What did you do to get into Wash U?

It seems most of the kids who enroll at Wash U have money. And the expensive college counseling services tap into that and all sell Wash U hard so they can say they got their student into a “top” school…

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/16/upshot/washington-university-aims-to-attract-low-income-students.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1