<p>CCpost</p>
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<li><p>Re: your question about my math: In my county “…the vast majority of students who are not outright accepted (are) placed on the waitlist” - i.e. 4/5ths of those NOT accepted are waitlisted, 1/5th are outright rejected.</p></li>
<li><p>As for your claim that maybe “Those rejected often list themselves as waitlisted.” Please. Example. Check the first posted Naviance link (Weston HS, upper middle class Ct. suburban HS). Compare Wash U results to other schools in the region:</p></li>
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<p>Wash U - 26 students waitlisted, 2 rejected<br>
Oberlin - 0 waitlisted, 10 rejected
Northwestern - 4 waitlisted, 19 rejected</p>
<p>The proportion of waitlisted/rejected students by Wash U is DRAMATICALLY higher than among peers. Or are you still arguing that students only selectively “lie” about rejections from Wash U.</p>
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<li>The other comments on this board about “1000” people being waitlisted is based on pure hearsay. The best indirect data out there based on Naviance and inumerable observations from people like the OP suggests the numbers are thousands greater. As I said earlier, until Wash U stops hiding its admission data from the public, these numbers will never be accurately known.</li>
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<p>Wash U is a wonderful academic institution. It’s time the admissions office stopped playing these ridiculous games. It’s also time to stop defending these games. It’s only continuing to hurt the school’s reputation unnecessarily.</p>