WashUStudent

World Class Faculty That's Actually Approachable

Academics are one of the universities greatest strengths. Nobel Prize winning professors are numerous. Teachers want to get to know you. Classes are difficult but stimulating, and peers are engaged but not stuck-up.

Dorms Are Like Ski-Lodges

Tempur-pedic style mattresses, huge flat-screen TVs, leather couches, huge rooms and common areas. It doesn't get better than this.

Free Metro-Link

There is very nice, relatively new Metro-Link right next to campus. While most people have to pay $2 a trip, Wash U provides its students with free passes. It takes you to the nicest areas in St. Louis.

The Loop Is Great!

A ten-minute walk from campus is the Loop, which is an area with great restaurants (including Obama's favorite pizza at Pi-which is amazing), cool stores, venues that host concerts, and other great places. The Central West End is also a great area, and it's a short trip on the metro.

Great Variety and Good Food

Even though Wash U's on campus food is gourmet, off-campus food is also great. You can get Sushi, Indian, Thai, Pizza, Chinese, Burgers, and much more (including Ethiopian!) within a short walk from campus.

A Good D3 School, but We're No State School

We have a top D3 athletics program, but students aren't into attending games as I would like. Basketball games are fun though, since it is the one sport that is very well attended.

Always Being Updated

The administration is very amenable to student's requests. If students complain about the weight room, we get new machines and equipment. Because of this, I have no complaints.

Amazing

We have fantastic food. You can get lobster tail, NY strip steak, fantastic wraps, great pizza, smoothies, gelato (italian ice-cream), and brownie sunday's all over campus. I miss the food when I'm home.

Greek Scene Is Large but Not Necessary

Sig Ep, Sigma Chi, and AEPi are the most social fraternities. Sig Ep and Sigma Chi have a good amount of athletes and cool guys. AEPi is almost all jewish and has chill guys. Sig Ep and AEPi throw great parties. ZBT and Sammy are off-campus, and considered sketchy. Kappa Sig throws lots of parties but the brothers are kind of tools. SAE just got their house back and have a smaller number of brothers. Sig Nu and Beta are pretty nerdy but nice guys. TKE is the engineering frat and Theta Xi is widely unknown.

As for sororities, Kappa (KKG), Pi Phi, and Alpha Phi are considered the most social. KKGs are fun-loving, Pi Phi's are partiers, and Alpha Phi's are kind of an in-between KKG and Pi Phi. No sororities have houses but they are still pretty tight-knit. Chi-O has a lot of athletes, AEPhi is pretty jewish, DG is hard to categorize, and AOPi is new and is not really well known.

Good Parking Options

Parking at Wash U is pretty easy to find, but if you park on the street, beware-WUPD (Wash U police) is quick to hand out tickets for parking in no-parking zones.