WashU is somewhat of a lottery. There are clearly a number of very excellent applicants they decline as evidenced by this thread. They aren’t large enough to admit students the way much larger public universities do. I believe they are not need blind, either, fwiw. Finally, RD just has really, really slim odds. I wouldn’t personally advise future applicants not to bother – but just be aware of how super competitive and also somewhat random their admissions can be. This is exactly what I advised my D before she decided to apply, and that approach really made her result less of a surprise. She actually started giggling when she opened and saw the status update on her portal and then shrugged it off. Not that she wouldn’t have been pleased to have been admitted, but she just didn’t allow herself to feel too invested in what the result was going to be. (I was actually a little surprised she wasn’t at least waitlisted, but whatever!) It helped, too, that she had some acceptances in hand and is already getting excited about attending a couple of those schools. So, my advice to future applicants would be to go for the application if it is really a school you’d like to attend, but stay realistic, and definitely apply widely to other schools you’d also be happy attending – EA if possible. RD at any of these top schools can be tough.
My son rejected as well with 9 AP’s, 7 honors, 34 ACT, unweighted gpa 4.0, weighted 4.7
AP scholar, World Language Honor Society, NHS, 4 year varsity swimmer
Violinist and other EC’s
Didn’t visit, on to the next!
Congrats to all those accepted!
I completely agree with @amsunshine and am glad that her daughter is excited about other schools. For most of us on this forum, the college process is a win-win situation. I was rejected from WashU, but I’m excited to attend my state school (UW Madison) which is excellent, affordable, and just as capable of taking me to my next level of education (veterinary school).
My DD didn’t seem the list bit upset that she was waitlisted. She knows that all her remaining schools are a crap shoot. Luckily, she has really fallen in love with her current top choice, and they have shown her the love. Waiting for 5 more. UChicago today, and then 4 more at the end of the month. She may still pick her current number 1 even if she’s accepted to one of the remaining 5.
Rejected
1550 SAT
800 French SAT II, 770 Math 1 SAT II
GPA weighted: 4.05, 1/318
Doesn’t this read more like, “we don’t have 1 ranked list…we have 1 for each school/program” to anybody else? I mean at some point, they have to know the order they’d pull people off the list come May 1st based on which schools were under-enrolled, right?
I just got into JHU which is super confusing considering my results yesterday. Ig admissions really is a crapshoot! @Maltamilkbone
Congrats! And I agree with you. The difference between rejected and accepted to these elite schools might come down to whether your AO had enough coffee that morning.
JHU >>> WashU
Your choice is simple.
@hockey731 I first want to congratulate you on getting into JHU because it is a very good school. However, I just want to respond to this guy @capcase. I am seriously befuddled why you hold some grudge against WashU. Looking at your profile, it does not appear that you even applied to WashU, so why do you keep slandering the university? I will also point out that if you correctly comprehended @hockey731 message, you would realize that he did not get into WashU, so he does not have to worry about comparing JHU to WashU. I will never understand why some people feel the need to constantly devalue the achievements of others. @capcase when do you plan on trashing UPenn because their admit rate for legacies is at least three times the regular rate. When do plan on calling UChicago a farce because of their obsession with maintaining an astronomically high yield rate?
Dude, I don’t have a grudge against WashU, just stated my feelings based on the data points from this thread.
WashU is not at the level with UPenn or UChicago. Maybe close to UCLA.
I congratulate people accepted into WashU.
I was waitlisted yesterday. I was accepted into UNC Honors College with an annual scholarship (of which 5% of admitted students receive). Also admitted to Monroe Scholars program at William and Mary. Deferred from Princeton SCEA. Still waiting on other decisions.
White Female
34 ACT (35 Super Score)
750 Math II/680 US History (I know these are a little low)
4.0 UW/4.647 Weighted GPA
13 AP classes/1 online class at a local community college
Class rank: 2/578
NC Youth Attorney General and District Attorney, Odyssey of the Mind World Finalist, part-time job junior and senior year, work all summers, Assisting Minister at church/active youth group member, piano player (National Federation of Music 9 year superior ranking), Clerk of Court volunteer at Teen Court
Applied for double major in math and political science, wrote my essay more targeted towards math though
Toured and interviewed (I live in NC so had to fly out)
Hopefully it is a crapshoot, because honestly, most of the other schools I am waiting on have a lower acceptance rate. Congrats to all who were accepted- WashU is an amazing school and I would have loved to have attended.
Accepted into the class of 2024 for Econ in CAS!
Race: Indian, Male living in the UAE
Scores
IB Predict: 44/45
SAT: 1540 22/24
Math II: 800
Lit: 700
UW GPA: 3.93/4.00
ECs
- Launched a dropshipping e-commerce business to fund a service project in Ghana, produced profits of AED5000
- Interned at various banks
COMMUNITY SERVICE
- Have raised money in Dubai through my dropshipping business to install solar panels in rural hospitals of Ghana over 3 years, so far managed to install them in 4 hospitals and donate water purifiers donated by local companies.
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
- Started a bunch of clubs
- Have my own jazz band
- Varsity and JV badminton
Accepted for Chemistry
African American; female
34 ACT
39/45 IB predicted score
UW GPA: 4.0/4.0
ECs:
- UIL
- Math Team
- Science Team
- Key Club
- NHS
- BPA
- Shadowed Pharmacist in Summer
Community Service
- Tutoring Elementary Students
- Boys and Girls Club
- Pediatric Reader
probably some I’m forgetting idk lol
Who know what one’s reasons? To make themselves feel good and others feel bad?
Ayo @ellanella I applied to chem too, but my letter only mentions getting into the college of arts and sciences, not mentioning a major. Does that mean I also got into chemistry like you or do we declare later on in the year?
@drylime for private schools, you often get into the school or a specific college within the school (such as arts and sciences), not specific majors. I believe this is the case for most (if not all) students
@drylime ohnoitsme is correct. My son was a biochem major but just switched to biology his sophomore year, and both majors are housed under Art & Sciences. He was actually accepted as a PNP major but decided to change to pre-vet, which basically is the as pre-med. Confusing yes but he is very happy and succeeding. Welcome to WashU! 
@ohnoitsme @Waldo755 Thanks Guys!
@capcase It depends what you are examining…for pre-med, definitely WashU hits the bar, especially for their BME, biology, and neuroscience majors. Also, stop slandering universities and degrading people’s acceptances to WashU, the people that have been accepted are worthy of top tier schools because of their hard work. And, above all, I hope you understand that at the end of the day, what matters is what you do when you go there…that creates the opportunities…the name of a university can only help so much.