<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>the title explains well the main purpose of this thread. Any answers?</p>
<p>The admissions statistics aren’t hidden:</p>
<p><a href=“2013 College Acceptance Rates - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com”>2013 College Acceptance Rates - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com;
<p>Scroll down and you can find Wash U’s Early Decision, Regular Decision, and Overall Admit rates</p>
<p>They do not release numbers regarding applicants’ test scores, number of early decision applicants and acceptances, racial breakdown, common data set etc. & It is the first time you see the early decision acceptance percentage on New York Times, so I guess there is an improvement</p>
<p>The early decision acceptance rate for the last three years are on that link, so this year is not the first time they were released.</p>
<p>Racial Breakdown:
[Freshman</a> Class Overview](<a href=“http://admissions.wustl.edu/About/Pages/FreshmanClassOverview.aspx]Freshman”>http://admissions.wustl.edu/About/Pages/FreshmanClassOverview.aspx)</p>
<p>Test Scores and Financial Aid:
<a href=“BigFuture College Search”>BigFuture College Search;
<p>*Test scores are for enrolled students</p>
<p>However, I have not seen Wash U publish waitlist statistics anywhere.</p>
<p>Taken directly from WashU forbes profile, which is data based on class entering fall 2012: </p>
<p>SAT Scores of Entering Class
Percentage of Applicants Submitting SAT = 61.0%
25th percentile: 1420 composite (CR 700 Math 720)
75th percentile: 1560 composite (CR 770 Math 790)</p>
<p>ACT Scores of Entering Class
25th percentile: 32 Composite (32 CR, 31 Math)
75th percentile: 34 Composite (35 CR, 35 Math)</p>
<p>Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity:<br>
American Indian or Alaska Native = 0.07%
Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander = 14.53%
Black or African American = 6.4%<br>
Hispanic/Latino = 4.39%
White = 57.59%
Two or More Races = 3.05%<br>
Race/Ethnicity Unknown = 7.09%<br>
Non-Resident Alien = 6.88%</p>
<p>Here we go again- the bashing of a great school just never seems to end- WUSTL has posted stats on the web</p>
<p>Test Scores – 25th / 75th Percentile
SAT Critical Reading: 700 / 770
SAT Math: 720 / 790
SAT Writing: - / -</p>
<p>Their mid 50% ACT is 32-34</p>
<p>While I admit that the CDS was helpful, it certainly didn’t define my sons search for a school. To the OP, don’ be misled by stats alone.</p>
<p>Edit- I didn’t see Carpe Diems stats above- but there you have it- hard data!</p>
<p>^ I’m not sure it was bashing. I personally hadn’t realized that WashU had posted these stats before this thread, so I’ll give robcol the benefit of the doubt.</p>
<p>Everyone hides statistics. The most prevalent being the stats of the rejected applicants. Until such information is provided it’s all a guessing game.</p>
<p>Oh ok, I didn’t know that there was that much of an info online. Certainly not at the time I was applying…
Still, it would be better if WashU released its CDS. It gives much much much more detailed profile of a university. And WashU is not the only university that doesn’t make CDS available to public. Some other schools (UChicago just came to my mind) don’t put in on their websites, too. </p>
<p>An example of CDS if you don’t know what it is: this is Dartmouth’s for the year 2012-2013. : <a href=“This Page Has Moved”>This Page Has Moved;
<p>I wasn’t bashing, PsychoDad10. The fact that your son will be a freshman next fall doesn’t mean that you can defend every single action the University does. I am just trying to understand the mentality behind the lack of transparency. I could have just asked the same question in UChicago forum. WashU was a random choice.</p>
<p>Well, you should probably realize that none of us on here actually have any insight into WashU’s decisions - we’re just a bunch of students and family. If you are truly curious about WHY they don’t provide the info, I would definitely contact administration.</p>
<p>Robcol- sorry for my tone. It’s just that there is a contingent out there who do bash WUSTL for its alleged admissions practices- as Ryan alluded to, no one really knows what goes at WUSTL, HYP Chicago, etc. But yes, as a parent, I am very supportive of what I have seen of the school.</p>
<p>What’s in it for the colleges if they release more detailed data? It seems to me that there is not much in it for them save more criticism on what they ‘should’ be doing. I think most selective colleges endeavor to release the least amount of info they can get away with on the stats and demos of their accepted and rejected applicants. Sure, some give the appearance of being more forthright than others but most of this extra data is not parsed finely enough to be of much use.</p>
<p>Personally, I find the aggregated data only mildly helpful. Does your school use Naviance? It is much more valuable to see the averages of the students from your school than overall as this is the pool that you will be evaluated against.</p>