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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC was waitlisted at Washington University in St. Louis after showing a ton of interest. Luckily it was near the bottom of her list so she's not that torn up. Her specific decision didn't surprise me that much because the school has 30,000+ applicants and no one is a shoe-in. However, after she and I did more research we were very surprised to learn that Wash U frequently puts huge numbers of students onto their waitlist in order to increase yield, they have a simple application with no supplement to encourage applicants and therefore appear more selective, and they review all of their thousands of applications in less than 1 month (Feb. 15-March 10). Seems sketchy to me.[/quote]

Wash U is one of the best universities in the country. Period. It doesn't have to appear more selective, it is.[/quote]

Washington University in St Louis is the poster child for how to manipulate US News rankings.  Ferguson documents it in his book, Crazy U.[/quote]

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