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https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/cxgJ374DVo

I think the most important points to take away from that post are that plenty of people who’ve gone to Wash. U. love Wash. U., that the area around Wash. U. is lovely, and that students don’t have to attend football games to have school spirit.

Cornell, Dartmouth, Northwestern, the University of Virginia and the University of Michigan are wonderful schools, and if people want to make the case that they prefer those schools for a certain applicant or a certain purpose, fine. Of course Stanford is better known than Wash. U. Of course Michigan has better graduate programs than Wash. U.

But the idea that Wash. U. is somehow bad or distasteful is offensive. It’s not Harvard and it’s not MIT, but it’s wonderful and noble in its own way.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

If you look at the data, WashU has lower acceptance rate. You are not accounting for the 2 Emory colleges

Adding Oxford college to the data is not fair it's not the same school. You would need to add Umich Dearborn and the other side colleges to Umiches numbers as well.

It seems fair if they have two separate admissions and it’s what THEY post

Of course it’s fair. Nobody applies to Michigan Ann Arbor thinking that they will get sent to Dearborn.

I think PP was posting about stats showing Emory has higher admit rate

It doesn't Umich is very.much easier to get into than Emory or Oxford.

Michigan is very much easier?

Emory acceptance rate 2024: 16.2%
WashU acceptance rate 2024: 12.8 %
Michigan acceptance rate 2024: 17.7%

They look fairly comparable to me.

Emory acceptance rate 2024: 16.2%
WashU acceptance rate 2024: 12.8 %
Michigan acceptance rate 2024: 17.7%

so it actually looks like WashU should have been the hardest to get into of the 3 although all 3 are quite difficult to get into and obviously the likelihood of acceptance varies greatly based on a lot of different individual factors.

WashU and Michigan are 2 very good choices to have! I'd pick Michigan because I like the idea of a bigger school and the state of Michigan seems more appealing than the state of Missouri. But WashU would be better if you'd like a smaller school w/ nicer dorms in a warmer location (it'll still be cold in STL in the winter but not as cold as Ann Arbor!)

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

If you look at the data, WashU has lower acceptance rate. You are not accounting for the 2 Emory colleges

Adding Oxford college to the data is not fair it's not the same school. You would need to add Umich Dearborn and the other side colleges to Umiches numbers as well.

It seems fair if they have two separate admissions and it’s what THEY post

Of course it’s fair. Nobody applies to Michigan Ann Arbor thinking that they will get sent to Dearborn.

I think PP was posting about stats showing Emory has higher admit rate

It doesn't Umich is very.much easier to get into than Emory or Oxford.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

If you look at the data, WashU has lower acceptance rate. You are not accounting for the 2 Emory colleges

Adding Oxford college to the data is not fair it's not the same school. You would need to add Umich Dearborn and the other side colleges to Umiches numbers as well.

It seems fair if they have two separate admissions and it’s what THEY post

It's good that they are forthright but Emory does not combine the acceptance rates of Emory and Oxford for a reason. Because they are different.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone remark abt this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/cxgJ374DVo

Thanks for sharing. Great to hear it from someone in the know.

“I'd like to put forward the following idea: at a certain point, the education you will receive at a top university will be equal in quality to that provided by its peers. In other words, WashU's instruction is just as good as Penn's and UMich's. To qualify, there are some exceptions. MIT is obviously a great school for engineering. UChicago is obviously a great school for economics.
WashU, contrary to whatever this sub wants you to believe, has elite programs in the social sciences and biomedicine.
But you will be taught the same content and read the same textbooks, whether you attend Yale or UCSD. To illustrate this point, I'm going to talk a bit about my personal education during my undergraduate career. I've been educated at both WashU and an Ivy League school (I'm going to refer to it as XU. Not saying which one because I don't want to be doxed). Remember, the culture of elitism here is a gross ideology, nothing more.”

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone remark abt this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/cxgJ374DVo

Thanks for sharing. Great to hear it from someone in the know.

Did anyone remark abt this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/cxgJ374DVo

Anonymous wrote:What would you choose between Wash U and Michigan? And is it unusual to get into Wash U and Michigan but not Emory (he would have preferred Emory out of the 3)?

When did you hear about Emory?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

If you look at the data, WashU has lower acceptance rate. You are not accounting for the 2 Emory colleges

Adding Oxford college to the data is not fair it's not the same school. You would need to add Umich Dearborn and the other side colleges to Umiches numbers as well.

It seems fair if they have two separate admissions and it’s what THEY post

Of course it’s fair. Nobody applies to Michigan Ann Arbor thinking that they will get sent to Dearborn.

I think PP was posting about stats showing Emory has higher admit rate

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

If you look at the data, WashU has lower acceptance rate. You are not accounting for the 2 Emory colleges

Adding Oxford college to the data is not fair it's not the same school. You would need to add Umich Dearborn and the other side colleges to Umiches numbers as well.

It seems fair if they have two separate admissions and it’s what THEY post

Of course it’s fair. Nobody applies to Michigan Ann Arbor thinking that they will get sent to Dearborn.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

If you look at the data, WashU has lower acceptance rate. You are not accounting for the 2 Emory colleges

Adding Oxford college to the data is not fair it's not the same school. You would need to add Umich Dearborn and the other side colleges to Umiches numbers as well.

It seems fair if they have two separate admissions and it’s what THEY post

I think OP's DS applied ED to Emory, that's why they're surprised. Emory ED should be easier than WashU RD. Not sure about Michigan, however.

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Anonymous wrote:While both are great schools, would go with WashU for its more manageable size and better dorms

I’d go with Michigan for its greater awareness, sports, and overall location. I can’t imagine living in a dorm for all four years of undergrad, so that appeal is limited.

Agree with sports but disagree with dorms. Most students live in dorms for at least half their time at college

Like I said living in a dorm for four years is not appealing.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s surprising to get into WashU and Michigan but not Emory as Emory is more selective than washu and Michigan (not saying it’s a better school, just that the acceptance rate is lower)

I don’t think you can go wrong choosing between WashU and Michigan! Great schools. Depends what your DC is looking for.

Is this actually true? I thought washu was harder?

If you look at latest data (class of 2027), WashU is probably harder to get into than Emory

Emory has a slightly lower acceptance rate and Washu has slightly higher test scores, however more students submit test scores to Emory so....

If you look at the data, WashU has lower acceptance rate. You are not accounting for the 2 Emory colleges

Adding Oxford college to the data is not fair it's not the same school. You would need to add Umich Dearborn and the other side colleges to Umiches numbers as well.