<p>You definitely have a good shot at getting some more financial aid. Just call/email Bill and explain why you need the money, and he will most likely help you out. It's generally more effective if you haven't made your decision yet and are trying to choose between different colleges, but you should still be able to get some help.</p>
<p>Mom Of Alex, ThreeKids, MissMolly:</p>
<p>Add me to the list of WUSTL parents who will shortly be ex-parents. Our daughter graduates in a week, and (as her grand finale) is organizing a protest against WUSTL's decision to award Phyllis Schlafly an honorary doctorate. Ah, the enthusiasm of youth. And their non-arthritic joints... :-)</p>
<p>My son chose WashU over other top schools because of a great scholarship (H and Y = $0 in help). Four of the top kids from his private prep school (school that sends a fair bit to Ivy’s) were heavily recruited to WashU. Three of the top 4 were offered admission and 2 of these (valedictorian [my son] and a dual enrolled highschool/college kid with a 2400 SAT) are current freshmen at WashU. </p>
<p>My son loves the atmosphere, gorgeous dorms and park like environment with stately stone buildings, plus the fabulous food. He is quickly realizing that he is now not top dog as most of his classmates were also top of their class. Its been an adjustment. But he is honored to be at a school with the best of the best. The kids that go there know that they are the top of the heap, but it fosters healthy cooperation and not cutthroat competition. </p>
<p>WashU has a reputation for outstanding research opportunities for undergrads, even more so than the ivys in the running. S will be heading to grad school and a PhD and he felt a strong research school positions him better for grad school than an ivy. If he were thinking of law school, he may have thought different about ivys, but he’s a science kid.</p>
<p>Can we please not bump 5 year old threads? Thank you very much!</p>
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<p>Why not? Isn’t the subject as relevant now as it was then?</p>
<p>Maybe it is as relevant, but there must not have been much more interest in it since no one thought to resurrect it until now, lol. Most subjects discussed 5 years ago are probably still relevant, but it doesn’t make much sense to bring up old threads where some of the earlier material might be inaccurate or otherwise dated now. If it is a question that deserves revisiting, start a new thread so the material is fresh. It just seems…off, somehow, to post to a thread that hasn’t been touched in 5 years.</p>
<p>Having said that, I will add regarding Alicia’s last comment that students at WUSTL do extremely well applying to law schools. I don’t think they are at any disadvantage compared to the Ivy kids.</p>
<p>Ok, let me try expanding on what I said. If the purpose of your post is to help answer a question that’s already been satisfactorily answered 5 years ago by individuals who most likely never visit this forum any more, then there is no reason to necro a thread. If your post is asking a meaningful question about a related topic, then bumping may be fine.</p>
<p>WUSTL in my opinion had the most friendly student body of the many schools my D and I visited. The staff including Dean of Admissions, John Berg, rolled the red carpet out for us when D interviewed which says the school wants to know who you are. I was at an ivy school last week and was speaking with a number of doctors and the topic of what other schools did your child apply came up and get admitted. WUSTL clearly stood above all other schools because of academic rigor. If you are studying the sciences and on a premed track WUSTL has no problem chewing you up and spitting you out. It is very common for the brightest of the bright to get B’s and sometimes a C, if you don’t manage your course load correctly. I love WUSTL but if your slightly below average in brilliance and want a social life consider elsewhere IMHO. Also, call the office and set up an interview and tour the campus and speak with many students like we did. You will love it and the dorms are like palaces. I cannot say anything negative about this school it holds a special place in my heart but the RIGOR is something every kid should consider before applying.</p>
<p>While I agree that the school is a very special place, I don’t think that is necessarily more rigorous than many of the other top schools. Most every school with a premed curriculum is set up to weed out those kids that really are not going to make it in the world of medicine- this is usually based on difficult chemistry classes that are curved. However, to be fair to the school, I don’t believe that the rigor of the curriculum necessarily hurts WUSTL students. If you look at the medical school acceptance rates for students who get a 3.5 GPA, which is very average, the student still do well in terms of getting acceptance to medical school.</p>
<p>I appreciate aliciaepiq1’s effort reviving this old thread.
It got me noticed anyway since her son’s experience lasy year could be very helpful in my D’s case.
It’s good to know the kids like WUSTL after actually landed through many of threads old or new.</p>