DC Deferred at WUSTL - Move on?

[Anonymous]

Title says it all. DC really loved WUSTL and is really bummed. Should they move on and ED2 to their second favorite? Stats are 4.39 GPA, 1470 SAT, 11 APs, captain of two varsity teams, and a decent internship at a hospital last summer. So solid student but not outstanding.

[Anonymous]

private or public HS?
WUSTL typically "shapes" the class with private full pay from their deferred ED.

[Anonymous]

Public but full pay.

[Anonymous]

Couldn't find the deferral rate for wustl. So it's difficult to say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public but full pay.

Can you ask your COO? Not sure if they will make advocacy calls for your kid in Jan? WUSTL is one of the schools known to take those calls from our private.

GL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public but full pay.

Public full pay is different than private full pay. Sadly.
I'd ED2 to your 2nd choice.

[Anonymous]

Do they allow LOCI?

Unless your kid has a clear ED 2 preference, I would focus on making a stronger case for attendance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public but full pay.

Public full pay is different than private full pay. Sadly.
I'd ED2 to your 2nd choice.

No the OP, but that is stupid. Full pay is full pay. Is WUSTL that snobbish?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:private or public HS?
WUSTL typically "shapes" the class with private full pay from their deferred ED.

What other colleges have this practice?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all. DC really loved WUSTL and is really bummed. Should they move on and ED2 to their second favorite? Stats are 4.39 GPA, 1470 SAT, 11 APs, captain of two varsity teams, and a decent internship at a hospital last summer. So solid student but not outstanding.

WTH are you talking about? Of course that’s outstanding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they allow LOCI?

Unless your kid has a clear ED 2 preference, I would focus on making a stronger case for attendance.

We were also deferred with similar statistics. Looking at ED2 elsewhere. Possibly Tuft as I think DC has a better chance of getting in there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:private or public HS?
WUSTL typically "shapes" the class with private full pay from their deferred ED.

What other colleges have this practice?

Almost all of them in that T15-25 range. Maybe others higher up in the food chain, too. From what I've heard, HYPSM do not do this.
And being male helps too on the WL - bc those kids are in demand.
Being an underrepresented major helps too - bc they shape class by all of these things (major, gender, full pay, geography, legacy status, donor capacity etc).

[Anonymous]

Have no direct contact with Wash U but maybe your kid should reach out next week to the local rep about LOCI and see if they get any info?

[Anonymous]

Hopefully you didn't submit that SAT score...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hopefully you didn't submit that SAT score...

Agree. Esp given how open they are about not wanting scores like that.