<p>I recommend Amour. Silver Linings was great, too!</p>
<p>Soscared omgomgomg</p>
<p>I better start stocking up on some feel-better ice cream for March 8th.</p>
<p>^ if I donât get good news itâs going to completely suck, because I will have the dress rehearsal for my show that evening, 1-2 hours after the news and the shows are all weekend. so fingers crossed for an acceptance!!</p>
<p>Gl guys, I applied ED and the wait was pretty bad. Hopefully you guys dont have to wait over the weekend</p>
<p>;_; Even though itâs doubtful Iâd go to WUSTL (not on a Coast!), an acceptance would be such a boost after having a really crappy week.</p>
<p>I wanna see Silver Liningâs Playbook sooo bad.</p>
<p>I have no school on Friday. I canât figure out if that will be good or bad, because it gives me less distractions and more time for freaking out.</p>
<p>dont worry guys. if they reject u its prolly coz ur overqualified</p>
<p>^said nobody ever</p>
<p>actually, thatâs a very real possibility. tufts syndrome.</p>
<p>WUSTL doesnât reject overqualified students. Hereâs my understanding of their huge waitlist policy. Since the WUSTL application has no supplements (extra essays), ALOT of students apply for the heck of it, with no real intention of attending if admitted. Hence, WUSTL waitlists a huge number of students with great applications because they havenât shown any interest in the college at all (Didnât apply for scholarships, didnât visit, didnât interview, not on the mailing list). But on the other hand, there are also a handful students capable of getting admitted into HYPS that apply to WUSTL and also demonstrate interest by applying for scholarships, visiting campus, getting on the mailing list etc. These students do end up getting accepted. If WUSTL did indeed waitlist all âoverqualifiedâ applicants, why do you think 25% percent of students getting accepted have a SAT of 2340+ (college board statistic)? So anyone who thinks WUSTL waitlists âoverqualifiedâ applicants clearly has a very poor understanding of how it works. Itâs sensible for any college with no supplements to engage in yield protection. The term âover-qualificationâ doesnât really apply to WUSTL (Most finalists to WUSTL scholarships, which is about 200 students are capable of getting accepted into an ivy league institution)
So if youâre waitlisted, itâs either because youâre app wasnât good enough, or youâre a great applicant but you havenât really shown the slightest sign of interest in WUSTL. In the case of the latter, you could potentially get accepted by sending en email to WUSTL saying that youâre really interested, or by visiting etc. So itâs a win-win. Hope this post makes sense to youâll.</p>
<p>@thesmiter: I feel ya, buddy. Although I would love to go to WUSTL :)</p>
<p>Happyasever, it is not correct to add the top 25% of the 3 SAT scores and say that 25% of kids scored above 2340. Some will have one high score, but not as high in the other sections. Most will not be in the highest quartiles for all 3.</p>
<p>@knightrider313, feel-better ice cream for me will be Ben and Jerryâs cookie dough :)</p>
<p>Sorry for the random comment, just thought Iâd jump in, as Iâve been watching this forum for awhile but havenât yet posted anything. I"m so nervous for decisions, I love the support here :)</p>
<p>@happyasever, your evaluation of the process is incorrect. You can look back in previous years post and find significants numbers of 1) students that showed no interest and were accepted 2) top students that showed interest and were rejected.</p>
<p>I am a current WashU student so this post doesnât come with any disdain for the process. It worked for me.</p>
<p>No one has been able to make sense of the RD process. There have been in the past and will be this year many top academically qualified applicants (high GPA, high SAT scores and good ECs) that get rejected. </p>
<p>If WashU was worried about getting applicants that arenât interested because of the ease of their application, they could add a supplement with essays. They wouldnât even have to read them, if the goal was to just weed out uninterested applicants.</p>
<p>onecot59,</p>
<p>Maybe you can give me thoughts on a question. Not that it matters but I seem to remember you even mentioning you are from MassachusettsâŠanyway we are also from there and my D has applied RD (feel like she has a really good chance but as you point out, who knows).</p>
<p>She is a very âdown-to-earthâ kid and wouldnât fit well or be interested in a place that is maybe a bit snobby on the intellectual side. The type of place where a lot of bragging about stats, etc goes on. She attended a prep school in Mass where she feels like she got her fill of that. Anyway she has strong interest in WashU but feel like if she gets in she might not choose it because of feeling that the culture there may be as I described.</p>
<p>She has visited and knows of ex-classmates who attend (doesnât know them well) so she has a decent feel but your thoughts and perspective would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Has anyone tried contacting the admissions office about the decisions release date?</p>
<p>I called the office 15 minutes ago. Iâll be in Mexico for spring break on the first so I said I just wanted to see if they are releasing early. The lady said that she canât give a date but I should âstart checking the pathway soon, like next weekâ⊠Makes me think that, unfortunately, we wonât be knowing until Tuesday or Wednesday.</p>
<p>^ ugh that would suck. Iâve gotten pretty pumped for it being tomorrow</p>
<p>John12w, donât do that.</p>