<p>If I choose to attend the high school summer scholars program at WashU, will it give me a tremendous boost if I am pretty good student (rank- top five percent, 30 ACT) and strong ECs? </p>
<p>I'm thinking about applying to WashU as ED...so say if I attend sumemr scholars and do ED, would i most likely get in?</p>
<p>Attending would have virtually no effect on your acceptance decision IMHO.</p>
<p>Well from what I understand, WashU greatly values interest so wouldnt I be really showing interest if I choose to attend the program?</p>
<p>No, not really.</p>
<p>Also… it’s “shoo in,” not “shoe in.”</p>
<p>It won’t have any bearing on your application. The only reason to attend summer programs is because of a strong interest in the subject or an interest in the experience.</p>
<p>Well it won’t hurt. It will look better on your application than sitting around doing nothing.</p>
<p>Also, shoo-in is hyphenated. If we’re going to be nitpicky…</p>
<p>a shoo-in? lol nothings guaranteed, but like what others have said, it will help you.</p>
<p>With a 30 ACT, which does not put you at the top of the applicant pool, why would you think you were a shoo-in?</p>
<p>althogh another positive about this is that wash-u cares about demonstrated interest way more than other universities (because its obsessed with yield)</p>
<p>I went (you can PM me) on the second session and it had ABSOLUTELY no effect…they told us that directly. i had more friends who went that were rejected than accepted, actually</p>
<p>1232cricket - I assume you have some facts to back up your statement, or is it just unsubstantiated opinion.</p>
<p>there seemed to be a lot of acceptances that went to the summer program, enough to be a trend. It probably helps a lot. That said, there are a lot of acceptances that didn’t do it. You should check out the WashU decisions board to maybe find a correlation.</p>