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<p>April 5
I have to share that my son was accepted at other top schools like UChicago and Johns Hopkins. He chose Washu and could not be happier. I have never seen a school that supports its undergrads like Washu. He really wanted to double major (no problem at WASHU) and he is majoring in Biology, Music and minoring in Biophysics. He is a freshman and already has been offered paid research opportunities at the school and medical school. As a freshman he reached out to professors with questions and asking about opportunity to work with them and they replied to him that same day all incredibly supportive. The teachers are TOP NOTCH his Physics teacher is from UCHI. If you have passion and are interested in something WASHU will support you 200 percent. It is a no fail environment - in his freshman dorm there are tutors (free) there is a Cornerstone center located in the freshman south 40 more support with writing and tutoring and planning. There are weekend and evening mentored study groups (chem, physics, English) also free! The students support each other my son helped others studying Physics and in turn they helped him with Chem, the students help each other and are not cut throat, they all love learning and take time out to socialize. The dorms and dining are 5 star incredible it is a dining experience. If interested in medicine this school has the highest scoring MCAT scoring students. But that isn't all there are free opportunities to dine out in town, go see the Cardinals etc etc, not only do dorms have 2 RA's to help adjust they have WUSAs these incredible peers on each hall to help your child, they think of everything to help you down to staff checking to make sure all your internet connections are working in your room. Your bathrooms are cleaned by the housekeeper that lives there every week, I think twice. Looking for internships, experiences, study abroad over the top opportunity. Oh and did I mention NICE, everyone is NICE, students, teachers, this is THE school for bright passionate NICE kids that want the best college experience ever. It is beautiful Forest Park is next to the school, gorgeous, surrounded by mansions and FREE history, science museums, free zoo and free botanical gardens also the Delmar loop with incredible restaurants and entertainment is a 10 min stroll (blueberry hill music/food, LORDE just stopped by). finally at this school you are an individual not a number people staff, students, teachers care about you and will do everything to ensure you succeed what more can a Mom ask for? You will NOT find any school that invests in you to the extent WASHU does. </p>

<p>I copied and pasted this into Wash U's board from (I found this very helpful! :) ) : <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/17138937/#Comment_17138937"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/17138937/#Comment_17138937&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thank you for sharing. These are the type of posts that make me remember why I applied ED! :)</p>

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<p>Just wanted to share this again with whoever didn’t see the above post. </p>

<p>My D came home for Thanksgiving and she couldn’t wait to get back. She kept saying Wash U is the BEST. She even loves her soft tempur-pedic bed at school which is better than at home. Funny! She really is happy there and says her friends are so friendly, nice and caring. </p>

<p>In fact one night at midnight she called me telling me her ear was hurting. I told her to talk to her RA to find out where she can get help. They ended up going to the emergency room and the RA went with her. She got treated at 5 am for an ear infection and the RA was with her the whole time. That was the nicest thing that anyone could do for my daughter. </p>

<p>She also loves being in the studio and her professors give her tons of positive feedback and so do the TA’s. Her professors even show up on the weekends and give lots of support. They’ve even given her guidance on grad school and she is only a freshman. It’s really amazing. </p>

<p>She also really loves St. Louis. She says it is a really neat town. She has attended several concerts and the Cardinals baseball game. </p>

<p>This is just one of many things that is great about Wash U. </p>

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<p>Great bit of sharing for the new applicants and more importantly, their parents… Thanks.</p>

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<p>Your welcome,</p>