10 questions about WashU...

vbball90
Sun, 24 Apr 2011 23:18:52 +0000

3 hours per day - average? Some days will be more, some will be less. Exam season is much more. Your studying schedule will depend on what works best for you, which you’ll figure out pretty early on, and also depend on, as Ari7 said, what you end up studying, because there is really such a wide variety of subject areas here.
There are very few modern triples that are dedicated as such. Unlikely you’ll get one. FWIW, I knew someone who was in a double room in Lien (a new dorm) with three people. That room ended up having it’s own bathroom, though, so it wasn’t bad - it wasn’t connected to another dorm room. 95% of kids won’t be in one.
Agree with Ari7 again, but to add… unless you are a football player, don’t get the large meal plan. The small meal plan will still get you 3 meals per day, but not as much left over for snacks or random things at the market. Medium plan has more allowance for that stuff.
Easy. Could be off-campus in a coffee shop, on-campus in a nook in one of the 10 libraries, in a classroom building on a bench late at night, or in one of the billion little quads and green spaces on campus. Or in a tree. There are places.
Chancellor Wrighton invented glowsticks. Not really, but it’s a common urban legend on campus. He does have a patent for some luminescence thing, though.
Hard to say a percentage. Wash U is so laid-back and welcoming that you’ll be fine if you are LGBT, if that’s your question. There were two or three out students on my freshman floor and I have a few friends myself who are. I’ve never heard anyone talk badly about LGBTs. The fraternities even, notably one or two specific ones, are quite welcoming of gays. There is Pride Alliance which is pretty active if you are more of the activist-oriented person; they put on a gay prom and various events. There is an “LGBT coordinator” staff person and every building is one of those “safe zones” that you see on other campuses. It’s hard to really describe the LGBT community as an entity, because it doesn’t seem to be as “defined” here. Not because of a small size or anything, it just really isn’t a big deal at all.
If I’m understanding your question correctly, there is a pretty significant amount of non-western humanities studies. There are majors in Jewish/Islamic/Near Eastern studies, African studies, Korean studies, Latin American studies, and Russian studies ([Areas of Study | Arts & Sciences](Explore Academics | Arts & Sciences)). Of course, there are the foreign languages, all of which have literature and culture courses in that language. The International Studies department has a bunch of concentrations in specific regions and areas. Lastly, there is a Comparative Literature department, where you can concentrate in comparative lit or comparative arts. I’d say this should be the one to check out first. [Undergraduate | Comparative Literature](http://complit.artsci.wustl.edu/programs/undergraduate)
You can easily find a 2 or 3 bedroom apartment within walking or biking distance to campus for +/- $1000 per month. Split 2 or 3 ways = very cheap. St Louis actually has a great deal of cool, pre-war apartments that in Chicago or New York would cost 3x as much. You’ll save money in the long-run, even if you factor in utilities, groceries, and the fact that an apartment lease is 1 full year and the dorms are just the academic year.
I didn’t do Launch, but I believe it’s the largest pre-o program and people seem to have a great time on it. I’d recommend doing any pre-o program, really. Haven’t heard negative things said about any.