University of Washington (2023-2024)

[vagrant flint]

might do a double major in math if i can

in-state

[median girder]

ah

i envy you

do u live in seattle

[vagrant flint]

nope

[median girder]

but u visited a lot surely

[vagrant flint]

ye

yeah it is really nice there

most days

[median girder]

🌧️

[vagrant flint]

‘tis raining right now

:P

[median girder]

lmao

do washington residents all respect UW ?

like is it prestigious there or ppl take it for granted

[cobalt junco]

usually only for CS

[vagrant flint]

no its pretty respected for business too

[cobalt junco]

yeah that's true

^

[round yarrow]

which ones

the 270 credit requirment is ending me

[cobalt junco]

you need 270 credits to graduate?

[vagrant flint]

dawg what are you doing that needs 270

[vagrant flint]

honestly, depends who you ask and what they want out of it

one of my friends is doing film, which uw doesn’t offer

they know it’s good for other people but just not for them

[vagrant flint]

you need 180

[cobalt junco]

ah okay

so like 60 a year?

[vagrant flint]

45 credits per year for 4 years
15 credits per quarter

[cobalt junco]

no tf

45 a year

😭

my brain ain't mathin rn

[vagrant flint]

if you have ap, ib, uwhs, or transfer credit it’s even less

[cobalt junco]

i have a shit ton of evcc credit

when i graduate it'll be around 90-100

[median girder]

wtf can u graduate in two years

if u have like 15 ap creds and u take max courses

[vagrant flint]

be careful, iirc they only take up to 90

[cobalt junco]

pretty sure it's going to be around 90

[vagrant flint]

and you’ll need to double check how they transfer

[cobalt junco]

yeah

how can i do that?

[vagrant flint]

pretty much, though 2 years night be stretching it

i’m planning on doing 3

[median girder]

why is some ap courses only 4 credits wtf 😭

[vagrant flint]

which

[median girder]

ap csa

[cobalt junco]

uw doesn't consider ap scores for admission just for credit right?

[vagrant flint]

yup

100% certain too, because mine were incorrectly reported on my application (after it was submitted so not my fault) so i emailed them about it and they said they’re not

they’ll look at the classes themselves for course rigor but not the scores

[cobalt junco]

ah okay

i'll have like 15 credits by the time i apply

i think

i'll have ap chem, apush, and aphug

idk why i didn't take the ap euro test last year tbh

[vagrant flint]

eh

euro is weird

wh was just enough history for me

[cobalt junco]

Yeah that’s fair

Apush is easy tho

[vagrant flint]

also one thing i love about uw, no ap maxing required 🙏🙏

[cobalt junco]

Yeah that’s true they only look at rigor

[vagrant flint]

at my school all you need is 5 ap classes to have what they consider the most rigorous courseload

[cobalt junco]

Wait really 😭😭

Like over all 4 years?

94 in one more

Or in one year*

[vagrant flint]

i think all 4, or just the 3 before you apply and they need to submit mid-year reports

it’s super low

[cobalt junco]

wtf that’s crazy easy

[vagrant flint]

my former cs teacher talks about how much she wishes uw would take letters of rec because of how many good people get rejected/not as good people get admitted

[cobalt junco]

I wish I went to a good high school for stem

My school is bottom 15 in the state for stem 😭😭

[vagrant flint]

if you have good stats you’ll have a good start

[cobalt junco]

Yeah I have aight state

[vagrant flint]

oh and good essays

[cobalt junco]

They’re not amazing but not erribken

Yeah I gotta essay max this summer 🙏

I think I can do a good like character essay but I am 100% cooked for the culture essay I’m a upper middle clsss rural white kid 😭😭

Like I have 0 ides what do for my cultur essay

[rugged nest]

i wrote about being a tennis player -> team player or whatever

idk did it specifically say culture?

[cobalt junco]

Yeah and how it will add to the diversity of uw

[rugged nest]

yeah i dont think you have to write about race

[vagrant flint]

omg that essay

😭

i actually wrote the worst response

[frail dune]

im pretty sure i recycled an old essay for that

[rugged nest]

i did too lol

[frail dune]

uw essays were my most low effort ones nek

[cobalt junco]

No I know I just have nothing to write about tbh

[rugged nest]

i accidentally submitted a 350 word personal statement 💀

[frail dune]

cuz one of them was my ca personal statement word to word

one was just an old recycled essay

[rugged nest]

nothing at all? what are your ecs

[frail dune]

the honors one was new which i didnt even get into

[cobalt junco]

Cyber patriot, part time job, working at the fair, boyscout/Eagle Scout, key club, national tech honor society

I’m writing about my Eagle project for my character essays

Essay*

[rugged nest]

Community might refer to your cultural group, extended family, religious group, neighborhood or school, sports team or club, co-workers, etc.

any communities you found while doing your ecs?

[cobalt junco]

I could write about working at McDonald’s lmao and all the different kinds of people I’ve worked with and all the different walks of life people come from who work there

[rugged nest]

lots of directions you could take tbh

dont be too limited by the wording of the prompt

ofc it should be answered but its better to write smth good than try to bs something that seemingly answers the prompt directly

like race, in some cases 😔

[cobalt junco]

Yeah that’s true I’ll have to put a lot of thought into it

I can probably write a good essay I just need good ideas

[hardy wigeon]

Has anybody gotten their fin aid back yet 💀

[nimble rampart]

My FASFA hasn’t even been processed yet…

[nimble rampart]

Ooh you did cyber patriot?

I did cyberrtarat

Cyberstart

[nimble rampart]

Yours has???

[cobalt junco]

Yeah I did it was really fun I’m doing it again next year

We did okay

But we have a new team next year

Hoping to atlesrt be in plat

[nimble rampart]

Ooh nice nice

[cobalt junco]

Yeah

Should be fun

We were in gold this year

I did windows and it was my first ever time doing anything cyber security related so yk

That really started my interest for cyber because I had such a good time

[hardy wigeon]

Nope that’s why I’m asking

[nimble rampart]

Ok ok good

[cobalt junco]

Guys id I get into uw should I live on campus my freshman year to make friends, or should I just live off campus since my parents own a house in Seattle that I can take@the light rail to school everyday

[round yarrow]

3 majors lmfao

[nimble rampart]

What abt pre med? I thought it’s a good school for pre med?

[vagrant flint]

100%

[nimble rampart]

But not well known for pre med?

[vagrant flint]

no id say its well known

but other schools like (i think??) jhu are better/more well known

[vagrant flint]

@scarlet tinsel how difficult would you say your first info classes were

like the very introductory ones

[scarlet tinsel]

So you have to get at least a 97% raw (no curve) to get a 4.0 in INFO major classes. So while the classwork is easier than, say the Calc 12x series, standards are very high to get a 4.0.

I was a try hard but got a 4.0 in both INFO 200 and 201. It wasn't terrible but INFO 200 definitely was not my favorite class and gave me a rather weak impression of the major

[nimble rampart]

Whatttt, that’s how you get a 4.0??

I thought just getting an A would suffice

[scarlet tinsel]

No, each department has its own policies "depending on the curve." So for INFO classes you need at least a 97% raw for a 4.0, and there is not a curve so what you get is what you get lol

https://ischool.uw.edu/programs/informatics/curriculum/grading-scale

Here's the one for all of my INFO classes

[nimble rampart]

So then I gotta get a 97% or higher in each class

To get a 4.0

That’s gonna be hella hard

[round yarrow]

bro

ur gpa is not that deep in college

[cobalt junco]

unless you wanna go to graduate school

[scarlet tinsel]

it's valuable if you wanna put summa cum laude on your resume and go to grad school but i wouldn't be completely worried

[nimble rampart]

It is if I’m going to grad school

[nimble rampart]

Was this?

What’s this

[round yarrow]

some dumb usleess honor tbh

not useful

unless u want something onur resume

like deans list except its like "honros"

[nimble rampart]

Gotcha

I just went good GPA to get into med school lmao

[vagrant flint]

3.99 overall for summa cum laude in the college of arts and sciences 🥲

i’m already cooked

[nimble rampart]

Oh jeez

[cobalt junco]

Wait that’s what you need 😭😭

[nimble rampart]

Am I gonna be lonely as an RA?

Living alone?

I don’t wanna live alone, I want a roommate

[cobalt junco]

Probably not the campus is massive lots of time to make friends

[vagrant flint]

join a rso

there’s literally 1000+

[nimble rampart]

What’s that

[vagrant flint]

registered student organization

aka a club

[median girder]

any UW discord

[vagrant flint]

multiple

theres one for '28, one for uw as a whole, one that holds invite links for other uw servers, as well as an entire server hub

[median girder]

i got it thx

[limber aspen]

guys https://canary.discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1222696429403897999

[vagrant flint]

ik someone thats doing uw cs right now and i wanna shoot them a quick dm but i havent talked to them in like years

😭

[torpid oyster]

where are the links?

[vagrant flint]

i can dm the links if you want

[acoustic heron]

can u send me the link for the '28 server?

[vagrant flint]

sent

[torpid oyster]

Yes that would be awesome

[vagrant flint]

dms blocked 😔

[torpid oyster]

Oh right let me change the settings rq

Does it work now?

[vagrant flint]

sent

[torpid oyster]

Thank you so much

[limber aspen]

im sure they dont mind :))))

😀

[dim python]

could you also DM them to me please

[quiet hound]

My ex (UW) wants me back (was rejected)‼️🥳🥳

[latent mason]

My friend was accepted off the waitlist 😭😭

Like just rn

[cobalt junco]

Are the waitlist admissions rolling?

[old dawn]

u rejected me why should i listen

[scarlet tinsel]

likely won't be for a while... because people can continue to accept their admission until June

[cobalt junco]

well yeha but people already getting admitted off the wait list

[cobalt junco]

So could they be rolling already?

[vagrant flint]

can you send a screenshot of this entire email

[latent mason]

my friend was accepted in off the wl b/c of a scholarship

apparantly, it was something completely seperate

[cobalt junco]

Ohhhhh okay

[reef abyss]

Does anyone know if the honors college gets housing priority?

[hardy wigeon]

UW MY BELOVED OHHH MY BELOVED STATE FLAGSHIPP
I am here to worship you after Berk and every other reach school let me down 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you oh UW for seeing my worth ✨✨
I love you forever and will see you in fall

[boreal elk]

bro forgetting the ivies

[hardy wigeon]

I only have Cornell bro

[boreal elk]

relatable!

[hardy wigeon]

And ain’t no way it’s friggin Cornell

[vale pewter]

UW is great though, congrats!!

[hardy wigeon]

The only downside— I will be stuck with some annoying boys I have known since 6th grade

Eewwwwww

[boreal elk]

REAL but me at UT

[hardy wigeon]

OH NOOOOOO

[boreal elk]

LMAO

[vale pewter]

NO MORE

[foggy urchin]

so true bestie

[plucky jasper]

Lmfao so I’m not the only one 💀.

[vagrant flint]

do i wait for my purdue decision tomorrow or commit to uw tonight

[vale pewter]

uw is better eitherway

[dim python]

is it?

[vale pewter]

i mean depends but in most respects yeah

[cobalt junco]

@hot grail wow 'm very suprised people have beat you out

[hot grail]

green_berets guy 😔

[sturdy agate]

hey guys, is udub cs better than ucsd cs?

[cobalt junco]

yeah

[cobalt junco]

damm man

[cobalt junco]

do youj have any decisions left?

[hot grail]

st anford

guaranteed rejection rbh

so im either ucr or sjsu bound

[cobalt junco]

oh okay

[foggy urchin]

yes

[jade whale]

still salty about my rejection

guys

[frail dune]

bro udub pre sciences

how screwed am i if i wanna go into applied math

[jade whale]

i think u got it

math aint too comp

[frail dune]

its a capped major tho which scares me ngl

aldo math maybe fine but applied math is what im concerned for

also*

[jade whale]

if anything if u want u take 2 years and transfer

prereqs

[frail dune]

right

[vagrant flint]

math or applied math

[jade whale]

applied

ik its stem

but it cant be that bad right?

havent heard any stories if it is

[plucky jasper]

Is there an admitted student discord

[nimble rampart]

I gotchu, just dm me

[plucky jasper]

Awesome ty

[wet folio]

is there a rejected students discord

[vale pewter]

💀

[round yarrow]

ur gonna be fine

as long as you have a 3.9+ ur gg

[wet folio]

bro wdym that shits hard😭

[frail dune]

3.9+?💀

[wet folio]

are you talking about in college

because getting a 3.9+ at uiuc is not gonna be chill

[jade whale]

real

[rich loom]

Take me off the waitlist!

[spark laurel]

can you also send it to me

[vagrant flint]

cant wait to have a wave of new hs seniors in here in 3 months

[cobalt junco]

✋

[vagrant flint]

ur getting in

trust

[cobalt junco]

Hopefylly man

I’m in state

So hopefylly@that helps

I just gotta essay max this summer high key

[vagrant flint]

tempted to write an entire notion guide on how to improve your odds of getting in

im super bored rn so i might do it lmao

[cobalt junco]

Just do it

I’ll take all@the help I can get

[cobalt junco]

🙏

[vagrant flint]

this sound good lmao

[wraith eagle]

pls send

[vagrant flint]

i just started it

😭

[sharp umbra]

the pipeline of college freshman to college counselor never ends

[vagrant flint]

id totally be chill with being a rep for uw

it seems like fun

[sturdy agate]

hi future classmate

[vagrant flint]

hiiiiiii

[sturdy agate]

hey

wanna tell me about seattle and uw?

[vagrant flint]

sure lol

uhhh

uw is pretty big

(pretty and big)

its got nice cherry blossoms in the spring

^

[sturdy agate]

woaa

[vagrant flint]

lots of people

and because of that, lots of clubs as well

i think the exact # is 1100?

seattle itself is super nice

theres so much to do

[sturdy agate]

that's great to know

[vagrant flint]

honestly you could like

just open up google maps and write down a list of places you wanna see

like theres 5 different venues i know of that do concerts

wamu theater (my personal favorite), climate pledge arena (the hockey stadium), lumen field (the soccer/football stadium), showbox sodo, and neumos

i think the baseball field also does them sometimes? not too sure

[sturdy agate]

Noted. Noted.

[vagrant flint]

https://grandillusioncinema.org/ theres also this indie theater that i'm 110% gonna go to when i get the chance

theres also, at the very least, 8 boba places within walking distance of campus

[sturdy agate]

I love boba

[sturdy agate]

call me :)

how often does it rain, btw?

[vagrant flint]

you'll see more rain in the spring and fall

it'll rain probably once, twice, sometimes three days a week id say?

i live a bit further east than seattle but one time it rained for like a week straight

[sharp umbra]

it is rainy and gloomy for like 75% of the year

shit is atrocious

[vagrant flint]

oh yeah it is gloomy though

like

cloudy, cold-ish

[sharp umbra]

shits always gray

[vagrant flint]

some wind but not as bad as other places

[sharp umbra]

it is either depressing or raining for like

most of the year

and cold

very cold

[vagrant flint]

it never gets too cold like purdue or the northeast

lowest i've seen is 20 degrees

and that was very much a winter thing

[sturdy agate]

sounds a bit depressive

[sharp umbra]

it is

[sturdy agate]

wait, purdue is colder?

[sharp umbra]

name one perfectly mentally sane person youve met from washington

[vagrant flint]

👋

[sharp umbra]

everyones a lil odd

[vagrant flint]

can get below zero F

[sturdy agate]

I thought washington was a lot colder??

[vagrant flint]

probably closer to eastern washington it can get that cold

but the puget sound area stays mostly fine

[sharp umbra]

the 2 people in eastern wa be freezing to death all year

[sturdy agate]

oh that's nice to know

[sturdy agate]

thank you for this

the climate is way better than I thought

[sharp umbra]

yeah

it gets really cold and sometimes really hot

[granite hedge]

temperate coastal climates LFG

[plucky jasper]

wtf that is insane weather hacks

Maybe I do need to go here

[cobalt junco]

@vagrant flint lmk when you finish that guide i really want that for next year

[jade whale]

u applying for cs?

[cobalt junco]

yeah

next year

[jade whale]

in state?

[cobalt junco]

yep

thankfully

[jade whale]

what school district

[cobalt junco]

pretty scuffed district

but idrc

[jade whale]

theres this one district in WA

where hella mfs get in

[cobalt junco]

That's seattle

[jade whale]

its too unfair

[cobalt junco]

And idk what district it is

Lake Washington SChool district

that's what it is

[jade whale]

real

I think i might goto uwt tbh

[cobalt junco]

Uw tacoma?

[jade whale]

yeah

got direct admit for IT

which is kinda hard

ish

[vagrant flint]

👁️

[jade whale]

yeah yall are unfair

someone needs to nerf em

no one at my school got into biz bruh

[cobalt junco]

I wish i was in lake washington this shit sucks

my school is in bottom 15 for stem 😭

for the state

[jade whale]

my school has no cs classes or business related classes

[cobalt junco]

we have 3 comp sci classes

[vagrant flint]

my school in particular got way more admits than the avg rates for most departments

[cobalt junco]

is it just because your school is that cracked or is your school a feeder school?

[vagrant flint]

no idea

[jade whale]

probably feeder

theres always a couple in the state that are good at that

[vagrant flint]

i have like 30% of it done

[cobalt junco]

yeah true

[cobalt junco]

and aight bet

can't wait to read it

[vagrant flint]

actually i'll just dm you the link rn

[cobalt junco]

aight bet broski

[sharp umbra]

ldub

its because its the sweatiest school district

maybe bellvue too ngl

(and bellvue gets carried by newport!)

[jade whale]

tryhards fr

[sharp umbra]

i mean

my school is full of tryhards yet we've been getting lackluster results compared to schools in the same city

[jade whale]

im in the oly school district

and it didnt look good for us

[sharp umbra]

olympia?

the only person ive heard of from olympia is (nvm probably shouldnt say his name here lol)

i think he goes to olympia the hs

[jade whale]

mhm yeah

[sharp umbra]

that guy is straight up a crackhead

[jade whale]

we get a couple harvard admits tho each year

interestingly enough

[sharp umbra]

he's been

an isef fianlist

the past 2 years

and hes rsi this year ll

[jade whale]

see im not even smart enough to even know what that is lol

[sharp umbra]

international science and engineering fair

its like uh

a middle school science fair

on dozens of roids

[jade whale]

i bet everyone in the fair smells

😈

[sharp umbra]

probably

[jade whale]

where u committed to

[sharp umbra]

im 16 brother

[jade whale]

watcha snooping in here for

getting ready?

[sharp umbra]

mogging people preemptively

nah i just jack around lol

[jade whale]

u wanna goto uw?

[sharp umbra]

uhhh i have higher choices but yea itd be cool

good for comp sci

[jade whale]

damn so u smart smart

[sharp umbra]

"higher choices" meaning i want to go to diff schools, not that im gonna get admitted 💀

like yea itd be dope if i got into like yale, im not getting in tho 😭

[jade whale]

seems too hard tbh

if u got in

id probably fail out

[sharp umbra]

yale grade inflation goes brazy lol im sure youd be fine

[jade whale]

even uw itself is hard

ive seen so many transfers to wwu its crazy

[cobalt junco]

i'm just going to lock in this year

@sharp umbra we both gotta get in for c.s.

💀

[sharp umbra]

i have some stuff cooking

i trust that the right doors will open when the time comes

[cobalt junco]

aight aight i see you 👀

hopefully i can lock in too 😭

[vagrant flint]

and thus the new wave of applicants is born

may the odds be ever in your favor

[cobalt junco]

thanks trig

you better be in the server next year

[vagrant flint]

i probably will lol

[cobalt junco]

aight bet

what do you think was the #1 thing that got you into uw? @vagrant flint

[vagrant flint]

if it wasn't my essays, it was my tsa wins in combination with being in-state

i strongly believe there is no other way i could have gotten in because my application was trash compared to other ppls i know

[cobalt junco]

really?

So if i write good essays and have a good ec and i'm in state that helps?

[vagrant flint]

but i dont really think there's just "one thing" that got me in

[cobalt junco]

yeah ofc

[vagrant flint]

a single good ec < multiple good ecs

[cobalt junco]

well duh

[vagrant flint]

they dont even need to be stem related

(but its better if they are)

[cobalt junco]

do you think uw cared more that you had tsa wins vs if you had a equally strong ec that was non stem related?

[sharp umbra]

in state

biggest blessing u acn have lol

[vagrant flint]

my tsa wins were directly cs related and i think even mentioned in my personal statement

[cobalt junco]

lmao that's true

[sharp umbra]

nobody from in state that got in cs

would have gotten in oos cs

[vagrant flint]

so to answer this specifically, yes

[cobalt junco]

ah okay

oh

[rugged nest]

i thought in state was for all wa schools?

why lwsd so good

[cobalt junco]

yeah it is

[vagrant flint]

misread the q

[cobalt junco]

i mean my strongest ec by far is that i'm an eagle scout

[vagrant flint]

in-state rate is an aggregate for all schools but its imbalanced depending on school/sd

[sharp umbra]

rich kids

[cobalt junco]

definitely doesn't compare really to tsa wins but yk

[sharp umbra]

• tesla stem

[rugged nest]

tesla stem 😩

they didn't let me in

[sharp umbra]

yeah me too

[vagrant flint]

prioritize that, and hone in on how you've been doing scouting for years

[sharp umbra]

i was number 600 on the waitlist last i checked

[rugged nest]

anyone here lwsd?

[vagrant flint]

i think commitment is something they enjoy a lot

[vagrant flint]

yup

[sharp umbra]

eah

[cobalt junco]

i'm writing my personal statement about my eagle project

[rugged nest]

yes

pls delete that 😭

[sharp umbra]

have a friend there but nah

[rugged nest]

ah

ok

[sharp umbra]

the one who got into hypsm

early

[rugged nest]

then no

[sharp umbra]

oop lol

[rugged nest]

wait holy

which one

[sharp umbra]

multiple got hypsm this year?? damn bruh

[rugged nest]

last name s?

yea ik

ik a mit

[vagrant flint]

i personally know the one you named and someone else

[sharp umbra]

mhm

[sharp umbra]

i probably know u then lol

[rugged nest]

can i dm you 💀

[sharp umbra]

yea sure

[vagrant flint]

wait me too

[rugged nest]

wait bro

[vagrant flint]

wait dm and guess

[sharp umbra]

what i meant is like

if u knew him thru family we propbably have like a mutual connection who woulud know u

i prolly dont know u by name lol

[cobalt junco]

Would i put a IT certification as like an award?

[sharp umbra]

if u had nothing else yeah

[cobalt junco]

i honestly dk if i have any awards lmfao

i have eagle scout ig that's an award

[sharp umbra]

sure

[cobalt junco]

i'm scared that i'm just fucked for this years college addmissions cycle tvh

tbh*

[rugged nest]

who else

besides mit and the one named

wait im so curious can you dm me

[sharp umbra]

lock in bro

[cobalt junco]

i'm going to try bro

my gpa isn't so hot and not much i can do about it now

the best i can do is slightly better than what i have rn

my freshman year fucked me over

😭

[vagrant flint]

talk about that

[sharp umbra]

doesnt actually matter that much tho lol

nobody gaf abt freshie year

[vagrant flint]

dont leave a single bit of it up to interpretation, iirc theres a spot to talk about dips in grades

if it is there, use it to talk about what happened and how it’s improved

[cobalt junco]

like the extra information section

[vagrant flint]

yes

[cobalt junco]

i could just say like i had a hard time transitioning back from online school to in person school but that's prolly really overused

[sharp umbra]

i mean say something rather than nothing lol

[vagrant flint]

^^^

better than nothing at all

[cobalt junco]

that's true

idk what to say tho

it was really just a bad year

like my gpa at the end of junior year is going to be a 3.83 but if i just completely wiped off fresh it would be a 3.94

[rugged nest]

bruh stanford??? crazy

my school's cracked this year ig

[rugged nest]

its not that bad because you show upward trend or whatever

grind ecs?

[cobalt junco]

my ec's are Eagle Scout, Cyber Pariot, Key Club, national tech honor society, National honor society, volunteering at the foodbank

[vagrant flint]

how long have you been doing cyber patriot

[cobalt junco]

only this year i would've done it longer but i go to a tech school for half my day and that's where i got introduced to it so i had no other way to do it before this year

[cobalt junco]

i wish i had the option to do it earlier i absolutely love it

[jade whale]

solid

It sucks that nowadays thats the average gpa

especially in this server everyone be crazy

[queen panther]

Hello i got admitted to Pre Major (Arts & Sciences) in the College of Arts and Sciences. Im planning to pursue a major is either CS, ACMS or Statistics data science. What do you guys think my chances are. My other good options that I was able to get was Northeastern and UBC (Business and Computer Sceince ) and UofT Rotman commerce (planning to trasnfer to CPSC). I think I will be able to do quite well in the prerequisit courses as Im getting straight 7s in comp sci and MAth AI HL in IB

[vale pewter]

i dont think you can switch to CS as a pre-sciences major

also you can use #954425230896545792

[vagrant flint]

you can

it’s just difficult to and uw doesn’t really endorse it because it’s difficult

[jade whale]

yk if presciences to informatics is hard?

[vagrant flint]

info is capacity constrained and also admits mostly through dtm

might not be as hard as cs but probably still a bit difficult

[vagrant flint]

why is the freshman checklist so longggggggg

36 steps

[jade whale]

i wish this was my problem

cant relate

[cobalt junco]

hopefully that'' be my problem next year 😬

[vagrant flint]

pdf version of the freshman guide for 2024-25 will go live on april 1

https://fyp.uw.edu/orientation/content-areas/husky-guide/ this year’s version is still available here, it’ll get replaced with the new one when it’s live

[dire sorrel]

Anyone know if there’s attractive girls at UW

Crucial for my decision

[jade whale]

depends how high/low yours standards are

[jade whale]

😈

[nimble rampart]

Ong

[vagrant flint]

admittance mail came through

not sure

don’t think thats for a while

[vagrant flint]

booklet, stickers, physical acceptance letter, and a postcard

[jade whale]

HIM

[nimble rampart]

This is all they send you?

[vagrant flint]

no

[nimble rampart]

Thought there’d be more ngl

What else?

[vagrant flint]

there’s a separate package when you commit i believe

you get that from your a&o sessions

then there’s also departmental stuff like this from the allen school

[ancient quartz]

Are you in state?

Im oos and havent got mine yett

[vagrant flint]

yeah im in-state

[nimble rampart]

Oh I might not commit

[nimble rampart]

Oh cool

[lapis solar]

how do you sign up for A&O

[vagrant flint]

opens up later i think

[vale pewter]

Omg that's so pretty

[round yarrow]

george pickens

[queen panther]

I live in singapore so do i get this aswell or is this like a america exclusive thing

[dim python]

dude the hazing course 😭😭

[foggy urchin]

alright besties this makes me SO MAD

wa resident here

our grey skies are AWESOME

it's always a really nice temperature outside for one
and it's way more interesting to look at than pure blue

the sky being pure white, adding a dreamlike quality to everything around you, the wind...
it may be my favorite weather ever

check this out

it's so pretty what
(that's me btw)

i literally love it so much

it's this and WARM

[jade whale]

im coping with rejection still

[foggy urchin]

yeah that's what i thought 😤

[sharp umbra]

wa resident here: the grey skies make everyone depressed

[jade whale]

fuck it ucsd szn

[foggy urchin]

i think ur coping too bestie

[sharp umbra]

today is the first time

i have seen a blue sky

in my 16 years of living

[foggy urchin]

i'm sorry

[foggy urchin]

all i'm saying is
if it's this pretty with gray skies
imagine how nice it is with blue skies, if you love them so much

which it is for like half the year

sorry for ranting i just love wa state hdaskaljdlsbfkdj

[rancid sentinel]

Lol I’m a Washington resident and I just want to get out of this place

[jade whale]

bothell might be calling my name

[foggy urchin]

i've heard good things!

[foggy urchin]

i'm sure which part matters lol

[rugged nest]

ME TOO GRAY SKIES >>

too bad im going out of state

but its inevitable that ill crawl back here after college

[foggy urchin]

fr
there is part of me that's sad i'm not exploring somewhere new
but i love this place so much

[rugged nest]

its ok other places are mid compared to wa

i love rainy days too

rainy days, gray skies, starry nights

ok im getting a little too poetic or whatever

[vagrant flint]

sameee

[sharp umbra]

the songs called mr blue sky not mr grey sky for a reason

🤫 🧏‍♂️

[round yarrow]

its not too bad tbh

the weather is not the worst of all time

any place in the midwest is significantly worse

[vale pewter]

sorry if this is tone deaf or comes across as mean but I'd recommend unfollowing the threads of the schools you got rejected from

[plucky vessel]

Hey UW folks, I have a student strongly considering UW, but I wanted to get a little more understanding of the pre-XYZ with having to declare your actual major later on. Anyone have a good description?

[jade whale]

real

[vagrant flint]

for a lot of majors, if that student puts them down on their application and then gets admitted into uw, they'll be assigned a pre-major (e.g. according to uw's website, applied mathematics on application -> pre-sciences in admission offer)
then (also according to uw's website) they'll be expected to declare a major by the time they've earned 105 credits and completed 5 quarters

what can also happen is if they apply to something extremely competitive like computer science which is direct-to-major, they can get accepted to uw as a whole but not for computer science specifically, so they'll be assigned pre-sciences - after that, they can look towards trying to get a degree in other programs that are more open
uw doesn't recommend trying to transfer into computer science from pre-sciences since they're limited by space and extremely competitive

[plucky vessel]

Yeah ,she was admitted pre- social science based on an application for Econ

looking at it the admit rate is only like 70% and involves basically an entire college app again

[vagrant flint]

70% is pretty good

[plucky vessel]

right, but compared to oether schools where she is admitted as an Econ major

seems risky

[vagrant flint]

true

[plucky vessel]

she's a super strong student, i'm sure it would be fine

[sharp umbra]

yea it’s a lot of gambling

i know a lot of washington natives who refuse to go to udub for majors like engineering (which you have to apply once u commit) because of the chance they don’t get what they want

i believe the majors that u get admitted to directly are like computer science and business? maybe neuroscience?

[plucky vessel]

Yup, I've seen the list

Appreciate the insight

[scarlet tinsel]

Pre-Sciences, Pre-Social Sciences, Pre-Humanities are not majors. It's just a title that the university gives you.

If the student wants to do CS and got Pre-Sciences, their decision should depend on whether they are in-state or OOS. If OOS, go to another university. If in-state, go to a WA-state CC and try to transfer in with the same in-state residency status.

I think that knowing what major they want to do and whether or not they are in-state will help them make their decision.

Our Economics program is not fantastic -- the department is incredibly funded and the professors are not the brightest faculty... it's generally considered a "backup" major at UW.

(that is, if students don't get into Statistics, CFRM, AMATH, Info, CS, Business, Psych, etc.)

[plucky vessel]

Good to know, thanks

[round yarrow]

i thought transferring between engineering was not hard asides from CE

[dim python]

Heya, I was wondering, how is the finance program at UW?

[cobalt junco]

should i use the common app to apply to uw next year or will i be disatvanged?

because I really could write a good character essay but i have no ideas for the diversity essay and i think it would turn out ass

so would it just be better to apply with the common app?

[scarlet tinsel]

I am not a part of it yet, but it is by far the biggest program at the Foster School of Business. Huge career fairs with lots of finance interns needed everywhere. Many go to the stock market or in consulting-related fields

[dim python]

A friend of mine has been considering switching to finance from engineering (we haven't picked our classes yet), do you know how easy it is to change your pre-major?

I’ve also considered switching to be entirely honest, but the only thing really holding me back is the opportunities available to international students

[dire sorrel]

i used my commonapp essay and im pretty sure most ppl do oos

so its definitely completely fine

[vagrant flint]

most people i know applied with the common app

i know uw has some version of an application that’s their own but i honestly dont know a single person that did that over common app

[cobalt junco]

AIGHT BET

cause i am not writing that diverstiy essay mf

[vagrant flint]

no you still do

its on the common app

[cobalt junco]

oh is it 😭

i'm going to cry

[scarlet tinsel]

There is no such thing as switching a pre-major. However, please note that switching to Finance would be a pretty aggressive move in your first year. If you're currently in Engineering but really want to move to Finance, I would wait at least two quarters before doing that.

Switching to Foster requires completion of a number of classes:
https://foster.uw.edu/academics/degree-programs/undergraduate-programs/admissions/standard-admission/

[dim python]

will pass this along, tyvm!!

[round yarrow]

bro nobody cares

about all B's

ur fine

[vagrant flint]

one thing i'll always appreciate is how many webinars and drop-in sessions uw has for all allen admits

• like allllllllll the different events they do

[dire sorrel]

hey guys

does anyone know when UW will send financial aid stuff

[wraith eagle]

late april/early may

[vagrant flint]

not for a while

[jade whale]

uw bothell has the smallest campus ever

known to man

[cobalt junco]

How small is it?

[jade whale]

Discluding dorms

i can walk around the entire campus in like 10 minutes

buildings are quite new tho

modern feel

[cobalt junco]

Lmao what

That’s tiny

[jade whale]

an advisor at uw bothell stated that alot of kids transfer down from seattle

just goes to show the competitiveness of seattles major system

[cobalt junco]

Damm that’s crazy

[round yarrow]

the campus is not a 10 minute walk

if you consider every single building on campis

red square to like the materials engineering more than 10 minutes

💀

[plucky jasper]

Anybody get their acceptance package thing

💀

It’s been like three weeks I still don’t have mine

[round yarrow]

r u OOS?

it should of arrived

I got mine

though im not going so it doesn't rlly matter

[vagrant flint]

yep

[vagrant flint]

^

[round yarrow]

trig

r u in the allen school admits slack

[plucky jasper]

Fuck

Well you’re instate so you’d get it sooner

But that was also a week ago

[dire sorrel]

when do oos ones come

[vagrant flint]

yup

[round yarrow]

depends on where ya live

[dire sorrel]

maryland

[round yarrow]

oh hell no

its gonna be a long time

maybe by the end of this week?

[dire sorrel]

kay

[turbid karma]

I haven't gotten it yet but I'm on the east coast so I expect it'll be a while

and it doesn't matter anyway because I'm not going to go here

[short forge]

I only got mine 2 days ago and i'm in state 🤷‍♀️ . I wouldn't worry abt it

[zinc zenith]

gatech cs vs uw engineering undeclared (will have to transfer into cs second year with 33% admit rate, anecdoets on reddit say its pretty easy to get in just need to maintain >3.0 gpa)?

[sharp umbra]

gtech

also some people on reddit say transfer is easy others say it’s impossible

[sturdy agate]

what about gatech cs vs uw cs DA? I think gatech has more prestige but uw seems more enjoyable (pretty campus + nice city)

[runic crater]

whichever school you like more

[cobalt junco]

Udub cs is probably better it’s ranked higher and you most likely have more opportunities for internships and jobs and such since you’re in Seattle

[runic crater]

Atlanta can’t be bad for that either tho

but Seattle does seem to be more well known for tech

[sturdy agate]

is it?

cause there are 2 US news rankings for CS and in one of them UW > gatech and in the other one gatech > UW https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/computer-science-overall
https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings

I guess uw is #5 for graduate and #10 for undergraduate?

[cobalt junco]

Just general computer science uw is 5th and gt is 8th and I would just say uw is better regardless of the small discrepancy in the rankings due to all the tech companies you have in Seattle that you wouldn’t have in Atlanta since uw has connections to all of them

[sharp umbra]

the difference in prestige is negligible

whichever one u go to doesn’t actually matter that much, js pick whichever u like more

i will say seattle is probably better for tech than atlanta but it sounds like u just got prescience’s and atp just go to gt

[sturdy agate]

touché

[sturdy agate]

yeah I agree seattle > atlanta overall. Gonna go with uw

[foggy urchin]

let's goooooo

[sturdy agate]

🥳

[zinc zenith]

anyone who does cs at uw rn?

[scarlet tinsel]

I'm not a CS major but I've taken CSE 123 with Brett Wortzman / James Wilcox. I'm currently taking CSE 373, Data Structures & Algorithms (a course intended for nonmajors), with Iriz Zhou and Kevin Lin.

[jade whale]

are u a direct admit

[scarlet tinsel]

Yes

To Informatics

[jade whale]

do you see often that people go in as pre sciences

and how risky may that be

[scarlet tinsel]

Many students come in as a pre major. Consider getting into a major as simply being a really cool way to get admitted because you have more flexibility

I think the majority of incoming students are pre majors

[fervent rampart]

Nice package

[runic crater]

[plucky jasper]

What is informatics?

I keep seeing things about it at UW and I’ve never heard of it before

[scarlet tinsel]

Basically an offshoot of CS. Whereas CS heavily focuses on theory, Info focuses more on social aspects of information and technology

[plucky jasper]

oh that's cool

[scarlet tinsel]

It’s a unique major fs. And very competitive for some reason lol

[round yarrow]

the reason is cause all the cs rejects use that as their 2nd choice major

and since there are a lot of cs rejects, there are a ton of info applicants since its the original info + cs rejects

hence the AR is like 10 percent or sum

[scarlet tinsel]

I disagree with that statement. A joke doesn't mean that it's true... it's the running joke but it's actually quite inaccurate.

As you're someone who doesn't attend this university, please do not make statements that are speculative.

[round yarrow]

no im not speculating

I know its a joke

hence I am restating it

[boreal elk]

wait did you delete the joke or was it the cs rejects

one

[round yarrow]

the cs rejects one

idek why this guiy is hating

[boreal elk]

well i assume its cus ur somewhat dissing his major as a rip off

or at least it can be taken as that

[round yarrow]

he admitted it lmfao

[round yarrow]

^

[scarlet tinsel]

These two majors have their own separate curriculums. One is more based on theory, the other on improving the social welfare of humanity. I don’t see where Informatics is any less valuable than CS, or the other way around.

You try to argue something that doesn’t need to be argued, and it’s about a university you don’t even attend. Kindly, please don’t act like you can speculate correctly about anything with a university you aren’t a student at. It is a waste of time and a disservice to those who are genuinely curious about the programs here.

[boreal elk]

i mean idk if he said ripoff

but i kinda see it

[round yarrow]

i was making a joke

💀

[bronze fossil]

Withdrew 🫡 goodbye channel, best of luck to anyone on the waitlist

[jade whale]

uw>american

😈

[bronze fossil]

Not for PoliSci 🤷🏻‍♂️

[round yarrow]

bro go to geogetown

its hella good

[jade whale]

no way

[bronze fossil]

UW PoliSci is really good

But you aren’t going to beat D.C. for opportunities with that

[bronze fossil]

I don’t like the culture there

[jade whale]

was american u and uw ur top 2 or nah

[bronze fossil]

UW was in my top 5 but not my top 2

[jade whale]

fair

[bronze fossil]

Top 5 was, in descending order

UW
UCSD
CU Boulder
GWU
American

Though if I’m being honest, GW was only that high because it’s D.C. and good PoliSci

I don’t think I would ever actually go there until grad school

[jade whale]

uw is def ranked higher then all but i feel dc is the superior location

[bronze fossil]

I want a real campus

American, GW, and UCSD are all better for PoliSci but UW is very much a great school

UW is more CS/Environment I feel

[jade whale]

is american the most expensive

[bronze fossil]

No

Not even remotely

Like raw cost yes

But for me it’s the 2nd cheapest of those 5

[bronze fossil]

Well no raw is GW

[jade whale]

do u care for sports environment or nah

[bronze fossil]

MY COA is

UCSD - 71k
UW - 59k
GW - 34k
American - 31k
CU Boulder - Not sure but after finaid and scholarships it would be lowest cause in state

[jade whale]

boulder and uw are pretty high in that regard

[bronze fossil]

Not really

AU technically is D1 too

Not as big as UW or CU obviously

[jade whale]

i learn something new everything

never heard of AU till today

[vagrant flint]

do info classes touch on hardware stuff or is it mostly/all focused on software

[bronze fossil]

A lot of people haven’t tbh

It’s basically only known for International Studies and PoliSci

And then maybe a bit for Public Health

[scarlet tinsel]

ECE I would be a better fit for you. I think there’s one class that gives a brief overview but Info doesn’t do anything with hardware.

[vagrant flint]

oh no im like super bad w hardware stuff 😅

actually hoping it’s mostly software lol but i’ll def check out ece if i ever wanna do hardware

[round yarrow]

bro whats wrong with the culture there

[round yarrow]

oh hell no

bro carry me next yr in CS

are you taking 143 in autumn

[vagrant flint]

i dont think you can sign up for 143 anymore

its split into 121, 122, and 123

[bronze fossil]

Rich stuck up white guys

[round yarrow]

bro

thats poli sci for you

and what the gov basically is

[jade whale]

do u wanna b a lawyer

[bronze fossil]

No

[jade whale]

what u wanna be

[bronze fossil]

Would love to work in foreign affairs/diplomacy type thing

[jade whale]

whats that

[bronze fossil]

Like international politics

[jade whale]

damn bro

u wanna represent a country??

big ass aspirations

[jade whale]

😈

[slender rover]

Bro shit deadass had a 10 percent AR this year

[cobalt junco]

that was like oos tho

[slender rover]

They just announced it as overall

They didn’t differentiate the too

Now I don’t even feel bad for not applying even tho it’s my state school

[cobalt junco]

where did they annouce that?

[dire sorrel]

@slender rover where

[slender rover]

Uw news or sum shit

It’s absurd

[cobalt junco]

where

it's a lot higher than 10%

if you're seeing that

that means they're enrolling 10% of who apply

but the acceptance rate is a lot higher than 10%

because they know not everybody is going to enroll

[slender rover]

It was announced somewhere I just forgot where

I know it’s 10 percent tho

[cobalt junco]

where

they wouldn't drop the acceptance rate by 40% from last year

this was from last year

[round yarrow]

bro this is pretty good ngl

I think also I would say a lot of the majors r pretty easy to get into

and this has to also take into account the competitive majors so a lot of majors its not that difficult to get into

[dire sorrel]

Does anyone know if itll be hard to switch from CS to Computer Engineering

[runic crater]

This is wrong for oos I’m pretty sure

The last cds was somewhere below 40%

[round yarrow]

the cds is very inaccurate a lot of times

[vagrant flint]

they're both in the allen school

it's really easy to switch from one to the other

(at least thats what we've been told)

[round yarrow]

legit i think switching

is just sending an email to ur advisor

[foggy urchin]

anybody get their financial aid offer yet?

[round yarrow]

I think they send it out pretty late this yr

they even moved their commitment date back to adjust for this

[foggy urchin]

i see

thanks

[median schooner]

https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1227021397046333540 help a gal out 🫡

[round yarrow]

does anyubody know the amount of majors or credits that uw caps a student to in 3 yrs

[gilded ingot]

uci

[cobalt junco]

Guys I’m touring the uw rejects campus today

[vale pewter]

what's uw rejects

[cobalt junco]

Wsu

[vale pewter]

nah uw rejects school is washu

[cobalt junco]

Lmao that’s true

But if you search up uwrejects.com it leads you to wsu lmao

[round yarrow]

they should lead you UW bothell

but in reality its not a bad school people r just humongous prestigious demanders

and they dont understand that legit going to a satellite campus does not disadvantage one at all

[slender rover]

Very true

[scarlet tinsel]

WOWWW 😂

[scarlet tinsel]

It's very known that the UW satellite campus quality is subpar of quality at the Seattle campus, but I agree it is not a disadvantage whatsoever.

[round yarrow]

I disagree a lot of uw bothell classes for example have more dedicated professors and smaller class sizes which would be an increase in quality in addition the environment prepares one for industry which hence I believe it is on par or even better than uw Seattle

[jade whale]

uwb is actually good

you need a 3.6+ to get into the cs major

[vagrant flint]

stuart reges has (what appears to be) an entire quarter's worth of recorded CSE 142 and CSE 143 lectures on his youtube channel

the homework files, calendars, handouts, and in-class files for both are also still accessible on their respective webpages

[round yarrow]

bro is stuart reges still the teacher for cse 143

lmfao I read one of his textbooks as part of my ap csa class

[old dawn]

🤓

[foggy urchin]

I am once again asking when the honors waitlist decisions get released

and if i commit will it help me

[vagrant flint]

june

[rugged nest]

how difficult is it to double major here? not workload-wise but constraints-wise

assuming i want to do math or cs along with finance (direct admit to foster)

[round yarrow]

bro

cs is like rlly

hard

math is ok difficult but you need to apply ion ur freshman yr and you need to have a solid gpa

@rugged nest are you doing the math ba or bs?

[rugged nest]

um

im most likely not going to uw 💀

[round yarrow]

oh I see

which school r u going to?

just wondering

[rugged nest]

hard as in difficult or hard as in they dont let you double?

[round yarrow]

well I mean they let you its just that its rlly hard and stuff

like there might be like 10 people who get into cs a yr

[rugged nest]

well im pretty set on cmu but just wondering because of financial things

[round yarrow]

cmu?

thats crazy

congrats

[rugged nest]

tyy

cost is pretty bad though 😬

[round yarrow]

honestly though like take into consideration that for a finance or business major (which is what i assume your doing) prestige is important, but im not sure that cmu is known for necessarily prestige in finance, though idk uw is known either that well, so its rlly up to you which one to choose as either option has pros and cons

[rugged nest]

i basically applied finance because when i was applying i didnt know what i wanted to major in 😭 and now i think im more of a stem person

i think cmu tepper is decent

so im leaning towards that and ill probably add something stem-related

as a minor or double major

cs is so hard though 💀 ill probably choose smth else

was thinking math?

[round yarrow]

idt they allow you to add cs as a double major at cmu automatically, im pretty sure you have to apply

[rugged nest]

no restrictions at cmu

but its just hard

like

coursework-wise

[round yarrow]

rlly?

[rugged nest]

yeah

[round yarrow]

i thought if you wanted to double major at cmu

for like cs

it was space dependent

[rugged nest]

no anyone can add it

if they meet the gpa req

which is like 3.0

but obviously cs at cmu is like

a death wish

so most people dont end up actually doing it

i think ill just take a few cs/math/eng courses along with the tepper requirements and see what i like best

then maybe pursue whatever im interested in

whether i only manage to do a minor or double major

[round yarrow]

wait

r u tryna add cs as a major?

like a double major

[rugged nest]

idk 💀

i mean ideally yeah but i also know i definitely would get cooked by cmu's cs classes 💀

so maybe a minor?

or a diff field like math

[round yarrow]

just honestly do what you like

cause u can always do a masters degree

in cs if you want

[rugged nest]

true im not trying to go even more in debt though

[scarlet tinsel]

Yeah I'm actually thinking about changing from applying into Business to maybe doing Stats or something more mathematical lol. I already completed (or am in the middle of completing) the rest of the prereqs 🥲

[formal yacht]

Anyone considering commiting to UW for economics? If yes, what aspects of it are appealing to you?

[lapis solar]

when do fafsas come out

[gilded ingot]

math/cs and foster would be hard tbh

[rugged nest]

too ambitious 😔

[gilded ingot]

yo is there any way to get to udub from redmond area with public transport in less than an hour?

like all of the busses take 1.5-2 hours to get there which is wack asf

[gilded ingot]

I mean you can go for it, but you won't have that much leeway in terms of electives

[round yarrow]

tbh the location is rlly good

and also econ is one of those majors where it can be applied everywhere

and with the startup scene being so active here getting employment should not be that difficult

[rancid sentinel]

does anyone know if the UW informatics program here is good?

im prob gonna commit soon

[sharp umbra]

ive on ly taken either the 545 or 542, whichever gets to campus in a single go and not 2 buses

iirc that took somewhere around an huor

but its been a minute since i took it

from transit center

[gilded ingot]

wait could you send the link / page that contains this route?

I'm not experienced with the bus system haha

[gilded ingot]

completely depends on what you want as your career

like do you wanna be a swe engineer?

then its probably better to do cs somewhere else