Washington University in St Louis Top Questions

Our school is best known for its research and its soaring image as an alternative to the Ivies. Washington University prides itself as a growing institution and works hard to increase its rankings. Several times, I have heard it referred to as "the trendy school" because so many high school students from private schools are taking advantage of its appealing rankings, name-recognition, and relatively high acceptance rate (which is nearly twice that of most Ivy League schools). I hope that, in future years, Washington University will begin to cultivate a more inclusive community for socio-economic and racial diversity.

Washington University is best known for ther academic programs.

Wash U is best known for it's incredible academics, distinguished professors, and friendly people. We have the best dorms in the country and some incredible food.

Washington University in St. Louis is a prestigious school. As a pre-medical student, I focus on its difficult (but prepares one well for medical school) pre-medical classes. Most of the teachers are at the highest level of their profession. WashU is a powerhouse in research (and contributed greatly to the field of genomics). Additionally, its business school and anthropology department are ranked highly and many companies flock to WashU to recruit students. On the other hand, it has recently gotten some bad rep from some cultural insensitivities by some students and its attempt to remedy the situation.

Research. Our name brand is relatively weak given our reputation in the sciences. We're a very good, very tough, and very competative university where our students are amoung the best in the world.

The challenging coursework and the, greek life. Greek life is a huge part of campus life, that is not to say you need to or have to be involved, but that you will enocounter it here.

Washington University in St. Louis is well known for several things: students interested in Pre-Medicine, delicious and healthy food, unbelievably nice dorms and beautiful buildings, and sky-high stress levels. While about half of students start out Pre-Med, there are countless opportunities at an academically excellent school such as mine. Our food is ranked 5th in the nation and our dorms 1st, both incredible yet fair rankings. The stress level is very high but the school offers countless resources to help each individual student. Wash U is known as and lives up to the "Harvard of the Midwest."

Washington University in St. Louis has the medical school ranked number 6 in the nation. With that being said, Washington University in St. Louis (Wash U) is probably best known for the quality and difficulty the requirements necessary to be fulfilled to be considered a "pre-med" student.

The week of finals, the campus center gives out free food, hot chocolate and snacks to all the students who are up late study for finals.

Washington University in St. Louis is best known for its extent of opportunities for undergraduate research. In my time there, I've seen this to be true. For even freshmen, there are many opportunitites to become involved in research with graduate students or professors. Students in fields that are less research based (humanities, etc) also have many opportunities to become involved in projects. Washington University is also known for the positive attitude that all their students seem to posess. Visitors to campus always note the kindness that seems to characterize everyone at school.