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. 

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.

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. 

“I noticed that was the first time I was smiling behind the blocks,” Bunner, who transferred to Washington University this fall, said. “Because those are my teammates. Those are the people who accepted me and I just get to get up and race them.”

Last spring, talks for new transfers for the Washington university women’s soccer team began. With three new transfer players from D1 schools, the Bears team is hopeful for a great upcoming season and hopes to reach nationals with the addition of these graduate athletes.

It is perhaps not surprising that as countries like China become more affluent, famous institutions such as Ivy League universities house an increasing number of international students, for their populace can more afford to pay.

Some transfer students are looking to transfer more credits to Washington University from their former schools. “One cluster. Period. Not fair,” Suzie Specker, a sophomore who transferred from Bryn Mawr […]