<p>What is it? I recently acquired a list of statistics and results of applicants from my school’s class of '08 and I noticed that nearly half (or even more)of the admits to Washington University in St. Louis received a “conditional acceptance.” Because I am aware that WashU has a reputation for waitlisting, I figured the terms are interchangeable, but apparently they’re not? </p>
<p>What is it, and is there any reason that it’s so popular at my school?</p>
<p>I think this refers to Wash U’s University Scholars Program, which offers admission simultaneously to its undergraduate and professional schools (Business, Law, Medicine, Social Work). The undergraduate offer is unconditional, but admission to the professional is conditional on achieving certain GPA and test score levels.</p>
<p>that’s intense. what GPA do you have to maintain?</p>
<p>None for Business and Social Work. 3.6 for Law, and 3.8 for Medical School :(</p>
<p>I don’t think that that is the type of conditional acceptance in this case. All of the students who got a conditional acceptances, from the stats from my school, at least, have compartively lower numbers than those who just got regular acceptances. This is why I assumed that conditional acceptance meant waitlist. Could “conditional acceptance” mean “waitlist”? My guidance counselor disagrees, but she has provided no further insight. </p>
<p>Thanks for the responses so far, though.</p>
<p>Anyone? Please?</p>
<p>From what I gather by just the term by itself, it means that if you meet certain conditions, your admission will be withheld.</p>
<p>This is much like the UK system, or at least sounds like it, where we are given provisional admission on our current grades, which we must meet in the final exams to confirm admission. If we don’t, the provisional admission is cancelled and you don’t get to go to that uni.</p>
<p>Why would washu offer so many conditional acceptances? What could the conditions theoretically be?</p>