My daughter's a freshman at WashU. 1490 SAT, 4.6 wgpa from MCPS. Admitted RD to the school of art. She had an interesting and unique portfolio (IMHO), and we visited the school and met the school of art's admissions person. She was nice enough to give us a tour of the art school.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.

Any source there? Very, very few school break down the data that way.

And OP, having visited appears to be a key at Wash U based on what I have seen, thought the school says that is not true.

Vandy did last year, Emory did during an info session.

But wasn’t Vandy an accidental release?

That doesn’t make the numbers any less valid. Emory AO said the ed2 pool tends to be weaker than ed1.

I’d expect the ed2 pool to be stronger since those applying ed1 are probably using it for their best shot of admittance, vs those applying ed2 presumably applied to ivies and the like for their top shot.

Yes, but they were rejected or deferred.

Yes, rejected to ivies. Likely would have been straightforward admits to Emory in ED1.

Obviously not if the AO called it a weaker pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.

Any source there? Very, very few school break down the data that way.

And OP, having visited appears to be a key at Wash U based on what I have seen, thought the school says that is not true.

Vandy did last year, Emory did during an info session.

But wasn’t Vandy an accidental release?

That doesn’t make the numbers any less valid. Emory AO said the ed2 pool tends to be weaker than ed1.

I’d expect the ed2 pool to be stronger since those applying ed1 are probably using it for their best shot of admittance, vs those applying ed2 presumably applied to ivies and the like for their top shot.

Yes, but they were rejected or deferred.

Yes, rejected to ivies. Likely would have been straightforward admits to Emory in ED1.

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Anonymous wrote:DS admitted ED1 to WUSTL with 35 ACT and a 3.7 or 3.8 from a rigorous DC private. Strong ECs but nothing national level. He's very happy there.

Any idea of how computer science and engineering departments are at Wash U?

It was ranked number 13 by Niche for engineering. DC is first year comp sci there. Told me close to 100 companies recruiting during first semester.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.

Any source there? Very, very few school break down the data that way.

And OP, having visited appears to be a key at Wash U based on what I have seen, thought the school says that is not true.

Vandy did last year, Emory did during an info session.

But wasn’t Vandy an accidental release?

That doesn’t make the numbers any less valid. Emory AO said the ed2 pool tends to be weaker than ed1.

I’d expect the ed2 pool to be stronger since those applying ed1 are probably using it for their best shot of admittance, vs those applying ed2 presumably applied to ivies and the like for their top shot.

Yes, but they were rejected or deferred.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.

Any source there? Very, very few school break down the data that way.

And OP, having visited appears to be a key at Wash U based on what I have seen, thought the school says that is not true.

Vandy did last year, Emory did during an info session.

But wasn’t Vandy an accidental release?

That doesn’t make the numbers any less valid. Emory AO said the ed2 pool tends to be weaker than ed1.

I’d expect the ed2 pool to be stronger since those applying ed1 are probably using it for their best shot of admittance, vs those applying ed2 presumably applied to ivies and the like for their top shot.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.

Any source there? Very, very few school break down the data that way.

And OP, having visited appears to be a key at Wash U based on what I have seen, thought the school says that is not true.

Vandy did last year, Emory did during an info session.

But wasn’t Vandy an accidental release?

That doesn’t make the numbers any less valid. Emory AO said the ed2 pool tends to be weaker than ed1.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.

Any source there? Very, very few school break down the data that way.

And OP, having visited appears to be a key at Wash U based on what I have seen, thought the school says that is not true.

Vandy did last year, Emory did during an info session.

But wasn’t Vandy an accidental release?

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.

Any source there? Very, very few school break down the data that way.

And OP, having visited appears to be a key at Wash U based on what I have seen, thought the school says that is not true.

Vandy did last year, Emory did during an info session.

Anonymous wrote:If you are applying Ed 1 or 2, why would visiting matter at all? You are showing the highest possible level of interest by applying via Ed.

I agree. For RD, sure. But I don’t see it for ED, especially given their very high first year retention rate.

If you are applying Ed 1 or 2, why would visiting matter at all? You are showing the highest possible level of interest by applying via Ed.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.

Any source there? Very, very few school break down the data that way.

And OP, having visited appears to be a key at Wash U based on what I have seen, thought the school says that is not true.

Wut

Did he visit?

FCPS grad admitted ED 1 last year with 33 ACT and 4.1 (wt) gpa. Full pay and could show that he was a good fit. Has taken some CS classes, although they are larger and hard to get in (ended up in 8:30 am class). He is very happy there.

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Anonymous wrote:Why did your child w the 1510 decide not to apply?

Naviance showed DC needed a higher SAT to get in and they did not want to take it a third time. At least that’s what it is showing for our specific school.

Higher than a 1510 for Washington University? Isn’t that the average there

College board says it’s between 1490-1570, so 1510 is still on the lower end. For ED2 DC is looking for more of a sure thing

Is ED2 harder than ED1

Usually has a lower acceptance rate at most schools, somewhere between Ed 1 and rd.