University of Washington (2022-2023)

[static basin]

me

[tight geyser]

i got in, and heard yesterday

oh wait actually it was two days ago

[sonic zephyr]

can this also be used for UW bothell?

[cobalt moon]

brothell?

[median plover]

i got UW honors!!

[bitter flare]

how do you know if it’s out?

[median plover]

you get an email, it rolls from mar 15 to apr 15

[obsidian tapir]

🙌🙌

[old fable]

hows UW's Electrical & Computer Engineering program?

is it possible to transfer from Electrical & Computer Engineering to Computer Science in Paul Allen school?

[umbral scaffold]

Transferring to CS is nearly impossible, the vast majority earn entry through direct admission.

[umbral scaffold]

Both programs are competitors with other top institutions like Johns Hopkins, CalTech, and MIT

[old fable]

hmm is john hopkins considered in same league for CS/CE?

[old fable]

i hear it's tough but is it still possible though?

[umbral scaffold]

For research their programs our outstanding

[old fable]

what are the job prospects from Electrical & Computer Engineering at UW vs CS at UW?

[umbral scaffold]

Possible, but generally minimal chances. It is a rigorous and very long process

[umbral scaffold]

I’m not majoring in either of those so I’m not the most sure. I’d suggest you check out their website.

But we have headquarters for Microsoft, Google, and Boeing in WA state so you’re sure to find something

[old fable]

yeah UW location is super for tech companies

Aren't Microsoft and Google software companies though? Why'd they hire ECE graduates? I'm thinking ECE focus would be hardware

[indigo crater]

has anyone gotten their uw materials in the mail yet?

[umbral scaffold]

nope

[serene pollen]

I have

[indigo crater]

ive only gotten this allen school card thingy

havent gotten the paper acceptance letter

[static basin]

i have

has anyone gotten their financials?

[old fable]

yes they sent letter in mail

[static basin]

i didn’t get that

intersting..,

[lone kraken]

Bruh

I saw that

[west latch]

no you didnt

[west latch]

i havent gotten one either

[buoyant vine]

Anyone get an email abt the honors program yet?

[jaunty dawn]

Still waiting

[stone wing]

i got into UW poli sci and i love the school but i’m not sure it’s the best for my major

i was also thinking of doubling up like data analytics or econ and poli sci something like that

[west latch]

Have yall received your fin aid?

[median plover]

nope

got honors tho

[umbral scaffold]

my portal shows that they're processing finaid right now and will come out with it "soon"

[static basin]

where’s your portal? is it where you got your acceptance?

[west latch]

si

the financial aid section is a pain in the dick to get to tho

[shy rose]

Anyone has UW admit students server? Plz dm me thx

[static basin]

where do i go from after going to the portal?

[west latch]

https://www.washington.edu/financialaid/applying-for-aid/award-process/

Just click rhe link that says “financial aid status”

Thats how i get to it, i cant be bothered to figure out how to navigate there

[reef widget]

random q but whats pre social sciences?

[umbral scaffold]

Basically taking prerequisites before becoming an official major like sociology or psych

[reef widget]

ohhhh okayy thanks!

[last bay]

oooo just got my financial aid email

🙏

[molten solstice]

uw really gave me the worst finaid possible

literally gave me a pell grant and called it a mfing day

[west latch]

I got pretty damn good fin aid but i would still be in like 35k of debt if i went here :(

[trail jasper]

any one here finished writing their appeal for uw yet ?

[old fable]

hows UW Electrical & Computer Engineering program? how does this major compare with their CS major?

[dense oasis]

meeee

[old fable]

is UW's Electrical & Computer Engineering more prestigious than the CS major?

[umbral scaffold]

I got so much aid from UW that I’m shooketh… did others get very generous financial aid packages?

[obsidian tapir]

Yes

[umbral scaffold]

Interesting. I’m like shocked seeing how lots of kids just get loans, others like me only gotta pay a few thousand a year

[obsidian tapir]

You're in state right

That's prolly why

[static basin]

Who’s instate here?

[reef widget]

can i call them and see why i didnt get into cs or is that weird? like idk i heard ppl can call and ask abt it

[west latch]

They wont tell you

Too many factors/half of it is just chance

Especially if youre out of state

[reef widget]

ohhh im in state but okkk makes sende

sende

sense

[worn dagger]

yea I did somehow

[old fable]

is there a channel for admitted students?

[devout socket]

Abt to commit

[devout socket]

I got like zero money lmbo but i think its cuz they know i get other benefits (veteran associated)

[umbral scaffold]

Yeah people who get veterans benefits don’t usually get much rip

[devout socket]

Ya its np tho it makes sense and im thankfully going w good benefits

[west latch]

is there a UW discord?

and if so can i get dmed a link

[static basin]

you are instate right?

[umbral scaffold]

Yep

[static basin]

shoot im gonna be screwed for oos 💀

[old fable]

how much aid did they give you? they gave me some but i am ooo so not enough to cover tuition

[static basin]

i didnt check yet

they made me submit so many forms

so still waiting

[median plover]

i got no aid and I really needed it

[west latch]

i also got no aid

[trail jasper]

Lol yea

Welp wish me luck everyone! I just spent two days staying up trying to polish my appeal letter

[reef widget]

wait can u appeal for presciences?

[umbral scaffold]

You can appeal waitlists/rejections.

If you send in a very good appeal letter, then it's basically an auto-accept. You just have to sound like you will 100% commit.

[reef widget]

ohhh okay so i wouldnt be able to?

[umbral scaffold]

No because you were already accepted. You will just have to take the prerequisites. You can contact your advisor to see how you can knock out as many of those as you can early on and put in the most competitive app to the school later on

[reef widget]

ohhh okay i seeee

[trail jasper]

You cant appeal to waitlists anymore but you can with rejections

[trail jasper]

Its an auto accept? Is there a way u can go further because I did talk ab how uw is meant for me and will always meant for me

I just wana get accepted bro ;-;

[umbral scaffold]

I mean, that's according to someone who works for undergrad diversity services who's helped people appeal and get accepted. I don't know what "secret sauce" there is to an appeal letter, but the UW likes to accept those who do appeal because it can bump up their yield rate once they accept that student.

[trail jasper]

Alr thanks for the heads up, I really hope i get in then even if i dont get in for my major

also can i get the name for the guy you know who works for uds

[foggy flax]

How is the student life in UW?

[umbral scaffold]

I recommend following @uofwa on Instagram. Every day for the next couple days, they're doing "a life in the day of a college student" with current UW undergrads at the Seattle campus. It's pretty neat, they cover a lot of topics.

[static basin]

Anyone know where i can find my financial aid package?

[tawny gale]

anyone know what the best halls and dorms are?

[umbral scaffold]

my.uw.edu

[umbral scaffold]

North campus brings college vibes, west brings city vibes.

North is next to Greek row and business classes and the quad. West is near the Ave (food! Shopping centers!), Seattle transportation, that sort of thing

All of the newer North halls are good. Elm, Lander, and Maple are the best on west because of close-by amenities. But if you want a Learning Living Community, they have an honors, engineering, arts, and business ones.

[trail jasper]

I thought appeals sent before April 10th will get read and notified on May 1st?

Anyone know if this is true or not because the last time i checked on the uw website it said before april 10th the person will get notified by May 1st

[dapper meteor]

can any current students talk about the major system is like? is it easy to switch or do you have to reapply and aren't guaranteed to get in? also how easy is it to get classes for your major or just like classes in general too

[arctic dragon]

Got in off waitlist

Pre sciences

[umbral scaffold]

🥳 now just to complete a billion different prerequesites lol

[fathom rose]

Yeah UW sucks

[trim comet]

got in for pre sciences-- is it worth the commit?

[fathom rose]

What do u want to major in

[umbral scaffold]

To declare a major in capacity-constrained classes, the application process is like applying to college a second time -- it's intense, anxiety-inducing, and very long. You might just go to another school.

[trim comet]

something computer science related

[trim comet]

i see, thank you! i did get into another uni with direct admission the major i wanted so i think i rather not go through uni applications 2.0

[fathom rose]

Yeah there no way you’ll get CS unfortunately, just go to a different school

If you got a cs direct admission

[umbral scaffold]

Yeah anything having to do with CS/Computer Engineering, if you didn't get FDA, you might as well go to another school.

[glass hare]

Anyone here who got waitlisted for CS but were given pre sciences?

[stray cosmos]

yep

[glass hare]

do you know how many ppl are on the waitlist?

[stray cosmos]

I think it’s p selective to get on it

But no clue in terms of how many

[glass hare]

I only know one other person from my school who's on the waitlist

[umbral scaffold]

If you're waitlisted for CS, it's highly unlikely you'll get off the waitlist. If you want to study CS, you might as well go somewhere else.

[stray cosmos]

its the first year theyre doing cs waitlist how do u know

[stray cosmos]

yeah hoping to hear a decision soon but they said it could take til june 30 😐

[umbral scaffold]

UW is on par with Stanford and CMU, and they are the most competitive school at UW. Their waitlist as a university is huge, which means few students get accepted off of it, less alone with direct admission into CS.

[glass hare]

This waitlist isn’t the traditional one tho

[stray cosmos]

yeah weve been admitted to the UW

[glass hare]

It’s a separate type for students who already got admission into udub

[stray cosmos]

just there is a separate waitlist for CS applicants and only some of those who have been admitted make it

[umbral scaffold]

I see. Well, if you get off the waitlist then congratulations. Otherwise, you should've already made a commitment to another school.

[stray cosmos]

yeah thanks - committed to UW atm

[umbral scaffold]

Since they don't have any historical information about waitlists, then there's no way that anyone could know your chances. I'm still assuming they're just as slim, considering that the school is still very well known.

[fathom rose]

If you didn’t get CS direct y’all aren’t getting in

[umbral scaffold]

That's what I was thinking lol ^^

[fathom rose]

It sucks but it’s true

[umbral scaffold]

Their admission process is cruel honestly. You can get accepted "pre-sciences" aka go to the college while having it be 100% impossible to go into the major you want.

[stray cosmos]

yeah its dumb as shit im sorry to say

[umbral scaffold]

It's like Harvard accepting you, but you can't study your major, you can study under-water basket weaving there tho lol

[stray cosmos]

but well see

[fathom rose]

Same with engineering you don’t even get a major you have to compete and rank what disciple engineering you want and then they pick one for you

[stray cosmos]

worst case ill try to transfer to a diff school after two years

[fathom rose]

Imagine spending 60k and u don’t get ur prefers major

[glass hare]

Yeah but the waitlist allows students to be in for direct admission if there’s space available

[umbral scaffold]

It's really, really cruel. I know there's also a lot of people that want to study business, but Foster is getting increasingly competitive too. It's no longer 30-50% admission lol, it's becoming more like 20%

[stray cosmos]

@glass hare u already commit uw?

[umbral scaffold]

And that's STANDARD admission

[glass hare]

I commited to uwb

[stray cosmos]

ah nice

[fathom rose]

Bro their ar for cs is 3 percent and they prob accepted more than their class size

[umbral scaffold]

LOL exactly, and about 10% of all admitted students get FDA status.

[stray cosmos]

cs waitlisted for seattle tho?

[umbral scaffold]

It's terrible

I mean honestly might as well go to UW Bothell for CS, they still have decent programs

(or so I hear)

[glass hare]

They opened a lot more space for cs this year. That’s what they said at the admitted student day this year

[umbral scaffold]

(it's for the "seattle cs rejects")

[fathom rose]

That’s like a extra 5 people

😂

[umbral scaffold]

And the number of people that applied skyrocketed too :D

Evens out to be the same competitiveness, if not worse.

[glass hare]

Where did u commit?

[stray cosmos]

main campus

[fathom rose]

I swear it’s harder to get uw cs than mit

[umbral scaffold]

I mean since I'm an INFO major I get to take a number of CS classes at the Allen school anyways soo ...

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[stray cosmos]

if i cant get cs ill prob try to do info or acms

and then transfer out

[fathom rose]

Or Stanford

[stray cosmos]

well see

[umbral scaffold]

It seriously is lol

[stray cosmos]

uw cs in state is like 25ish

[fathom rose]

Oos is less than 3

[umbral scaffold]

(as of 2021)

[glass hare]

I was considering going for the major at Seattle since I did all the pre reqs through running start but it’s also a waste of time for me

[umbral scaffold]

i wouldn't be surprised if in state has gone down to more like 20%

It's going to keep going down lol

[stray cosmos]

yeah i never did running start but i heard it helps

[umbral scaffold]

It's also sad cause I know a grand total of one student from my school who got CS freshman direct, everyone else (a couple dozen) got rejected CS lo

[glass hare]

Not really. None of my running start friends got in DA but 17 regular high school students got in at my school

[stray cosmos]

are u in state?

[stray cosmos]

oof

[umbral scaffold]

Yeah I live about 20 minutes north lol. i went to campus again today too 💀

[glass hare]

I just hope they overadmit and let a lot of the ppl from the waitlist in 😂

[stray cosmos]

yeah like 10+ from my school got in but ik at least 3 of em are going somewhere else instead

[fathom rose]

They won’t for cs lol

[glass hare]

They did last year I believe

[umbral scaffold]

They accepted 11% of 62k applications this year

[stray cosmos]

thats bad for this year bru

[glass hare]

Yeah

[umbral scaffold]

And they hope they get about 8k freshman commitments this year

[fathom rose]

I hope you get in man, but the odds are stacked against you for cs

[glass hare]

3 ppl aren’t accepting their spot? That’s actually crazy

[stray cosmos]

yeah two usc one brown

[glass hare]

Ik one person from my school but that’s it

[fathom rose]

I’m from jersey lmao no one got in

[stray cosmos]

yeah

[glass hare]

OOS is rough

[stray cosmos]

its like trynna get into uiuc

oos

[umbral scaffold]

big rip

definition of oos

[glass hare]

But I think legally they have to admit instate

[fathom rose]

Yeah their a public uni

[glass hare]

That’s actually crazy

Was this confirmed at admitted students day or something?

[umbral scaffold]

I mean that's a skewed number but it's definitely bad

[umbral scaffold]

Yes lol 😂

[stray cosmos]

did u go to the info mock lecture thing at asd? @umbral scaffold

[umbral scaffold]

Also, I know a few business numbers:

• of all business applications, 300 got freshman direct admit (crazy)
• 1/5 accepted LOL
• didn't get total apps number so don't ask

[umbral scaffold]

yes

i came like 5 mins late tho 😂

lowk kinda boring

[fathom rose]

What other schools did u get into

[stray cosmos]

it was so boring

[umbral scaffold]

of course it was lunch hour

[stray cosmos]

whatd u think of it

[umbral scaffold]

very very boring though

[stray cosmos]

yeah i was thinking of info

[glass hare]

Purdue cybersecurity and uw bothell cs

[stray cosmos]

as backup

[umbral scaffold]

made me question if i should be an INFO major 😂

But I'm still very happy with my selection.

[stray cosmos]

yeah what does the curriculum look like?

[umbral scaffold]

I'll definitely be trying to double degree though.

[fathom rose]

Purdue the move

[umbral scaffold]

You just need an insane number of major credits to fulfill their requirements.

[glass hare]

Eh I’m not very interested in the main focus of cybersecurity

[stray cosmos]

cybersec is lowk interesting

but yeah i wouldnt want to do that specifically

[glass hare]

I don’t want to risk going OOS for something I’ll potentially won’t like

[umbral scaffold]

Thankfully though if you were to schedule yourself smart, then you could take upperdivision classes as soon as your third/fourth quarter at UW

(for INFO)

[stray cosmos]

i was thinking of data science specialization under info

[glass hare]

Especially when I already have the running start credits

[umbral scaffold]

Sameeeee

[stray cosmos]

i heard info is p manageable to get in to after

[umbral scaffold]

And I want to double degree with Business (major in supply chain mgmt)

[glass hare]

I was looking at udub subreddit and it seems that info acceptance rate dropped to 30%

[umbral scaffold]

Yeah I heard that their 200s are pretty easy lol

[stray cosmos]

can u get into foster that easy?

[glass hare]

For this cycle ^

[umbral scaffold]

Except you just have to take a LOT of coding classes. thankfully i already took ap csa java here but i don't want to do python or R :\

[umbral scaffold]

No

[stray cosmos]

hb minor?

[fathom rose]

Uw bothell prob the move then

[glass hare]

U have to take an exam for foster right?

[umbral scaffold]

They demand a lot LOL -- you need 60 credits, you need to do a bunch of tests, you need to finish 8 classes which is like a year and a half of stuff

[stray cosmos]

oh bru

[glass hare]

Yeah a lot of ppl from there land great internships

[umbral scaffold]

yeah that's a lot more manageable

[stray cosmos]

yeah ill prob hit that cuz business isnt that deep like cs or data science 😭

[umbral scaffold]

for standard admission, yes. and you have to do calculus and an english course as prerequisites, chs and ap credit/dual don't count lol

[fathom rose]

Is there a ds major at uw

[stray cosmos]

no

[glass hare]

I feel like for software engineering roles, ur skills matter so much more than the institution itself especially with leetcode

[stray cosmos]

only specializations under some majors

[umbral scaffold]

they only have it as a "concentration"/specialization

Under CS, INFO, Statistics

[stray cosmos]

u dont even need a degree to get a software eng job nowadays lmfao

obv it helps

but still

[glass hare]

Yeah there’s boot camps and stuff

[umbral scaffold]

exactlyyyy and honestly you could become one with an INFO major, you don't need to do CS ahahahaha

[glass hare]

Yeah fs

[stray cosmos]

william

what is the curriculum like tho

cuz if its anything like that mock lecture

[glass hare]

@fathom rose where did u commit to?

[umbral scaffold]

oh yeah that mock lecture was so awful

[fathom rose]

Rutgers

[umbral scaffold]

we're probably going to have him as a professor first year anyways.

[stray cosmos]

bro spent like a half hour just showing random pictures

[glass hare]

Oh nice

[glass hare]

Did u get direct into cs?

[umbral scaffold]

except that mock lecture was more of just the "informational" piece of INFO. most of the classes i hear are much more collaborative and you're graded mostly on projects, not on quizzes/tests

[fathom rose]

Nah they admit by school but it’s pretty easy to get in

[umbral scaffold]

that's just so that you understand how information works. but it was just delivered sooo boringlyyyy

[stray cosmos]

i thought info was a mix of cs and business but from that it seems likes its a lot more softer stuff

[umbral scaffold]

i wanted to leave the class 😭

[stray cosmos]

which i hate

[umbral scaffold]

well they create a HUGE differentiator with business.

[stray cosmos]

huh

[glass hare]

The data science route for info is pretty cool from what I’ve heard

[umbral scaffold]

remember INFO is the intersection of "people, tech" NOT "business"

[stray cosmos]

info systems at cmu looks so fucking interesting

[umbral scaffold]

so you gotta minor in business if you want a business feel

[stray cosmos]

im praying that i clear that wl 🙏

[umbral scaffold]

i was rejected ed from their school :D

😂

[glass hare]

Does cmu give a lot of aid?

[stray cosmos]

no

i got 0

[umbral scaffold]

no LOL

CMU is the worst private school to go in terms of aid

[fathom rose]

Oh shit u got into cmu?

[stray cosmos]

no

[umbral scaffold]

Like, the worst.

[stray cosmos]

wl for two majors

praying that i get one

[fathom rose]

Nyu

[stray cosmos]

but ik chances are like 0

[umbral scaffold]

Oh them too

[glass hare]

Purdue was 45k for me

[fathom rose]

Northeasten

[umbral scaffold]

CMU is so expensive.

[stray cosmos]

idc

i will pay them more

if they let me in

[umbral scaffold]

Yeah the massachussetts and new york colleges are bad

[fathom rose]

I actually got 20k off neu

[umbral scaffold]

and nobody should go to northeastern lol

[fathom rose]

But they wanted me to go to London for a year

💀

[stray cosmos]

isnt there a northeastern campus in seattle

[glass hare]

IMO I think paying more than 35k for a degree like cs is not worth it

[stray cosmos]

ok

[fathom rose]

They got like 50 satellite campuses lmao

[stray cosmos]

but if its like a cmu mit or stanford

ur prob gonna pay

cuz of that network yk

[umbral scaffold]

yes LOL

[fathom rose]

Yeah if it’s top 10, but after that it’s not much of a difference

[stray cosmos]

yeah i just heard a lot of ppl applied to northeastern bc its no essay 💀

[glass hare]

Yeah probably

[fathom rose]

Heard their AR was like 6 this year

[glass hare]

Is waitlist common at CMU?

[stray cosmos]

idts

no one else at my school got wl

🤷‍♂️

only one person ik got in

[fathom rose]

I know like 10 people who got in lol

[glass hare]

Have u checked A2c Reddit if a lot of ppl got waitlisted

[stray cosmos]

bro fuck their IS major is so sexy tho 😩

[fathom rose]

That school is a fucking feeder

[stray cosmos]

i have

it hasnt been that active

even this discord cmu one

it just seems to be rolling out hella slow rn

#1051701547907682344 message

i think everyone is confused

[glass hare]

Info at uw is scary too because of the max two applications

[stray cosmos]

wym

oh

u can apply twice

[umbral scaffold]

which is why i applied there and not to business school, cause business accepts unlimited apps ✨

also info provides you a good technical framework/foundation for other majors like business

it's also really good for if you want to go into the medical field.

[stray cosmos]

aight see u all later

@glass hare if u hear anything else abt cs wl pls lmk 🙏

[fathom rose]

What r u majoring in

[glass hare]

Yeah fs

[umbral scaffold]

I got FDA to INFO

And I hope to apply for a double degree with business in my sophomore year

[fathom rose]

Oh shit that’s really good

Congrats

[glass hare]

I would’ve considered transferring to uw Seattle cs from community college but you have to wait till the spring

And I already have my credits or

[umbral scaffold]

Yeah it's honestly perfect. Plus I got over 50 AP and other credits so that extra time will be used to pursue the double degree 🥳

And don't gotta pay more than $10k/year either so hallelujah

[umbral scaffold]

I mean it's honestly a good plan still, I think that they especially like students from Cascadia college for some reason lol

But they hate UW bothell kids????!!

[glass hare]

But by the time it’s spring, I could already have done 1/2 of my cs degree at uwb and apply for internships

[umbral scaffold]

Might as well just stay at uwb

[glass hare]

Yeah

[trail jasper]

So i really wanna go to uws but im enrolled at uwt ik theres cross campus enrollment but ik its only available for the classes that arnt capacity constrained

How likely am i to do the cross campus enrollment for engineering classes? I really want to go to the campus in seattle since its closer to my grandparents and I can take care of them easier

[umbral scaffold]

Virtually impossible, sorry to be a realist. Engineering is already at capacity and UW discourages students taking cross campus enrollment because they want you to stay at the satellite.

Engineering is some of the hardest to get admitted to anyways so if you were already admitted to Tacoma they’d expect you to take engineering classes there.

[trail jasper]

Yea thats what I realized ngl but what do you think about me taking my prerequisites at seattle, is that even possible?

Also what if i just finished first year at tacoma and apply as a transfer to the seattle campus, is that even possible

[umbral scaffold]

I mean, the best you could do is try a summer quarter and do prerequisites that way. But during the school year, the likelihood is basically minimal.

[umbral scaffold]

I’m not sure for UW Tacoma but I’m pretty sure the policy is the same for there as for Bothell — they discourage students from “campus hopping” and the transfer rate is especially difficult if not impossible.

[soft arch]

yo omfg there's a uw chat??

[soft arch]

anyone who's interested in philosophy? i just want someone to have a debate w

[umbral scaffold]

It’s always been here