<p>I fall into the same category of not showing enough interest in Washington University as I didn’t initially realize it was such a significant factor in admission. My theory is that Washington University does not require a supplement in order to increase the number of applicants and decrease the acceptance rate. The scholarship applications or an interview acts as a de facto supplement. I wish I knew that when I applied.</p>
<p>Anyway I accepted a spot on the wait list with no expectations. Perhaps sending a letter will show some level of interest and put me higher up on the wait list.</p>
<p>Soo what does it even mean to “demonstrate interest”? Washu doesn’t have a supplement essay… so how can they tell whether you’re interested or not? </p>
<p>If you don’t have an interview that is (I think a significant percentage of applicants don’t have interviews).</p>
<p>If you’re not contacted for an interview, they like to see you take the initiative and schedule one yourself. You can also apply for merit scholarships, visit the campus and send a letter of interest to the admissions office.</p>
<p>It wasn’t very high on my list anyway (maybe that’s the problem according to some of y’all), but still… not a wonderful message to read I mean at least it isn’t a rejection… Maybe I didn’t demonstrate enough interest The only ways I “demonstrated interest” were sending a research paper and an extracurricular update in February if that even counts?? I didn’t interview or anything though. </p>
<p>3.85 UW/4.49 W (3.83/4.45 when app submitted), 2370 SAT, Biology/Pre-med, worked very hard on my app, pretty sure my recs were great (also got one from a Caltech professor)… Would you guys say my GPA is low? That’s what I was worrying about :X My midyear report had all A’s and 1 A+ with 4 APs though. Blah.</p>
<p>I hope the “waitlisting overqualified applicants who don’t show interest” thing is true… even though I feel like it might be some rumor made up by waitlisted peeps in denial LOL, a category which I think I may fall under x_x It’s just easier to think something like that when my top choice schools have waaaaaaay lower admittance rates.</p>
<p>Anyway, I accepted my spot on the waitlist just in case.</p>
<p>Actually, after reading a LOT of threads on WUSTL waitlisting, I feel a lot better. </p>
<p>Guys, keep your chins up!!! This doesn’t mean anything about your future college decisions, so don’t even worry about it Enjoy yourselves until the rest of the decisions come out - and hopefully after that, you enjoy yourself more!</p>
<p>We’re all in this together, and I’m sure we’ll all go to wonderful places (I hope so at least heh).</p>
<p>If anyone needs somebody to talk to, feel free to PM me I’m just another anxious senior getting nervous about decision period too!!</p>
<p>Now I don’t think the demonstrated interest theory works as several people who got waitlisted above did apply for merit scholarships and pay a visit. Maybe we just don’t get enough votes on the admission committee. my sat is 2240, GPA uw 3.77(I guess), no FA(international student).</p>
<p>Demonstrated interest is huge hogwash. Wash U notoriously rigs their admissions to increase their matriculation rate. In the Pathway, they CLEARLY track campus visits considering the fact that there is a “Campus Visits” section. Not everyone can afford to fly into St. Louis for a weekend and visit your damn school. I don’t mind being wait listed because I began disliking the school after hearing about their wait list issues but it’s frustrating to see friends who were extremely interested in Wash U and would do anything to go there, get wait listed because their parents couldn’t afford to fly there.</p>
<p>The greed of the American education system is the reason why countries like China and India are leagues ahead of us in intelligence. </p>
<p>waitlisted as well…
I heard that WashU cares a lot about interest, and I thought that would work in my favor. I visited campus and had the entire campus tour/info session, I attended the info sessions held at my school, I called the coach at WashU and talked about how I’d like to do track there and I applied to scholarships and the University scholars program in medicine.
But I guess, like always, college decisions are a crapshoot. I would like to know how many people are on the waitlist though, because from what I heard, almost nobody is rejected.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, c<em>o</em>l<em>l</em>e<em>g</em>e<em>p</em>r<em>o</em>w<em>l</em>e*r states that last year 214 applicants accepted a waitlist offer and 134 were ultimately accepted. They don’t report how many were placed on the waitlist. If true, those aren’t bad odds. </p>
<p>Note: For some reason College Confidential blocks out this website’s URL so I can’t post a link. Please verify as you wish.</p>
<p>PS</p>
<p>My son is waitlisted for engineering: ACT: 34, GPA UW: 3.7 SAT MTHII:770 SAT PHY:800</p>
Oh, please. Sour grapes? Every school does this. Don’t act like you know exactly how the admissions process works. You’re just bitter because you didn’t get into a top 15 school with a below-average ACT score.</p>
<p>There are many many many more applicants than spots. That is why you apply to multiple schools. It sucks being rejected or waitlisted, but some of you are reading far too much into it. If the class size were 3k instead of 1.5k, most of the people on the waitlist would be admitted.</p>
<p>Waitlisted as well. Never visited, 4.00 UWGPA, 2180 SAT, 800 MATHII, 790 US Hist.</p>
<p>To be honest, I’m not that surprised by it. Although I did apply for the compton (and got rejected), I did not have the motivation to plan a trip out there. In fact, my dad planned one flight but it was canceled due to weather; we never left the ground.</p>
<p>For waitlisted folks, you have two choices:
(1) Accept a spot on the waitlist and move on or…
(2) Don’t accept a spot on the waitlist and move on.</p>
<p>Congrats to those who got in and will not see this thread, but I couldn’t really care less about WUSTL at this point.</p>
<p>LOL. In case you don’t know how to read, Wash U was NOT my first choice and I’ve already been admitted into my number 1 choice school.</p>
<p>Ignorant people like you shouldn’t use the internet, you’ve done nothing but bash people on this forum. Probably a typical rich white kid who bought admission to an overrated school. </p>
<p>The irony of you accusing me of acting like I know the admissions process is HYSTERICAL. Take another look at your posts big guy. </p>
<p>I specifically said that I was posting on behalf of friends who are more qualified than I am and who deserve to get in. A girl at my school got a likely from Penn, Stanford and Dartmouth but was wait listed at Wash U even though it was her first choice.</p>
<p>Check yourself before you wreck yourself.</p>
<p>And don’t bother giving an immature response to this because I can’t be bothered to deal with arrogance.</p>
<p>If you look through my hundreds of posts, I think you’ll find that I enjoy helping people out. Any less-than-helpful recent posts have merely been frustrations with people incessantly posting the same questions over and over again–questions that could be answered by a simple forum search.</p>
<p>Your hypocrisy is quite hilarious. If you don’t want to have anything to do with Wash U, then I ask that you kindly just get off the forum. Some people here have been mature enough to accept their decision. You, on the other hand, are showing the world how butthurt you are. To your friends, I would offer the consolation that admissions is a crapshoot and they will certainly get into a great school. To you, I would say that the personality you’ve exhibited here is certainly not the type Wash U is looking for, so it’s probably best that a spot was given to someone more deserving.</p>
<p>And I should certainly know more about the admissions process at least a little bit more than you do. I have never claimed to be an expert or asserted that I know their methods, like you did. However, I’ve observed 3 ED results and 3 RD results over 3 years. I also know exactly what the students at Wash U are like, hence what the admissions officers are looking for.</p>
<p>Absolutely no interest in going to Washu
No interview
No campus visit
Finished the entire application + supplements in 15 minutes on December 31st</p>
<p>Accepted into Olin Business
SAT: 2310 (superscore)
12 APs, 3 Uni courses, GPA: 4.5/4.5, president and founder of a $100,000 revenue-producing non-profit</p>
<p>My thoughts on Tufts Syndrome: I am genuinely confused. I showed no interest and marks-wise (standardized and grades), I am in the grey area. I have the hardest course load in the history of my region, and great extracurriculars.</p>
<p>My goal is self-explanatory (see my name), and I cannot guess if Olin acceptance is a predictor of any future happy news. I see very qualified candidates getting waitlisted, and I have no idea why.</p>
<p>Hmm… anyways, good luck to all. I am going to reject my offer, with the quixotic hope of giving one extra spot to a waitlist. Cheers to all.</p>
I mean at least it isn’t a rejection… Maybe I didn’t demonstrate enough interest 
The only ways I “demonstrated interest” were sending a research paper and an extracurricular update in February if that even counts?? I didn’t interview or anything though. </p>
Enjoy yourselves until the rest of the decisions come out - and hopefully after that, you enjoy yourself more!</p>