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Mid-year transfer program continues to admit Jewish students facing anti-semitism at previous institutions

WashU admitted six transfer students this semester in the second year of the mid-year transfer admissions program for the College of Arts & Sciences that began in 2024. Twelve first-years and two sophomores were admitted during the pilot year of the program. 

| News Editor

Rural students achieve better representation, build community on campus

After a 2013 New York Times article identified WashU as having one of the least socioeconomically diverse student bodies among elite colleges, the University has launched several initiatives aimed at diversifying its overall student population. One such focus has been  on rural student recruitment, which fully launched in 2023, and has led to a 34% increase in rural first-year enrollment between fall 2023 and fall 2024. 

and | Investigative News Editor and News Editor

Opinion Submission: Statement on admissions equity from affinity groups

As a coalition of affinity groups representing Black, Latine, and Asian students at WashU, we are deeply disappointed by the substantial decline in students of color enrolling at WashU.

Changing course: how and why students transfer out of WashU

In addition to the 1,851-student-strong class of 2028, 50 transfer students from 38 colleges count among the new arrivals at WashU. But what isn’t so clear is the opposite side of that equation: the number of students who chose not to return to campus.

| Junior Scene Editor

Students enrolled through a new mid-year transfer program include those experiencing antisemitism at previous institutions

Twelve freshmen and sophomore students enrolled at Washington University as mid-year transfer students this semester, the first time in recent history that students were accepted in between semesters. Several of these students are Jewish and said they came to the University after feeling unsafe on their previous campuses due to antisemitism. 

and | Contributing and Staff Writers

Admissions reacts to Supreme Court affirmative action decision, updates application

Student Life sat down with Grace Chapin James, Executive Director of Undergraduate Admissions, to unpack how the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule affirmative action will impact future classes at Washington University. 

| Editor-in-Chief

WU admits 3,600 students, record-low 10% of applicants, to Class of 2026

Wash U class of 2026 boasts a record-low acceptance rate of 10% and increased diversity.

| Staff Writer

WU rises from 16th to 14th in U.S. News ranking for best national university

Washington University is now the 14th highest ranked University nationally according to U.S. News and World Report

| Staff Reporter

As the class of 2025 prepares to arrive on campus, administrators and incoming students reflect on how COVID changed the admissions process

The unprecedented admissions cycle yielded more applicants, a lower acceptance rate and a higher number of students accepting the University’s offer of admission. 

| Contributing Reporter

Residential Life changes housing assignments for 150 students after WU admits ‘unexpectedly large’ freshman class, frustrating sophomores

Sophomores said that they were shocked and saddened by the housing assignment changes that relocated many of them from the South 40 to the Northside.

| Senior News Editor

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