Welcome class of 2021! We’re so excited to have you!!
@toplel What kinda reasoning is this. Some people actually did not show interest, or had little supplementals, etc. and just want to share their results. I showed little interest but had a competitive resume WITH legacy, and got waitlisted. I just want to share my results, no need to bash on people. Also the people with superb scores, a ton of ECs, and a super competitive resume applied to washu BECAUSE it is an easy school for them to get into. What do you say about these people who got in, but showed little interest?
@profdad2021 hi! So I’m actually a student right now at WashU and I believe around 1 in 7 or 1in 8 people gets in off of the waitlist just because of how large the waitlist is. I know that on my freshman floor of 60 people around 10 people were students waitlisted originally but ended up getting in. They all heard at various times throughout the spring; some heard before May 1 and some heard after. Good luck to your friend’s daughter in the coming weeks!
Waitlisted. 34 (35SS) ACT. 3.9 UW 4.1 W GPA. 760 Math 2 SATII. Showed decent interest (campus visit, interview, 1 scholarship). Will not be accepting my spot on the waitlist. Congrats to everyone who got in, good luck to everyone who was waitlisted, and keep your head up if you were rejected. Everyone finds the place that’s right for them, just keep an open mind!
@toplel, that was totally unwanted. No one who posted rejection said anything bad. They are just sharing their view… This might actually help future students who are interested to know what they need to do. As @rand123 said those who got accepted into caltech, MIT and Duke got rejected by WashU. No one knows what schools look for. If you can, give your point of view and have a+ve attitude. You are not going to go far into college bashing people with whom you dont agree. Good Luck to you .
Hello everyone and congrats to those who got accepted. I am here for some advice on the college application process and your thoughts on my chances at my other reach schools.
Stats:
ACT-32 one sitting
SAT-1440 one sitting
SAT II-Math 2:770 and Chem:740
APs-10 (European history, Calc BC, Chem, Bio, Stats, US history, Gov, psychology, Lang, Lit)
ECs- Color guard 4 years and team captain this year, Girl Scout 12 years, gold award service project, national honors society, dance, etc
Awards- performer of the year for color guard, gold award, girls state finalist
Hooks- don’t have any. My parents went to and sister goes to a small state school so no legacy or first generation, I’m not a urm or anything
Letters of rec- I read both and one was AMAZING while the other was pretty general. They gave them to me personally so that’s how I know
Class rank- 20/840+
GPA- 4.0/4.6
Essays- I’m a pretty good writer so they were fairly good. I’m not exactly sure how they look in the eyes of others though
That’s basically all the info I have. My dilemma is that I got rejected today from WashU and most of the schools I am waiting on are even more difficult to get into. I don’t want to get my hopes up for schools that I don’t have a shot at. Anyways, I was wondering if anyone thought that there is any chance at all of me getting into my other schools (UCLA, Uchicago, Tufts, UC Berkeley, Harvard, Yale, Stanford). I’m sorry to dampen the mood and I really wish all of you the best. To everyone: you all are amazing and you will do extraordinary things no matter where you end up. And thank you to whoever answers my questions. 
S was offered Waitlist. Econ Major.
Stats:
GPA: 3.98 UW 4.50 W
ACT: 30 (Only took it once)
SAT I: Didn’t take
SAT II: Math II: 680 US History: 680
Rec’s: Assume strong as he goes to a small school and is well known and liked by faculty
EC’s: Very strong including leadership positions
Hooks: Multiracial
Other acceptances: Cal Poly SLO, Lake Forest College, UCSD, University of Oregon
Still waiting: UCB, UCLA, UCSB, Penn, USC, William & Mary
We knew this was a reach so not surprised. Still honored to be considered by such a fine institution.
My daughter got in and is thrilled. 4.0 UW GPA, 1530 SAT, 760 Math II.
EC’s: piano, orchestra, tutoring, NHS
8 AP’s (including Physics C, Chinese, Calculus, Computer Principles)
Interested in psychology major, Chinese, strong in STEM
Rec’s: probably excellent, from physics and calculus teacher
Essay: strong, reflected her personality
Demonstrated interest (lots of interest - two visits, other minor contact)
If there’s a facebook group or groupme chat, she’d like to join.
Amazing to read some of the stats from students applied to WashU. It’s a great school. I used to live in STL some years ago and absolutely love the campus. One thing I want to say about WashU admission process, make sure you apply to the scholarships. WashU has no additional essays “so to speak” in addition to the common app essay, but don’t let your guard down. Just submit common essay most likely will land you a NO or some form of that (based on my own observation and students I know). You must apply for one of the scholarships, write the essays (yes, some scholarships require 4 or 5 short essays, and I even notice a “research proposal-like” one for the Moog). IMO, this is WashU way to test your commitment to the application, let alone, how well you can articulate your ideas/accomplishments. To those wondering how come high stats don’t get you in, I will just say schools like WashU have their own quirks in the admission process. For WashU, the so-called demonstrated interests are more than just campus visits, off-site interviews. They could be looking for how well you conduct as a person - thank you notes, arrive on time etc plus all those scholarship essays (even you probably will not get the top spot). For those who are admitted, congrats… for those who get not so positive news, keep your head up. There are other schools, other opportunities. JMHO.
I absolutely agree with you. D applied for a scholarship and received a personalized letter from one of the professors who read her scholarship essay commending her research and arguments. She was selected as a finalist for the scholarship and will visit Washu for an interview soon. Beside of that scholarship application, D did not show any strong interest in particular (No visit, No interview, just one email to update her recent awards) but still accepted.
Congratulations! To All those you got you truly deserve it and I know that if you choose WUSTL you will thrive and prosper in the enriching environment
To my fellow peers who unfortunately did not make it. Keep your head up and continuing believing that you will get accepted to the college that is the perfect fit for your to prosper.
@toplel what right do you have to tell people how or how not to cope with rejection?
Congrats to everyone who got accepted though!
D did not get in. Some info and stats: GPA uw 4.0. ACT 32 ( one sitting). 5- AP’s w/ 5’s in Bio and English. EC = Robotics, drawing & painting, piano. Languages studied- French, Ancient Greek, Japanese, Latin. Considered “Lower income” for Wash, make enough to pay something but not nearly enough to pay most. Under 75,000 annually w/ additional kids in tuition bearing schools.
I got accepted, gpa uw - 3.7, 34 act, one sitting, visited the school from Canada for tour and interview, followed up the visit by emailing my rep and telling them that if I got in, I will accept offer immediately (which I will). 2 APs, 4 and a 5, sat II math 2 - 750. Extracurriculars: hockey, rugby, keeping stats for my schools hockey team, robotics, environment club
Accepted to school of engineering and applied sciences.
GPA UW: 3.7
GPA W: 4.23
SAT: 2260
SAT Math 2: 740
No class rank
11 AP and everything was honors
Research, job, Speech and Debate, Indian classical music
Recs: I assume we’re strong because my teachers knew me very well
Essay: I thought it was really good
In all honesty, I thought this was a very long shot. In the end my dad said why not just go for it. I have nothing special going for me. My extracurricular are typical to a South Indian girl and my stats are not super impressive. I think the reason I got in is because of my demonstrated interest. I went to everything short of actually visiting the school and emailed thank you letters everytime. I also personally contacted my admissions officer and asked for advice on double majoring and alumni contacts. I really think this gave me a great leg up and I am so excited to have the chance to attend WASH U.
CONGRATS TO EVERYONE ELSE AND GOOD LUCK!
@zoeeeeeee101 I’d say you have a decent to good chance of making it into UCLA but bust for everywhere else.
Does anyone know whether getting off of the waitlist is dependent on how many others decide to opt-in to the waitlist? I got waitlisted. I was thinking about opting in just for the heck of it, but I won’t do so if that would reduce the chances of admission for waitlisted applicants who actually really want to go to WashU. Sorry, I don’t think this made sense at all haha.
anyone wanna chance me for UCLA/JHU/Pomona/Northwestern/Ivies after getting rejected from WashU?
Asian Male
School: Private UW GPA: 3.84/4.00 (main weakness, some circumstances to explain grade drop) WGPA: 4.25/4.5
Location: East Coast (very competitive private school, top 10)
8 Total APs taken, several post-APs (honors diffeq, honors MVC, honors analytical chem, orgo chem)
Test Scores:
SAT 1: 1550 (780 WR / 770 Math)
SAT Subject Tests: Math II 800 Chemistry 780 US History 770
AP: All 5’s
ECs: Research internship at university biochem lab for past 4 years/summers, Student Research Assistant Title (1,400+ hours)
Siemen’s Semifinalist.
Regeneron STS Scholar (Semifinalist)
1 submitted publication (co-author)
Region Sci Fair ( competitive region) 1st award in category (very close to ISEF finalist)
State Science Fair (competitive state) 4th in my category
Participate in sports, competed in national and championships tournaments (achieved 2nd place in two seperate events).
Created organization, that teaches STEM and science to students (leader role, organizer, director of communications (listed it as under volunteering/community service category).
Volunteering:
Front desk/Tech assistant at local clinic, Hospital volunteering
Essays: good (not so sure about this after the rejection lol)
Recs: should be good (2 science recs, those that all for 3 have an additional humanities rec)
I was accepted — just want to let y’all know for next year, USPS online is saying that I have a package coming from St. Louis. Shipped this morning.
Rejected – 34 ACT one sitting, 2230 old SAT one sitting, 3.9/4.0 unweighed GPA, 4.89/5.0 weighed GPA, 12 APs (including senior year), very competitive public high school in CA, great rec letters, strong leadership positions and deeply involved in multiple science related activities…
I was pretty confident stats wise but I don’t think I showed enough interest… Didn’t apply for any scholarships. Only attended college rep visit at my high school. Still, I was at least expecting to be waitlisted but oh well, I guess WUSTL thought I would be a better fit somewhere else 
Congrats to everyone else who got in though!