<p>I had to politely turn them down and say I already sent in my deposit for Cornell and have no interest in Wash U at this point. I guess they'll have to dig deeper and deeper into their wait list. Is that what happens when you wait list thousands of students?</p>
<p>Well, I guess that means they are still making phone calls. Interesting. Congrats on Cornell and best of luck.</p>
<p>We are still waiting on a call from WashU. :-(</p>
<p>Keep hope alive! LOL.</p>
<p>haha it is nice to see so many of the highly qualified CC applicants that ended up getting waitlisted now being asked to come afterall. ;)</p>
<p>Good luck with Cornell and heres to hoping I get your spot and can chuck my UCLA shirt into the fireplace.</p>
<p>same here
i dont want to go to ucla.
i want to go to washu</p>
<p>Don't begrudge UCLA. Its an outstanding school. It has FABULOUS sports. Lots of people got rejected or waitlisted at UCLA. So be happy you got in.</p>
<p>If WashU calls, GREAT! If not, don't look backwards and be a dark or bitter person. Look forward and think positive. Everything happens for a reason and those reasons are UNKNOWN to you at present.</p>
<p>My D is in at an excellent school, a private university of considerable prestige in the Northeast. Yes, we are still hoping on WashU, but its not a neurotic "I am a failure if I dont get in" kind of thought process. Its just "I really like WashU and I really hope I get in. If not, oh well...turn the page and look forward and be glad I got in where I did."</p>
<p>That's right, fried-o. UCLA - wow! But I understand, WashU has always been my D's top choice since she did an overnight stay last year. The whole school dotes on and pampers their students so much. I remember even the cashier at the bookstore went out of her way to make her feel welcome and special. But she got a call last week from Colorado College and we are going to visit tomorrow. She's into math and chemistry but also dances, and it looks they have a nice dance faculty, so she is really starting to get excited about it I think!</p>
<p>Dulce de leche, if you had no intention in going to Wash U, why did you send your deposit, you were already accepted to Cornell, weren't you? You must be rich to waste money like that. ;) I guess many kids that want to go to Wash U are very glad you left your spot open.
Are you Argentinean?</p>
<p>Colorado College is a nitch school.....meaning its very special and for special people. Its on the seminar program and they only teach one class at a time....and finish the topic before moving on. It appeals to certain people.</p>
<p>Its a great school and if your D goes there, I wish her luck.</p>
<p>WashU is a magical place. But I have to tell you, its not the only game in town. My D is in at a very prestigious northeastern whose faculty is Harvard, Yale, Penn, Princeton, Brown, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Columbia, Cambridge...on and on. And the depth of their programs are very impressive. Even a couple of WashU PhD's on faculty! LOL.</p>
<p>Of course, we still wait with hope. But its all in perspective.</p>
<p>One thing I do is look around at the schools that my D was looking at and see where THOSE graduates go....and if they end up in academia, where they are employed...or how many of them are employed.</p>
<p>Kids being kids they bond with certain schools and names. Parents being parents, they want the best and often become that "overzealous soccer mom", you know what I mean? </p>
<p>No matter where these kids end up, they will be fine. If they have the work ethic, they will excel. If they excel, they will go to graduate or professional school. It doesnt matter if you are at Duquesne or Duke or Cornell or Catawba or Swarthmore or Sewanee. </p>
<p>The elitists on these boards will tell you till the cows come home that they are better and nothing compares. So do Mercedes drivers. LOL. (I have had two Mercedes. I spent WAY too much money on them and WAY too much on repairs. They drove very well and were very pretty. But at the end of the day there are plenty of other cars out there of equal quality and drive ability...Lexus, Infinity, Audi, Cadillac, whatever. Its all sort of subjective.)</p>
<p>Is WashU a special place? Yep. Are they really nice people? Absolutely. Does the school run like butter? You bet. Are there incredible course offerings and majors? No doubt. Will your kid get a superb education there? Not even a matter of conjecture. Is it the only game in town? Nope.</p>
<p>But do we want that call? Of course we do. Though its getting into the twilight of hope at this point.</p>
<p>Best of luck to all.</p>
<p>Cressman...great guess. Family is from Uruguay (Montivideo).
What deposit?? I didn't send WASH U any deposit. They never asked for one. I simply filled out a card stating I wanted to remain on the wait list. It cost 24 cents for postage, I think. It was an investment of 24 cents. It was security...just in case I were to change my mind about cornell.</p>
<p>Colorado College is a nitch school.....meaning its very special and for special people. Its on the seminar program and they only teach one class at a time....and finish the topic before moving on. It appeals to certain people.
Its a great school and if your D goes there, I wish her luck.</p>
<p>friedokra</p>
<p>My S applied and got accepted to WashU RD and Colorado College EA. He's Colorado College bound. Class size, overall size, no TA's (ever), the block plan and block breaks (3-1/2 weeks on one subject at a time then a short break) and LOCATION, LOCATION and LOCATION were all factors he mentioned. </p>
<p>The waitlist process is a time the student can use to really think about lots of factors that go into where they want to spend the next several years. I have read many posts that make me think that there is a lot of the parents' "wants" that go into where the student APPLIES, but that there is a lot more of the student's preferences when weighing options of schools that admitted him or her against the waitlist schools. </p>
<p>It may be a very good process.</p>
<p>Is Colorado College EA non binding? I thought if you applied EA anywhere you were bound by that application and if admitted you had to pull all the others?</p>
<p>Every family has different chemistry. Some parents are totally uninvolved and almost abdicate. Others are helicopter pilots. Some people rely upon the guidance counselors, particularly true at private schools, or they pay a lot of money for professionals with "contacts" in the admissions offices of some schools...this is prevalent with Ivy League Schools.</p>
<p>Some kids want their parents involved. Others do not.</p>
<p>My D made her own decisions, but we were involved the entire process, with visiting, suggestions, helping her make distinctions, and giving some direction on what we think life would be like at this or that school. But in the end we said, "its your life, your college experience, we wont stand in the way."</p>
<p>Some kids are exceedingly independent and require no advice whatsoever. Some know exactly what they are looking for. This is true for a lot of state school kids. But for some who are applying out of state to private schools, all they know is what they read and hear....and it is helpful for parents to get involved and give guidance on school culture, what the parents know from their social circles, etc....and of course, what they can afford.</p>
<p>Some kids are deluded with self grandeur and need a little dose of reality.</p>
<p>Some of my suggestions were rejected by my D outright. "No way, Jose!" Fine. Some of them struck paydirt.</p>
<p>Some of my D's friends parents are telling their kids, "you cant go there, you have to go to state school." That is sad, in my view. They are narrow minded and dont realize that a lot of private colleges have outstanding financial aid and make it very affordable.</p>
<p>I wish your son very well at Colorado College. Its a great school.</p>
<p>EA is early action where the college or university agrees to "act" early on the application. That means the student knows if they have been accepted early in the process. Colorado College, and UNC-Chapel Hill as another example, have non binding EA so that the school commits to allow the student to attend but the student does not agree in advance to attend if accepted. It a can't lose propostion for the student.</p>
<p>haha yeah I got the call today</p>
<p>You guys know how they inform internationals?</p>
<p>It's better for Wash U to waitlist a lot of students than accept too many and have housing and other "capacity" problems.</p>