classes that interest you.</p>
<p>Approximately half the people that come into Wash U (or almost any school) saying they are premed drop it. (I wouldn’t listen to Ryan who says that there isn’t a whole lot of people that drop it).</p>
<p>Reasons include
~Bad grades in weeder classes
~Finding a new passion
~More weeder classes
~Knowing you’ll have to be in school another 4 years, + residency, etc.
~It’s a lot easier to start off as premed and drop it, than pick it up and have to take all the science classes in say your last year or two, when your other courses are ramping up in addition.</p>
<p>Wash U isn’t an easy place for premed courses. Some people might have stick with it at other schools, but found out they couldn’t handle it at Wash U. The quality is what helps when applying to med schools.</p>
<p>And read the academic bulletins which lists requirements for each major/minor. You can also find policies of AP credit, etc.</p>
<p>(Note for engineers there’s likely to be a 15 unit maximum put in place on AP/pre matriculation credit next year. The engineering schools been pressued by the other schools for a while now).</p>
I’m a Sophomore, from St. Louis. I have declared a psychology major with a possible second major/minor in Political Science, but I took some of the premed classes freshman year so feel free to ask me about them. I’m also on the crew team. This is a fantastic school and I love it here.</p>