Washington Admittance Hardness

TheIndividual
Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:39:40 +0000

yeah, I kind of agree with some of the posters on here. WashU will not waitlist someone b/c they are “overqualified” – rather, they will see if you are trying to use them as a “why not?”, and do not genuinely want to matriculate there. I think this can be substantiated by the RD Decisions thread. There are some people with amazing stats (Vals w/ 2300+) who were admitted because they actually showed interest towards WashU. Others with equal stats who showed absolutely no interest would probably be waitlisted b/c they simply did not give a reason why they wanted to be accepted to WashU other than the fact it’s ranked 12th in the nations and 6th in selectivity.

Just my two cents.