Anonymous
04/08/2026 12:09
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is the Chicago model. Application number, yield rate, acceptance rate all in play.
Except Chicago always had EA and WashU will never compare academically
Why should students in the high school class of 2030 care which schools “always had” EA? Or ED? Or EDII?
Every year is a new playing field.
And academics have nothing to do with this conversation, which is about admissions policy.
Anonymous
04/08/2026 12:07
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is the Chicago model. Application number, yield rate, acceptance rate all in play.
Except Chicago always had EA and WashU will never compare academically
Exactly. Which is ED3….
Anonymous
04/08/2026 12:06
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
It allows for an effective ED3….
Anonymous
04/08/2026 12:05
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Something is clearly going on behind the scenes, but I'm not an insider so I can't shed any light.
Anonymous
04/08/2026 12:00
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Anonymous wrote:This is the Chicago model. Application number, yield rate, acceptance rate all in play.
Except Chicago always had EA and WashU will never compare academically
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:59
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
This is the Chicago model. Application number, yield rate, acceptance rate all in play.
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:58
Subject: Re:WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Does applying early action help you if you show interest but are unwilling to convert to EDII? OR is it better to just go RD because refusing to go EDII is actually a negative signal? Wondering if there is some sense of this from other schools that offer both EA and EDII?
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:57
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Is it possible they want the Ivy ED applicants (all besides Princeton, Yale and Harvard) to also apply to WashU EA...thinking is if they are deferred or rejected, maybe a sure thing at WashU starts looking a lot more interesting vs. doing all the RD apps for the other Ivy schools?
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:51
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Expect to see WashU email asking applicants to convert EA applications to ED2 applications.
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:47
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Anonymous wrote:https://admissions.washu.edu/whats-new-at-washu/
I wonder why they’re offering EA now. Thoughts?
Because it’s existentially important, or close to it, for Wash U to hold on to T20 status.
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:34
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
my kid got rejected so there is that hi stats average joe i guess?
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:30
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Anonymous wrote:Early Action, removing an essay, test optional…Northeastern 2.0
Wow, so WashU is going this desperate route now? They also admit 2/3 of their class in the ED rounds.
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:24
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Early Action, removing an essay, test optional…Northeastern 2.0
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:23
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes
Anonymous wrote:https://admissions.washu.edu/whats-new-at-washu/
I wonder why they’re offering EA now. Thoughts?
Pumping up the application numbers, lowering the acceptance rate.
Anonymous
04/08/2026 11:21
Subject: WashU - New Early Action plan & policy changes