I’m really excited to go there and I’ve heard a lot of great things such as the food and the dorms but I’d like to know more.
Go Class of 2020!!!
I don’t really know much so I cant really help with your question
But, could you post your stats and ECs? 
Thanks! and Congrats!
You don’t have to bring your own pillow or do your own laundry. That’s why they have…people to do it for you. And yup, the dorms are apparently cush and the food is as you’d expect for a student body made up of a good number of students whose families probably had private cooks! {which, I should add, there is nothing wrong with} It is supposed to be a great place to attend college.
Reppincollege1, The OP’s stats are on another thread:
“SAT 1310 superscored
ACT 28 composite
(35 on science reasoning)
4.07 GPA
This year I’m talking AP BC Calculus, AP English 12, AP Statistics, AP Art History, and AP European history. In the past I’ve taken AP physics, AP chem, AP calc AB, AP US history, AP Language.”
Just so no one comes without a pillow, I’ll put this out there: I suggest either bringing a pillow or buying one when you get to school because the beds don’t come with one. Also, one of the student-run businesses is a laundry service that sends out students’ laundry to be cleaned, but it’s very expensive. Most students do their own laundry.
Do you have any specific questions that you’d like to see answered?
^ yep, that info re: laundry is discussed on the WUSTL tour as you walk by the student-run businesses, including the laundry service. By the way, lostaccount, not sure when you last took a college tour, but most schools offer a laundry service that is student-run but at the schools my kids attend(ed), most students do their own bc as stated above it’s expensive.
RenaissanceMom, It’s been a few days since I’ve heard a college tour-maybe a week. In terms of laundry services, yup there are student run ones and there are local services that pick up on campuses and then there are the students who would not pay for someone else to do their laundry (or clean their residence). Students at Wash U can pay extra to get a package with pillow and linens, and other bedding.
What’s the difference between a residential college vs “regular” dorms in the South 40?
Lostaccount, FYI: that package service with pillows and linens is offered at most universities. It’s a national business not related/ owned by the universities but obviously the schools disclose their student info. It isn’t unique to WUSTL. Both my sons received the mailing although they attended different universities.
And didn’t you think the WUSTL student-run businesses and the way they were housed was so cool when you took the tour? Between my sons I’ve seen a ton of schools and I’ve never seen anything like that at any other school. It’s a great learning opportunity for the students involved.
@ChicagoSportsFn The dorms on the South 40 are all part of a res college. A residential college consists of 2-3 freshman or sophomore dorms. Each res college has its own computer lab, its own traditions and events, and a Residential College Director who lives in an apartment in one of the dorms. Unlike other schools with residential college systems, you don’t stay in the same residential college for all four years, so you don’t feel as connected to your res college.