Why so much WUSTL/WashU hate on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am from the heartland. For a coastal kid who is a Democrat, it is not appealing to go to a restrictive red state.

Every elite school is overwhelmingly moderate to liberal in bias. Of course, conservatives exist, but few MAGA-heads are at elite schools. WashU isn’t LibertyU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beautiful campus, one of best dorms & food & professors (Source: Niche), which means a quality lifestyle for undergrad

Consistently ranked in the Top 15 National Universities and Top 20 on USNEWS until this year due to the ranking methodology changes, and good weather.

Other than the lack of laymen's prestige and the location of St. Louis (which is invalid because it's actually in Clayton), why is it looked down upon on DCUM? There seems to be a lot of misinformation being spread, like a 40% acceptance rate ED1/ED2 which is comically fake and untrue.

My Senior DC with high stats from a competitive high school got rejected ED2 but got into UVA, VT, Purdue. Kids from Midwest & West Coast are dying to get into schools like UofChicago, Northwestern, Rice, Washu, ETC, but East coast seems to dislike WashU specfically.

It’s still in the middle of flyover country.

Ok, troll.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am from the heartland. For a coastal kid who is a Democrat, it is not appealing to go to a restrictive red state.

It isn't a heartland/coastal thing. California has MAGA areas as well as liberal ones, as does Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois . . . you get the idea.

Important to know to avoid being surprised when you send your kid to a school in a MAGA region within a liberal state by accident.

[Anonymous]

Wash U is to Missouri as Emory is to Georgia. A blue enclave in a red state. The Northeast and New England have their pockets of MAGA too- even on college campuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from the heartland. For a coastal kid who is a Democrat, it is not appealing to go to a restrictive red state.

It isn't a heartland/coastal thing. California has MAGA areas as well as liberal ones, as does Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois . . . you get the idea.

Important to know to avoid being surprised when you send your kid to a school in a MAGA region within a liberal state by accident.

lol
But there is no college in central valley California. Even organge county college campus is blue as it can be.

[Anonymous]

I realize this is an old thread, but to people hate on WUStL? Honestly, I don't really think about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People need to recognize that sometimes, the bizarre posts that sound like a 15-year bratty high school kid dunking on school X, Y, or Z are because they are...there are a lot of kids on this board; also, some people get really upset when their child is rejected from a school they thought they should have gotten into...all of a sudden, that school is awful.

+1 wash u is wonderful!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wash U is to Missouri as Emory is to Georgia. A blue enclave in a red state. The Northeast and New England have their pockets of MAGA too- even on college campuses.

Georgia is a purple state, Atlanta is a metropolis. St.Louis is a fly over in comparison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from the heartland. For a coastal kid who is a Democrat, it is not appealing to go to a restrictive red state.

It isn't a heartland/coastal thing. California has MAGA areas as well as liberal ones, as does Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois . . . you get the idea.

Important to know to avoid being surprised when you send your kid to a school in a MAGA region within a liberal state by accident.

Laws are decided at the state level. The state also matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am from the heartland. For a coastal kid who is a Democrat, it is not appealing to go to a restrictive red state.

+1

My kids have decided no red states.

I used to work in STL and I find the whole area is just gross. Least favorite US city.

Anecdotally, the people from UWSTL that I know are all super bright but all a little off. Humorless. So the school has a weird vibe for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wash U is to Missouri as Emory is to Georgia. A blue enclave in a red state. The Northeast and New England have their pockets of MAGA too- even on college campuses.

GA is a purple state while MO is far redder. You have Atlanta and Savannah and other suburbs that are very blue.

GA has two democrat senators and Trump barely won the state.

[Anonymous]

We will visit WashU this month to find out. College list comprises mostly NE schools, but also includes WashU, Case Western, and Emory. Premed is as hard as it's. These are excellent premed friendly schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Beautiful campus, one of best dorms & food & professors (Source: Niche), which means a quality lifestyle for undergrad

Consistently ranked in the Top 15 National Universities and Top 20 on USNEWS until this year due to the ranking methodology changes, and good weather.

Other than the lack of laymen's prestige and the location of St. Louis (which is invalid because it's actually in Clayton), why is it looked down upon on DCUM? There seems to be a lot of misinformation being spread, like a 40% acceptance rate ED1/ED2 which is comically fake and untrue.

My Senior DC with high stats from a competitive high school got rejected ED2 but got into UVA, VT, Purdue. Kids from Midwest & West Coast are dying to get into schools like UofChicago, Northwestern, Rice, Washu, ETC, but East coast seems to dislike WashU specfically.

It's not hate. They barely know it exists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from the heartland. For a coastal kid who is a Democrat, it is not appealing to go to a restrictive red state.

It isn't a heartland/coastal thing. California has MAGA areas as well as liberal ones, as does Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois . . . you get the idea.

Important to know to avoid being surprised when you send your kid to a school in a MAGA region within a liberal state by accident.

lol
But there is no college in central valley California. Even organge county college campus is blue as it can be.

University of the Pacific?
UC Merced?
CSU Bakersfield?
Chico State up north?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from the heartland. For a coastal kid who is a Democrat, it is not appealing to go to a restrictive red state.

It isn't a heartland/coastal thing. California has MAGA areas as well as liberal ones, as does Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Illinois . . . you get the idea.

Important to know to avoid being surprised when you send your kid to a school in a MAGA region within a liberal state by accident.

lol
But there is no college in central valley California. Even organge county college campus is blue as it can be.

Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is well respected particularly for engineering and architecture and it is by far the hardest cal state to get into. It is in a maga area plus it is big in agriculture studies and attracts many maga rural students. For public universities in CA it is probably the whitest and one of the more conservative (as far as CA goes) schools.