<p>I know that a number of schools do this. I think it is because they have dorm rooms that open up in spring semester as many Juniors take a semester abroad.</p>
<p>Need advice, there is not drop out from the first semester of the freshman class, could be one or two that take the semester off. January program uses the available housing left for those talking a semester abroad (usually juniors), for that reason, these students are placed in upperclassmen dorms (I believe there are all singles).</p>
<p>S was accepted to January program. Very happy. Will probably attend summer and fall sessions but both are optional.</p>
<p>Congratulations woody! It’s a very good idea to attend both sessions, I know kids that did that and now are ahead of the class.</p>
<p>Hey, I’ve been crazy busy lately, so I haven’t even had time to post on CC!</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted! **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: Didn’t take
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 750 Math I, 740 Chem
[<em>] ACT: 33, 34 Super Scored
[</em>] GPA: 4.0
[<em>] Rank: 1/100, tied with a good pal of mine
[</em>] Other stats: I have yet to take an AP test since my school blows, this year I will take AP Calc and AP Chem
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought it was good… it was about my trip to NYC and how I want to be part of a heterogenous culture.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn’t read, but one I think really like me because I kept the class entertained.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Uhhh, she doesn’t know me, and I think she gave me some average stuff.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I’m an All-State Saxophonist and a State Runner, band-athlete combo
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Iowa
[</em>] School Type: Pasty Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Whitey, just like EVERYONE else in our school
[</em>] Gender: Dude
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Uhh, I had no AP’s, but apparently that didn’t have too much of a negative impact.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Sports, band, leadership positions.
[/ul]Other Factors: Student Body VP, Drum Major, Track and XC Capt., oh, and I’m way to into band
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Best of luck to all you hundred thousand deferrees. I’d love to go to WashU, but I will hear from Duke very soon…</p>
<p>jiftz, are you planning on running at WashU? If so, would you like to set up some sort of PMing?</p>
<p>did Wash. U “reject” anyone?</p>
<p>Yes, they rejected a few of my friends.</p>
<p>Well…most of those people probably wouldn’t feel like posting with the same enthusiasm as those accepted.</p>
<p>yes I’ve heard of quite a few rejects. We just like to point out the super amounts of waitlistees. cus it’s a lot…yep.</p>
<p>**Decision: Waitlisted! **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2370 (780 CR, 800 M, 790 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Bio E, 800 Chem, 800 Math IIC
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] GPA: 98.5% uw
[<em>] Rank: 3/625
[</em>] Other stats: AP - Chem 5, Physics B 5, Stats 5, US Hist 5, National Merit Finalist
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: pretty good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Hook (if any): Track/xc recruit, kind of
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NY
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I was probably waitlisted and not accepted because I didn’t submit my mid year grade report and I told the coach that I didnt want to go there
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Have fun at WashU if you’re going there!</p>
<p>when did these decisions come out? i applied but when i tried to check the status the page said i didn’t send my application in, which is weird because when i checked a week earlier it said they had received everything!</p>
<p>Try to check again b/c maybe you mistyped something while trying to access the site, Lennni. Once I typed 99 instead of 88 for birth date and it still let me log in, but it said there was no file for me registered.</p>
<p>I applied and was accepted ED, but just out of curiosity I’ve been reading these posts. Multicultural weekend and expense paid visits have been mentioned often- what is multicultural weekend and who gets to go?</p>
<p>A few ppl who applied RD (i don’t know about ED), got early acceptances and with them came a notice about multicultural weekend, where you get to visit (all expenses paid) washu’s campus, hang out with students in dorms, attend classes, and just get a feel for the washu community. It lasts for 4 days, and it’s not just for minorities as caucasian applicants were accepted for it.</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Waitlisted [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I:2300
[ *] SAT IIs: 800, Math 2, Physics, Chemistry
[ *] ACT
[ *] GPA:~3.9 UW
[ *] Rank:Top 1%
[ *] Other stats: Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, nothing too special, research over summer, meh…
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:okay…i’m bad at essays
[ *] Teacher Recs: they were probably okay
[ *] Counselor Rec: pretty good i’m guessing
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Science/Math strength,
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: dunno
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b] Applied at a young age maybe…?
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>Funny, Wash U was probably on the bottom of my college list. This is not looking so great for my future plans…=/</p>
<p>**Decision: Accepted **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I: 2260 800M 750CR 710W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2 800 Chemistry 760 USH
[<em>] ACT: did not take
[</em>] GPA: 3.96uw, n/a w
[<em>] Rank: 32/388
[</em>] Other stats: 10 APs
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: nothing special
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good, but not amazing
[<em>] Counselor Rec: mediocre, she didn’t really know me i don’t think
[</em>] Hook (if any): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WV
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: male
[<em>] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strength: academic stats, weaknesses: ECs, leadership
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: from WV, strength of academic stats, idk don’t really know
[/ul]Other Factors: invited and will attend multicultural weekend
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: very very happy about this…congrats to all…and hope to see those at multicultural weekend!</p>
<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Accepted![ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I: 2250 (M770 V770 W710)
[ *] SAT IIs: 720 US 710 Math 1
[ *] ACT: 31
[ *] GPA: 4.5 W, 3.7 UW
[ *] Rank:41/421
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: alright I guess
[ *] Teacher Recs: one of them was raving, the other I didn’t read, but probably good but probably nothing special
[ *] Counselor Rec: alright, I know my counselor really well
[ *] Hook (if any): uh… probably not, maybe for WashU since I’m chinese?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Kentucky
[ *] School Type: sends maybe 5+ kids to ivys each year
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender:female
[ *] Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses:not great GPA
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I had an amazing interview at WashU and I think I showed a LOT of interest in the school
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted in Engineering</p>
<p>Stats:</p>
<pre><code>* SAT I: 2290 790M 750CR 750W
- SAT IIs: 790 Math2 780 US History 790 Physics
- ACT: did not take
- GPA: 4.21 Weighted,
- Rank: 25/938
- Other stats: national merit finalist, i think around 9 APs total at the end of this year
</code></pre>
<p>Subjective:</p>
<pre><code>* Essays: nothing special, talked about Jack Bauer
- Teacher Recs: i guess decent, but nothing great
- Counselor Rec: nothing out of the ordinary
- Hook (if any): n/a
</code></pre>
<p>Location/Person:</p>
<pre><code>* State or Country: Texas
- School Type: public
- Ethnicity: asian
- Gender: male
- Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: strength: academic stats, weaknesses: ECs, leadership, dismal in english class
- Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: My school district is known for having a lot of people get into these universities: Duke, WashU, MIT, Harvard
</code></pre>
<p>Other Factors: invited ato that multicultural thing in my early notification</p>
<p>SAT 2350
a lot of AP, IB, NMF, good EC.</p>