<p>So several students from my school applied to WashU this year, and we all received our decisions this week. Three students were accepted--who were URM or white--and six other students were waitlisted/rejected (all Asian).</p>
<p>I'm one of the students who was waitlisted, and though I can't say whether I'm better than any of the accepted students, I can vouch for the other five waitlisted/rejected students who are truly exceptional (i.e. one person was honored by President Bush last weekend). </p>
<p>If you're Asian, will you write a note here so we know that WashU is doing its best to represent? I'm a little concerned that race may have been a factor with their decisions--at my high school, at least.</p>
<p>I'm not suggesting it's a widespread practice for WashU; but at my school it was a bit unusual. I'm genuinely hoping it's an isolated case.</p>
<p>Maybe I'm also overreacting because I'm disappointed by the decisions. I should mention--lots of congratulations to those who were accepted! That's really, really exciting. : )</p>
<p>You may be waitlisted if you qualify for Harvard or schools like that and you did not make extra effort to convince WashU you have real interest in it.</p>
<p>The undergraduate Asian population at WUSTL is 11%, at the low end of the top 20 schools, but this may be due to the location and reputation of the schools rather than discrimination. I know two Asian students got into WUSTL, but our high school has a large Asian population.</p>
<p>but thank you for all the information--I agree with professor; it may be a regional thing.</p>
<p>and i had also heard that washu doesn't always accept students who seem "exceptional," like one of the people i mentioned. i appreciate the posts!</p>
<p>chinese & accepted. i have heard about the thing where WashU won't accept ppl they think are only using it as a safety tho. (but i'm 1 of them..)</p>
<p>We're not Asian - so I don't know. But it might have more to do with demonstrated interest. We flew out to St Louis for a tour and interview for my d - it wasn't all that convenient for us. On that day I did not see a lot of Asians there for visits, although of course that does not prove anything.</p>
<p>aznfishy, that's me too. It was just a random school I decided to apply to and spent half an hour setting up a powerpoint for their portfolio, stuck an essay in from somewhere else, and called it done. But I'm white/asian, but I'm pretty sure they stuck me in with the asians since I got that Multicultural Weekend thing.</p>
<p>Two of my son's friends are students at Wash U. One is Indian, the other Korean. They are both exceptionally qualified students, both in class and out of class activities.</p>
<p>Another friend of his is mixed Chinese/white and had an outstanding record across the board; he was waitlisted. However, that student did not fill out a single scholarship application and the school probably came to the conclusion they were not near the top of his list; they were correct about that.</p>
<p>Actually, the truly exceptional students should demonstrate interest by applying for scholarships which is a separate application. If the candidates who would be really strong for HPYS apply without the scholarship application, I believe that Wash U sees them as just collecting acceptances. That's why they waitlist them. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>This thread is going off topic but let me clarify something that you guys may not be aware of:</p>
<p>There are many, many different reasons for being waitlisted...It is not just exceptional students who did not demonstrate interest....there certainly are many who demonstrated tons of interest who were waitlisted as well....there are geographic diversity concerns, gender concerns, URM concerns, etc.....</p>
<p>CC is a very small sample and Wash U is very fickle in admissions; it is natural for someone to try and figure out why they were waitlisted (or rejected for that matter)...Don't try and overanalyze; you'll make yourself crazy.....</p>