WashU (2022-2023)

[eternal flame]

idk

i doubt ppl use it

i feel like hes ur brother lmao

and ur gonna tell him what benz said

fr?

it seems like a dead app

the dude actually personally handed me a flyer

his name was ronin

iirc

while i was eating some yogurt

he was klike download our appppp

no he was just handing out flyers

i was sitting eating

and he gave me one lmao

he walked away after

ik, it needs to stay that wat

wdym

most real

i mean i just knew some schools were unattainable

so when i got off the waitlist at ucsd, it was more of a suprise

i appreciate it tho, my parents tell me i have no life

thank youuuuu

very inch resting take

all in the wash u thread as well

[jagged valve]

I think it's because of the number of schools with "Washington" in their name

Anyway all in all I don't think this thread is the worst of a2c

From my experience the competitive public school threads tend to be,,, well,,,

[real gorge]

umich rejection and uw madison acceptance have ME confused

[foggy citrus]

Umich defferal and Uw madison defferal have me confused or no I'll be rejected most probably 👍🏼

[sudden urchin]

UMich rejects EA??😭❓

[fleet lava]

Does any1 know the ed2 acceptance rate

[sudden urchin]

not sure but this was overall last year

probably like 35-40% EDI and 15-20% EDII

[dry walrus]

probably about 20%

total ed last year was 27 and ed1 this year was 35

so

[fleet lava]

I see

How much do they defer in the early rounds

[versed inlet]

I hope getting straight rejected from Northwestern ED doesn't mean anything super bad for this lol

[versed inlet]

Wow 35 this year? Not bad.

[sudden urchin]

to average to 27 or below it’ll be 19% or below for EDII

[versed inlet]

Still might be different because I assume there's less EDII applicants, and the average may be higher or lower this year than last.

[sudden urchin]

usually lower

[zenith hinge]

jesus

rd is going to be so low oml

no way i get in

[jagged valve]

gotta admit that was what i was thinking

but im trying not to fret too much

its just one school (even if its my favorite) and the decision is out of my hands

(repeats these exact words to myself like 600 times)

[dry walrus]

real

[whole fractal]

me with every reach school knowing i’m gonna be rejected

[sudden urchin]

i have one reach/target acceptance but i cant afford it 🫠

[real gorge]

i feel like i was one of the rare ea rejections lol, but then again i did not have competitive stats so

[polar plank]

what was the rd acceptance rate last year?

[sudden urchin]

sorry to hear that. I was shocked to learn last night on a collegeconfidential browse that WashU defers and waitlists EDII.

another thing to worry about😺🫶

[polar plank]

better than I thought

[sudden urchin]

I’ve heard that WashU had bad overcrowding problems for the classes of 24 and 25. I’d assume the rate is gonna keep getting lower because they do not want it to happen again.

each year is a new “record low”

[real gorge]

🙁

[snow knot]

Dam

2 days

And like

Idk how to feel

I forgot the ED 2 chance was lower

20% doesn't feel good

Like went from a 35% to 20%

That hurts

I should have applied ED1

But to be honest at this point I've basically convinced my self I won't get in. So it will be a pleasant surprise if I do

But the even bigger pain of not getting in is having to wait for all my RD apps

[dry walrus]

no literally

i just wanna know

[snow knot]

Frr like I just wanna relax

Hopefully at washu 🙏🙏

[real gorge]

which is depressing!

[sudden urchin]

yep! but hey if we’re rejected we don’t have to worry about being forced into cheap housing like some ppl were😬

[polar plank]

wait how does EDII get deferred? they go to RD?

[real gorge]

where else will they be deferred to lmao

yeah

ur either accepted, deferred to rd, waitlisted to post rd, or rejected..

i think i got deferred bruh

and i only say that because

[sudden urchin]

i stg if I get another defer

[real gorge]

on my slate portal washu was completed and now its back under "in progress"

[sudden urchin]

my prediction is waitlist

[polar plank]

nah I thought you can't get deferred EDII

was mistaken

[real gorge]

and the other schools i got deferred from also did that

[sudden urchin]

my app was perfect but my video was 2 min instead of 90 sec 😭

[real gorge]

my video was awful

my essays were shit

my beyond boundaries essay was pretty good tho

i can share if u want

[sudden urchin]

mine was too but it showed ~personality~

[real gorge]

and my alumni interview was so good

[real gorge]

mine was ass 😭

[sudden urchin]

nah I didn’t apply to that bc my interests are all in the same college

other than visual art

[real gorge]

i love interdisciplinary education lol

thats why i applied to bb

[sudden urchin]

oh I do too

[real gorge]

but its so hard to get into

[sudden urchin]

but I applied PNP and drama

[real gorge]

i applied for all the scholarships

[sudden urchin]

so i already have a full plate

[real gorge]

i literally demonstrated as much as interest as possible

[sudden urchin]

yeah same I need them badly

i wish I did an interview instead of a video

[real gorge]

i sent them my updated resume two days

[sudden urchin]

I used my rushed brown video for it

[real gorge]

and asc said "thanks for ur continued interest"

apparently they dont consider di anymore but i still think its a lie

[sudden urchin]

it’s so dumb omfg there’s a part where I literally just rant about my love for Joe burrow

[sudden urchin]

yeah that’s bull

[real gorge]

or both 😻

[sudden urchin]

i toured

only school I toured

[real gorge]

personally i think the the video has more value than the interview

[sudden urchin]

like I’m moving an hour outside of the city this makes so much sense for me

[real gorge]

only because all aos get to see the video, vs interview is just word

[sudden urchin]

I hope but Omg I don’t want them to get mad about my video

bc I didn’t follow the rules

[real gorge]

L0OL

usually they wont

penalty u for 2 mins

[sudden urchin]

i hope so😭😭😭

bc they seem fr about the 90 sec

mines 1:59

[real gorge]

if i get rejected im gonna be shook

[sudden urchin]

same

but also hopeful for my other RDs

[real gorge]

if i get waitlisted im not submitting that form

deferred idk how id feel

i feel like ive doneeverything possible to have them accept me bruh

[sudden urchin]

I already have Michigan but affording it would be horrid

[real gorge]

so if they dont then they hate me

i have uw madison

full ride oos

so thats my safety rn

[sudden urchin]

they deferred me😭

[real gorge]

mich rejected me 💀

i swear i was the only rejection from mich bruh

[sudden urchin]

my friend is a madison legacy w a 36 and got deferred

yeah that’s so strange

[real gorge]

lol damn yeah my stats werent even close to good

[sudden urchin]

ik ppl say public schools don’t yield protect but I’ve never seen a school do it more than UW Madison

[real gorge]

mich yields way more lol

[sudden urchin]

funny for them to accept me considering I obviously can not afford it💀

[fleet lava]

where does it say that

"Your Early Decision II application for admission is complete! Please check back for important updates."

in this sentence?

[real gorge]

Why don't these colleges have record highs instead of lows🙄

Switch it up a little

[fleet lava]

record high number of applicants😭

[empty sluice]

scared

[versed inlet]

I think my commonapp essay was good but my supplemental was blegh

I'm legit proud of my video though

Then again my stats were mid enough to get straight rejected from Northwestern ED so no major expectations lol

[sudden urchin]

hope my essays and stats carry

[versed inlet]

Luckily I don't think any of the mega sweats at my school applied edii

[sudden urchin]

work experience

me who has never worked a day in her life:

[versed inlet]

Ooh I have 2 part time jobs

Minimum wage movie theater carried???

[sudden urchin]

😭

[versed inlet]

Other one is my family business

[sudden urchin]

not at all
theater was my full time job

car dependent area and couldnt get a license/car until this past fall

[versed inlet]

None of my ECs are very prestigious but they're unique and I show passion for them

I'm definitely just coping rn lol

[sudden urchin]

same

one of my ECs was kind of like a job?

i was a moderator for a subreddit with like 30k people

twitter and discord admin too

that shit was unpaid labor lmfao

i did literally all the work and when i left the whole thing died

thankless asf

[versed inlet]

My 2 main ECs are

1. Multiple SCUBA certifications (advanced, cave, Night, wreck, underwater Ecologist, rescue). I lead dives sometimes too, all this happens over the summer because I live in Illinois lol

2. Conservation project done in Boy Scouts to help provide shelters for endangered birds of prey in my area

And then after that it's just stuff like "school band" and "built computers for friends" and "works at family business and movie theater"

[sudden urchin]

doxxes and threats

[versed inlet]

"Kept a cool fish tank"

Thanks!

[sudden urchin]

love these

[versed inlet]

Bio major when I'm not premed 🙃

[sudden urchin]

i didnt want to go to college until like
this past summer

lol

defer or waitlist

[versed inlet]

I'm predicting deferred

Northwestern ed rejection really hit me in the self esteem lol

[sudden urchin]

im just coping w/ the fact that im strong in all the "very important" ones here

[versed inlet]

At least I have UIUC if I get rejected from all 20ish reaches

[sudden urchin]

i even submitted my art to WashU

pog art ECs unite

sure

[versed inlet]

I wouldn't say it's a major EC but I have self taught Blender experience

Did some small kinda mid projects with it

I'm also coping with the fact that my course rigor is only "decent" and not "amazing"

[sudden urchin]

6

school offers 9

[versed inlet]

7 AP and 2 CC courses outside my High school

School offers like 20 RIP

Did mostly honors otherwise

[sudden urchin]

thanks! my other favorites are self-portraits sooo lol no

[versed inlet]

Ooohh this is really cool

Dunno how else to say it lmao

[sudden urchin]

deleting bc doxx

but yeah 🤭 sometimes i wish i did beyond boundaries for art therapy but that's so niche like i want to use my psych degree to pivot

omg are you PNP too

[versed inlet]

The one Blender thing I'm kinda proud of

[sudden urchin]

yeah :(

[versed inlet]

It's weird but same

[sudden urchin]

psych-neuro-philosophy

[versed inlet]

Usually I hate essays but it felt too short to do anything

[sudden urchin]

yeah im just glad my commonapp essay was quirky

[versed inlet]

Maybe video carry

I hope even though it's apparently not very important

[sudden urchin]

i hope they just ... dont look at my video it's so embarrassing like

i was gonna make one just for WashU but i ran out of time so i had my quirky ass Brown one

and again it's 30 sec over the limit but the super cringe stuff i said was near the end so hopefully they cut it off!

[versed inlet]

For my WashU one I got my brown one, removed a small section, changed the intro and outro and sped it up by 4% 💀

[sudden urchin]

omfg i shouldve done that

[versed inlet]

Basically it's just me showing videos of my scuba dives and toddler me holding a tarantula lol

Most of my app is based on me liking wildlife

[sudden urchin]

i was gonna go all out over christmas break, i was gonna apply to all sorts of scholarships and schools
then i got sick asf

[versed inlet]

But there's also a section on my aquarium

[versed inlet]

Oof thats rough

My friends think I'm insane for doing 28 applications even though only like half of them had their own unique supps

T20/30 shotgunning with mid stats 🙂

Goddamn

[sudden urchin]

i used mine to show the things that make me me outside of my app
like my love for salads, garfield and joe burrow
the car i immediately wrecked, me playing overwatch
me and my friends doing student council shit in target and getting kicked out

i only have 13 apps i think

[versed inlet]

I can see why you got burnt out lol

[sudden urchin]

i just can not write about places i don't care about

[versed inlet]

Luckily 5 of mine were UCs and a couple were random niche direct admit safeties

[sudden urchin]

mine are basically all reaches + 2 safeties

[versed inlet]

I'm just happy I got into UIUC if I get rejected from all safeties

I mean reaches

[sudden urchin]

bc im not going to go far for a safety or pay a lot of them

[versed inlet]

Oh nice

[sudden urchin]

i got into macalester EA w/ a big scholarship

so i have that

[versed inlet]

I'm wondering if Northwestern defers or rejects more people ED

Ooooh

[sudden urchin]

i dont remember seeing a lot of defers, maybe it's like stanford where defer is a good sign

[sudden urchin]

oh i also showed my 🔥 fashion sense

[versed inlet]

Well I got rejected lmao

So we will see

[sudden urchin]

oh lol

[versed inlet]

Rejected so no

[sudden urchin]

i still need to do my loci for madison

and my honors for mich by tonight 💀

[versed inlet]

Go get some good food

I'm not expecting an acceptance so I won't be too upset if I get rejected

That's my strat lol

Nice I was gonna go get a poke bowl

[sudden urchin]

I have a Mardi Gras parade on Friday so prolly just down a 4 loko

that’s the outcome either way

[versed inlet]

Sounds like a night lol

I really made a mistake with doing a ton more research on WashU AFTER applying edii

Cuz now I'm in love with it lol

Like I did Northwestern ED because it's like a 30 minute drive away and my parents really like it (I did too) but WashU was completely off my own search and I have a feeling ill be a lot more sad when I get rejected than I was with Northwestern

Top tier food too

RIP

I heard the same with UCLA

[fleet lava]

I’ve been doing the opposite 😭

Researching washu cons

To cope for getting rejected 🙏🙏

[versed inlet]

There's that one A2C post of some dude absolutely RIPPING on it after being there for a couple years

Keeping it saved in case im rejected

[fleet lava]

Couldn’t find much tbh 😭

[versed inlet]

He said the gym was Small

But like

I'm a lazy piece of garbage anyways

St. Louis weather is poopoo

But I live in Chicago so idc

St. Louis is poopoo

[fleet lava]

Missouri as a state is poopoo

[versed inlet]

But I live in Chicago so idc

Jk

I love Chicago

Couldn't say the same about Cleveland though after visiting Case Western

[fleet lava]

Idek why I applied to case western

[versed inlet]

Cuz it's easy

No supp

Why not ig

And it's very good for premed if that's what you want to do

Yep, deferred

One of the gigasweats at my school got deferred too

It may just a northeastern moment

Like, she has like a 4.8 GPA and 36 ACT lmao

Sometimes I feel like I'm wasting my time applying to the same reaches as them

But who knows ig

I don't think it was 4.8, more like 4.6 but still

Crazy

Weighted

Ah lol

Sometimes I look at the one semester C I got freshman year and cringe

My uw is a 3.9 but it still hurts lol

I had the opposite problem, I think I signed up for classes that weren't rigorous enough but got A's in them

Got worried to the point where I signed up to do physics I and Calc I at my CC to make up for it lol

I hope so

My school doesn't do DE so they're completely separate transcripts

It's also because I found out a bunch of my reaches recommend calc and Physics

[sudden urchin]

I’ve been, the gym isn’t that small. it’s one of the things I loved about campus

it was a little tight ig but that made it easy for ppl to help each other and there was lots of equipment

and the tour guide said it’s popular the first few weeks and then people get lazy lol so it’s never too crowded

it’s high quality

[versed inlet]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/qii43l/please_dont_apply_to_washu/

Here's the post

If yall wanna hate WashU after/before decisions

[sudden urchin]

all I do is drink and do clubs

[fleet lava]

Yea but no demonstrated interest

Washu is really fratty

[versed inlet]

Temperpedic mattresses tho

[fleet lava]

Yea but greek life

[sudden urchin]

no it isn’t😭

[fleet lava]

Oh

[sudden urchin]

they’re stopping housing support for them by 2025 I think

[fleet lava]

I saw that in a Reddit post

I see

[sudden urchin]

prolly an old one

[fleet lava]

Fuck😭

[sudden urchin]

and the frats that do exist seem to be not so bad

[fleet lava]

The washu cons are dwindling

If I don’t get in ima kms

[sudden urchin]

I’m even considering sororities and I am NOT a sorority girl

[versed inlet]

I've heard less people may apply to WashU because of Roe v. Wade, not sure if that's true

And ^ that may be an actual con for some

[sudden urchin]

counterpoint MO just legalized weed

the whole city reeks of it

and it’s on the border of Illinois where abortions are legal

[versed inlet]

Didn't they just become test blind this year

[fleet lava]

W

[versed inlet]

Or was it last

Or something

[fleet lava]

My biggest con

[versed inlet]

Yeah need blind

I mean

[fleet lava]

Is 90k a year worth for washu 😭

[sudden urchin]

as a middle class person WashU is like the most affordable reach for me other than Brown idk why

[versed inlet]

I ain't getting financial aid from them anyways 🙃

At least I'm 99% sure they won't give any

[fleet lava]

Washu is need blind

[versed inlet]

I mean they will probably say that I can pay full

[fleet lava]

ah

[sudden urchin]

my cons:
-what if I get in elsewhere
-less ease of getting classes in other schools outside LSA
-heard the food ain’t as good anymore
-not as hyped up
-STL kinda boring but the food in the city is fire
-no football in the city
-too close to racist family

[versed inlet]

A lot of the cons are things I don't really care about which is good

Like I'm already used to cold weather

[sudden urchin]

20k each for first 2 years then free (unemployed old mom😭)

[versed inlet]

And I honestly couldn't care less about sports

[sudden urchin]

it’s in the nicest part of St. Louis tho

yeah

i applied for scholarships too

[versed inlet]

I've heard the houses cost like 1 mil or something stupid there lol, not sure if it's true

[sudden urchin]

nice

mine probably will be 40k and mom can cover half

so 20k in loans/scholarships which isn’t bad

[fleet lava]

Sports r important imo

For like student life

[sudden urchin]

agree

[versed inlet]

All the other NPC I've done said that I would get jack shit

[sudden urchin]

but at least there’s hockey and baseball

[versed inlet]

I've just never been into sports at all

I guess the school spirit thing is a good point though

[fleet lava]

I don’t care abt sports either

[sudden urchin]

i will miss football tho. big time. don’t want to take a road trip to KC either bc I hate them (bengals fan)

[fleet lava]

But going to rivalry game w 20k other goons seems fun

[sudden urchin]

also no car in year 1 is annoying

[versed inlet]

And ig it means their ED acceptance rate isn't as inflated maybe because of athletes

[sudden urchin]

it’s a very car dependent city lol

[versed inlet]

Still coping

[sudden urchin]

i will probably win the appeal for one bc my new home is an hour out

[fleet lava]

Did u guys ed2

[sudden urchin]

yes😭

[versed inlet]

Yes

[fleet lava]

What time is it coming out

[versed inlet]

Low expectations still

[sudden urchin]

i think 4 CST

or 4:30

yeah

[versed inlet]

Well now I know, nice

So same timezone as me

[fleet lava]

I don’t wanna open it during school

on Friday

But the intrusive thoughts will get to me

[versed inlet]

I was in science olynpiad when I opened my Northwestern rejection lol

Same with UIUC acceptance

[fleet lava]

I was at chick fil a when I opened my penn one

[static trellis]

did u guys record your reactions

i remembered to record one

the rest i forgot to

[versed inlet]

I didn't

All of my friends opened our UIUC results at the same time

[sudden urchin]

I’ll get mine while preparing for Mardi Gras

probably my last Mardi Gras parade for a long time

[versed inlet]

One of my gigasweat friends got rejected from CS even though he has ridiculous stats and ECs lol

[sudden urchin]

I got in to Michigan but I won’t be able to afford it

[versed inlet]

That sucks

[fleet lava]

Did u guys do the optional video

[versed inlet]

Yeah

My EDII application was kind of a last minute decision so no interview though

[sudden urchin]

omg WashU has Mardi Gras parades

[fleet lava]

Yea me too

[sudden urchin]

just like home🫶

[sudden urchin]

same

[versed inlet]

St Louis has like the second largest Mardi Gras celebration I think

Or something like that

Obviously you know what 1 is

[sudden urchin]

I’m gonna be honest St. Louis food is better than NOLA

we have beignets but everything else is overrated

nope

I’m a legacy tho

[versed inlet]

I liked the food at NOLA but the smell ong

[sudden urchin]

mom said no, too dangerous nowadays and I won’t be living here anymore

also expensive

I hope my green eyes in my video intimidate the AOs into accepting me

foul

whenever my mom cooks gumbo i get flashbacks to when my dog used to shit in the house

[versed inlet]

Um guys am I URM if I'm mixed white and Asian /s

[sudden urchin]

I’m picky lol

[versed inlet]

Lmao

Unfortunate but true

I'm sure that's not helping me at all

[sudden urchin]

💀

what about Mid Eastern

[versed inlet]

Man mixed race population at colleges always seem very low

Would be nice to have that consideration

[sudden urchin]

ah nice

i have “stupidest state in the country” rizz

my ACT score is like twice the median

[fleet lava]

I’m Asian but I’m half urm Asian (I think)

[sudden urchin]

35

ik someone with a 12

thanks

[versed inlet]

Bro at least put his name down

[sudden urchin]

i know someone else who tried to get a single digit score and got a 14

the 12 really tried

[fleet lava]

I hav a 1440 but 1530 superscore

[versed inlet]

I have a 34 but it's a super unbalanced score

[fleet lava]

Idek how

[versed inlet]

36 reading 36 English 34 science 30 math

[sudden urchin]

this was gonna be me but at the last minute i was graced by a crazy curve

36E 35M 35R 33S

[versed inlet]

Disappointed my Asian heritage /s

[sudden urchin]

my math was sub 30 every other time

[versed inlet]

Math was always my weak point

[sudden urchin]

i just grinded it out like crazy

[versed inlet]

Which sucks because I'm applying for a STEM major, albeit not a math heavy one

[quick glen]

will applicants that have research have a upper hand?

[fleet lava]

I feel like unpublished is good too

As long as u had actual tasks

[quick glen]

i have 3 research things, 2 unpublished and 1 published

the one that I did publish was with Yale

[sudden urchin]

I submitted my literature review for my sociology/psychology research project

[quick glen]

so hopefully it helps

🙏

[fleet lava]

I got a rec letter from my prof for research but he said I wanted to do business in it 😭

[versed inlet]

Jesus yall are doing research in high school damn

[static trellis]

did u rea to yale or harvard

[fleet lava]

And I didn’t apply Olin so idk if that will hurt me badly

[quick glen]

none, my grades arent that good

[sudden urchin]

mine was for senior capstone but they don’t need to know dat

[quick glen]

so i didnt want to risk it

idts

[versed inlet]

Ah lol

I'm doing Seminar this year even though I'm a senior lol

[quick glen]

my gpa is like 3.8/4

[versed inlet]

That's not bad at all

Especially if you did hard classes

[quick glen]

i took mid/hard classes

[sudden urchin]

I wish I wasn’t so jaded about college earlier on

but it’s fine ig

[quick glen]

i was also gonna go test optional

[sudden urchin]

my school is so small whatever I do looks impressive

[quick glen]

so i wouldve been screwed

esp for an asian male

[silk lantern]

lol same

[quick glen]

😐

[versed inlet]

I wish I challenged myself instead of making "ooh calc and Physics stinky" my personality for the second half of junior year

[quick glen]

i didnt submit test scores

[silk lantern]

I def overchallenged myself this year with 6 aps + 1 honors. Its living hell

Im taking the holy trifecta: Calc, Physics, Chem

[quick glen]

i took 5 aps and 4 honors

but 4 honors was like language

and some other class

[sudden urchin]

sometimes ECs are everything, someone who graduated from my school last year is at NYU and she had the most mid grades and lazy classes imaginable … but she starred in a Nickelodeon sitcom for years lol

[quick glen]

WTF

thats so sick

[sudden urchin]

yeah lol

[quick glen]

NYU Tisch im guessing tho

[sudden urchin]

probably

[silk lantern]

Idek tbh. I wanted to get at least some exposure to the classes since my school limits the number of aps we can take so senior year is really up to you

[sudden urchin]

it’s funny being on her secret Instagram, her main has like 2mil

Emma Watson went to brown

[versed inlet]

By what I've heard when it comes to importance it usually goes

Absolutely insane ECs (international business, Olympic gold medals, something like that) > GPA > Test Scores > Normal-Good ECs

Take with a load of salt because I'm dumb af

[quick glen]

what would you rank research with R1 ecs?

in your opinion

[versed inlet]

Tbh I have no clue but thats way cooler than anyone in my high school has done

[quick glen]

my school is full of asian sweats

[shadow coral]

are you in the bay

[quick glen]

no

jersey

[shadow coral]

ohh i heard nj is crazy too

[quick glen]

yeah 😐

[shadow coral]

especially edison

[quick glen]

only some parts

[silk lantern]

yeah edison is wild

[quick glen]

first hand experience

only one highschool is crazy the other isnt

theyre polar opposites

lmao

[silk lantern]

is it that one that starts with john or something?

[quick glen]

yeah

are you from there and tryna act like you dont go there

[real gorge]

no im talking about in slate

[versed inlet]

Tradeoff of having way less support and resources though

[silk lantern]

nah my cousins are from there and i think one went to the john school

[quick glen]

its crazy

i hate it here

[sudden urchin]

my school is private but very new and few opportunities

[quick glen]

LMAO

[sudden urchin]

but we’ve had kids go to every single ivy except Harvard

but we have had a waitlist there

I’m the 10th graduating class

[versed inlet]

And I've heard, but not confirmed, that while AO's won't dislike you for not taking classes that weren't offered, it can still leave them unsure if you can handle college work

[sudden urchin]

I didn’t know I could take APs on my own until it was too late

our counselor started working here last year and she doesn’t do shit fuck all

[versed inlet]

One of my mega nerd friends got into Yale but that's the only crazy acceptance I know of right now

[sudden urchin]

we didn’t have a counselor before then

[versed inlet]

I've heard that self study APs aren't really worth it

[sudden urchin]

Ik a guy at Princeton and a guy at Yale rn

[versed inlet]

My counselor from freshman to middle of Junior Year fucking died

[sudden urchin]

💀

[versed inlet]

Had a heart attack over a weekend

True holy shit moment

[quick glen]

rest in peace

[sudden urchin]

mine got married and went on her honeymoon for almost all of October

🥰

[versed inlet]

I honestly didn't know him too well despite him being my counselor but it still really sucked

My current one is really nice but I kinda wish she pushed me to challenge myself with my courses instead of recommending me to take an easy science class this year

[sudden urchin]

no mines super accepting and progressive and whatever… but somewhat toxic academically, just in silence

like we silently compete

[versed inlet]

And that's why I panic enrolled in Community College physics

[sudden urchin]

but pretend like we aren’t

[versed inlet]

Mine isn't really competitive but we have some seriously insane students at the top

[sudden urchin]

I am the seriously insane student so the pressures on me💀

the other valedictorians all went to ivies p much

[versed inlet]

I feel like 75 percent of the students at my HS don't give a shit about anything and get all C's, but the top 25 percent range from very good to insane

[versed inlet]

Oh damn

You got this

[sudden urchin]

thanks! idk if it’s visible to schools tho bc we don’t do class rank, but my rec letters may have mentioned it

[versed inlet]

Like it feels like people either take 0 aps or 6+ with no in-between

Im honestly so happy my school doesn't rank

And it doesn't report pluses or minuses

So an A is an A

[sudden urchin]

we only do rank for valedictorian and salutatorian

[versed inlet]

90 = 4.0

[sudden urchin]

I wish my school was like that w the A’s but pluses weigh more

my lowest grade is one flat A in PE lol

and another in AP Euro but that was my first AP

[versed inlet]

I have all A's in all my APs and honors except for a C one semester in Geometry Honors freshman year 💀

Oh damn seriously????

I did apply there

I knew UCs did but not Emory

Maybe

Would much rather go to WashU than Emory but it may have been a more strategic ED

[sudden urchin]

a lot of ppl told me to apply to Emory but eh I don’t like atlanta

[real gorge]

i wouldve ed'd to emory if even applied LOL

[real gorge]

u like st louis more than atlanta? 😂

i love washu and i hope i get in on friday but aint no way u would prefer st louis as a city over altanta LOL

[versed inlet]

I like Atlanta only because of the Georgia Aquarium lol

[sudden urchin]

yeah lol

Atlanta is too hot

and it’s the south

[versed inlet]

Hopefully they see a one semester C from freshman year a bit more leniently

[sudden urchin]

and the food is mid

[versed inlet]

coping

Eh im not really

[sudden urchin]

nah I have weaknesses

my video is awful and way over the time limit

[versed inlet]

I feel bad because I'm applying to the same schools as some of my friends who have way better stats than me

[versed inlet]

If ur valedictorian then you have a really good shot

Like my stats are definitely top 20 percent, maybe top 10-15 percent even though my school doesn't rank

But I have friends who have like 4.7 GPAs and 16 APs when I have a 4.3 and 7 (+2 CC courses)

Bugs me every day

But I'll just have to wait until all decisions are out

[sudden urchin]

i hope😭small school but it’s competitive

there’s an “official transcript” my school has and they submit it to colleges but we aren’t allowed to read it

maybe it’s on there

[lunar cairn]

dang yall are cracked

[versed inlet]

My school doesn't even have Valedictorian or Salutatorian

[sudden urchin]

yeah I do but the official one is separate and they refuse to show us no matter what

it may have like… class rigor stats on it

like comparing each grade to class median or smth

[versed inlet]

Can you use parchment to order an official one to yourself?

[sudden urchin]

bc my teacher says our school shows that somehow

[versed inlet]

I did that for my CC transcript

[sudden urchin]

it’s approaching the decision date

lots of anxiety

i remember the UChi thread was moderately active but skyrocketed past like 30k messages by the time EA came out

[real gorge]

well ed2 comes out friday lol

[gusty beacon]

Manifesting an acceptance 😌 ✨️

[rancid dust]

most threads pick up close to decisions

[eager cloud]

why is ed 2 so much lower than ed 1? don't they both show the same level of commitment?

or does ed2 have a larger applicant field

[rancid dust]

tbh i dont think it does

sounds like ur dead ass telling them u my 2nd choice but idk

[eager cloud]

ok fair, but in either case you're committing if you get in so there's no concern about yield. then again, colleges might consider other stuff as well so idrk

Kind of wish I ed 1'd in retrospect

[rancid dust]

i mean i so no other reason youd ed2

like outside of getting rejected from ur original ed

maybe needed more time idk

but its likely jus larger applicant pool and saving spots for rd

cuz ye its guaranteed yield hence y its > rd but ed1 kids showed the most interest then ed2 but they cant fill it up with both because of the potential applicants they may get in rd

[sudden urchin]

I didn’t have an EDI lol

i waited to EDII to see what some of my EAs would be like and what finaid would look like. it gave me time to research more and think before making a commitment

and to perfect my work for them

there are many reasons for doing EDII

[pine herald]

any engineering major in here?

[rancid dust]

i mean obv there will be reasons i meant ones that can easily/will be communicated to an AO or school

on a personal lvl everyone has a reason but big picture y wont a school think a student that did ed1 may hv a higher lvl of interest

[sudden urchin]

i get that

but i hope they don't assume that of me, because WashU was always my top choice

it was finances that were the issue

[rancid dust]

tbh im just assuming things they likely jus have their process

[visual turret]

ed2 app pool normally is like half the size of ed1

[fleet lava]

how big

[visual turret]

like 1000 ppl i think

[eager cloud]

so what would that mean about the acceptance rate? i'd assume that although there's less applicants they're probably also accepting less people

[sudden urchin]

man i should've done brown ED 😭

[fleet lava]

if its 1000

then theyll prob accept 150-200

id guess

[sudden urchin]

omg

[snow knot]

Thank you 🙏 I'll read this if I get rejected

[rancid dust]

fr

i ended up liking it more than my actual ed

lmao

[static trellis]

they accepted around 250 last year

[onyx heron]

same atp cus brown was loving on first gens in ed round

[sudden urchin]

well the food and dorms at brown are horrid so

[fleet lava]

out of how many

[real gorge]

1 more day till tears of joy or sorrow

[dry walrus]

36 hours everyone

how are we feeling

[foggy citrus]

Thanks for the Reddit post. I'm completely ready for the rejection

[dry walrus]

💀

real

expecting rejection so my expectations are either met or im pleasantly surprised

[polar plank]

good luck everyone who did edii

hoping you get in 🙂

[snow knot]

Thank you! Good luck to you as well

[sudden urchin]

y’all im definitely not getting in I feel so bad for ignoring their video time limit

I didn’t even think about speeding it up 😭

it was an entire 30 seconds over

like it’s rude at that point

and it wasn’t even a good video it was obnoxious

gonna vomit like it’s completely my fault💀

[snow knot]

At least it's better than no video lol

I probably should have made one 😃🤣🤣😅 😭😭😭😭😭

[versed inlet]

Probably not super important but could help ig

I just got my brown one, cut a bit off and sped it up by a unnoticeable amount

[sudden urchin]

school

[sudden urchin]

I should’ve done that but it’d probably be sensory overload if I sped it up

it’s already a barrage of clips

[real gorge]

what reddit post..

oh nvm i see it

[snow knot]

Crying

[real gorge]

portal astrologizing and wondering why my washu went from complete back to in progress on slate making me assume i was deferred 😭

[visual turret]

don’t portal astrology it

there is nothing to find believe me i tried

[main citrus]

what is slate

[real gorge]

the system colleges and schools use for college admissions

https://slate.org/connect/student/create

[visual turret]

its just the washu pathwya

[real gorge]

slate is all of them lol

its all the colleges that you applied to that use slate as backend

[visual turret]

yes i’m aware

i’m just being specific

[real gorge]

24 more hours 👅

[dry walrus]

oh dear

[real gorge]

lawd i am anxious

[empty sluice]

deferred or rejected

[toxic cape]

.

[sudden urchin]

no way they accept me 😭

[dry walrus]

i’m freaking the fuck out

[sudden urchin]

same esp bc I fucked it up sooo bad and it’s dawning on me now

gap year gonna go crazy🤭🫶

starting college at 20🙏🥶

[hollow valve]

good luck ED2 folks!

I lowkey didnt think I would get in but was pleasantly surprised

[real gorge]

everything i did to demonstrate interest so not getting in will definitely be depressive 💀

[hollow valve]

WashU doesnt consider demonstrated interest

[real gorge]

they do even tho they say they dont

lol

[fleet lava]

demonstrated interest doesnt rly matter when ur ed2 anyways

[hollow valve]

^

[fleet lava]

bc that is the highest lvl of demonstrated interest

[real gorge]

it does when ur stats r kinda shit

[fleet lava]

highly doubt

[real gorge]

kinda had to prove im still competent even applying to ed2

[hollow valve]

It doesnt because you literally cant demonstrate more interest than committing to it once accepted

[fleet lava]

Demonstrated interest is for schools trying to get higher yield

And since ur Ed 2 that isn’t a factor

[real gorge]

u have a point and i get what youre saying, but when choosing to defer or reject an applicant that may be similar or whatnot, something as small as one of those things contribute to who ultimately gets the spot

[sudden urchin]

it’s on the common data set

they do

[real gorge]

my asc and alumni interview said that they do lol

and why they still do it

[hollow valve]

They dont compare applicants like that

[real gorge]

also emailed my asc and she responded with thank you for your continued interest in washu and i know another student got a thanks for your high interest

[real gorge]

its bs

they can say one thing and do another lmao

[sudden urchin]

yeah their data set said otherwise lol

[hollow valve]

well officially they dont, and anyways it doesnt matter since ur Eding

[hollow valve]

they changed it last year

[real gorge]

but.. they do loll

[hollow valve]

that's not how committee based evaluations work

which is the system WashU uses

[sudden urchin]

like this past year?

[hollow valve]

yes

either this cycle or last

[sudden urchin]

ofc the only college I was able to tour 😺👍

[hollow valve]

it still gives you a good sense of the school

[real gorge]

can u describe cbe more?

[hollow valve]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/vs2mgq/how_do_admissions_offices_actually_process_50k/

[real gorge]

thank you

well if thats the case i am not getting in lmao

[hollow valve]

Also dont get me wrong those things you did werent useless. They give you a good idea of the school and having a good interview definitely helps

[sudden urchin]

we will find out tomorrow

i wish I did an interview

[hollow valve]

hey that's what i thought

[real gorge]

they pick u for alumni interviewer

[sudden urchin]

I’d love to conduct them one day

[real gorge]

i had a lot of similarities outside of washu with the interviewer so our convo was almost 50 mins

it was really nice

[sudden urchin]

but if I knew there was a December deadline for the interviews omg

[real gorge]

my interview was jan 12th i believe lol

[sudden urchin]

i was so sick in dec which resulted in my fuckimg 30 second over the limit video profile🫶🫶🫶

[real gorge]

but she reached out to me late december

[sudden urchin]

^

[real gorge]

we just hadf to keep pushing it back

i also did the video but i felt like my video was so bad ngl 💀

[sudden urchin]

I was like bedridden 😭also didn’t get a request anyway

[hollow valve]

speed up 50% lol

[sudden urchin]

too late now!

[real gorge]

@hollow valve can u check my dm rq

omg

[sudden urchin]

mine was a clip show like I don’t think speeding it up would’ve worked but I was too dumb to realize I could do that anyway

[real gorge]

You have submitted the application for the John B. Ervin Scholars Program
You have submitted the application for the Annika Rodriguez Scholars Program
You have submitted the application for the Danforth Scholars Program
You have submitted the application for the Howard Nemerov Writing Scholars Program in Arts & Sciences

[sudden urchin]

last day of bliss before I get humbled tomorrow for my own errors

[real gorge]

i also applied for beyond boundaries because i love the concept and approach it has

[sudden urchin]

I love it too

i just had all I needed in LSA

but I did consider also doing visual art… just don’t want it to become a chore tbh

[hollow valve]

from what i heard the scholars programs have like a 2% acceptance rate

so rip

[real gorge]

yeah i heard its pretty low lol

beyond boundaries is also kinda like hard to get into so if i got into that id be pretty surprised

[fleet lava]

what’s ur star

stats

[real gorge]

ill tell u tmr fs

[fleet lava]

i hav a 3.7 so I feel like I didn’t even make it past the frist round 😭

[hollow valve]

weighted or uw?

[sudden urchin]

I have a 4.5 w

nothing under a 96

hope that’s enough

[hollow valve]

its higher than mine

[sudden urchin]

like my app is perfect apart from the video that I fucked up the directions on

[hollow valve]

dog 96 wtf

does your school have grade inflation?

[fleet lava]

uw

[fleet lava]

Ur good then trust

doubt the ao will think much of it

[hollow valve]

depends on your courseload but i think youll make it past the first round

[sudden urchin]

no

my lowest grade is a 96 in PE

and another in AP Euro

everything else is A+

[hollow valve]

damn

[sudden urchin]

yeah

[hollow valve]

maybe my school deflates

[sudden urchin]

well they weigh honors/AP more for GPA

but grades are grades

[real gorge]

minr was lower lol

[dry walrus]

no fkn way

i have no chance 🤠

[sudden urchin]

there are things I lack!

like ECs

but my gpa and test scores are helpful lol

[hollow valve]

I had a 3.9uw/4.35w if that makes you feel better

[real gorge]

im the opposite

[real gorge]

those are strong stats tho so i dont get ur point LOL

[dry walrus]

yeah 😭😭

[hollow valve]

idk im barely in the top 10% at my school so

[real gorge]

well u went to a competitive high school

because ur stats are very competitive

[hollow valve]

eh

[real gorge]

and wouldve been in the top 10% at my school

[hollow valve]

I am top 10, just barely

[real gorge]

i was in the top quarter of my class which is 98% of washu, but im in the 3% for my gpa 💀

[sudden urchin]

I mean the 3% exists for a reason

maybe you’ll be in that number

[real gorge]

hopefully!! manifesting it fr

i love washu sm.. i dont wanna have to switch up on that statement 😭

[hollow valve]

tempurpedic mattress 😮

[sudden urchin]

^FR!!

[sudden urchin]

same I started hating uchi after deferral

[dry walrus]

right

[dry walrus]

started hating after my rejection bruh 💀

and i’m still bitter

i’m a hater to my core

[sudden urchin]

gonna be extra bitter bc I gotta live in st louis regardless if I get in or not

[hollow valve]

fr who would want to live in chicago

[sudden urchin]

meee I love chicago

I am a city person lol

[hollow valve]

gets shot

[sudden urchin]

[hollow valve]

jk st louis is probably worse

[sudden urchin]

not the university area

[hollow valve]

yea clayton is pretty safe

[versed inlet]

Damn my stats are almost the same, but slightly lower weighted (4.31)

Dropped the ball on my senior year course selection and panic enrolled in 2 CC courses

Sent them my CC transcript (high school doesn't do DE, so separate transcript and gpa). I hope they actually care that I'm doing Physics I and Calc I rn even though it's second semester senior year and there isn't a final grade yet.

I'm pretty proud of my video and commonapp essay but my supplemental was lowkey kinda shite

[real gorge]

I GOT REJECT

i got rejected from my ed1 too

it was a sad time

[real gorge]

LMAOOOOOOO

at least we'd be in the affluent part

[versed inlet]

I live in Chicago and have no desire to apply to Uchicago lmao

[sudden urchin]

me w Tulane

[real gorge]

im glad i never got into uchicago because i wouyldve probably committed and regretted it

[sudden urchin]

same

[real gorge]

my dad grew up like very close to uchicago... imagine how that was

when my dad was like i wanna say 17 they all moved to boston

[sudden urchin]

ppl always ask me

“oh did you apply to Tulane”

NO

[real gorge]

i have a love hate relationship w tulane

[sudden urchin]

I’m a legacy

[hollow valve]

me with UC berk 🤢

1000 person cs classes 🤡

[real gorge]

i got rejected from villanova even with alumni affiliation (my cousin)

[boreal wyvern]

Hello Washuions

[real gorge]

i had another cousin go to tulane so i put that in my loci lmfaoo

[real gorge]

helloo loopyse

[boreal wyvern]

Tomorrow is the big day

[hollow valve]

yes sir

[real gorge]

day of either tears of joy or sorrow

[boreal wyvern]

is it coming around 5 est?

[fleet lava]

preparign for sorrow so i cant be dissapointed

[boreal wyvern]

or so

[hollow valve]

I wonder how many people are applying ed2 and how many theyll accept

[fleet lava]

prob 400 of 2000

bc they accepted 3800 ed total last year

and 700 of 2000 ed1 this year

[hollow valve]

3800 ed?

wut

[boreal wyvern]

In 2022, WashU admitted 1098 of the 3754 students who applied early decision.

last year

if we use same numbers this year

around 400 out of ~1700

[fleet lava]

its probably +200

bc more applicants im assuming

[boreal wyvern]

yeah

either way lower than ed1

but ed1 was pretty high

[hollow valve]

also ed1 gets a slight boost because of recruited athletes

[fleet lava]

yea

but 35% is still rly high

i regret not ed1ing

[glass dragon]

ig but its much less than ivies and other top schools

cause of D3

[boreal wyvern]

they have like 600 total athletes

so not a huge boost

Ive also heard ed2 has a lower acc rate because the pool is less competitive

this was for emory but

[glass dragon]

interesting

but ig that would make sense

[fleet lava]

doubt

its probably more

since all ivy + ed1 rejects

[boreal wyvern]

ivy rejects though

[glass dragon]

doesn't mean they are necessarily better

[boreal wyvern]

[glass dragon]

cause they were rejects

[boreal wyvern]

yeah

to be fair

[fleet lava]

true

[boreal wyvern]

i dont think theres many people who switched their top choice from an ivy to washu

washu underrated

[hollow valve]

Fr

It is starting to be more well known though

[fleet lava]

yea

[boreal wyvern]

the ivy rejects are applying ed2 to vandy

or just sticking it out rd

[fleet lava]

tru

i was gonna ed2 to vandy

till i saw it was 10 percent

[boreal wyvern]

my friend did the same

[hollow valve]

Washu better 💪

#1 dorms in the us

[boreal wyvern]

yeah but the food dropped to below 10

[hollow valve]

still pretty good then

[real gorge]

thank god many ppl hate st louis

[boreal wyvern]

4 to 12 is a 🚩

what happened

[hollow valve]

oh crap we're #2 dorms

[real gorge]

thank god location is a factor for people

[hollow valve]

covid

[boreal wyvern]

ah yeah

[fleet lava]

washu is actually insane

[sudden urchin]

Covid shortages I’d assume, being an inland city probably makes it harder to get good quality food in a timely manner

the food in the city is fine so doordash🫶and the food in the loop is amazing!

[fleet lava]

#2 dorms and #14 food is good af

[real gorge]

i can assure that if washu was in a better city overall the acceptance rate would be far lower

[graceful isle]

^

[hollow valve]

if anything it should be cheaper and more efficient because st louis itself is cheaper than bigger cities

[sudden urchin]

i think WashU is gonna break into the top 10 in the next decade

it’s growing in prestige

[boreal wyvern]

yall bouta be saying different stuff if u get rejected tomorrow

[hollow valve]

i dont think so

[real gorge]

especially for the premeddies lol

[real gorge]

yes

i will violate if i dont bruh

[hollow valve]

that would mean some other schools would have to drop down below it, and I dont see that happening

[boreal wyvern]

switch up fast

[real gorge]

cuz if i love u enough to ed2 and u do me dirty were fighting

[sudden urchin]

yes but it’s inland lol

[real gorge]

probs uchicago but i think vandy would get the t10 spot before washu

[sudden urchin]

yeah

[hollow valve]

why would uchicago drop?

[real gorge]

location

[boreal wyvern]

I will cope my washu rejection by touring uiuc

[real gorge]

on campus violence and crime

pretty high

[boreal wyvern]

Depression

[sudden urchin]

scandals

[real gorge]

i could see that as a reason for ppl leaving/not applying

[hollow valve]

you think nashville or st louis is better?

[real gorge]

also social life

[boreal wyvern]

uchicago is fine though

[real gorge]

nashville is a better city for sure

[sudden urchin]

nah

[hollow valve]

nah

[sudden urchin]

i hate Nashville

[real gorge]

nashville is awesome

[boreal wyvern]

nashville chicken is good so id go to vandy

[real gorge]

also ranked like #2 or #3 for music

nashville is better than st louis

[sudden urchin]

i had the worst chicken tenders ever there omg

[real gorge]

st louis is more diverse but its literally segregated lmao

[hollow valve]

Chicago is a huge american city, and its decline has pretty much stopped now

[sudden urchin]

💀true

Chicago is so big too

i love chicago and NYC

[real gorge]

chicago is my fav big city

[sudden urchin]

New Orleans too but I’m desensitized to its charm bc I grew up here

[boreal wyvern]

Who the fuck wants to go to nyu

[real gorge]

mine is boston but i grew up there lol

[hollow valve]

my dream after graduation is to work at an investment bank in chicago or nyc

[real gorge]

but tbh my fav cities are in cali lol

cause cali is my fav state

[sudden urchin]

mee

[real gorge]

also i could see washu rising more because its a consulting and med school feeder

[boreal wyvern]

should have gone ed to washu

i mean

nyu

[real gorge]

no

[boreal wyvern]

nyu is a ib feeder

[real gorge]

well because its not far from wallie

[sudden urchin]

this is what I know it for

[hollow valve]

nah that school wasnt for me, doesnt even have a campus

[real gorge]

r u sure u want to do ib lmao

[boreal wyvern]

that too

[real gorge]

agreed

the campus scatter was too much for me

i would get overwhelmed and overstimulated so easily in nyc

and become absolutely broken in debt

[hollow valve]

fr

[real gorge]

i couldnt live there for college or after 😭 maybe a weekend trip

i also just dont find it rlly liveable

[boreal wyvern]

Washu sent me my first email back in 2021

was made for washu

[real gorge]

if i wanted to live in nyc id just move to chicago

[boreal wyvern]

Who the fuck wants to go to uchicago

[real gorge]

i have over 40 emails with washu 💀

[fleet lava]

ion rock w uchicago vibes