<p>I can’t even tell you how many times I heard when I was deciding between WashU and NU (among others), people’s instant reaction was “Wow, awesome schools to choose from…isn’t WashU that school that waitlists everybody? So and so had XYZ amazing stats and was waitlisted because they were overqualified.” It’s really too bad. However, if you can get past that (and you should), WashU is excellent. I visited and everything about the school was well-managed and well-maintained. I was very impressed. It does attract A LOT of pre-meds aiming for top med schools, which could be a good or bad thing (excellent company or too much competition?). That said, NU has its share of pre-meds as well.</p>