WashU out?

[Anonymous]

I think my kid is awesome and so do some other great schools, just because Wash U put him on the wait list doesn't mean he's not awesome and doesn't mean they are yield protecting.
There are only so many seats on that train.
My advice is to buy a lot of train tickets. So far, 3 have worked out, 1 didn't and 1 he's on standby.
Congrats to everyone who was admitted!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think my kid is awesome and so do some other great schools, just because Wash U put him on the wait list doesn't mean he's not awesome and doesn't mean they are yield protecting.
There are only so many seats on that train.
My advice is to buy a lot of train tickets. So far, 3 have worked out, 1 didn't and 1 he's on standby.
Congrats to everyone who was admitted!

Love this metaphor. And good luck to your kid!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think my kid is awesome and so do some other great schools, just because Wash U put him on the wait list doesn't mean he's not awesome and doesn't mean they are yield protecting.
There are only so many seats on that train.
My advice is to buy a lot of train tickets. So far, 3 have worked out, 1 didn't and 1 he's on standby.
Congrats to everyone who was admitted!

I think your kid is awesome too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think my kid is awesome and so do some other great schools, just because Wash U put him on the wait list doesn't mean he's not awesome and doesn't mean they are yield protecting.
There are only so many seats on that train.
My advice is to buy a lot of train tickets. So far, 3 have worked out, 1 didn't and 1 he's on standby.
Congrats to everyone who was admitted!

I think your kid is awesome too!

Awe! I have found the two nicest people on DCUM!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. 1500sat 4.0 uw. Rank 1/600 you win some, you lose some.

DD off waitlist early last year. Chose a different school. Don’t give up hope. She had forgotten to withdraw.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. 1500sat 4.0 uw. Rank 1/600 you win some, you lose some.

DD off waitlist early last year. Chose a different school. Don’t give up hope. She had forgotten to withdraw.

While your post was well meaning…that was really crappy of your kid to “forget.” If she was dealing with schools of that ranking, she knew.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Any luck?

I went to an Ivy in the 90's and thought I knew the college landscape (remember "insider's guide to colleges"?) and I must admit that this is the first time I've heard of this university!

It’s not the biggest brand in the world but the fact that you’ve not heard of it suggests you don’t read much. First, it’s been on the top 25 of USNWR forever. In 2022 it was 14. Before the methodology change. But at the very least you should be aware of the Medical School which has always been among the most highly regarded in the US. If you’re totally unfamiliar with a top 25 university in America - that’s on you. It’s like saying you’ve never heard of Ecuador. Shows general ignorance of the world in which you live.

Yup, this.

[Anonymous]

IN!
4.0 unweighted, 35 ACT, ROTC scholarship.
Very excited!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Missouri’s you are sending at kid to MO that’s just bad parenting

Especially if it’s a DD

College is about jobs if you think there will be any in MO much less them coming back here with a degree from Wash U lol 😂


Also MO is a state that will 100 percent require no interstate travel for women of child bearing years. They already have legislation ready to go.

It would be a violation of the constitution to restrict interstate travel for women of child bearing age. Please stay in reality.

I'm pretty paranoid myself, but St. Louis is a blue city, and Illinois is blue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. 1500sat 4.0 uw. Rank 1/600 you win some, you lose some.

DD off waitlist early last year. Chose a different school. Don’t give up hope. She had forgotten to withdraw.

While your post was well meaning…that was really crappy of your kid to “forget.” If she was dealing with schools of that ranking, she knew.

She applied to 21 schools and withdrew from everything once she decided where to go. Wasn’t even particularly interested in Wash U. So f off

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. 1500sat 4.0 uw. Rank 1/600 you win some, you lose some.

DD off waitlist early last year. Chose a different school. Don’t give up hope. She had forgotten to withdraw.

While your post was well meaning…that was really crappy of your kid to “forget.” If she was dealing with schools of that ranking, she knew.

She applied to 21 schools and withdrew from everything once she decided where to go. Wasn’t even particularly interested in Wash U. So f off

I thought you said she forgot to withdraw?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. 1500sat 4.0 uw. Rank 1/600 you win some, you lose some.

DD off waitlist early last year. Chose a different school. Don’t give up hope. She had forgotten to withdraw.

While your post was well meaning…that was really crappy of your kid to “forget.” If she was dealing with schools of that ranking, she knew.

She applied to 21 schools and withdrew from everything once she decided where to go. Wasn’t even particularly interested in Wash U. So f off

Ignore them. Thanks for responding to my post with that info! He is in somewhere he loves already so all is good - keeping apps open just in case some acceptance were to come with $$ or honors that he couldn't turn down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. 1500sat 4.0 uw. Rank 1/600 you win some, you lose some.

DD off waitlist early last year. Chose a different school. Don’t give up hope. She had forgotten to withdraw.

While your post was well meaning…that was really crappy of your kid to “forget.” If she was dealing with schools of that ranking, she knew.

She applied to 21 schools and withdrew from everything once she decided where to go. Wasn’t even particularly interested in Wash U. So f off

I thought you said she forgot to withdraw?

Forgetting to withdraw from Waitlist schools is totally understandable. It'd not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waitlisted. 1500sat 4.0 uw. Rank 1/600 you win some, you lose some.

DD off waitlist early last year. Chose a different school. Don’t give up hope. She had forgotten to withdraw.

While your post was well meaning…that was really crappy of your kid to “forget.” If she was dealing with schools of that ranking, she knew.

She applied to 21 schools and withdrew from everything once she decided where to go. Wasn’t even particularly interested in Wash U. So f off

I thought you said she forgot to withdraw?

This. She did not forget unlike her mom who forgot what excuse she made. Her mom’s reaction is not surprising…
Recap. She:

- forgot

- didn’t withdraw until she decided where to go

- eh, wasn’t even that interested in the school

[Anonymous]

If you're on the waitlist … you're not taking away someone else's spot. As someone else said … it's not a big deal. It's funny to me that there are people here who would actually get upset about that.