<p>newhere,
i don’t really have any problem with how big their waitlist is. i think they can waitlist even more if they want to. it’s their choice. what i wonder is if their data are accurate. i forgot to say one more thing about WashU SAT. the #NMF (excluding college sponsored ones) they have is lower than what one’d expect based on their SAT range. so that’s another unique thing i’ve observed. </p>
<p>trapper,
actually most schools superscore SAT but not ACT (at least not in their published data though they may superscore in their admission decision). i am not sure why but i suspect it may have to do with the format of common data set which isn’t available to the public for WashU. in the common data set, they ask for SAT math, verbal, and writing scores but not the total. but for ACT, they ask for math, english, and composite. the natural response to the composite is to use the offcial ACT composite, not the superscored one you calculate yourself. if you do otherwise, it will show up obviously because the % of the composite >30 would be higher (possibly significantly because of the effect of superscoring not just 2 sections but 4) than the % of math/english >30.</p>