What to do your first year

Read/Write/Discuss
  • Complete a substantial research paper in Writing 1 on a topic that matters to you.
  • Take at least one other small, seminar-style class in addition to Writing 1.
  • Read, read, read!
  • Write for an audience other than your professors.
  • Engage in meaningful conversations with students, faculty and staff.
Solve
  • Build skills in quantitative analysis and formal thought.
  • Take a lab science class.
  • Pursue research.
Help
  • Make a difference in your community.
  • Make a difference in your own life.
Explore
  • Take a class in a subject you know nothing about.
  • Get involved.
  • See St. Louis.
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"The personal interaction with faculty and administration has been incredible throughout my time at WashU. Two of the deans I have worked with are not only my mentors, but real friends who have helped shape and facilitate four years of academic exploration and personal growth."

Kristopher Kelley
Aesthetics & Society and Entrepreneurship