Student Life Newspaper Podcasts

Editor’s Note: WashU finally goes need-blind

Student Life Newspaper Season 2 Episode 4

Last Monday, the University announced they would be adopting a need-blind policy during admissions, starting with the upcoming application pool. This decision follows the recent announcement of the 65% increase in endowment, but students have been advocating for this policy as early as 2004. In this week’s episode Senior Multimedia Editor sophomore Kamala Madireddi talks with Managing Editor senior Ted Moskal, Senior News Editor senior Grace Kennard, and  Managing Editor senior Em McPhie about the journey to need-blind admissions. Theme music by Copy Chief JJ Coley.