<p>^ There are a ton of kids in the top 10% in this country. How many high school seniors this year? 3 million? So there are say 300,000 in the top 10%. There is definitely a huge difference among the top and bottom parts of that group. I’d say you can be overqualified over many many people in the top 10%.</p>
<p>It’s impossible to say if WashU is playing games. Although I want point out that if they were, hypothetically, doesn’t it make sense that they would hide the fact that they were? Is it coincidence that their recent waitlist numbers are unavailable? Who knows.</p>
<p>So how many did WashU admit overall? The 1400 thing in the letter misled me, considering WashU’s yield rate.</p>
<p>Thanks, Johnson.</p>
<p>I don’t know anything concrete, so don’t quote me on this-</p>
<p>They probably admitted ~4000-4500 students, for an acceptance rate of somewhere slightly below 20%.</p>
<p>I’m not gonna lie, some people have an overly inflated ego and an undeserved sense of entitlement. Opinions are great- obviously WashU is not Valhalla by any stretch, but the incessant whining is ridiculous. Anyone that thinks they are overqualified for WashU or who considered it their safety truly do deserve to be waitlisted, if it’ll at least give them a sense of humility.</p>
<p>^ I’m going to have to disagree. Somewhere out there (actually some are lurking on CC) are a handful of people who are so brilliantly outstanding that it’s not unreasonable to feel secure about gaining admission to WashU. I am not one of them, but they definitely exist. That isn’t to say that everyone should feel like they fit this description…</p>
<p>“I’ve also thought about how WashU is need-aware. I’m assuming this also means they can see your other schools through the FAFSA. This list could give WashU some clues.”</p>
<p>Can schools see the other schools students have applied to, through the FAFSA or CSS? And if so, can they see the awards from other schools?</p>
<p>So if they accepted about 4000-4500 out of 23000, I’m wondering…what about the other 19000-19500 - how many of the 19000 not offered admission were waitlisted? How many rejected?</p>
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<p>But you should be wondering why the “crazies” only appear on WashU board, not other boards on CC. </p>
<p>There are actually data out there indicating that WashU has been unique in this: </p>
<p><a href=“https://workspacek12.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=bcc[/url]”>https://workspacek12.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=bcc</a> password: barons (9 rejects out of 127)
<a href=“https://workspacek12.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=mullen[/url]”>https://workspacek12.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=mullen</a> password: mustangs (3 rejects out of 42)
<a href=“https://workspacek12.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=cistercian[/url]”>https://workspacek12.naviance.com/fc/signin.php?hsid=cistercian</a> password: admitone (3 rejects out of 41)</p>
<p>Try to compare its scattergrams with others’ and you’d see how peculiar WashU really is (in all of these 3 examples, less than 10% were rejected).</p>
<p>^Sorry, I put wrong url. I just corrected them. Try again.</p>
<p>You sound like a sore loser… It’s just a waitlist.</p>
<p>I think the people that know they’re the best have an air of knowing they’re the best, especially when it comes to the resume. I got in and I’m a Danforth Finalist/in the Danforth Scholars Program for 09-10-and I know I’m not the the most powerful resume out there, but WUSTL was my first choice and I’ve always dreamed about going there-and have worked really hard to get there, so maybe it does have something to do with the interest level, in my personal opinion. People who know they’re good students and have the top schools in the nation lined up don’t necessarily act with the same amounts of enthusiasm.</p>
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<p>I agree with this. The top student at my school applied for the top 20 schools on USNWR without knowing about any of their academic programs. She’ll probably get into some of them.</p>
<p>kRock said EXACTLY what I was going to say. People should not feel a sense of entitlement. Maybe you weren’t a good fit… not everyone wants you just because you think they should.</p>
<p>One of the drawbacks to Naviance data can be that it’s self-reported info unless your GC actually has the time to hunt you down and shake out every acceptance/WL/rejection you get.</p>
<p>That said, WashU data from a school I know:
29 accepted/22 waitlist/6 rejected (from 1600 SAT scale)
10 accepted/2 waitlisted/2 rejected (from 2400 scale)
However, the bands of GPA/SAT scores for who was accepted vs. waitlisted were consistent with what one would expect in admissions processes.</p>
<p>Data will not always make sense. We saw a couple of strange results last year at house, and probably will next year, too. Apply widely and well, and think humbly in what you think is a a likely/target/reach.</p>