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The Office of Undergraduate Admissions offered matriculation into the Class of 2015 to fewer prospective freshmen than in the past.</p>
<p>The move comes in response to an unexpectedly large number of students accepting admission into the Class of 2014 last year. The current freshman class contains slightly over 1,600 students.</p>
<p>Despite a 15 percent increase in applications, 15 percent fewer students received acceptance packets this year than last.</p>
<p>Last year we welcomed a larger freshman class than we had planned for, wrote Julie Shimabukuro, director of admissions, in an email to Student Life. This year, we admitted 15 percent fewer students with the intention of using the waitlist to reach our target of 1,500 freshmen.
<p>“Last year, the University accepted approximately 20 percent of the 24,939 students who applied. This year, 28,823 applied.”
OK, so roughly 5,000 accepted last year, and 85% of that = 4250 this year. Meaning acceptance rate is 14.75% at this point, but this may rise a bit when peope are accepted from waitlist, correct?</p>
<p>That Wash U accepted fewer students this year likely is a reaction to both oversubscription in acceptances last year (limiting physical plant space) and uncertainty as to yield (which is more likely to increase). </p>
<p>There is no information suggesting Wash U will go to its waitlist in the numbers or suggestion of such in the story.</p>
<p>illinoisdad, did you even read the article?</p>
<p>“Last year we welcomed a larger freshman class than we had planned for,” wrote Julie Shimabukuro, director of admissions, in an email to Student Life. “This year, we admitted 15 percent fewer students with the intention of using the waitlist to reach our target of 1,500 freshmen.”</p>
<p>Your title is inaccurate. No where in the article does it say they are 100% going to it. They don’t know that, and won’t know that for a few months.</p>
<p>It says they intend to use the waitlist. They always intend to. It’s a good way to get that ‘perfect’ 1500 number all nice and rounded out.</p>
<p>Wash U is need aware and will use this when making wait list decisions. My S was admitted off the wait list in 2009 with a “huge” $1500 scholarship. He declined and stuck with ND and a $16,000 scholarship.</p>
<p>^^The problem with getting off of waitlist is that you usually don’t get a lot of money in terms of FA. Because you are the last ones to get in, there is very little FA money left to give out. Also, some school (and I’m not sure if WUSTL is one of them) would like to save some of the FA money they offer this year (but was rejected by students) to give to the applicants next year (reduces the pressure to fund raise a certain amount of grant money). Unfortunately this means that the people who gets off of the waitlist gets lower FA offers.</p>
<p>to those waitlisted: did ur letter have a real ink signature (not a computer one)? (mine did) perhaps the waitlist is smaller this year if someone had the time to sign all the letters…</p>
<p>^ Check the regular admissions thread. I think that the admission officers are just really personal about all of their decisions (which I love). My admissions officer even sent me a handwritten holiday card congratulating my ED acceptance. It might be that the pool is small, but I really doubt it.</p>
<p>My boy got into Wash U and accepted. Probably won’t really go there but will go ahead and enroll and wait until early august to decide. He is likely going to Florida State to be a Seminole, where he has full ride. … Hence my name Girls numbers much better than boys! Whew!</p>
<p>Heard of Pioneer Aviation Scholarship for Midwest girls only as way to get off wait list. Otherwise no hope really. Only a handful ever get off this list at most schools. Only reason they do it is to get high school Counselors to have something to brag about and have kids from their schools apply in next season to keep app numbers up for ratings. Big game no secret. Time for reality check. Sorry for facts.</p>
<p>So I thought Washu only used their waitlist starting in may if not enough people accept the offer. First of all, do we get a notice right away if they know they won’t use it? Also, is there a chance that they would start using the waitlist before may 1? I didn’t think it worked that way but something I saw on cc indicated otherwise…</p>
<p>You will not hear a decision before May 1st, and shouldn’t expect to for some time after that. They can’t know how many kids will enroll until we get to the deadline.</p>
