<p>for those who are HYP material, WashU is considered a higher ranked safety.
and yes they have taken notice…
Therefore they waitlist you.
However, if you write to them nicely saying you will attend, they probably will accept you.</p>
<p>^globaldreamer,</p>
<p>I was THIS close to ignoring your post, but I couldn’t help it. That’s simply rubbish. Please put some actual thought and research into your opinions before posting them for the world to see. If you explore around the threads on the WUSTL forum here, you’ll see that the most well-reasoned and insightful comments are those that seek to debunk and refute the “waitlisting overqualified students / accepting only interested students” myths. Let’s not make this thread YET ANOTHER one that is trying to analyze why Wash U wait lists so many people. It’s been rehashed dozens of times already and from a logic point of view, what Globaldreamer posted really makes very little sense.</p>
<p>^^ Word to vbball90.</p>
<p>I can’t stand this thread, but like vbball90 I’m going to go ahead and give you a piece of my opinion. This thread IS simply ‘rubbish’ - a longwinded series of posts by waitlisted students who feel that they have to rationalize their waitlist and center the blame on the college in the process. The fact is- for every one of the waitlisted students, another more qualified, higher scoring, and more talented student will take your place. That’s how the world runs. Please get over it and learn something about life. This is the harshest post I’ve written so far, but I feel that it has to be written. Those waitlisted are in no way entitled to acceptance at Washington University in St. Louis, or anywhere else for that matter. </p>
<p>I know plenty of people who’ve been accepted at one ‘prestigious school’ and not another; it goes both ways. Everyone I know at WashU was a valedictorian of his or her high school class, scored in the 2250-2300+ SATI range, and has several passions and talents to which he/she has committed and attained achievement. I’ve been answering questions for prospective freshmen here-- prospective freshmen who are excited about learning, scholarship, and opportunities-- and I’m mighty proud that I know a diverse group of people and organizations at WashU such that I can easily give comprehensive answers to many of the questions here. </p>
<p>One poster actually went ahead and calculated the average SATI scores of the accepted students vs. waitlisted students here on this forum. Guess which group had the higher SATI scores? The accepted students. CC is just a small sample size of course. But as it stands, divers college analytical websites have a consensus, and that is WashU has one of the highest standardized testing score ranges for incoming students out of all the top colleges. We have more National Merit Scholars than all of the Ivy League schools save one. As for your admittance/waitlist/reject decision from WashU, there are qualitative factors as well-- life stories, the way you write your essay, your humility (which some of you lack, to put it simply), whether you’re a ‘fit’ with the school (ie. the student body here is caring, supportive, friendly, and will be successful and leaders of tomorrow regardless of where their school stands in the social elitist playfield), whether you will add diversity to the student body… </p>
<p>Waitlisted students-- I’m sorry you did not get into this university, but don’t bash or sour grapes on the school. It’s not cool.</p>
<p>Furthermore, there’s a reason you didn’t get in and someone else did. And you need to consider the strength and talent of the WashU student body before you make assumptions about who did and who didn’t.</p>
<p>Check your facts, stop your wishful thinking. It’s the new trend in this scientific age.</p>
<p>I will say, as I have said elsewhere, that Wash U measures up in every respect to the Ivies etc and the people who feel like they have to dismiss it nastily say more about themselves than they say about WU.</p>
<p>zenith602 - If you are such “caring, supportive, friendly” student, why don’t you just focus on your studies at WashU so you can become a “successful . . .leader of tomorrow” and stop bashing the poor folks who got waitlisted?</p>
<p>Why don’t the “poor folks who got waitlisted” stop bashing those of us who did get in? It is an insult to MY intelligence when waitlisted people say that they reject overqualified students. It’s basically like saying, “oh us waitlisted folk are just so much smarter than those who actually got in.” </p>
<p>We’ve all worked as hard as we possibly could given our individual circumstances and each and every one of us deserves happiness. Those who got waitlisted will find said happiness at a place other than WashU but I hate to see it at the expense of those who were accepted.</p>
<p>And bostonvillanova: My definition of a “successful…leader of tomorrow” is being able to do more than one thing at once, i.e. “focus on their studies” and be on CC.</p>
<p>I though WashU attracted nice, smart students who were very friendly. I started to think that attract pompous kids who simply do not understand that the admission process is not a scientific ranking whereby the students who get accepted must be superior to those who get waitlisted. Go back to your lives, citizens.</p>
<p>Sorry, but my D is pretty overqualified and she got in to WUSTL - 35 ACT, National Merit Finalist, Presidential Scholar Candidate, tons of AP’s, great recs, good essays, etc. We did visit and she did have the “interview” though. Did all of you do that? My D got waitlisted at Rice and we didn’t visit or interview. I wonder if that is a factor. I thought WUSTL was more selective than Rice?</p>
<p>This is ridiculous. College admissions are an art, not a science. There is no formula that assures you will get in. Sometimes someone with lower grades and stats will write an essay that touches the adcom, and they get accepted. And someone who has near perfect grades/scores/EC’s, will leave the committee cold, and they get WL’ed or denied. Let’s stop bashing others and be happy for those who got it. Most of us will likely end up somewhere great (even it it’s not your first choice) and will be very happy there.</p>
<p>bitingmynails: word, thats exactly what i was thinking</p>
<p>i didnt visit, i need FA, im not a minority, and my stats PALE in comparison to all the previous posters so i have NO idea how i got waitlisted instead of rejected, but my first choice is elsewhere and i got in there so no biggie :)</p>
<p>heretosuceed: go away. despite all the d***** bags who wrote on this thread, your post was the most offensive and egotistical and retahded. just let people rationalize and get over yourself (also your wrong, you really shouldnt be on CC after you’re in college, it is the equivalent of reading cosmogirl at age 20, just saying…)</p>
<p>How was what I said offensive or egotistical? I clearly said that we all did the best with what we had. Never once did I say that I was better than another person; on the contrary, I simply pointed out that I didn’t appreciate other people insinuating that they were better than me and somehow felt that they deserved an acceptance while I did not. </p>
<p>And who are you to dictate what age you can be on a public forum? That’s strictly a personal choice and not for you to determine. I’ve found that some of the most helpful people on this website are the college students because they can give the best insight. This website is called COLLEGE Confidential, not Pre-frosh Confidential.</p>
<p>Oh, and you know what I find offensive? When people call me “retahded”.</p>