#Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) (2025-2026)

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inland igloo
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washu also does this tho

thorny vault
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inland igloo
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idt PSM do earlies

thorny vault
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hypsm rea

inland igloo
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am i dumb as hell

thorny vault
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wdym they dont lol

inland igloo
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i thought you said likely

thorny vault
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no

inland igloo
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someone nuke me

thorny vault
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i didnt get any

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yo iw ouldnt get likely is rlly

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geography or fgli or smth

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what state r u from

inland igloo
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wisconsin

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i'm not fgli though

thorny vault
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nice nice

inland igloo
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i'm like very much the opposite

thorny vault
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yea but u dont have to be

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but its just def diversity

inland igloo
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asian high income from a suburb

thorny vault
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they want every geographic area

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yea but how many molds of that in wisconsin

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idt its that cracked of a state (no offense) compared to texas lol

inland igloo
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i guess if i go to columbia i'll read my file n shizzle

thorny vault
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i maen to say that like where im at

inland igloo
thorny vault
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like gtech oos u gotta be top of the class same with ucla

thorny vault
inland igloo
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no i am a chud

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talking to other columbia likelies is really funny

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cause they all do like super cool ECs and i'm like

"I do theatre ig"

thorny vault
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yea maybe

inland igloo
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it's okay maybe my hamfisted essays were just that good

thorny vault
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i think those ecs r slwoly dying out

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what major did u do

inland igloo
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linguistics, math, econ

thorny vault
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nice

inland igloo
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so one of them is more unique

thorny vault
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yea but theater is def dying ec

inland igloo
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but the other two are like son

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im crine

thorny vault
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did u have any lingustic ecs

inland igloo
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uhh 1 kinda

thorny vault
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yo i mean to say is ur right like anything can happen

inland igloo
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constructed language stuff, and i have 2 DE classes from UW Madison for linguistics

inland igloo
thorny vault
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but like i think washu is a good indicator at least

inland igloo
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mhmm

thorny vault
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like every1 ik in our area

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who was like top of their class

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cuz only 2 ppl per school got it

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like best applicants

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so i think it def means smth

inland igloo
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interesting

thorny vault
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even gtech only the top 5 applicants in our grade who every1 knew

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got in

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the rest deferred

inland igloo
thorny vault
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i mean washu isnt an ivy

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but its still very good

inland igloo
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i'm just trying to remind ppl that the opposite, WashU R or WL is not a death sentence

thorny vault
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def

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anything can happen

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ppl fail to realize that every ao is diff

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every college has their ow nsystem

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like if sm1 makes 3 ivies for example

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there was obv smth right they did its not like just pure luck

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they were able to effectively convey smth to the aos of why they should be admitted

dusky hawk
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Wait sorry - washu is a good sign for icy day?

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Ivy*

severe marlin
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okay makes sense

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i guess we’ll find out 🤞

mossy cloud
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Out of curiosity, did yall submit the video portfolio?

desert radish
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No (prob got rejected for other things tho)

left drum
lucid crest
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No

frail rapids
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Ym the supplemental right

mossy cloud
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this is so interesting

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yeah

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I used my brown video and said washu instead of brown 😭😭

frail rapids
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The theme of my video was not rlly interesting

mossy cloud
frail rapids
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I didnt even mention the uni happythumbsup

mossy cloud
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I thought it was so cooked but washu gave me newfound confidence now 😭

thorny vault
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i know sm1 who put harvard instead of yale on a supp and got in a few years ago

mossy cloud
thorny vault
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they didnt realize until they read their app again

mossy cloud
frail rapids
thorny vault
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because i think they know all the top kids are applying everywhere

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so it was an honest mistake

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if u have a genuinly good app

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they wont disregard it just for 1 typo

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their goal is to make a good incoming class

mossy cloud
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yea I guess so

frail rapids
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I recycled essays for each school too, but not the "why us". How can ppl even have templates for that meltingsob

dusky hawk
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For current / former Olin students, how is the school for finance? Especially when compared to NYU stern

left drum
thorny vault
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but depends on ur price

frail rapids
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E.g if the school was a state one, more focused on service, my intro had a point of view leaned towards building and sharing

knotty wave
harsh crescent
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I’m in literally the same boat as you. WV instead of Iowa 😋 and comp bio/bioinformatics. What did you apply as at Hopkins

left drum
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lmao

harsh crescent
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Bless

left drum
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hbu?

harsh crescent
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I did applied mathematics and statistics

left drum
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ah

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i always thought about applying as applied math but my profile lowkey was too CS heavy so

harsh crescent
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Lowkey same. My story fit better with statistics so I was like “yah I’ll probably just figure it out later if i actually attend”

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Good luck on ivy day 🔥

left drum
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what's your top choice

slow portal
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i mean nobody is actually conducting randomized research studies on this topic

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so at most there's gonna be anecdotes

severe marlin
slow portal
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though if you follow the yield logic and use induction rather than deduction then it at least has a higher correlation with ivies than like uchicago or jhu

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ykwim

severe marlin
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but one person's anecdotes on their are hard for me to believe

slow portal
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only time will tell anyway

severe marlin
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yep yeah

slow portal
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that's why i said it's a good indicator and not a great indicator

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because nothing is truly locked in with college apps <10% AR

severe marlin
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yeah for sure

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i didn't get a yale/harvard interview

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sooooo

slow portal
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i'm definitely curious to see how it'll go tho

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i could be completely wrong

severe marlin
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well we'll see about the others

slow portal
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yeah

slow portal
severe marlin
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were u the one that made the post?

slow portal
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all my friends applied but no one got an interview

slow portal
severe marlin
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becuase ive seen so many posts w harvard interview needed to get in

slow portal
slow portal
severe marlin
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wow

slow portal
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idt ive heard of anyone getting an interview in my area

severe marlin
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neveind then

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that

slow portal
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definitely an availability thing

severe marlin
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that's interesting

slow portal
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it depends tho

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if ur in boston and no interview

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then maybe it's a lil sus

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but if ur in like louisiana or something and u dont get one

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it's not that big of a deal

severe marlin
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yeah

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yeah that makes sense

slow portal
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they only have like 1-2k grads a year anyway and most are all around the world

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like i doubt theres a lot of harvard grads in alaska lmao

severe marlin
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lol yeah i mean

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i dont know

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i just saw those posts

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seemed like there was a consensus that w/o harvard interview ur cooked

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but misleading i guess

slow portal
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def a case of correlation rather than causation

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most people getting in are people from those populated places due to a higher concentration of people thhere

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meaning that more "cracked" applicants emerge from those areas

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there's a reason why the most prominent states in a2c are cali, nj, etc. if i'm not mistaken

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a lot of blanket advice circulates in a2c but they should be taken with a grain of salt especially if you don't fit the average demographic

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like "4.0 1500+ sat" is seen as the "baseline" or "basic," but if you're a fgli then it's definitely not the baseline

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or if youre from south dakota, etc.

severe marlin
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mhm yeah

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but

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for me

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im from one of those prominent states lol

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well we'll see anwyays

slow portal
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if all ur friends are getting harvard interviews and u aren't then it's not a great sign ngl

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but if none of u guys are getting them then it's not an indicator

severe marlin
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i don't know people getting them tbh

slow portal
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ur prob fine then

severe marlin
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yeah i mean it's harvard anyways

slow portal
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comes out in 4 days anyway so only time will tell

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yeah

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crapshoot for everyone tbf

severe marlin
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yes exactly

harsh crescent
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My top for a while was CMU because of proximity but I was rejected after being deferred

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And I got waitlisted here so…

left drum
harsh crescent
lucid crest
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I’m not getting in anywhere else 😭

steep spoke
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does anyone have the washu c/o 2030 discord link??

steep spoke
mossy cloud
glossy gate
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i got waitlisted at washu, is this bad?

thorny vault
frail rapids
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stop taking rejections/wl as a measure of your performance. It's not

steep spoke
deft igloo
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I got accepted by UCSD and waitlisted by UCSB

mossy cloud
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u got ucl gang don’t stress fr

deft igloo
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unlucky

dusky hawk
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WashU 😭😭😭im crying this is such good aid

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Making me commit on the spot

hallow mural
dusky hawk
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CONGRATS!!!!!

hallow mural
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THANK YOU

deft igloo
dusky hawk
deft igloo
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👍🏼

fresh quartz
fading vapor
radiant dragon
teal ivy
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Is admissions deadass advertising a platform that legitimizes “college influencer” as a label

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desert radish
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Maybe this is why i got rejected, not an influencer

zenith dune
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They send an acceptance package right? Anyone got it yet?

radiant dragon
zenith dune
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Ohh okay

severe marlin
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is there a discord for admitted student?

deft igloo
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No

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I searched online

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Didn't find anything

mossy cloud
severe marlin
shadow juniper
mortal abyss
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how many ppl?

zenith dune
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I just got my acceptance package

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Was not much a package as it was a few stickers, the letter and a notebook, but still really nice of them

mossy cloud
zenith dune
mellow sluice
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i just got my t-shirt today!

shadow juniper
junior owl
junior owl
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RD poll

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44

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3

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Rejected

opaque flax
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Is anyone here committing to WashU for mechanical engineering?

languid magnet
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got off the waitlist???

unkempt magnet
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yea me too today

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i didnt do any updates either

mortal abyss
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wait what??? they’re already doing waitlist?

outer flower
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thats insane

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they already released waitlist decisions?

languid magnet
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yeah some at least, idk why so early

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georgia tech is doing this too

dreamy depot
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CHUZZ UR BAXK

heady geyser
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im washu 29 too

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tf

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helo

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thats crazy

junior owl
heady geyser
junior owl
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wait I didn’t know there were anymore WashU people on here I didn’t know

rapid reef
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Is it too send LOCI?

left drum
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dang i didn't know they sent personal notes

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golden bay
rapid reef
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Ima submit mine asap cuz ik waitlist movement started

golden bay
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no rush make sure its nice and fits your application narrative

teal ivy
rapid reef
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are any students willing to help review my LOCI? I sorta have two versions but don't know which is best

steep spoke
inland igloo
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Got off WL today w/ no LOCI

rapid reef
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W congrats!

rapid reef
calm python
inland igloo
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probably going to deny it tho so 🙏 gl for all y'all wl warriors

rapid reef
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I’m waiting on 7 waitlists ☠️☠️

mortal abyss
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how much does me rejecting affects waitlists at this moment?? can i wait a few more days?

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like i want ppl to get off the waitlist but im not 100000% sure i should reject

inland igloo
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it's possible they predict x% of waitlist yield

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so they send more waitlist offers

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so it doesn't matter

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maybe they only send n number of waitlists and send out more as people decline

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in that case it doesn't really matter

rapid reef
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for waitlist is it necessary to reaffirm interest through email in addition to submitting LOCI through portal?

knotty wave
rapid reef
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when is the second wave

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or when was it last yr

azure gale
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any waitlist update 🥹

rapid reef
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Prolly this week right