<p>Oh, and less than 2 weeks left to get your stuff in!</p>
<p>does anyone know how long it takes for materials that have been sent by high school to show received on WUSTL pathway?</p>
<p>^I’d imagine not long…when I sent my ACT scores, my WUSTL Pathway status was updated the very next day, stating that my scores had been received. You could always email the application processor to get an exact estimate, though.</p>
<p>General application question: If using the Common App, can I submit my part of the app before my teachers finish the teacher evaluations (they are submitting them online through Common App).</p>
<p>^Yes, you can. The subheadings for each part of the app are completely separate from each other, so you can send the “Common Application” portion and “Supplements” portion without sending “Payment” or “School Forms.” You’ll just notice that, on your WUSTL Pathway, the Common Application and Essay checkmarks will be green, whereas the teacher recommendation, official transcript, and school report will still be red.</p>
<p>Does that make sense?</p>
<p>Yes it does:)</p>
<p>hi! just to add in, i did ED last year and i found out december 9th (thursday) which means you guys might have just 4 weeks until decisions! the year before, ED applicants found out on the 11th (friday) so unless something weird happens with protocol you’ll most likely here a good few days before the 15th. the school actually sent out the e-mail notification the next day (10th) to check the decision status so i suggest that once you get to around december 8th-ish to start just frequently checking the pathway to see if there is any update. good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>Hey guys, I am going ED to WashU!! Class of 2016…hope so!</p>
<p>@steal1115</p>
<p>That’s good to know! Thanks for the heads up!</p>
<p>@apitkin12
I just sent in my application. Hopefully we are classmates next year in the Washington University in St. Louis Class of 2016!</p>
<p>I just applied today! And just checking, but the early decision form (the one that is sent by mail) is due November 15 by POST-MARK date right? So I should be fine if I sent it yesterday?</p>
<p>And also, it’d be really cool if people here would post their stats so everyone can get somewhat of an idea of what the ED pool is like this year!
I’ll start.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.82 UW/ 4.23 W
SAT: 2360
SAT II: 780 US History
Academics: national honor society, AP scholar with distinction, high school award for academic excellence (on the weak side)
Activities: varsity tennis, captain of academic team, key club treasurer, model un secretary
Work Experience: summer job tutoring kids
Counselor rec: not good
Teacher recs: one is shaky and the other one is solid
Essay: just another “good” essay-I wish it stood out more</p>
<p>All these people posting their stats…makes me worried about mine lol everyone is so smart.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 / W 4.09
SAT: 2070</p>
<p>Academics: Highest Honors all four years, every term, Prep School Curriculum
AP Classes: AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Stats</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: Elite travel softball team, 4 year varsity MVP, Led team to state championship play, Flute player (7 years), played in Regional and District Band and Orchestra and All-State recommendation, also played in Springfield Symphony Youth Orchestra, Newspaper writer, Photography Club, Student Senator, Varsity Field Hockey, School’s Ski Club founder, Varsity Track and Field, Student Representative in the City School Committee, TREE Club Leader (environmental club on campus), Volunteer hours at local town events, Umped little league softball and taught pitching at clinics in town</p>
<p>Recommendations: Counselor-awesome, physics teacher-great, english teacher-couldn’t be better</p>
<p>Essay: Not sure haha I thought it was good, but I’m not really sure how it’ll compare</p>
<p>Recruited by the softball coach at WashU</p>
<p>Without posting too much about myself:
34 ACT, 3.9 UW GPA (not sure about weighted, but if I had to guess my rank is based on weighted GPA), most rigorous course load at my school (literally), Top 1% rank, multiple academic awards, varsity sport, captain of travel team, really good recs (counselor and 2 teachers), essay is good (I hope), lots of demonstrated interest in WashU (plus ED lol), and if it matters I am a URM.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Hi, I just applied too!
Does it take quite a while to receive information about WUSTL Pathway? I just sent my Pre-Application Data Sheet last Tuesday, but haven’t received e-mail yet (I live in Ohio, so WashU is supposed to receive it by friday). I am starting to get little nervous, since I will be gone for school retreat this afternoon.</p>
<p>Everyone sounds little smart…
First of all, I will introduce myself. I’m an exchange student from South Korea, going a Catholic school in Sandusky, OH (I live 5 minutes far away from Cedar Point!)
I came to American about two year ago, so my ACT Reading and English section is really low…
29 ACT: E26, M36, R22, S33
SAT Math 2C 800 / just took Chemistry and haven’t received score yet.</p>
<p>GPA: 4.125 (4.0)
College courses: AP-Cal, AP-Chemistry, AP- Statistics, PSEOP Government, PSEOP Biology, PSEOP Economics</p>
<p>Activities: debut as a poet in South Korea (National), Honor Roll all four years of high school, NHS treasurer, international club Vice President, Varsity Basketball Manager (since Ohio state does not allow international students to participate in sports), Yearbook Editor (Business Manager last year), environmental club, Whole school Vice President, representing over 1500 people, NAHS, Key Club, School Art Show awards (1st, 2nd, 2nd, Honorable mention), Hardest Worker Award in Yearbook & Art, Leadership by exemplary award, over 300 hours of volunteer works etc.</p>
<p>Work Experience: internship at Wendy Kromer confection (she is the cake decorator works for Martha Stewart).</p>
<p>Essay: I think it’s really good. Wrote about overcoming my English (English was always my obstacle). My friends said it’s really inspiring… so I assume it’s really good.</p>
<p>Recommendation: Really good. Counselor, Science Teacher, Art teacher(WashU Alumni), Friend (WashU Alumni). Art teacher is the closest teacher in the current school and after she showed me the Recommendation Letter, I was so moved! she wrote solid two pages!</p>
<p>Wash U relationship: 2 friends, 1 teacher</p>
<p>My ACT is really low, so I really hope other factors cover it up. :)</p>
<p>Good Luck everyone and hope we all see each other on WashU Danforth campus next year!</p>
<p>@rkdus0818</p>
<p>Cedar Point is awesome!</p>
<p>Wow, stats already?! Haha, I’ll wait until the Official ED Decisions Thread, which I’m assuming you’re in charge of, Nina. :)</p>
<p>Just a little discussion question for you guys…how much do you think applying ED will increase your own chance of getting in? Personally, I don’t think I would get in regular decision. Maybe I’m just paranoid, but WashU is known for waitlisting some “overqualified” (although no one is really overqualified when it comes to the top 20 colleges) applicants, and even though I’ve shown interest in the school, there’s just that slight chance that the admissions staff would think I perceive WashU as a safety school and throw my app into the waitlist pile.</p>
<p>In addition, I think–from what I’ve observed myself and heard from others–that WashU takes demonstrated interest VERY seriously. So my thought is that applying ED gives SOME applicants (not all) a fairly better chance at that acceptance letter.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>^I should probably add that I am not, by ANY means, simply applying ED just to increase my chances of admission. WashU has been my top choice college since sophomore year, and there’s a pretty big riff between it and my second choice college.</p>
<p>I think ED helps in the sense that WashU can be certain that you will attend if you are accepted. Because really, if you apply ED, you are serious about a school and that school is obviously not your safety school. Also, in ED the “boost” may come from the fact that the strongest students in the WashU applicant pool may not necessarily apply ED because they want to try to get in elsewhere at a school with REA or another ED school. I am not saying that the WashU ED applicants are not very strong and bright (hey, I am one of them!), but I would just say that the lower number of applicants to compete against for this reason probably benefits an ED applicant.</p>
<p>I wish WashU released ED statistics.</p>
<p>^So do I. </p>
<p>I’ve heard arguments both ways: (1) that they don’t release their statistics because they accept a substantially higher percentage of ED applicants (which to me, makes sense) and (2) they don’t release their statistics because they accept even fewer people ED than RD, and reporting this would discourage applicants from applying ED, which would then decrease their yield, which would affect their ranking, etc., etc.</p>
<p>Personally, I think the former reasoning is more sound than the latter. It doesn’t make sense that they would accept fewer ED applicants because there is 100% yield in the ED pool, which would increase their overall yield. Wouldn’t they want to accept as many people possible early so that they could bring up their overall yield? Unless the ED yield rate isn’t factored in to RD yield rate…in which case none of this rant makes sense.</p>
<p>When I went to a WashU information session on campus, the admissions officer said that in the past few years the ED acceptance rate has ranged from anywhere between 20 and 40 percent. She said it mainly depends on the strength of the applicant pool in a given year.</p>
<p>I don’t know what to think.</p>
<p>Something that no one seems to have seen is the following link that clearly states 30% of the incoming class is taken from early decision. That being said the percentage is based on how many applicants apply… (I assume approximately 500 kids are accepted from ED)</p>
<p>[Admissions</a> sticks with early decision | Student Life](<a href=“http://www.studlife.com/news/2010/11/19/early-decision-applications/]Admissions”>Admissions sticks with early decision - Student Life)</p>