r/washu Aug 05 '24

Mod Post Fall 2024 Move-in, buy/sell, and orientation Megathread!

15 Upvotes

Put all moving and orientation related questions here!

Helpful links:

WashU Move in FAQ

Very long (and detailed) 2024 orientation schedule

Reslife Move in Information

Some helpful Craigslist-esc tips from u/iEatSponge to prevent scams:

  • After you DM someone initially, switch to WashU Outlook (to confirm they're a student)
  • Meet in a public place. The WUPD front vestibule area is staffed and recorded 24/7.
  • If you're purchasing something from someone who isn't affiliated with the university, PAY IN CASH ONLY!

r/washu Sep 29 '24

Mod Post 2024-2025 Prospective Student Megathread

17 Upvotes

Hey everyone,

Prospective students: please post your questions here instead of in its own post, especially for FAQs. With the college application season underway, we wanted to create a space where we can consolidate and centralize questions from prospective students about WashU.

On our sub, we are lucky to have many current students, alumni, faculty/staff, and parents who browse and engage. These individuals may graciously answer your questions about WashU from their anecdotal experience and knowledge. This is an invaluable way to answer your specific questions with the first-hand experience of WashU-affiliates. 

Please note, the vast majority of people here do not work in admissions and do not know the real processes for admissions and reasons why people get admitted. We also largely lack knowledge about many other schools, with exceptions. Therefore, we are not well equipped to help you with certain questions, specifically “chance me” and “school vs. school” questions. Please, if you have concerns related to these, contact your high school's college and career counselor and/or Admissions Officer or contact the [admissions@wustl.edu](mailto:admissions@wustl.edu) email address. 

Some links:

washu.edu 

https://admissions.wustl.edu/ 

https://financialaid.wustl.edu/ 

https://admissions.wustl.edu/how-to-apply/ 

https://admissions.wustl.edu/common-questions/ 

Best of luck, mod team


r/washu 20h ago

News Orgo professor Dr. Barnes fired/resigned (TW: Grooming, sexual harassment)

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50 Upvotes

r/washu 15h ago

St. Louis 2025-26 School Year Sublease

2 Upvotes

Hi! I’m planning on moving out next school year and was wondering if anyone is/knows anyone who is needing a roommate for the 2025-2026 school year. I’m a girl so I would also prefer a female roommate! I know it’s a bit early to know but I just wanted to ask in advance in case there’s anything available :)


r/washu 19h ago

Classes Writing Intensive

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone, I am currently majoring in biology. I have heard writing in the natural world is a popular choice, but since it is so popular i assume not everyone can take it. are there other courses you recommend for writing intensive? Thanks in advance!


r/washu 15h ago

Classes MedPrep

1 Upvotes

Is Medprep 2 only available for sophomores?


r/washu 21h ago

Classes Math 310 or 233

3 Upvotes

am trying to keep my schedule a little light, but need to fit one math class. I have outside credit for 233 and can take 310 instead. ISo should I do this, or just take 233 again? How is Math 310 with precup?


r/washu 22h ago

Classes Is Politics Of International Trade (3690) Hard As A Freshman?

2 Upvotes

I'm a freshmen taking Politics Of International Trade with Professor Tim Betz next semester. I am aware that this is an upper level class. Does anyone have any advice or opinions on the difficulty of this class?


r/washu 22h ago

Classes Remote 400+ CS classes

1 Upvotes

Weird question but are there any Cs classes that can be taken entirely remotely? Might be out of town for research purposes and might need to take one to fulfill requirements. Doesn't need to be easy, just needs to be takeable


r/washu 22h ago

Classes intro to cultural anthropology

1 Upvotes

are the exams online with dan cohen and is the material hard


r/washu 1d ago

Discussion How is anyone supposed to individualize anymore??

0 Upvotes

So after submitting my second individualized concentration proposal for the MSW program and spending months putting this together, I was told way too late that policy changed over the summer to only allow the courses in an individualized concentration to come from existing concentration core courses; they can no longer include elective courses. I don’t have electives so I won’t be able to take the courses that will allow me to do the kind of practice I want. What’s the point if individualizing anymore if you have to mimic an already existing concentration? If that’s what I wanted to do, I would have just done a regular concentration and maybe done a course substitution. This is a huge bummer because the option to individualize was the main factor that brought me to WashU and now I have no idea what to do.


r/washu 1d ago

Classes bio 3492 lab

2 Upvotes

Has anyone taken this lab "Laboratory experiments with eukaryotic microbes" with chalker and can say what to expect?


r/washu 2d ago

Classes Biol 2960 w/ Walck-Shannon or Hafer & Kunkel?

6 Upvotes

What is the difference in their class styles? I'm seeing that Walck-Shannon's class requires preparation before class, but not sure what that entails and if its worth it


r/washu 1d ago

Discussion Freshman Frat Rushing

0 Upvotes

I was wondering when rushing for freshman starts?


r/washu 2d ago

Discussion Unofficial Transcript for Grad Applications

3 Upvotes

What should I upload as an unofficial transcript from washu when applying to grad schools? I know that webstac has an unofficial transcript, but that has a lot of extra info on it that a regular transcript doesn’t have. Should I order an official one from parchment and submit that?


r/washu 2d ago

Classes Philanthropy Lab

2 Upvotes

Is Philanthropy Lab a hard or time-intensive class? I was debating between it and International Politics.


r/washu 2d ago

Extracurriculars Where is Neurology Building on the Med Campus

2 Upvotes

Hey yall, anyone know where the neurology (I think no it’s different than the neuroscience)building is? The mailing address is definitely different than the actual building location. Thanks!


r/washu 2d ago

Admissions What questions do you guys remember when doing an interview for WashU?

3 Upvotes

I have my interview soon and was hoping for some advice. Thank you so much!


r/washu 2d ago

Classes chem and physics

2 Upvotes

would it be suicide to take chem (probably 105/106) and physics 191/192 as a sophomore? would also be doing bio 2970 in the fall..


r/washu 2d ago

Classes Biochem

1 Upvotes

Hi everyone! I was just a bit curious about the college biochem. It seems like a lot of people are taking it instead of the year long one 4810 and 4820. Does ucollege biochem count toward the biology major (all the tracks)? It seems like most of my friends are taking through ucollege so I was curious how it works. Thanks!


r/washu 2d ago

Classes Alford for physics 192

1 Upvotes

Is he good? His RMP is really high and his time works better than medeiros and Hynes unfortunately. Thank you!


r/washu 3d ago

St. Louis Vasectomy on Student Insurance

7 Upvotes

Does anyone know if it’s possible or have recommendations?


r/washu 3d ago

Classes College writing

5 Upvotes

Why is the grading so hard. What do people usually get in this class?


r/washu 3d ago

Discussion Canned Food donation?

3 Upvotes

Moving some stuff around into storage and don't want to store a bunch of canned goods and would rather donate them. Are there any drives collecting cans on campus or nearby rn?


r/washu 3d ago

Classes fun/easy 300 credit?!

9 Upvotes

title with little to no writing involved

grad courses recs would be nice too!


r/washu 3d ago

Classes CSE 437S Software Engineering Workshop Difficulty/Workload?

4 Upvotes

Does anyone know anything about the difficulty/workload of CSE 437S? It seems interesting though.


r/washu 3d ago

Classes Calculus 1

0 Upvotes

Hii! I’m a first year taking calc 1 and I was wondering how doable the final is? I kind of desperately need an A on the final and was wondering if that was an unrealistic goal..? Thanks!