2016-2017 Washington University in St. Louis Application Thread

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Browsing last years thread I've convinced myself that at least on SDN the peeps accepted later on seemed to all have interviewed before Feb...but lucky to have an interview and a shot I guess!!
 
When do people traditionally get accepted here? My friend applied here and has been anxiously waiting after receiving a WL from another top choice
 
efle said:
Wow you really were asking for a friend
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My MCAT isn't high enough (like your guys' or my friend's) to even apply here - not even dream of it. It would have been a mere donation, and I would never have even advanced to the interview stage. LOL. I'm attending a new school in my home city next year!

I apologize for what came across as harsh/snarky.
 
TossMania said:
According to USNWR data on WashU, they admitted 375 total for the cycle represented.
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I'm guessing 375 includes the acceptances that come from Wash U's famously active waitlist, right? So yeah the number of pre-March accepts really is higher than we all/previous cohorts seem to believe.

Although...depending on how old USNWR's numbers are, things may have changed in the Dean Ratts era?

Thinking about all this is just stressing me out haha. I'll be crossing my fingers for myself and all you lovely folks!
 
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capo2290 said:
I'm guessing 375 includes the acceptances that come from Wash U's famously active waitlist, right? So yeah the number of pre-March accepts really is higher than we all/previous cohorts seem to believe.

Although...depending on how old USNWR's numbers are, things may have changed in the Dean Ratts era?

Thinking about all this is just stressing me out haha. I'll be crossing my fingers for myself and all you lovely folks!
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The word "most" (as in most acceptances, as in >50%) was used in the same sentence as march when i interviewed in november
 
efle said:
"We accept most candidates before March"

:0
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Me2WashU:
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TossMania said:
To the people interested in the number of students admitted before the "big" release in March, the admitted students so far were just sent an email with all the emails cc'ed.

To date, 225 students have been admitted. According to USNWR data on WashU, they admitted 375 total for the cycle represented. These numbers suggest that the number of students admitted on a rolling basis before March is perhaps higher than originally expected.
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Damn.. Any chance we can get a screenshot of the email?
 
efle said:
Wait are you asking for the list of people's names/emails?? Or just for the body of text telling us to join their facebook group? Def can't publically share the former
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Ah, sorry of course not. I misread that as admitted students for some reason getting an email that said 225 had been accepted. Did they just send an email to 225 people about joining the accepted students? That would make more sense. >.< Sorry
 
citykid92 said:
Ah, sorry of course not. I misread that as admitted students for some reason getting an email that said 225 had been accepted. Did they just send an email to 225 people about joining the accepted students? That would make more sense. >.< Sorry
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Yeah they just sent a facebook invite to everyone and used the wrong kind of Carbon Copy, so that we could all see the full list of emails!
 
For those who have been admitted, did the call come on a particular day of the week or will it be entirely random?
 
For those that have already interviewed: was there a designated time on your itinerary for a tour? There is a section on the itinerary titled "Fourth Year Medical Student." Is this a third interview or would this be the designated time for a tour?
 
dependableeyebrow said:
For those that have already interviewed: was there a designated time on your itinerary for a tour? There is a section on the itinerary titled "Fourth Year Medical Student." Is this a third interview or would this be the designated time for a tour?
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There is indeed a third interview with a student now
 
dependableeyebrow said:
For those that have already interviewed: was there a designated time on your itinerary for a tour? There is a section on the itinerary titled "Fourth Year Medical Student." Is this a third interview or would this be the designated time for a tour?
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That fourth year medical student slot is the tour for sure. Some people do have a third interview, but not everyone. The tour is quite nice actually cause it's approx 3 intervieweees and 1 fourth year.
 
citykid92 said:
That fourth year medical student slot is the tour for sure. Some people do have a third interview, but not everyone. The tour is quite nice actually cause it's approx 3 intervieweees and 1 fourth year.
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Wonderful, thank you. Congratulations on your acceptance, by the way!
 
thanks. you interviewed very well and they liked you so much, so offered the acceptance very quickly. this is probably the quickest turnaround
 
Medin2016 said:
@justlisten234 Congratulations. Mind sharing your stats and whom you interviewed with?
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LizzyM around 78, I interviewed with Dr. Robb and Dr. Foltz! (I was also surprised because I've seen other people posting about how their interviews ran over to an hour and a half but mine were literally 20 and 40 minutes long so I figured they didn't go that well haha)
 
Does WashU wait til March to send out all its rejections? Or does it reject some people before that? The prospect of waiting to be put on a waitlist vs waiting to be rejected is less daunting.
 
Also, I interviewed in early November, so I'm wondering if the long wait means I'm going to be waitlisted (at best). ><
 
GotIronKnee said:
Does WashU wait til March to send out all its rejections? Or does it reject some people before that? The prospect of waiting to be put on a waitlist vs waiting to be rejected is less daunting.
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I think most schools wait until the last minute to reject interviewees. It's an irreversible action and they tend to be careful rejecting interviewees just in case they might not have enough acceptees at the end. In which case, they will have to hold another interview.
 
GotIronKnee said:
Does WashU wait til March to send out all its rejections? Or does it reject some people before that? The prospect of waiting to be put on a waitlist vs waiting to be rejected is less daunting.
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WashU only gives out admits up until March, that's when all waitlists and rejects go out.
 
GotIronKnee said:
Also, I interviewed in early November, so I'm wondering if the long wait means I'm going to be waitlisted (at best). ><
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There was someone accepted a few weeks ago that had interviewed in Sept. And then just now someone heard back within a week. It's super unpredictable
 
csdanim said:
I think most schools wait until the last minute to reject interviewees. It's an irreversible action and they tend to be careful rejecting interviewees just in case they might not have enough acceptees at the end. In which case, they will have to hold another interview.
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Oh gosh the wait is killing me. And I thought the wait for George R.R. Martin's next book was long. ..It seems like WashU has a super fast turnaround time with acceptances but not with waitlists and rejections....sigh.
 
efle said:
There was someone accepted a few weeks ago that had interviewed in Sept. And then just now someone heard back within a week. It's super unpredictable
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Efle, I'm glad that you got an acceptance here. I've read some of your previous posts, and you're nothing but positive and encouraging. The world needs more future docs like you, and I'm not even someone who usually ever spouts statements like this. I tip my headband to you.
 
Thanks I appreciate it. Rooting for ya! And as I mentioned once before WashU has a ton of waitlist motion even if that is the March update
 
GotIronKnee said:
Oh gosh the wait is killing me. And I thought the wait for George R.R. Martin's next book was long. ..It seems like WashU has a super fast turnaround time with acceptances but not with waitlists and rejections....sigh.
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I've been waiting since November too. Those that get accepted fast are those that WashU Adcom likes the most 🙁
 
I'm curious what other applicants / any current students think about the curriculum? Tg that they just switched second year to pass/fail, but what do people think about the more traditional curriculum? Seems like lots of other schools are switching to organ-based curriculums. I thought I wouldn't like the traditional one since most other places are switching, but they changed my mind during interview day.
 
citykid92 said:
I'm curious what other applicants / any current students think about the curriculum? Tg that they just switched second year to pass/fail, but what do people think about the more traditional curriculum? Seems like lots of other schools are switching to organ-based curriculums. I thought I wouldn't like the traditional one since most other places are switching, but they changed my mind during interview day.
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Honestly I haven't been sold on the idea that preclin curriculum differences matter that much. The things I care most about are optional lecture attendance/streaming online, Pass/Fail, and that the school listens to student feedback, all of which WashU fits great.
 
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