<p>My D went to Discovery Weekend a few years ago and loved it. She did not end up at WUSTL (got a full tuition scholarship elsewhere) but it was indeed a great experience.</p>
<p>I am less sure of six360’s claim that merit scholarship qualification is tied into that weekend. They don’t interview you, and people are generally in groups. She experienced nothing that indicated they were “sizing her up” with respect to the merit scholarships. Judging by the fact that they paid for her trip (which I am led to understand means they thought she was in the top percent of the kids invited to DW, because we were not applying for need based aid), if that was a purpose of DW I would have thought they would have made sure to talk to her or have her in a situation where they could get a more direct impression of her.</p>
<p>I agree with jvtDad, if six360 is an undergrad (and a freshman at that) he should not come across as so authoritative as to what the WUSTL administration is thinking or their motivations behind any actions they take.</p>