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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's no better than U.Va. or College Park but popular with kids who can't get into Ivies, Stanford or Duke.[/quote]

My kid was accepted at Yale, Stanford, and Duke (among other schools including Williams) but chose to attend WUSTL because it was one of the two "top 20" ranked schools (the other being Duke) that offered substantial merit-based aid (we don't qualify for need-based aid which is the only kind that most other top schools provide).  My kid is not unique; WUSTL is teeming with students who got into "Ivies, Stanford or Duke" but, like my kid, are attending WUSTL because they received a half-to-full (+stipend) scholarship that is guaranteed for 4 years.  I think that my kid would be attending Stanford if he hadn't received a scholarship to WUSTL but we simply didn't see the value of paying $60K per year when attending WUSTL is a fraction of the cost of attending any other top-ranked, private school and comparable to attending our state school.  Even if WUSTL is "no better than U.VA or College Park" or if it's "popular with kids who can't get into Ivies, Stanford or Duke," WUSTL gives a lot of money to kids who can get into Ivies, etc. and these students attend too (my kid's dorm-mate turned down Harvard to choose between "full ride" scholarships from Duke and WUSTL).             [/quote]

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