<p>Although another person has already brought this topic up I wanted my chance to thank WAshu for waitlisting me</p>
<p>you see, I just got into Duke University, a place I was gunning for much more than WAshu. Duke apparently actually chooses applicants on the merit of their application, not in demostrated interest. In this regard, it is much more similar to HYPSBMC. </p>
<p>WAshu however can use its shady tactics on someone else </p>
<p>thank you washu, I dont care about you anymore</p>
<p>Sincerely, Sempitern555</p>
<p>You're a little late to the party.</p>
<p>Very original thread.</p>
<p>If you don't care, then why did you post this?</p>
<p>Please do not reply.</p>
<p>hahahahahahahaha, i'm feeling a little delirious right now,
you see,
First i was deferred SCEA at Stanford,
I was waitlisted at WashU,
and now I'm waitlisted at Duke!!!
congrats sempitern, be glad you're not me, collegeless outside Texas so far . . .</p>
<p>YES!! REALLY!! Thank you for waitlisting Sempitern. Good Luck, kid. </p>
<p>In parting, some advice for your future: It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak and remove all doubt.</p>
<p>ha ha ha, thank you copternmom, I appreciate your kind comments</p>
<p>judging by your other posts it seems Wash U made the right decision</p>
<p>all this suggests to me is that duke has lower standards, which is also supported by the fact that they accept a higher percentage of their applicants... good luck not getting everyone there to hate you, too</p>
<p>oooooooooooooooooh, this is funny so funny, people now bashing duke</p>
<p>well, let me just day that duke is better than washu will ever be!!!</p>
<p>oh, the attitude of the people on this board are so funny. Next thing someone will say is that WAshu is better than Harvad, Yale, Princeton, Stanford etc etc combined</p>
<p>I say, good riddance to washu</p>
<p>wash u says good riddance to you and this forum says goodbye, nobody likes you</p>
<p>and actually i really liked duke it was number 2 on my list, i just really don't like you</p>
<p>Semi:</p>
<p>PLZ -- DIAF!</p>
<p>I didn't even apply to these schools, I'm only a soph. in HS, but I've been reading these boards for the last few months to collect information that I can use in my own college search. The fact that people like you come to this board in particular, and bash this school, is rediculous. I find no reason to believe that Duke is really any better. Perhaps on some "ranking" chart it is, but hell, I know my dad went to Wash U., and he has done a hell of a lot more with his education than most Duke graduates ever will (I understand that works against Wash U as well, with some Duke graduates). The point is that, regardless of what some magazine ranks these schools, when you get in the top twenty they are all pretty damn good. </p>
<p>I hope you get a great education at Duke, and I hope you have a great "X" amount of years at Duke, but leave these boards until you learn how to respect what they are here for ~~ Communication and records for others to use in their own search, <em>not</em> bashing.</p>
<p>All of you are young and some of you are ignorant, of both parties. Be quiet. Is this the middle school thread or the college forum? I thought so.</p>
<p>Well, I'm sorry if I came off as young and arrogant, I'm just frustrated because there are so many happy kids who got in, who have to put up with people being in their face. I check a lot of the college-specific forums, and there are so many happy kids, and there are the dissapointed ones as well, but they all treat eachother with dignity and respect. Usually, no matter how upset they are at their rejection, or how happy they are with their acceptance, they don't gloat or make jeering posts. In fact, one of the few places I have really seen direct posts cutting down a college, have been on this board. That sucks. I think that people have every right to be dissapointed, and upset at a school, and totally, 100% disagree with the decisions, and even do so on this board. They can, and should call themselves overqualified, if they are, and if they feel that way. But please, please, don't cut down on those who were accepted, or make posts that do. I think people need to remember that by cutting down on this school, you could easily be cutting down on the excitement of somebody accepted, or the eagerness for somebody to attend this school. </p>
<p>Ok, I might be wrong, I am physically, and mentally younger than most of you, but thats my two cents. I wish that some of you guys would be more dignified in your treatment of eachother.</p>
<p>Very nice fndrplayer. That was very bold of you. My hat goes off. I really could not have said it better myself.</p>
<p>btw sempitern, if you're looking to go into certain scientifc research fields, a degree from WUSTL is much more impressive than one from Yale.</p>
<p>"They can, and should call themselves overqualified, if they are, and if they feel that way. But please, please, don't cut down on those who were accepted, or make posts that do."</p>
<p>thank you, I will
I am not detracting from other accepted students just crticizing the admissions office and its policies</p>
<p>I once veered into research but then found out that I couldnt stand being cooped up in a lab cataloguing bacteria</p>
<p>the part that I enjoy most about my ucla research is the interaction with the people there,</p>
<p>therefore, I see myself going into a profession with people contact being key, I am a natural extrovert, this is why I want to be a doctor and politician</p>
<p>Yale is da bomb and beats washu any day in my book!</p>
<p>Semp-Don't give Duke a bad name. Why are you still on this forum? Honestly, you just got into Duke, why are you still even thinking of Wash U? It's kind of embarrassing...I mean you just got into a school you would have definitely chosen over Wash U anyway so who cares??</p>
<p>because I feel that the washu board is a good place to stir up discussion</p>
<p>...about how much "better" your school is?</p>
<p>By continually reminiscing the situation, you get in others faces about it, numerous acceptees have asked for these kinds of posts to stop, or be moved elsewhere.. I don't see why that is such a hard thing to understand</p>
<p>actually i dont think he's trying to play up duke, i think he's trying to down play WUSTL</p>
<p><strong>ding ding ding</strong></p>