Why so much WUSTL/WashU hate on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Wash U lacks social prestige.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WashU is for kids who can’t get into Ivies. Washed Up.

This is ridiculous. Few get into ivies. Those that don’t go to wash u which I guess brings up wash u’s average gpa and test score for the student body. The applicant being denied an ivy spot isn’t dumber - it’s the same applicant. I’d love for my kid to get into any school where lots of highly qualified kids go when they don’t get into an ivy. You meant this as an insult but it isn’t. Esp since ivies decline kids who are more qualified or equally qualified as those they admitted.

Wash. U. is one of the top schools that gives out merit aid. It definitely steals some students from Harvard and Yale that way.

[Anonymous]

Wash. U definetly top 5 in terms of quality of life for its students in the T20s. For kid who are interested in medicine, would recommend sending them. Wash. U is a better place to be than Hopkins for sure. Have work at JHH-- it's really not a favorable place to spend your 4 years undergrad studying to be a MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WashU is for kids who can’t get into Ivies. Washed Up.

This is ridiculous. Few get into ivies. Those that don’t go to wash u which I guess brings up wash u’s average gpa and test score for the student body. The applicant being denied an ivy spot isn’t dumber - it’s the same applicant. I’d love for my kid to get into any school where lots of highly qualified kids go when they don’t get into an ivy. You meant this as an insult but it isn’t. Esp since ivies decline kids who are more qualified or equally qualified as those they admitted.

Wash. U. is one of the top schools that gives out merit aid. It definitely steals some students from Harvard and Yale that way.

Wash U is incredibly expensive. Unless the merit aid is massive, it can’t help that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WashU is for kids who can’t get into Ivies. Washed Up.

This is ridiculous. Few get into ivies. Those that don’t go to wash u which I guess brings up wash u’s average gpa and test score for the student body. The applicant being denied an ivy spot isn’t dumber - it’s the same applicant. I’d love for my kid to get into any school where lots of highly qualified kids go when they don’t get into an ivy. You meant this as an insult but it isn’t. Esp since ivies decline kids who are more qualified or equally qualified as those they admitted.

Wash. U. is one of the top schools that gives out merit aid. It definitely steals some students from Harvard and Yale that way.

Wash U is incredibly expensive. Unless the merit aid is massive, it can’t help that much.

Average cost after aid
$27,595

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WashU is for kids who can’t get into Ivies. Washed Up.

This is ridiculous. Few get into ivies. Those that don’t go to wash u which I guess brings up wash u’s average gpa and test score for the student body. The applicant being denied an ivy spot isn’t dumber - it’s the same applicant. I’d love for my kid to get into any school where lots of highly qualified kids go when they don’t get into an ivy. You meant this as an insult but it isn’t. Esp since ivies decline kids who are more qualified or equally qualified as those they admitted.

Wash. U. is one of the top schools that gives out merit aid. It definitely steals some students from Harvard and Yale that way.

Wash U is incredibly expensive. Unless the merit aid is massive, it can’t help that much.

Average cost after aid
$27,595

Most of that aid is for those with financial need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

So it's like Bethesda?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

So it's like Bethesda?

So you have never been to STL…

DP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

So it's like Bethesda?

So you have never been to STL…

DP

Sure I have. And Baltimore, Detroit, Gary (my personal fave), Oakland, etc.

Astonishingly, people happily attend college in/near all of them.

Except Gary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WashU is for kids who can’t get into Ivies. Washed Up.

This is ridiculous. Few get into ivies. Those that don’t go to wash u which I guess brings up wash u’s average gpa and test score for the student body. The applicant being denied an ivy spot isn’t dumber - it’s the same applicant. I’d love for my kid to get into any school where lots of highly qualified kids go when they don’t get into an ivy. You meant this as an insult but it isn’t. Esp since ivies decline kids who are more qualified or equally qualified as those they admitted.

Wash. U. is one of the top schools that gives out merit aid. It definitely steals some students from Harvard and Yale that way.

Wash U is incredibly expensive. Unless the merit aid is massive, it can’t help that much.

The big scholarships cover full tuition.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:WashU is for kids who can’t get into Ivies. Washed Up.

This is ridiculous. Few get into ivies. Those that don’t go to wash u which I guess brings up wash u’s average gpa and test score for the student body. The applicant being denied an ivy spot isn’t dumber - it’s the same applicant. I’d love for my kid to get into any school where lots of highly qualified kids go when they don’t get into an ivy. You meant this as an insult but it isn’t. Esp since ivies decline kids who are more qualified or equally qualified as those they admitted.

Wash. U. is one of the top schools that gives out merit aid. It definitely steals some students from Harvard and Yale that way.

Wash U is incredibly expensive. Unless the merit aid is massive, it can’t help that much.

Average cost after aid
$27,595

Most of that aid is for those with financial need.

Wash. U. merit-aid-type scholarships:

https://admissions.wustl.edu/cost-aid/scholarships

Overall, the aid calculator estimates for my son, who as in the donut hole, were a lot worse than at Princeton but about the same as at Harvard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Seriously. More off than a kid from a tippy top 3 private school in DC? Ha.