Is WashU declining?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks, this is a troll thread full of astroturfing and intentionally incorrect information. Astroturfing is where a single person or small number of people use internet anonymity to create the appearance of the "grass roots" sentiment of many. It usually involves situations where, for example, a new restaurant would post positive but fake reviews of itself on Yelp. But it fits here.

I'm genuinely curious what the anti-WashU poster's deal is. There are places and colleges in America that I'm not wild about. But I can imagine having so much antipathy for a particular college to justify so many posts with such vigor. If OP wants to convince me not to have my kid apply to WashU, perhaps he/she can explain what WashU did to hurt him/her so badly. No sane person would otherwise do what he/she is doing on DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:In response to OP's question, WashU has been a good school many decades. It's fine. Also, OP please post your source for the 40% ED claim. Prove you're not a troll because I'm deeply skeptical.

WashU hasn't yet released their ED info for this cycle or last year's cycle. But for 21/22, WashU ED admissions rate was 26%. (https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wustl-cds-2022-2023.pdf). I doubt it jumped 14%, which is contrary to T30 trends. Notably, OP never responded to the post above.

Anonymous wrote:wow 40%? Will speak to my junior DC tomorrow - this is not the prestige we are seeking

Does this sound like it was written by a normal human being, let alone one whose opinions you'd value?

Anonymous wrote:It's declining because it is one of the few need aware hold outs among top schools. A need aware school that costs 83k is going to slip. The only other similarly priced and rated school is Tufts, and they are also slipping

WashU is need blind for domestic applicants. (https://financialaid.wustl.edu/how-aid-works/affordability/). The post above is blatant misinformation.

OR, you as an individual are putting time and energy into defending WashU on an anonymous forum, and others are doing the same from their perspective. For every fan there is a hater, no AstroTurf required.

My take it is a hard school to keep track of because the name is so generic. A couple of top students my DC's year knew to apply, because of automatic merit scholar awards. Both were flown out at the school's expense for an admitted student's day. Neither took the offer because it was still very expensive. One went to a state school. The other went to Harvey Mudd, even though that was more expensive still. It's a school that caters to private school kids, where its cache has a longer shelf life.

“For every fan, there is a hater” is dogmatic and doesn't speak to the nonexistence of astroturfing. When misinformation is continually spread by strange replies, you start to wonder.

[Anonymous]

Not sure why a thread on WashU has so many posts here. Not that interesting. Move along people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Folks, this is a troll thread full of astroturfing and intentionally incorrect information. Astroturfing is where a single person or small number of people use internet anonymity to create the appearance of the "grass roots" sentiment of many. It usually involves situations where, for example, a new restaurant would post positive but fake reviews of itself on Yelp. But it fits here.

I'm genuinely curious what the anti-WashU poster's deal is. There are places and colleges in America that I'm not wild about. But I can imagine having so much antipathy for a particular college to justify so many posts with such vigor. If OP wants to convince me not to have my kid apply to WashU, perhaps he/she can explain what WashU did to hurt him/her so badly. No sane person would otherwise do what he/she is doing on DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:In response to OP's question, WashU has been a good school many decades. It's fine. Also, OP please post your source for the 40% ED claim. Prove you're not a troll because I'm deeply skeptical.

WashU hasn't yet released their ED info for this cycle or last year's cycle. But for 21/22, WashU ED admissions rate was 26%. (https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wustl-cds-2022-2023.pdf). I doubt it jumped 14%, which is contrary to T30 trends. Notably, OP never responded to the post above.

Anonymous wrote:wow 40%? Will speak to my junior DC tomorrow - this is not the prestige we are seeking

Does this sound like it was written by a normal human being, let alone one whose opinions you'd value?

Anonymous wrote:It's declining because it is one of the few need aware hold outs among top schools. A need aware school that costs 83k is going to slip. The only other similarly priced and rated school is Tufts, and they are also slipping

WashU is need blind for domestic applicants. (https://financialaid.wustl.edu/how-aid-works/affordability/). The post above is blatant misinformation.

WashU has 2 rounds of ED. For class of 2027, the combined ED rate was 26%. For this year the rumored combined rate is 30+% with 50% ED1 which is more or less verified.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Folks, this is a troll thread full of astroturfing and intentionally incorrect information. Astroturfing is where a single person or small number of people use internet anonymity to create the appearance of the "grass roots" sentiment of many. It usually involves situations where, for example, a new restaurant would post positive but fake reviews of itself on Yelp. But it fits here.

I'm genuinely curious what the anti-WashU poster's deal is. There are places and colleges in America that I'm not wild about. But I can imagine having so much antipathy for a particular college to justify so many posts with such vigor. If OP wants to convince me not to have my kid apply to WashU, perhaps he/she can explain what WashU did to hurt him/her so badly. No sane person would otherwise do what he/she is doing on DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:In response to OP's question, WashU has been a good school many decades. It's fine. Also, OP please post your source for the 40% ED claim. Prove you're not a troll because I'm deeply skeptical.

WashU hasn't yet released their ED info for this cycle or last year's cycle. But for 21/22, WashU ED admissions rate was 26%. (https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wustl-cds-2022-2023.pdf). I doubt it jumped 14%, which is contrary to T30 trends. Notably, OP never responded to the post above.

Anonymous wrote:wow 40%? Will speak to my junior DC tomorrow - this is not the prestige we are seeking

Does this sound like it was written by a normal human being, let alone one whose opinions you'd value?

Anonymous wrote:It's declining because it is one of the few need aware hold outs among top schools. A need aware school that costs 83k is going to slip. The only other similarly priced and rated school is Tufts, and they are also slipping

WashU is need blind for domestic applicants. (https://financialaid.wustl.edu/how-aid-works/affordability/). The post above is blatant misinformation.

Mansplaining the internet to us makes you a turd gobbler.

[Anonymous]

Wash U is a good college. I don't know that I'd want my kid to apply to it as it's fairly generic, but a friend's kid got in and I was happy for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks, this is a troll thread full of astroturfing and intentionally incorrect information. Astroturfing is where a single person or small number of people use internet anonymity to create the appearance of the "grass roots" sentiment of many. It usually involves situations where, for example, a new restaurant would post positive but fake reviews of itself on Yelp. But it fits here.

I'm genuinely curious what the anti-WashU poster's deal is. There are places and colleges in America that I'm not wild about. But I can imagine having so much antipathy for a particular college to justify so many posts with such vigor. If OP wants to convince me not to have my kid apply to WashU, perhaps he/she can explain what WashU did to hurt him/her so badly. No sane person would otherwise do what he/she is doing on DCUM.

Anonymous wrote:In response to OP's question, WashU has been a good school many decades. It's fine. Also, OP please post your source for the 40% ED claim. Prove you're not a troll because I'm deeply skeptical.

WashU hasn't yet released their ED info for this cycle or last year's cycle. But for 21/22, WashU ED admissions rate was 26%. (https://wustl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/wustl-cds-2022-2023.pdf). I doubt it jumped 14%, which is contrary to T30 trends. Notably, OP never responded to the post above.

Anonymous wrote:wow 40%? Will speak to my junior DC tomorrow - this is not the prestige we are seeking

Does this sound like it was written by a normal human being, let alone one whose opinions you'd value?

Anonymous wrote:It's declining because it is one of the few need aware hold outs among top schools. A need aware school that costs 83k is going to slip. The only other similarly priced and rated school is Tufts, and they are also slipping

WashU is need blind for domestic applicants. (https://financialaid.wustl.edu/how-aid-works/affordability/). The post above is blatant misinformation.

WashU has 2 rounds of ED. For class of 2027, the combined ED rate was 26%. For this year the rumored combined rate is 30+% with 50% ED1 which is more or less verified.

"Rumors" do not equate to "verified." Those two words have the opposite meaning.

[Anonymous]

WashU is not just a good college. It is one of the top colleges in the US. It must come as a surprise to some of its detractors that it is #4 in ALL US colleges for SAT average.

[Anonymous]

WashU is NEU's main competitor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OR, you as an individual are putting time and energy into defending WashU on an anonymous forum, and others are doing the same from their perspective. For every fan there is a hater, no AstroTurf required.

PP here. I don't give a fig about WashU, and I'm totally okay with people expressing varying opinions on whatever school. If you want to, for example, criticize WashU for traditionally catering to the rich, that's fair. But posting verifiably incorrect facts does not constitute a "perspective." It's intentionally misleading and creepy.

And I don't think you've actually grasped the concept of astroturfing. The point is that it doesn't involve the exchange of several different "perspectives" (plural) from several different people. This is a single person continually expressing the same perspective as if several different people were expressing that perspective. I don't see how that does anyone any good.

That’s not astroturfing, it’s simply sock puppeting. Im still not convinced there’s one person with a vendetta when it could well be several with distaste.

Astroturfing, is when a business tries to pass their interests off as grassroots. E.g. Tulane is secretly smearing WashU posing as parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WashU is not just a good college. It is one of the top colleges in the US. It must come as a surprise to some of its detractors that it is #4 in ALL US colleges for SAT average.

In the year 2024, no one cares.

[Anonymous]

Washu, NEU, Tufts, Tulane all sort of smell the same.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know a single person who would name WashU among the T20

[Anonymous]

This was a great year to apply to Wash U! Seem to have taken so many local students, as opposed to last year. Maybe bc of the ranking issue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Washu, NEU, Tufts, Tulane all sort of smell the same.

The anti-WashU trolls most likely are the same anti-Tufts, anti-NEU, anti-Colby ones, with a helping of the anti-UVA ones. Not sure why they do what they do. As if their idiocy is going to make anyone not like WashU. The only thing I can think of is the posters' children got rejected from it so they feel compelled to bad mouth it out of reactionary hate.

[Anonymous]

It’s a beautiful school and I’d be happy if my kid went there.