Washington University in St Louis Top Questions

Many people think that Wash U students are rich because it's such an expensive school. In actuality, tons of students receive a lot of financial aid from the school. No one really fills in the rich kid stereotype here.

Wash U as a school is generally very wealthy but there is no division between socioeconomic classes. Most people don't know about others finances and don't really care either. The school is about 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} jewish. This is roughly the same percentage of jewish students at any top college. While Wash U has a reputation of having a high concentration of east-coasters, the student body really does come from all over. While I would say Missouri, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, Florida, California, and Texas are the most represented states, kids come from all over--Alaska, West Virginia, Alabama. And of course there are a lot of international students as well. So while many students come from the east coast, Wash U has students from everywhere.

A student talks about Wash U stereotypes

70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students plan to be pre-med, but only 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} graduate that way- it is a great school for pre-med but it is tough and there are also plenty of other great majors- WashU is a well-rounded school; as the 11th ranked school in the nation, people do take their academics seriously and you struggle to find a seat in the library come finals, people are competitive but there is a more relaxed feel than at the Ivys, from what I have heard, and people take time to party and know how to have a good time; finally, true we are D3, but both our men's basketball team and women's volleyball team won the national championships this year and RedAlert pulls people to games with pizza, free t-shirts, etc - nevertheless if you are all about going to college to see the football games, WashU isn't for you

There are many premeds here, but most of them won't kill puppies. During my two years, I have seen no evidence to support the idea of that Wash U students are "cutthroat." There's a natural competitiveness caused by the "curved" grading structure of the largest classes, but this is true for all schools. Students hold study sessions for these classes and work towards group success. A large portion of Wash U students do place grades at the top of their priority list. I can't remember how many times I've heard on a Friday night, "I can't go out tonight, I have to study." Still, there's a balance for the most part.

well half the freshmen are pre-med but then about half drop out by the end of sophomore year. the girls aren't all that bad, it's a pretty good cross section of the nation, there are relly pretty ones and not so pretty ones but it's pretty even, it's definitely possible to find pretty girls if you want to. the others are all true

yes, students here are very well balanced

I don't think that the girls are ugly. There may be more "hot" girls at state schools, but at least most of the girls at WashU are not fake-looking (few of them go tanning or bleach their hair blonde), and they're smart! If you know where to look, there are some very pretty girls at this university (try some of the sports teams and some of the sororities). Sometimes I think that there are more ugly guys at WashU than ugly girls! It is accurate that the students are smart-not everyone is, but most people are extremely intelligent.

Partially.

Somewhat.. yes, but it's the same everywhere. There are a lot of non attractive girls but I think it's the same ratio as the real world. The school is very Jewish though.