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You have the power to be a part of changing WashU

Past responses to the Senior Survey have led to changes that enhanced student life, teaching, advising, and services. Just 20 minutes could make all the difference.

Student feedback leads to change at WashU

Student feedback from the PULSE and Senior Surveys is important to WashU leadership; here are a few examples of changes made based in part on past student survey feedback:

Arts & Sciences:

  • Made changes to core foundational STEM courses that led to fewer students changing their major because they felt unprepared, and fewer students changing their major because intro courses turned them off the subject
  • Added a second track in general chemistry
  • Added PLTL to physics
  • Added recitation to lower level math classes that didn’t have them
  • Plan to reduce class sizes for calculus
  • Changed the internship credit policy, so that students can now get academic credit for paid internships, reducing barriers to internship participation

The Olin School of Business:

  • Increased seats for undergrads in Olin Center for Experiential Learning courses
  • Added a lab section in Management Communication focused on career development
  • Offered new semester long and short-term study abroad opportunities
  • Updated pass/fail policy in non-business courses to allow students to explore other academic areas

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art:

  • Added a staff member dedicated to advising to better serve every student
  • Convened an ad hoc task force of students, faculty, and staff to continue to address student concerns around wellness
  • Continued to review and invest in Art- and Architecture-specific Career Services
  • The Colleges of Art and Architecture have added regular town hall sessions with the directors and chairs to take questions and address concerns

Thank you gifts!

We know your time is valuable, and we appreciate your effort as you give us your input.  To say “thank you,” we will give $75 in store credit to the WashU Campus Store to 50 students.  We will hold five drawings, one per week, drawing 10 names each time. We will draw from all respondents who haven’t won yet – so responding early means you will be in all five drawings.