Washington University in St Louis Top Questions

All of the students are so competitive and looks down on you if you don't have a job right out of college

I guess it's that it is really challenging, and so it can be stressful, but there are a lot of built-in stress relieving activities as well, usually sponsored by student union groups.

No school spirit.

The expense

There are very few bad things about Wash U, but one is the student health services program - they are rude, have inconvenient hours, and diagnose everyone with mono without checking their symptoms thoroughly!

The intense competition aspect

The worst thing about our school for most people is the lack of cultural and socio-economic diversity. However, for me it is not so much of a problem because even within the usual bounds of society there is range and diversity, and I look for that. I like to see people for who they are and not where they have come from, even though that can be interesting. However, this is usually the general complaint...there isn't much else to complain about.

I dislike that my school is always asking for more money.

People don't necessarily eat meals together because the campus is large and you're in a different part of your friends or sometimes you just don't have time to eat so you need to get used to eating alone at least once a day (usually lunch and then meet up with friends for dinner).