Campus Visits: June 2021

The Admissions Office welcomes rising seniors to visit campus this summer through WashU Walk-Through, a time-limited outdoor experience. While we are only hosting rising seniors for official visits, younger students are welcome to visit campus and take a self-guided walking tour. Access to campus buildings is restricted for all visitors this summer. This information continues […]

Encouraging Admitted Students to Choose WashU

The Admissions Office is hosting numerous virtual events along with a limited number of in-person opportunities for admitted students to learn more about WashU. Admitted students should log into their WashU Pathway to learn more. An exciting new opportunity to virtually visit campus, which is open to anyone, including you, is the virtual campus tour. […]

2020-21: A Year Like No Other

This application cycle was like no other! High school seniors experienced unprecedented changes in their educational and extracurricular opportunities, and the university changed its selection process as a result. Most significantly, Admissions made the submission of standardized test scores (SAT or ACT) optional for applicants. They also invited them to submit a 90-second video to […]

Regular Decision Notification: April 2021

If you interviewed a Regular Decision admitted student, you should have received an email inviting you to log in to the Volunteer Portal to view that information. Students have until May 3 to let us know if they will accept our offer of admission.

Committee Chairs: 2021 End of Year Feedback

If you are a current APAP chair, you should have received an email from your staff liaison to ask for your feedback about the 2020-21 APAP season. Please be thinking about what worked well, what could be improved, and whether you plan to continue as chair. We also hope you received your Save the Date […]

Regular Decision Notification: March 2021

Spring is an exciting season in Admissions as we look forward to welcoming Regular Decision admitted students and inviting them to get to know us better. We will notify Regular Decision applicants of theiradmissions decisions by April 1. Once students learn of their admission, we will notify APAP members who interviewed those admitted students so […]

Fall 2020 APAP Kick-Offs

APAP Kick-Offs will be going virtual this fall and will be held over Zoom. We will notify you by email if one of these training/social meetings is being planned in your area. Please join us to meet your fellow APAP members, chair(s), and WashU staff and learn about what’s new with APAP and Undergraduate Admissions!

Parent Volunteers: We Need Your Help

Many of you kindly offered to make your contact information available on the Parents Resource List (PRL) to parents of admitted students last spring. We are creating another PRL for the fall so that prospective families may reach out to current WashU parents with questions that are best answered by you. If you are willing […]

Important Interview Updates for Alumni Interviewers: Sept. 2020

All interviews during this season will be conducted by video conference or phone. We have started matching applicants for interviews. All interviewing alumni APAP members should review How to Conduct an APAP Interview. We will send weekly emails to chairs who have applicants to assign. If you chair assigns you an interview, you will receive […]