DC Deferred at WUSTL - Move on?

[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.

In what world is this not an outstanding student?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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).

Would being male help on deferral as well? Deferral and wait list are similar to each other right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

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

Scores like what?

[Anonymous]

If you liked a school enough to ED1, it always seemed odd to me to immediately switch to ED2 school. Unless you are just chasing prestige.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you liked a school enough to ED1, it always seemed odd to me to immediately switch to ED2 school. Unless you are just chasing prestige.

It’s because you have a better chance of acceptance during the ED process. So if you are looking at schools with low acceptance rates, you ED2. It’s not chasing prestige, it’s the reality that you probably won’t get into the ED1 school and your best bet of getting into your next favorite school is ED.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you liked a school enough to ED1, it always seemed odd to me to immediately switch to ED2 school. Unless you are just chasing prestige.

Not really. Have to go down a rung or two for ED2. It’s being realistic, not prestige.

[Anonymous]

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

I thought WUSTL was need-blind? Wouldn’t that mean they aren’t taking finances into account when making their admissions decisions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

I thought WUSTL was need-blind? Wouldn’t that mean they aren’t taking finances into account when making their admissions decisions?

lol
You guys need to get smart about how this works. They label the application in the review process in terms of parent, careers and activities. They can eyeball and spot who will need need (NN) vs who may be donor potential.


They don’t need to see your financial aid forms to figure that out. It’s why 40 to 50% of some top private colleges are comprised of private high school kids.

Even though they only make up 9% of the graduating national senior class.

It’s not a coincidence. How can a private school with under 100 kids get 3-4 kids in early to WashU and a nearby public school with 700 kids also only get 3?

[Anonymous]

WashU has one of the wealthiest student bodies.

[Anonymous]

Major matters in a deferral though they’ll tell you it doesn’t.

Can’t be premed, business or engineering. No psych or bio either. All are over-subscribed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Major matters in a deferral though they’ll tell you it doesn’t.

Can’t be premed, business or engineering. No psych or bio either. All are over-subscribed.

Premed is not a major. You can major in musics and being premed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you liked a school enough to ED1, it always seemed odd to me to immediately switch to ED2 school. Unless you are just chasing prestige.

Not really. Have to go down a rung or two for ED2. It’s being realistic, not prestige.

We just went realistic on ED1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Major matters in a deferral though they’ll tell you it doesn’t.

Can’t be premed, business or engineering. No psych or bio either. All are over-subscribed.

Premed is not a major. You can major in musics and being premed

Agree.

Just don’t check premed advising (you know how they have that box of all of those future career interests innocuously for so many schools. all intentional.)

Or don’t have your Supp essays talk about being a doctor.
Or list it in future plans. Go music all the way.

[Anonymous]

Emory ED2?

[Anonymous]

My kid was waitlisted (not this year) but in off the waitlist on day 1 when it opened. Do the LOCI if they allow it for a deferral IF you have new info to share. Mine had signficiant updates. Good luck. It’s a great school.