Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 11:48     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
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Anonymous wrote:So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?


Washu does not require supplemental essay so I think EA makes more sense.


WashU has 3–4 supplemental essays. Why mislead others?


Removed this year


Please stop misleading. My child applied this year and had to write 3 supplementary essays, of which one was why us/why major, one was leadership, and one was for the Danforth scholarship.


Things change. read. google
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 11:48     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?


Washu does not require supplemental essay so I think EA makes more sense.


WashU has 3–4 supplemental essays. Why mislead others?


Removed this year


Please stop misleading. My child applied this year and had to write 3 supplementary essays, of which one was why us/why major, one was leadership, and one was for the Danforth scholarship.


It's interesting that some posters here (just one?) would go out of their way to spread blatantly wrong misinformation about WashU.


Removed for 2026-2027 season.
https://admissions.washu.edu/whats-new-at-washu/
Why can't you google?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 11:46     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Washu admissions site says important updates for this fall, including the EA option and no supplementals,
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 11:45     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?


Washu does not require supplemental essay so I think EA makes more sense.


WashU has 3–4 supplemental essays. Why mislead others?


Removed this year


Please stop misleading. My child applied this year and had to write 3 supplementary essays, of which one was why us/why major, one was leadership, and one was for the Danforth scholarship.


It's interesting that some posters here (just one?) would go out of their way to spread blatantly wrong misinformation about WashU.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 11:40     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?


Washu does not require supplemental essay so I think EA makes more sense.


WashU has 3–4 supplemental essays. Why mislead others?


Removed this year


Please stop misleading. My child applied this year and had to write 3 supplementary essays, of which one was why us/why major, one was leadership, and one was for the Danforth scholarship.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 11:14     Subject: What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They already fill half their class via ED. What new goals are they trying to accomplish? To attract kids who otherwise save their ED/SCEA for HYP/T10 schools? Is their plan to reject all the EAs then try to convince applicants to switch to ED2?

UChicago also has ED + EA this but I don't know what they tend to do with their EA applicants. Is it a harder or easier admit than RD?


TLR. Wash U has a horrible yield rate of 49.47%. Any school with a yield rate above 30% is having problems. https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/. So Wash U will now follow Chicago in creating E0, ED1, ED2, EA1, EA2, etc. - anything to drive down the yield percentage. https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/


LOL at U Chicago with their #1 yield rate, higher than Harvard, MIT, Stanford; double digits higher than Princeton and Yale; 2X the yield rate of neighboring Northwestern. And they wonder why people don’t like them.


Again, you seem very consumed by your Chicago-hating fairytale. How do you know the president sits at his desk and wonders why a few DC SAHMs despise his school? You don’t.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 11:13     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?


Washu does not require supplemental essay so I think EA makes more sense.


WashU has 3–4 supplemental essays. Why mislead others?


Removed this year
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 11:11     Subject: What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They already fill half their class via ED. What new goals are they trying to accomplish? To attract kids who otherwise save their ED/SCEA for HYP/T10 schools? Is their plan to reject all the EAs then try to convince applicants to switch to ED2?

UChicago also has ED + EA this but I don't know what they tend to do with their EA applicants. Is it a harder or easier admit than RD?


TLR. Wash U has a horrible yield rate of 49.47%. Any school with a yield rate above 30% is having problems. https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/. So Wash U will now follow Chicago in creating E0, ED1, ED2, EA1, EA2, etc. - anything to drive down the yield percentage. https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/


LOL at U Chicago with their #1 yield rate, higher than Harvard, MIT, Stanford; double digits higher than Princeton and Yale; 2X the yield rate of neighboring Northwestern. And they wonder why people don’t like them.


NP. The problem is that Chicago doesn’t complete the part of the CDS that shows how many students apply/are accepted ED. So their yield rate is totally decontextualized; you can’t compare it with schools that do share that information.


This is like our president claiming to be 6'3", 215 lbs and in "excellent health" but refuses to let us see his medical report. The president and U Chicago both know they are lying.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 10:10     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?


Washu does not require supplemental essay so I think EA makes more sense.


WashU has 3–4 supplemental essays. Why mislead others?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 09:05     Subject: What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Sign up for multiple virtual or in person visits this summer. Demonstrated interest is back.

Add WashU to common app on Aug 1. Engage with admissions. Do optional interview/bear chat.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 08:56     Subject: What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They already fill half their class via ED. What new goals are they trying to accomplish? To attract kids who otherwise save their ED/SCEA for HYP/T10 schools? Is their plan to reject all the EAs then try to convince applicants to switch to ED2?

UChicago also has ED + EA this but I don't know what they tend to do with their EA applicants. Is it a harder or easier admit than RD?


TLR. Wash U has a horrible yield rate of 49.47%. Any school with a yield rate above 30% is having problems. https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/. So Wash U will now follow Chicago in creating E0, ED1, ED2, EA1, EA2, etc. - anything to drive down the yield percentage. https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/


LOL at U Chicago with their #1 yield rate, higher than Harvard, MIT, Stanford; double digits higher than Princeton and Yale; 2X the yield rate of neighboring Northwestern. And they wonder why people don’t like them.


NP. The problem is that Chicago doesn’t complete the part of the CDS that shows how many students apply/are accepted ED. So their yield rate is totally decontextualized; you can’t compare it with schools that do share that information.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 08:45     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?


Washu does not require supplemental essay so I think EA makes more sense.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 08:08     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?

Kids run out of steam. If you can get the app done in time, it always makes sense to EA, because it means the app is done. It also signals greater interest (ie, higher yield potential) than waiting for RD.
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 07:54     Subject: Re:What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
So does it make sense to EA to washu if you would not be willing to switch to ED if offered, or is it better just to apply RD?
Anonymous
Post 05/27/2026 07:15     Subject: What is WashU trying to accomplish by adding EA?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They already fill half their class via ED. What new goals are they trying to accomplish? To attract kids who otherwise save their ED/SCEA for HYP/T10 schools? Is their plan to reject all the EAs then try to convince applicants to switch to ED2?

UChicago also has ED + EA this but I don't know what they tend to do with their EA applicants. Is it a harder or easier admit than RD?


TLR. Wash U has a horrible yield rate of 49.47%. Any school with a yield rate above 30% is having problems. https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/. So Wash U will now follow Chicago in creating E0, ED1, ED2, EA1, EA2, etc. - anything to drive down the yield percentage. https://www.ivywise.com/blog/college-yield-rates/


LOL at U Chicago with their #1 yield rate, higher than Harvard, MIT, Stanford; double digits higher than Princeton and Yale; 2X the yield rate of neighboring Northwestern. And they wonder why people don’t like them.