WUSTL c/o 2018 Applicants Forum

[LET'S GET IT]

Admitted 2/13 and haven't heard anything about scholarships, anyone know whats going on?

took me ten weeks to get mine. i recommend emailing AO

I've been emailing every two weeks and they recently asked for me to send them my other offers and I did. I am over this, "Oh we need to protect our rankings/numbers," game.

You can be over it all you want, but the schools certainly aren't. I know it can be frustrating, but the smart thing to do is just to stay patient and play the game.

[KMart]

Admitted 2/13 and haven't heard anything about scholarships, anyone know whats going on?

Took me about 8 weeks to get my info.

[Hikikomorist]

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[KMart]

I keep meaning to email the office and show them other offers, but I keep forgetting. I can't be of help here, sorry. Although this reminded me to put a reminder in my phone, reminding me Sunday to bring my offers to work so I can make PDFs.

[lim]

My two cents on stuff to do in St. Louis:

I'll second pretty much everything mentioned here so far.
The Loop: Yes yes Seoul Taco yes. I'm also a big fan of Thai Country Cafe, LGI (though I find it really weird that the same guy owns 3 other Thai restaurants all on the loop). Salt n' Smoke it alright, though I hear anything other than Pappy's is sacrilege (I can't personally vouch for this, though). I'm also a fan of Piccione for dessert. Just do yourself a favor and don't get caught up in the pretty lights of that new Peacock Diner.
Forest Park: yep, a few museums here. They used to do this penguin march thing when it was cold enough at the zoo, but they're renovating right now ... regardless, if you're the type to run/bike, you might to check out the trails at the park and see what that's like.
Downtown: IMO, St. Louis just isn't a downtown city. There's that whole arch thing, but there's only so many times you can hear a metaphor about that keystone before you go nuts. I'd skip that and go check out Central West End instead. It's just an area with shops/food on the other side of forest park, but if you're inclined to live around there (which plenty of students are), it might be worth it to poke around.

Oh, and I'll second the AB tour. Even if you don't drink, you get to watch a dalmatian chase around some clydesdales, and that's a bit of ok.

I think you'll spend more time looking around campus than you realize, though. Sure, the law school's only AB, but the campus in general is pretty great and it might be worth it to look around.
Side note: do grad students ever use the S40 gym? It's smaller than the athletic complex, but the equipment is 10x nicer and still free and I know grad students are welcome. Or does the UG presence just make that completely anathema?

[peachesthedoge]

re: AB tour
I went with my parents when they visited and we opted to see the clydesdales and then skip right to the hospitality room aka free beers

[chuckbass]

re: AB tour
I went with my parents when they visited and we opted to see the clydesdales and then skip right to the hospitality room aka free beers

ALSO THERE WAS NO DALMATION WTF. There was a horse named Scott, he was cool.

[lim]

re: AB tour
I went with my parents when they visited and we opted to see the clydesdales and then skip right to the hospitality room aka free beers

ALSO THERE WAS NO DALMATION WTF. There was a horse named Scott, he was cool.

Wat that dalmatian was like 45% of the reason I went

[tuxedocat]

My two cents on stuff to do in St. Louis:

I'll second pretty much everything mentioned here so far.
The Loop: Yes yes Seoul Taco yes. I'm also a big fan of Thai Country Cafe, LGI (though I find it really weird that the same guy owns 3 other Thai restaurants all on the loop). Salt n' Smoke it alright, though I hear anything other than Pappy's is sacrilege (I can't personally vouch for this, though). I'm also a fan of Piccione for dessert. Just do yourself a favor and don't get caught up in the pretty lights of that new Peacock Diner.
Forest Park: yep, a few museums here. They used to do this penguin march thing when it was cold enough at the zoo, but they're renovating right now ... regardless, if you're the type to run/bike, you might to check out the trails at the park and see what that's like.
Downtown: IMO, St. Louis just isn't a downtown city. There's that whole arch thing, but there's only so many times you can hear a metaphor about that keystone before you go nuts. I'd skip that and go check out Central West End instead. It's just an area with shops/food on the other side of forest park, but if you're inclined to live around there (which plenty of students are), it might be worth it to poke around.

Oh, and I'll second the AB tour. Even if you don't drink, you get to watch a dalmatian chase around some clydesdales, and that's a bit of ok.

I think you'll spend more time looking around campus than you realize, though. Sure, the law school's only AB, but the campus in general is pretty great and it might be worth it to look around.
Side note: do grad students ever use the S40 gym? It's smaller than the athletic complex, but the equipment is 10x nicer and still free and I know grad students are welcome. Or does the UG presence just make that completely anathema?

The penguins are back! And the puffins! It just reopened a week or two ago. And look at them! http://www.stlzoo.org/visit/thingstosee ... fin-coast/

[chuckbass]

re: AB tour
I went with my parents when they visited and we opted to see the clydesdales and then skip right to the hospitality room aka free beers

ALSO THERE WAS NO DALMATION WTF. There was a horse named Scott, he was cool.

Wat that dalmatian was like 45% of the reason I went

WTF. It was also great b/c they made you stop and take a picture with your group/family and I just went with a friend and we were just like uhhhh... Ok... Awkward non couple pic it is

[LawsRUs]

Thanks all !! XD I think I have a really good idea on what I want to do in STL.

[lim]

The penguins are back! And the puffins! It just reopened a week or two ago. And look at them! http://www.stlzoo.org/visit/thingstosee ... fin-coast/

This is great news, really hope they start doing the penguin march again. I went once freshman year, but I could always use a few more videos of obnoxious penguin noises.

[adil91]

Holy CRAP I got a $114,000 scholarship offer from WUSTL !

[peachesthedoge]

Holy CRAP I got a $114,000 scholarship offer from WUSTL !

congrats!

[LawsRUs]

Holy CRAP I got a $114,000 scholarship offer from WUSTL !

congrats!

ya they're pretty good with monies! congrats adil!!!

[Shelbinole]

Just got my scholarship boosted out of nowhere to a Deans Fellowship. Full tuition for 3 years and a guaranteed paid research assistantship! Looks like WUSTL is back to being a top contender!!! (:

[peachesthedoge]

Just got my scholarship boosted out of nowhere to a Deans Fellowship. Full tuition for 3 years and a guaranteed paid research assistantship! Looks like WUSTL is back to being a top contender!!! (:

vry nice

[lim]

Congrats everyone!

[adil91]

Just got my scholarship boosted out of nowhere to a Deans Fellowship. Full tuition for 3 years and a guaranteed paid research assistantship! Looks like WUSTL is back to being a top contender!!! (:

So jealous, that's awesome!

[ek5dn]

Just got my scholarship boosted out of nowhere to a Deans Fellowship. Full tuition for 3 years and a guaranteed paid research assistantship! Looks like WUSTL is back to being a top contender!!! (:

+1 me too!! so excited!!! Seriously considering WUSTL right now.

[sublime]

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[futago]

Are they doing tours over spring break?

Yes, or at least I have seen several groups that are probably tours going around while at school.

Congrats to the new admits/scholarship increase people.

[chuckbass]

Congrats guys!

[futago]

Are they getting back to others about scholarship negotiations? I submitted an e-mail addressing it last week, including the numbers associated with competing offers, but I haven't heard anything, not even a notice of receipt. Does that mean my request was rejected? I tried to express gratitude, so I hope I didn't offend them.

I doubt you offended them. They are probably just busy. That being said, they always responded promptly to my negotiation emails last cycle even if it was just with a "thanks, we'll send it to the committee" type thing. I don't know how aggressive you have been so far, but I'd say if you need to know soon for any particular reason, just call them and politely explain.

[Yeezus]

Dean's Fellowship as well. This might be a harder decision than I thought. Very tempting.