As numerous peer Universities release their admissions statistics and make national headlines, Washington University is nowhere to be seen.
See major coverage with stories in the New York Times (Elite Colleges Recording Record Lows in Admissions), Bloomberg (Harvard Rejection Rate for Applicants Reaches Record), and the Harvard Crimson (Other Schools Admit Few).
It has been a record year for admissions – colleges are tougher to get into than at any other point in their history. When WU’s numbers come out, they will undoubtedly break records as well. However, it is unfortunate that Wash U will not be making the current college admissions news cycles which highlight the low admissions rates of “elite schools” because the University has not released these numbers.
A similar thing happened with improved financial aid policies early this year. Only after nearly all our peers offered better financial aid packages for students did WU release an announcement to provide grants and no loans to those whose family earns less than $60,000 a year. WU received minimal press coverage.
A buck short, a day late.
The Washington University Alumni Council believes the University should strive to time these information releases with our peers. There is value in being in the same press coverage as the University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Stanford, and Harvard.
