Son
ACT 35
GPA 4.0 unweighted
15 APs
Rejected.
Devastated.
The right fit is out there. When one door closes, another opens. Wishing all of you the best.
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Good to know - thank you. But from a policy standpoint, in my opinion, that is truly misleading. Even more so to respond and converse. Clearly he is trying to market his program, but it should ONLY ever happen after admission, never before. I find it unbelievable that the Admissions Office sanctioned it - yet, they did, the original email had their letterhead.
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I also applied arts and sciences and I never got contacted
Are you an international student?
Son accepted. Strong grades. No ACT score sent. Lots of AP classes. Strong essay and I am betting the recommendation letters were strong too because he is very close to the teachers. He is very involved in school with leadership positions and a lot of awards and recognitions. Washu definitely looks at the applicants holistically. It is his first choice and he is beyond happy – it is a great fit. I am a big believer that everyone will find their place, so if you did not get in, it was not the right school for you. I am sure you will be accepted and will go to the right place for you. Good luck to you all!
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me too
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Accepted!
35 Act, 4.69 GPA, took IB (most rigorous courses at my school), really strong recommendations, good(?) ECs, first-generation (might have helped)
I did not do an interview, did not have any contact with professors or departments before, and had decent essays (I finished writing the morning of Nov 1), not URM(Korean)
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Yo, I got accepted too lol
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Look forward to meeting you guys in fall !!!
Look through your email again. At first glance it looks like a form email but at the bottom it’s clear it’s a professor starting a conversation.
I was rejected ED with a 34 ACT, 4.2 weighted (Bay Area prep school w/ limited APs and moderate grade deflation). Captain of my XC and Track teams, president of choir, pre-professional theatre throughout high school, leader of various political activism groups and applied poli sci. Decent interview. GPA was definitely the limiting factor. Huge bummer but life goes on.
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Does anyone know any stats on how many students were accepted in the first round? (Our daughter, deferred at Williams, was provided that info by the college counselor as sent by the Williams admissions department.)
DD is deciding whether she should now apply EDII to Wash U as it is was always in the top choice running before just falling into the RD pool. I see some tough results above, but know from Williams and other schools that it’s going to be another brutal year. My heart is there with you to the other parents with disappointing news. It’s hard to watch - the right fit is out there, but it’s never what anyone wants to hear, obviously.
D’s profile:
GPA 4.0/4.72
SAT 1580 (800 on math)
AP Class 9 (5 on all taken so far)
AP Scholar with Distinction
Extracurricular Above average, all related to her major, comp sci
CyberPatriot (computer science competition team) president at her all-girls school, National council of women in technology winner
Head of technical theatre and stage management at school (Wondering if there’s an opportunity for a technical theatre (costume and stage design) supplement?)
And so on
She’s obviously disappointed in her deferral from Williams. Wanted to go there since visiting three years ago with her older sister (Davidson 2024), but she was blown away by Wash U and several students have gone each year, so it was always top of her list. Looking at the reality of at least the strategic opportunity of another ED round, but wondering just how many ED spots are actually available.
Thx for any info ~
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I don’t know the stats yet – only that 710 were accepted. Good luck to your daughter!
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I don’t know either, but if WashU is on the top of the list, I would recommend her to go ED2, as RD will be hard for anyone. We definitely do not regret going ED1
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For what it is worth, Admissions conceded that there was error on their part. The email should have only gone to EDII and RD candidates. Kudos to them for admitting their error, unfortunate for our son. I simply wanted to follow up so that any EDII or RD candidates reading this know moving forward.
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Did any of you that applied ED attend WashU Preview?
Following up -
Daughter considering EDII flew out to Wash U last Fri, did a tour (we had been before but was during pandemic spring break so we could only register our visit but do an unofficial walkthrough with a former classmate of my older Davidson 2024 daughter), met with another student we knew there for coffee at the student center, got fries at Salt & Smoke in the Delmar loop (lol). The student friend had an organic chem final on Dec 22nd. Not sure that helped. So, set her up to do everything that one could do to try to get behind EDII — and she just still has a nagging hope with her deferral from Williams, so she wants to go RD.
Obviously that’s a much harder pool. Sigh.
She still really really likes it and would be happy going there, but didn’t love it enough to give up any other options and have us financially commit ED.
I am going to age one hundred years between now and April. Lol. It’s just such a difficult thing to end up in pandemic timing and these record-high applicant pools with unpredictable results. The news in ED round here was bleak where it’s usually balanced. But it is what it is - and the right school will be the right school! Any are wonderful options.
So, she’ll be in the RD applicant pool for this year, and we’ll keep our fingers crossed!
Best of luck to everyone out there!
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Posting here since not a lot of WashU posts generally. D22 applied Nov 1 but RD. Are rd decisions rolling after the ED 2 or does everyone find out at once? I know the odds for RD are low but just trying to gage how long we have to wait.
RD is all at once. Last year released in mid March. Good luck!
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