<p>I also accepted a place on the waitlist immediately. (Arts and Sciences)</p>
<p>How many of you are sending in letters and updates on new awards?</p>
<p>I am kind of mad at Washington U for putting most of the people on the wait list though. If they can't make decisions as early, then don't and release it later.</p>
<p>I don't understand why some people are accepting a place on the waitlist if they know that there is no possibility that they will be attending WUSTL. The only explanation that comes to mind is that he or she can't stand the fact that he or she wasn't accepted outright. That doesn't seem very fair to the other people on the waitlist who genuinely want to attend the school.</p>
<p>I don't understand why you would accept a spot on the waitlist for "curiosity's sake" when you already know you aren't going there. All your doing is taking away from other people's chances the would kill to attend WashU. </p>
<p>That said, I turned down a waitlist position at Olin since I'd rather attend UMich (I'm in-state, it's cheaper, you can't beat the education for the price, and ROSS > Olin, and plus, UMich sports > WashU)</p>
<p>People are just accepting a place for their egos - they can't just deal with the fact that they didn't get in and move on if they have no interest.</p>
<p>That makes me sad... I would really love to come off of the waitlist, as would many others. I really don't get the ethics behind accepting a place on the waitlist, knowing that you would never attend, to possibly take the offer away from another candidate who would love to go to WashU.</p>
<p>The waitlist is supposedly unranked, so how would sending in additional information (awards, essays) help?</p>
<p>Umm yeah, I agree with sharpielove, zkevin, and M'sMom...</p>
<p>WashU is one of my toptop choices. If someone got in off the waitlist that didn't want to go...well, it's just not a very nice thing to do, people.</p>
<p>If they got in off the waitlist and didn't end up going (which is actually a rather high possibility considering that not all admissions and scholarship decisions to other schools have been released yet, and those developments might end up being more intincing than waiting for June 30) wouldn't Wash U just accept the next qualified person that came to mind? Therefore, technically, no one is "cheated" out of a decision just because people sent in the reply card in mid-March, and not after April 1.</p>
<p>F.Y.I.--I'm pretty sure when I visited WashU they said no one got in from the wait list last year, sorry for the bad news.</p>
<p>I think WU should really treat all applicants as serious people who just really want to go and not to torture us by making such an humongous waitlist. I feel sorry for people who really want to be taken off the waitlist, but I still won't withdraw mine because I actually decided that I don't want to go to WU after knowing that they have such a huge waitlist this year. I feel that it's really unfair for so many applicants to be put on the waitlist because by doing so, WU really has unfair advantage that they do get better ranking and they have a better idea of "who will really go."</p>
<p>just cause your a girl and applied to engineering doesnt show automatic in. i applied to engineering and got waitlist along with 2 other girls from my school who also applied for engineering.</p>
<p>Of course it's not an automatic, but it's certainly easier.</p>
<p>That perspective is very odd to me, perhaps it is that I live in Texas, but in my large pubic school the majority of graduates, guys AND girls, will major in engineering. So next time someone wants female engineering majors, simply recruit from Texas, and suddenly female engineers will be at a disadvantage (you should see the looks I get when I say "anthropology major.")</p>
<p>i'm also from texas and im a girl that applied for engineering (waitlisted). it's definitely not an automatic in, i was kinda suprised that i didnt get in. oh well. im already into cornell and vanderbilt and their engineering is better anyway.</p>
<p>I spoke to an admissions person and was told that WU accepted fewer students than last year. Last year, so many of the admitted students decided to attend that WU had a few hundred more students than they were able to handle. No one got off the wait list. This year, I was told, admissions will use the wait list.</p>
<p>Part of me wanted to accept my place on the waitlist just to lower Wash U's yield. I'm sorry, but Wash U's rank-boosting schemes has just made me lose a lot of respect for them. But then the other part of me doesn't want to take the spot away from someone who really wants to go. So I'm not going to stay on the waitlist. As much as I want to spite Wash U, it isn't worth crushing some kid's heart.</p>
<p>Accepted place on waitlist for Olin.</p>
<p>Thanks, sahweet - that's very kind of you.</p>
<p>I am not accepting a position at the wait list. I wonder how many people that they put on "wait list". It must be a very, very long list.</p>