University of Washington (UDub) (2024-2025)

[wise kestrel]

aaaahhaha

😭

they have prettry decent internships

👀

[quaint crown]

You have to make your test center send it officially

[idle wraith]

they’re actually pretty cheap compared to my other options

tuition only 40k

vs uiuc like 60k

coa adds up to like 60k tho

[low condor]

i applied on thursday and havent gotten my portal link yet even though my app has been downloaded by uw

is this normal?

[quaint crown]

Chill ur good

Give them a few days

[vocal zodiac]

is there a way to change my major after i submitted my app

[cursive knot]

afaik if you call the admissions office they might be able to get it sorted out

[hushed ginkgo]

Has the allen school released their AR for 2024, it's not posted on the website and they usually say they update on november first

[cursive knot]

not that i’m aware of

[hushed ginkgo]

hmm interesting thank you

[normal ivy]

they can see test scores if you reported them via common app right

you dont have to enter them separately?

[clever valve]

a

yall didnt get your portals yet right

[cursive knot]

yep

and if they need your test score for whatever reason i think they will contact you later and ask for an official score report

[normal ivy]

I see

[cursive knot]

so who here is applying for cs/ce

[hushed ginkgo]

Meeee

[digital inlet]

nope

didnt get portal too btw

[cursive knot]

there may or may not be a snack shop in the basement of the cs building for cs majors only

[hushed ginkgo]

wait wtf

that's insane

[cursive knot]

it may or may not also be open 24/7 and get restocked constantly with stuff like coffee and ramen and pocky

oh and free printing

[golden slate]

WHAT

DOES ENGINEERING HAVE THAT

also when tf are the portals coming out

[idle wraith]

cs / ece bby

[cursive knot]

not that i’m aware of, unless you’re computer engineering

if you meant engineering as in ce then yes they get access to the same things that cs majors do, it’s all bundled under cse

[tacit remnant]

has anyone got a portal??

[tacit remnant]

im listening to ur advice and switching to ece.

WHERE IS MY PORTAL

[idle wraith]

ong i want my portal

[tacit remnant]

goofy ahh

i should email them rn

[spring hamlet]

The portal is ass

[static ibex]

i have not gottem my portel yet

did u guys apply commonapp or uw app?

[cursive knot]

probably nothing to worry about yet if yall dont have your portals yet

(and since it sounds like a lot of ppl havent gotten theirs yet they might just not be out globally)

btw all the cs ppl better study up on their cs skills cuz there's an entrance exam you gotta do before you can actually enroll for your classes

[simple drum]

bro what

im literally cooked

theres no way thast true

[cursive knot]

im kidding

lol

but there is a self-guided placement test that you can (and probably will need to?) do

and it gives a recommendation to which intro series course you should enroll in

actually you can just take it rn

https://placement.cs.washington.edu/

[night blade]

If the portal is just them asking me to make a UW netID then i have it

[cursive knot]

oh yeah make sure you do that

[night blade]

I did!

[hushed ginkgo]

bro that's insane

that's in the basement of the cs building?

[cursive knot]

cse1, bottom floor, take a right out of the elevators and then continue all the way down to the door at the end of the hall

it’s locked via keycard entry though

[hushed ginkgo]

Damm are they good prices?

ah for sure

[cursive knot]

do you consider $1.20 for a single box of pocky good prices

cuz thats how much i paid today lol

[hushed ginkgo]

that's pretty fire

I mean pretty cheap highkey

[cursive knot]

the only downside is you can’t use your dining money

[hushed ginkgo]

Ah okay

my next question goes along with that, how easy is it to get a student job on campus?

[cursive knot]

you’d be surprised, a couple of places on campus aren’t restricted at all

[hushed ginkgo]

Dang really

that's awesome

[cursive knot]

not really honestly, i’d prefer if every building (other than suzzallo) was at least restricted to needing a uw keycard but that’s another topic

[cursive knot]

………………..

we do not speak of this

(currently stressing out about a TA application)

but fr tho there’s a ton of openings every quarter

[hushed ginkgo]

oh okay 😭

[cursive knot]

i *think* your typical jobs like working in the dining halls cycle per quarter

[hushed ginkgo]

Ah i thought you were talking about dining funds i'm kind of stupid yeah that's not really good

[cursive knot]

since everyone’s schedules change constantly

[hushed ginkgo]

ah okay

do they pay well?

[cursive knot]

then occasionally you’ll find stuff on handshake (uw’s version of linkedin)

[cursive knot]

depends

[hushed ginkgo]

ah okay for sure

[hushed ginkgo]

well what's like the usual compensation

[cursive knot]

i think being a TA pays 19.97 an hour?

[hushed ginkgo]

dang

that's nice

[cursive knot]

that’s the only one i’ve really looked into

the catch though is you’re completely forbidden from working more than 19.5 hours a week

[hushed ginkgo]

I wonder how much like dining pays

fair

[cursive knot]

then you’ll need to also make sure it fits with your schedule

which it usually does if you’re doing something like dining

[hushed ginkgo]

yeah it seems a lot harder to fit in than in high school lmao

[cursive knot]

and i’ve heard they’re pretty flexible with hours

[hushed ginkgo]

yeah fs

ah okay that;s good

[cursive knot]

TA hours are AWFUL though

[hushed ginkgo]

well i would expect that

really 😭

how so

[cursive knot]

in preparation for the role next quarter

i have almost entirely morning heavy classes

nothing past 2 pm

because there’s so many things that happen in the afternoon/evening

[hushed ginkgo]

yeah that's one thing that sounds really good about college is being able to plan when you have classes

interresting tho

[cursive knot]

registering for classes sucks btw

real thing i had to do on registration day

[digital inlet]

guys chill

😭

portal prolly coming this week

they prolly got loads of application on nov 15th

[median sentinel]

why not just set one alarm for 5:55am at max volume

[simple drum]

if u can wake up

w one alarm

u have superpowers

ive slept through 40 consecutive before lmao

[median sentinel]

It’s just discipline lol

[simple drum]

how is discipline correlated to being a heavy or lighth sleeper

my grandma wakes up if you utter her name once at medium volume from across the house

and i only wake up either through 20 minutes of alarms or if you dump freezing water on me

or i sleep exactly like 9 hours before i need to get up

if i dont im frie

d

[median sentinel]

It’s just waking up to an alarm…

If it’s at max volume that should at least disrupt ur REM cycle enough

[cursive knot]

since arriving on campus ive developed a bad habit of sleeping through my alarms

[tacit remnant]

ca

do i have to make my portal

[idle wraith]

georgia tech and uiuc had their shit together

submitted on friday had portal saturday

[tacit remnant]

yea ong

GT and RHIT had mine the fastest

[simple drum]

doesnt for me

i just need to start going to sleep at carefully picked times

kinda hard rn but we'll try to lock it in

[cursive knot]

tempted to become a tour group leader in spring quarter

[stable pecan]

Say a different major walked in there, could they use their card to enter?

[cursive knot]

not that i’m aware of

when my roommate gets back i’ll try and drag him there to test that out

[median sentinel]

maybe don't go to bed past midnight every day

[night blade]

for sm reason they took the decimal points off 😭 its probably fine right

actually nvm i sent the score directly so it should be

[quaint crown]

You guys got the portal?

[idle wraith]

no...

[spring hamlet]

Idk if I’m using the portal wrong or not but there is NOTHING on that portal

[cursive knot]

wdym?

[spring hamlet]

It’s boring

😭

[idle wraith]

still haven’t gotten it

[latent relic]

same

[proper mantle]

ditto

[night blade]

I agree

[simple drum]

wtf does this mean

will my portal come later

[night blade]

Did u do the uw netid

[digital inlet]

i havent gotten portal

but my friend got it yday

so looks like they in the procces

[simple drum]

i have a net id from when i took summer classes a year and a half ago

it might be syncing to that

yeah

it looks like it was syncing to that

[night blade]

ohok

[tacit remnant]

YO

WHERE IS MY PORTAL

[cursive knot]

😬

[tacit remnant]

😭

[cursive knot]

yeahhhh i think at this point you might want to try calling the admissions office ?

definitely by this time of year i had my admissions portal already

[tacit remnant]

idk everyone else doenst seem to have theirs either

[simple drum]

they didnt formally send me an email

but when i checked myuw it showed a thing for freshman admissoin status

... but that could be because i already had a netid linked to my email

[cursive knot]

yeah that might be it

in that case it might just be an issue with creating new netids?

[tacit remnant]

should i go ahead and make one or

wait it out

[simple drum]

nah just wait

its only been a few days

ive had schools take 3 or 4 days

also given the ui

i dont think their back end is very polished either

just call if need be

[golden slate]

BRO

I STILL HAVENT GOTTEN THE PORTAL

its been 5 days bro

they said 24 hrs

[tacit remnant]

5 days

i applied the 14th

[simple drum]

ah

[simple drum]

have u seen their website

its lowk ass

im not even surprised negl 💀

[idle wraith]

i applied the 15th i might be cooked

[regal bison]

i got it a couple hours ago

they're prolly still sending them out

[stable pecan]

Am I thr only person that likes the look of the portal?

[low condor]

the rest of us need to get our portals first 💀

[tacit remnant]

ONG LMFOA

[night blade]

Is the uw netid thing not the portal

Im confused 😭

[solar hazel]

Perhaps it has to do with the large storm in the Seattle area

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/11/20/weather/bomb-cylone-west-coast-washington-climate

It’s so bad we’re getting hit a bit in NorCal

[hushed ginkgo]

Bro I haven’t had power for 2 days because of this storm lmao

I’m in Washington and it’s bad

There’s entire roads near my house that are closed

Because of the storm

[cursive knot]

on campus it hasnt been too bad

some branches got knocked down, and i think hansee lost power for a bit

[tacit remnant]

stay safe yalll

[golden slate]

bro im literally chilling lol

its sunny and nice and breezy outside

but yea the cyclone has been wreaking havoc in seattle, bellevue and even redmond

[golden slate]

yea havent had school for the past two days either

[hushed ginkgo]

Bro I wish

All I had was a 2 hour late start yesterday

[simple drum]

could be

but it just hit recently

[simple drum]

really??

ive had no school today no school yday

probably no tomorr

[simple drum]

indeed it has been wreaking havoc in redmond

i can vouch

ton of homies have no power

[cursive knot]

my house has no power until saturday 😔

[hushed ginkgo]

Bro that is insane yeah I still don’t have power

And only for a 2 hour late start

They’re still “investigating the damage” at my house 😭😭

[wise kestrel]

@hushed ginkgo bro u got 3 accepted?

😱

[hushed ginkgo]

Yeah so far

[wise kestrel]

rolling?

thats crazy dude

🙃

[hushed ginkgo]

Oregon state, WSU, and university of Utah

Thank you!!

[wise kestrel]

😍😍😍all decent schools, i wanna go utah for game design😉

[hushed ginkgo]

Yeah Utah is really good

Thank you so much they all came back really quick

[digital inlet]

did anyone get into

i mean did anyone get a portal yet

[hushed ginkgo]

Nope not yet

[pallid mason]

hai

[wise kestrel]

yes

:>

[stray bridge]

I still haven’t got a portal

If only for the snow storm I would be ok?

I submitted on Nov 14

[digital inlet]

Hola

[golden slate]

wait i’ve heard WA residents pay in state tuition for oregon unis

is that true

because of some program or whatever

i might apply to osu too then

[hushed ginkgo]

Similar

Cause of WIE

WUE

You pay 1.5x in state

[tacit remnant]

took uw

8 days

to send their portal

[hushed ginkgo]

Damm wtf

I applied a 8 days ago aswell

[static ibex]

chill they had a huge storm

[quaint crown]

Still didn't get it

[azure vector]

Did anyone send their sat score to UW officially through collegeboard?

I want to include mine but idk if they use self report or official only

[stray bridge]

FINALLY

[digital inlet]

finally got my portal

i think a lot of ppl got it today

got it in the morning

[normal ivy]

p sure they can see it from common app?

[lost escarp]

Me too

[azure vector]

on my portal it says they dont have a official test score and the admissions office said I need to send it officially

[normal ivy]

did u email or smth

[azure vector]

yeah the online chat

did anyone send it officially?

It says its due on dec 31 so ill just send it by then

[simple drum]

i think this is it

ill just send it tonight

[normal ivy]

how do you self report them within ur app

is it common app

it sounds like if they want ur scores theyll ask u for them

[azure vector]

yeah ima check the pdf and see if my score is on there

if not ill just send it officially its wtv

[idle wraith]

i still havent gotten my portal

am i cooked

im acc scared 😭

[median sentinel]

UW kinda sucks about it, don't worry. It took a couple of weeks before I finally got my portal. If you have a lot of anxiety about it though, you can contact the admissions office.

[idle wraith]

tysm!

yeah its just kinda scary seeing everyone else getting it

but not me

even people who submitted on the 15th like me

[median sentinel]

yeah the rollout is pretty slow, i think it happens in batches depending on how fast the download is. people don't even start reading your app until january.

so if you don't get anything by december 1st then feel free to contact the office

[idle wraith]

💀 why is their deadline so early then wtf

like having RD in November is actually insane

not even Dec 1 like UCs or UT

[median sentinel]

it's cause a bunch of grad students are reading your application to see if you're admitted to the university as a pre-sciences/pre-humanities major. if you pass that stage then you'll be sent to each individual school to see if you get accepted as a "freshman direct admit."

grad students are unpredictable sometimes cause they're studying too

the number of apps will determine the number of grad students they need to hire and train, which happens in nov/dec.

[idle wraith]

ah

[median sentinel]

one grad student reads/evaluates about 1,000 apps

i think

[idle wraith]

so udub relies on grad students instead of professional AOs 😭

feels like it would be more efficient to hire/train a consistent # of AOs and have extra on stand-by ig

[median sentinel]

it's so that they can pay less... and also the admission office does read and review apps but it's a super small team

with a super small office

grad students just increase the capacity to read

[idle wraith]

we love exploiting grad students! right, folks?

le joke

[median sentinel]

😭 well i think they get around $3,000/mo in addition to anything they may already be doing. so 1000 apps over 2.5 months --> $7500???

[idle wraith]

that's like half a big mac meal in seattle per application

[median sentinel]

😂

well, since readers only spend 6 minutes on an application, 12 minutes to get big mac meal is quite good

[idle wraith]

truth

[digital inlet]

wait grad students read it

💀

oh nah

lowkey imagine if one the grad student is ur opp and they read ur app

💀

yo what

😭

its grads

interesting

[static ibex]

some guy is going to be like "dang u good" and then "nah i'm jealous"

[static ibex]

issok hopefully they aren't hungry when reading

[azure vector]

i think i got it yday cus im in state

ur good bro

[solar hazel]

Generally AOs are quite young yes

Once you get higher up like directors they get a bit older

[wise kestrel]

i thought they are old ladies

💀

[digital inlet]

dude i thought they are some rich buisness people with 1 million in savings

💀 💀 💀

that explains why admission decisons for some unis are quite random

[wise kestrel]

👻at least they are not older generation! so they can understand my passion of running and technology🙃

[digital inlet]

yeah real

[simple drum]

being an ao does not pay wlel

[cursive knot]

update: nope

[latent relic]

i might be tweaking but how do i self report my scores on the portal for act/sat. my portal just started working and i know UW is test optional

also

one of the UW cs majors needs to fix their portal

its legit just html

[cursive knot]

the cycle continues

i believe if you put your SAT/ACT on the common app that counts as your self-reported score

and in the rare instance where you’ll need to submit an official score the admissions office will contact you directly to request it

[latent relic]

ohhh ok. i was just confused because nothing is showing up under scores on the udub page

[cursive knot]

i think the scores section on mine was official ap submissions only

which was its own mess

[azure vector]

i asked on their live chat and they said you would have to send it officially for them to consider it

idk tho

their deadline for it is like dec 31

[latent relic]

Oh good so I can still submit now

[azure vector]

yea, I am probably gonna do it to be safe

[digital inlet]

how do i send transcripts to UW???

i have additional transcripts from Dual enrollment

and online classes i took

[dark eagle]

I sent mine officially but they don't use it except in very rare cases

Not sure if self reported is okay, I just sent mine officially to all my schools that I've applied to thus far but I didn't apply to a lot compared to a lot of people so the cost wasn't as bad as I expected (plus my mom is paranoid and forced me to send it to all even when I said that a lot of schools accept self reported lol)

I would Google it

[quaint crown]

wait

whats their portal

nvm

yeah what do i do, should i send it?

[gaunt mulch]

i think only if they ask? why is this so confusing ugh

i feel like schools in general need to be more clear on this

[quaint crown]

Exactly lol

[coarse goblet]

so if we see this it should still be fine right as long as we self reported?

[azure vector]

if u want it considered u have to send officially

[azure vector]

yeah i think u should send it regardless

[coarse goblet]

but it says “you may be asked to send official” so does that mean that admissions office will just contact us if we need to do it?

or should we do it regardless

[azure vector]

uh idk, i asked someone on their live chat and they said you need to send it officially

but id check your common app pdf and see if ur self reported score is on there

lemme check hol up

[coarse goblet]

yeah I checked it's on there

[azure vector]

yep it shows

then maybe its fine

[coarse goblet]

alr

im just gonna send it just in case

no harm in doing it anyways

[azure vector]

yuh

[idle wraith]

bro udub still hasnt sent me my portal

it sent me an email congratulating me for applying though

[hushed ginkgo]

Lmao same

[quaint crown]

Why does college board charge money for this shit lmao

[vernal timber]

🤷‍♂️

[digital inlet]

wait we need to send our offical test scores to uw ash?

[golden slate]

gang how do we know that all our materials have been recieved?

because i havent sent in proficiency scores yet

but it doesnt say anywhere that i havent

[median sentinel]

Test scores aren't a requirement. No need to send.

[digital inlet]

is uw test blind?

[heady willow]

anyone still not receive a portal email from udub?

[clever crest]

Same 😭

[median sentinel]

feel free to contact the admissions office, but i wouldn't fret too much. as long as you got the initial confirmation, it's just a matter of the tech department creating all the emails needed for you to access your portal.

from my understanding, there was something crazy that happened in the tech department last week that they are in the middle of fixing which may be a reason that things are slower this year...

[idle wraith]

forgot to share but my udub portal came on monday!!

they even let me do degree planning

[median sentinel]

oh really? this is interesting to know.

[idle wraith]

i think its just a case of them forgetting to restrict the degree planner tool to admitted students lol

but yeah

[median sentinel]

are you also able to access the real-time data for different classes (i.e. current registration numbers with buttons to notify you about registration)?

if so, big lol

[median sentinel]

This is really funny lol

I don’t think I had access to any of these systems two years ago when I applied

[idle wraith]

lmao

[idle wraith]

oh yeah btw dyk if phys 14x is worth if i alr did AP Physics C

[hushed ginkgo]

bro i still don't have my portal

i applied on the 14th

uw is tweaking

Also parm are you NMSC?

[median sentinel]

Don’t do it…. Skip as many prerequisites as possible. I don’t know what AP Physics C covers

I’m not doing any Physics so I don’t have a lot of info, but that’s posted on the UW site

[idle wraith]

my delulu first year plan

assuming i can place out of 13x

[cursive knot]

…

3 stem courses

first quarter

😬

[idle wraith]

[cursive knot]

oh they’re

ALL

stem courses

[idle wraith]

i do want to take ling courses but probably towards the end of my degree

just to get p reqs out the way + also have ap english/spanish lang/lit credit

[cursive knot]

did you apply as cs or ce

[idle wraith]

cs/ece

is it bc of pre-science vs pre-eng?

[median sentinel]

They’re will probably be different requirements depending on whether you’re in your major. For instance, you may need to take at least 5 credits of composition.

The 33x math series isn’t recommended until year 2 because it truly is very difficult. Your first quarter is best spent creating community for your next for years and beyond, not at your desk all day. Typically most students find themselves struggling a lot because there is a much bigger jump from hs to uni than anticipated

[idle wraith]

mhm

[median sentinel]

Spring quarter also will kill you if you take all of those together. 312/332 are pretty challenging

[idle wraith]

true ig

[median sentinel]

There are plenty of people that have failed a class at college their first quarter because they took a load they thought they could handle… and realized they couldn’t. I am in an intro math class rn and am actually on my way to a 4.0 without needing to study significantly because I’ve developed really good study habits this past year that are effective — many first year peers are struggling because the course loads really are quite intense

(Despite many having been 4.0, AP/IB valedictorians, having super high ACT/SAT scores, the like…)

If you’re able to access DawgPath for MATH 334 I recommend taking a look at that. The distribution isn’t very friendly :)

Not to discourage ya but you’d be starting pretty intense

[idle wraith]

damnn

wait so udub classes directly give grade points?

that makes having a 4.0 much harder 😭

[cursive knot]

wait really

🥲

[median sentinel]

Or so I hear...

From people I'd consider to be fairly smart. Look for the CEC on UW (Course Evaluation Catalog) to get an idea of the class intensity.

[median sentinel]

I think MATH 33x is pretty poor. 123 is also challenging to get a 4.0 in.

Many classes are curved, and in classes that aren't, many departments maintain that a 97-98% (raw score, no curve) is required to get a 4.0

[idle wraith]

insane wtf

this is so deflated 😭

[median sentinel]

so, generally speaking, you need at least a 70% in each course to receive credit. And you'll need about an 85% (although this is a more flexible range) to get about a 3.0 in a course. Some curves are more generous, especially if everyone does poorly on an exam.

That is why it is not recommended to take three intense classes in your first quarter at the UW... it can still be done but you just don't have a life :\

[idle wraith]

oh wow

[cursive knot]

cough cough camacho 126 midterm 2

💀

[idle wraith]

97 for a 4.0 is diabolical

[median sentinel]

Take my advice -- I did 17 credits (although less challenging classes, subjectively) -- ECON 200, INFO 201, INFO 200. I got a 4.0 but didn't have any social life whatsoever.

[median sentinel]

I have a 95% in Calc 2 and that is a 3.7 right now. Hoping that the final tomorrow is hard to bring down the curve.

Every 0.5-1% is about a 0.1 GPA bracket. Lol.

obviously grades aren't super important in uni, but still

[idle wraith]

i feel so bad for the premeds

i’m used to 90 = 4.0

ngl udub should just switch it to a 5.0 scale like MIT

[median sentinel]

nice wish

but that's why most current undergrads warn incoming first years... and most first years don't listen 😭

they have too much pride and they think they can own any class and become a ta instantly

[clever valve]

Udub udub

[golden slate]

udub ftw

[hushed ginkgo]

Still have not gotten my portal 😭

[hushed ginkgo]

Damm you're a UW fanboy fr fr

are you in state?

[golden slate]

always

[golden slate]

yep

[hushed ginkgo]

i love UW too

My dream school fr

I'm in state aswell

[lyric barn]

I’m not trying to do a “am I cooked” but after a bad stretch in dual enrollment calc 2 i have a C in the class and i might have to consider retaking it second semester. I already reported on common app that I was gonna take linear algebra next semester but that might have to change.

Like I just want to make sure that it’s okay if I retake a college level class

[digital inlet]

i think its ok but depending on the colleges policy you may have to report both grades

for example csus i think only require u to report the highest grade from the course

[warped echo]

im thinking of applying here but $80 😭

[digital inlet]

isnt deadline gone a month agp

ago

[warped echo]

Oh

It is?

💀

[quaint crown]

LOL

thats sad

[digital inlet]

yeah they only have regular decsion which was nov 15th

[clever valve]

LMAOOO

that is sad

[hushed ginkgo]

I still don’t have my portal smh

[quaint crown]

it's been a month almost that's crazy

[vocal zodiac]

goddamn

u should like call them

my friend didnt get theirs for a week then called and got it like 30mins later

[hushed ginkgo]

bro fr

ah weird

well i emailed them

and they haven't gotten back to me

maybe i should call

[golden slate]

guys

has wasfa opened up yet?

[exotic owl]

no way it's the best thread

[hushed ginkgo]

omg yeah

best thread

[hushed ginkgo]

How do you like UW so far

[exotic owl]

absolutely love it holy crap

it's so nice

i'm lucky enough to get a single dorm so i'm sure that skews things but

love it sm LOL

[hushed ginkgo]

omg i wanna go there so bad

That's so awesome

what major are you?

[digital inlet]

Please take me UW

[digital inlet]

shit scares me

college decsions start rolling in pretty soon

in janauary-march

[exotic owl]

cs
and probably international studies too

[rancid iron]

are you in state? whats the tuition like?

i'm oos

[hushed ginkgo]

Omg cs?? How’s the major that’s what I applied for

[cursive knot]

LUCKY

😭

[exotic owl]

i got a full ride so idk how applicable i am but i’m in state and it’s like 34k
although definitely inflated because of my single

[exotic owl]

i’ve only been in one cs class lol but it FEELS incredible
it’s like, every line of every lecture has been planned out to a tee. it’s super nice and a tight ship
and it’s probably just the intro courses but it’s graded in a nice way, no annoying homework assignments, just programming

[exotic owl]

yeah 😭
got that ~mental health diagnosis~
also nice status

[hushed ginkgo]

Ppph that’s fire

[quaint crown]

Ooooo

2% acceptance for oos and intl so

😭😭

[hushed ginkgo]

Yeah it’s kind of insane lmao

[simple drum]

i mean

tbh its more or less the same for other cs publics

uiuc gt

uta

[pearl pendant]

GO HUSKIES

[cursive knot]

not this season 😭

[hushed ginkgo]

Fr

Atleast we won ever home game

[hushed ginkgo]

Have you seen next years schedule 💀💀

[cursive knot]

nope

[hushed ginkgo]

We play Ohio state at home

[pearl pendant]

there's other sports aside from Football

[hushed ginkgo]

Yeah I know

[clever valve]

i love udub

[hushed ginkgo]

Fr

[pearl pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/alhamdulillaah-gif-7080172968650233059

[tacit remnant]

let me IN

[gaunt mulch]

SAME

[clever valve]

LET ME IN

[exotic owl]

here
i suppose it's not totally a full ride but almost

[hushed ginkgo]

Congrats

[golden slate]

wtf

bro hook me up with those scholarships

[median sentinel]

Are you an in-state student? If so, try googling the “Husky Promise.”

[tacit remnant]

if i want to change my major which one do i pick

also my portal doesnt say if i have a second choice major or not but i also dont rememebr if i put one down, is it suppsoed to show up int he portal

[idle wraith]

wait why does ur portal look better than mine

tf

[tacit remnant]

what does urs look like

the portal is still booty

[idle wraith]

is it js ur default font

[tacit remnant]

uhh idk ig so

[idle wraith]

on my old computer i made my default font futura

(i was in third grade)

💀

actually wait not futura

century gothic

[pearl pendant]

self burn

[tacit remnant]

do i put other

[clever valve]

epic css fail

[median sentinel]

Unfortunately only your first major is considered

Even if you listed a second major they don’t consider you for it :/

[pallid mason]

whens uw early round coming out

[idle wraith]

damn so u either get DTM, DTC, or reject?

[tacit remnant]

there is no early round

also ROCE

RICE

[cursive knot]

you can also get waitlisted

though i’m 90% certain if you get admitted off the waitlist it’ll be DTC, so if you applied for cs you’d instead be given pre-sciences

[digital inlet]

wdym by expected to graduate '27?

like are u graduating early?

[cursive knot]

yeah

[median sentinel]

Started my TA job with the Information School for INFO 201 :P

Let me know if you're taking that class 👀

[cursive knot]

:O

i’m still waiting on my TA decision

[median sentinel]

For what class

[cursive knot]

cse 12x

[clever canyon]

LETS GOOOO

[median sentinel]

Usually you’re supposed to receive a decision at least a month before the term starts per the ASE labor contract

[clever canyon]

UDub finna go crazy

[cursive knot]

i just had the interview last week, they said we should hear back sometime this week

[clever canyon]

@cursive knot are you a running start dude?

[cursive knot]

nope, just had 45+ credits entering (from AP + UWHS)

[clever canyon]

damn alr

how is UW for you rn

praying to get in for ECE

[digital inlet]

real

Please take me UW

[cursive knot]

kinda got wrecked by a single grade first quarter, but it is what it is

[clever canyon]

hm alr then

[cursive knot]

its pretty nice

like just going there as a whole

it took a couple weeks of getting into a rhythm of literally doing stuff there, but after a while it was manageable

[cursive knot]

biggest piece of advice id give (with the context that i’ve only been there for a single quarter) is to find your space to get stuff done

both figuratively as in finding your niche at uw

and literally as in, find a good space to be productive because i’ve found they can vary wildly

[clever canyon]

i worked for Professor Mamishev so i get you

lol

[cursive knot]

ah

i’ll also be so real

it helps to have been in-state

cuz i know a ton of people at uw already

[clever canyon]

thats why im here

[cursive knot]

walking across opposite ends of campus one night i ran into six different people that i knew

[cursive knot]

remind me - ece works like any other engineering major, where you get admitted to the CoE and then you have to apply to the major specifically later, right?

[clever canyon]

based

[clever canyon]

mhm

[cursive knot]

ah

well if you do end up in ECE you’ll be spending a lot of time near the allen building

(my fav on campus !)

[clever canyon]

i got grad students to give me the method for free lunch

i ate like a king during my time there

[cursive knot]

:o

grad student lounge right

[clever canyon]

mhm

just keep a bit of a beard

and act normal

[cursive knot]

lmao

microsoft cafe got me 🙏🙏

i used to hate it a bunch cuz they forgot my order once and they’re kinda pricy, but it’s significantly better than anything at the hub or walking back to the north dining hall

(and, $10 sushi !)

[median sentinel]

Oh interesting! Maybe it’s not a part of the labor union? My pay grade is higher too than CS (but I work fewer hours)

[cursive knot]

its part of ase i think

they might have just gotten a bit of an extension

¯_(ツ)_/¯

@clever canyon second word of advice that just came to me:

if you’re ever given the opportunity to do something

and it’s in a window

like “sign up for such and such thing before (some date/time)”

do it asap

[clever canyon]

nah fr tho

[cursive knot]

especially if it’s for class registration, the earlier you can do it the better

[median sentinel]

Well lmk if you get the job! Gl

[hushed ginkgo]

less than 3 months till uw

that's a w

[golden slate]

Udub is love

Udub is life

[hushed ginkgo]

Exactly

[idle wraith]

tbh udub isnt that bad out of state

its actually on cheap end of things lol

[vapid stream]

acceptance rate

[idle wraith]

thats only for CS

which admittedly is terrible

but even presciences in like 30% vs 40%

[idle wraith]

and i mean if you get in

[vapid stream]

yeah

[tacit remnant]

yo parm

dyk what i put to change my major

do i put other

[hushed ginkgo]

Prolly other

[clever valve]

holy glazing

then again thats me for ucsd

[idle wraith]

other yh

[golden slate]

bro what portal are you using

mine looks nothing like that

[hushed ginkgo]

fr

[tacit remnant]

not portal

its on website

their portal SUCKS

any aos seeing this

your portal is AWESOME

[golden slate]

wait where’d you find it

i wanna take a look

[tacit remnant]

https://admit.washington.edu/contact/have-a-question/

[clear oriole]

w

[exotic owl]

good luck future huskies 💪

[hushed ginkgo]

thank you thank you

hopefully i get in

[lost escarp]

Praying you get in from the start 🙏

[idle wraith]

praying on udub ngl

one of my more affordable OOS colleges

[hushed ginkgo]

hopefully

[idle wraith]

outside of ivies that give full aid (HYPM + brown) and UT/tamu

and ig gtech and purdue are pretty cheap

[hushed ginkgo]

yeah

[idle wraith]

6a is wild

holy

[hushed ginkgo]

Fr fr

[idle wraith]

which ones r they

[hushed ginkgo]

Wdym

[idle wraith]

like which 6 colleges accepted u alr

[hushed ginkgo]

ah okay

Colorado School of Mines, U Minnesota, WSU, Boise State, Oregon State, University of Utah

[cursive knot]

oh lord

wsu

i still get emails from them

about my password expiring in a week

[median sentinel]

Oh yeah I emailed them

They won’t stop

They said “ok we removed your email”

[hushed ginkgo]

Lmao what

[hushed ginkgo]

From who?

[cursive knot]

wsu

[hushed ginkgo]

Oh yeah lmao

I am not going to WSU

I do not want to live in PULLMAN for 4 years

Not going to happen

Nothing against the school and glad I have a safety but yk

[idle wraith]

pleasant surprise??? they reclassed me as domestic

wait shit this makes me eligible for puple & gold

go huskies!!!

[clear oriole]

wtf

😭

[median sentinel]

yes a pleasant belated christmas surprise! if domestic means in-state that means you classify for the "husky promise," which isn't purple and gold but much better anyhow

[idle wraith]

oos

but yeah

[median sentinel]

Ah. Still better! That’s great news

[idle wraith]

fs!!

just waiting on UT, my actual in-state school, to reclassify me :(

[median sentinel]

Also means you just had your reader score your app 👀

[idle wraith]

wait what

💀

oh because they said that was the initial reading

[median sentinel]

“Initial review” = someone reading ur app

[idle wraith]

yeah

i get it now

[median sentinel]

Either that or the financial aid office sorting thru everyone

[idle wraith]

well we're still t-3 months until the decision drops

[median sentinel]

Yeah

Can’t really do anything now

Doesn’t help to get super anxious or anything

[idle wraith]

man it feels like UW isnt talked about enough outside of football ig

like uiuc/gtech have equally ranked cs programs and they get wayyy more press

[median sentinel]

It’s cause it’s public and not as prestigious as UCLA or Berkeley

[idle wraith]

true but im moreso talking about in relation to places like UT/UIUC/GT

how's the math and physics programs

[median sentinel]

Ohhh

AMATH is matched with Princeton

In terms of qualify

Quality

I know several physics undergraduate students… and I pray for their health 💀💀💀

It’s hard

I know it’s good but idk what their career office looks like

[idle wraith]

wow

man even if i get presciences i might consider going ngl

just for math

(and maybe try to transfer into ECE or ACMS)

but yeah i fw udub and seattle heavy

[median sentinel]

It’s hard…

I got a 94% and that was still only a 3.8 for an intro math class lol

[idle wraith]

yeah i heard the grading scale is lwk cooked

[median sentinel]

Of course our class had the highest scores ever in the history of the university

[idle wraith]

i know ACMS transfer is nearly as competitive as CS

[median sentinel]

Yeah it’s super hard

Math BA is easy

[idle wraith]

and they dont have dtm

[median sentinel]

Yeah

Which sucks

All super hard weed out classes

[idle wraith]

is math bs harder to get into than ba?

wait now im wondering do they just have a small amount of ACMS slots

bc CS probablky has way more demand

[median sentinel]

Yes

I think EE is slightly less competitive but still hard

i honestly only know one or two people in that major

and one acms major

[idle wraith]

ece has a high dtm rate

[median sentinel]

BUT if you do 8-9 courses well plus do a couple easy things, you're guaranteed admission to the MS

[idle wraith]

something like 40% oos or whatever

[median sentinel]

https://amath.washington.edu/bs-ms-pathway

check this out

[idle wraith]

interesting

i mean personally im more interested in theoretical math/cs (hence why i asked earlier about math 33x)

but acms is a really cool program

[median sentinel]

ahhh

i hate (with a passion) theoretical...

it's awful

especially when you're learning it at 5pm...

😭

i've never done it for math but i did it for stats...

theoretical statistics sucks

[idle wraith]

ok so udub has:

• AMATH (with data science option)
• CFRM (comp finance & risk management) (with data science option)
  ACMS with
• data science/statistics
• discrete math & algo
• math econ/quant finance
• sci comp and numerical algos

feels like this could be streamlined 😭

[idle wraith]

i used to be a big stats hater but recently ive appreciated it more

brooo nooo they got rid of so many interesting options

[median sentinel]

HA, this is the type of stuff that i find 0 interest in:

[idle wraith]

oh yeah i agree

im more of an abstract algebra guy

[median sentinel]

yea honestly they really don't have a huge course list so it makes sense that they don't offer as many now

it's just too many to keep track of

[idle wraith]

ive read on reddit that a lot of ACMS majors think that its kinda bloated/confuses employers

and tbh there's like a lot of places where it looks like it could be streamlined

[median sentinel]

yeah that too

just say "applied math"

[idle wraith]

yeah ofc

[median sentinel]

for what it's worth it's bad to have to educate employers about what your degree is

[idle wraith]

but it does feel like half of those majors are kind of duplicates

yeah fss

[median sentinel]

if it's too niche then you're not versatile enough career-wise to be good which could actually be a detriment

they're like "this guy knows everything applied math-wise, this person only knows this sector of applied math, we prefer everything over one thing"

[idle wraith]

my hot take is that all math/cs majors should probably complete a common core and then just spend like 2 years on whatever specialization(s)

i think AI/tightening CS market is going to kill off the codemonkeys that dont learn anything theoretical about CS

[idle wraith]

yeah for sure

[median sentinel]

if you're going into more theoretical, then you're probably more oriented towards pursuing academia/research. whereas people who are more practical/applied are more likely industry-bound.

I think the DOD / dept of state are both pretty big employers from UW for amath

[idle wraith]

true, but most CS majors have to learn some level of theoretical cs

[median sentinel]

you're true

[idle wraith]

and by theoreitcal i dont necessarily mean research focused

but more so focusing on how computation works and such

rather than classes on how to code or whatever

or maybe intro cs classes will just become core to all STEM majors like intro calculus/physics

[shrewd lagoon]

omg guys help

[median sentinel]

i just think that those studying more theoretical things are more likely to pursue academia. i'm not sure that there's a huge relationship between what you study and how well you do career-wise. there's too many variables

[idle wraith]

yeah i understand wym

however people who dont learn anything about theory or whatever can easily be replaced by AI

[median sentinel]

hm, i still think it's too early to make a call on who will or won't be replaced by AI in the CS world. there are a lot of legal considerations already being made when it comes to intellectual property rights

but yes in general right now it is hard for any cs major, whether or not you learn a lot of theory, to get a job considering the current job market. it's been suffocated and over saturated from the sheer number of students

[idle wraith]

yeah

[clever canyon]

“Babe pls we need more nerds at our school”

HELL NAH

We stopped playing them for a reason

[median sentinel]

working out my course schedule and imma have wayyy over the 225-credit limit by the time i graduate 💀 ap was a scam

such a scam

[clear oriole]

for u

[keen solar]

how hard is UW stats freshmen

justw ondering

[median sentinel]

What do you mean? Admissions wise?

https://admit.washington.edu/apply/freshman/by-the-numbers/

[keen solar]

Yes

[keen solar]

Yes

[unreal heart]

my portal isnt out yet

:(

[hushed ginkgo]

bro what

You should email them

[clear oriole]

yo wtf

😭

its been like 2 months

[clever canyon]

Dawg UW comes out in March

It’s always like this

[hushed ginkgo]

Yeah it is

[clear oriole]

they r talking abt the portal

not the decision

or am i trippin

[median sentinel]

Definitely contact the office of admissions... check your spam/junk/trash folders first.

you should have received it by the first week of december...

atp they're in the middle of looking at applications so i'd ask them asap

[clear oriole]

^

[median sentinel]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

FROM SEATTLE

[keen solar]

HAPPY NEW YEAR

FROM PORTLAND

pnw supremacy

[golden slate]

WW PNW

HAPPY NEW YEAR

take me pls udub

[idle wraith]

long wait…

[digital inlet]

dude

you shud email

its been like 1.5 months

[tacit remnant]

uw take me NOW

[idle wraith]

truth

[wise kestrel]

udub

best name ever

🤟

[tacit remnant]

udub!!

[digital inlet]

reminds me of fortnite

cause dub

used to mean

win

so u win

I WIN

so u washington actually wants me

since they saying u win

im going pyscho waiting

[vernal timber]

Thats the spirit

Get that dub boo

[clever crest]

I had the most ass short response essay 💀

I just reread it wtf

[dark eagle]

Guys I guess I'm going here cause I'm gonna get rejected from all my reaches lol

Unless I get rejected here too

That would be really embarrassing

Community college it is then

I guess I'm going to cc

[stable pecan]

udub is a great school regardless

did anyone else get an email saying they got ur finaid application

[hushed ginkgo]

Nah

[junior violet]

When’s the release date tho

[hushed ginkgo]

Sometime from the first of march to the 15th they don’t say they just release it randomly on one of those days

[junior violet]

Dang ok

[hushed ginkgo]

Yup lmao

[hushed ginkgo]

And it comes out at 9pm PST

(Seattle time)

[junior violet]

[cursive knot]

last year it was 8

[hushed ginkgo]

Ah okay

My b

I thought it was 9 guess I’m tripping

[golden slate]

is honors college at udub worth it

for like jobs and stuff

also how hard is to get into as a freshman cuz i forgot to apply

[digital inlet]

udub cs is lowk hard

but everything else is doable i believe

[golden slate]

no no i mean the honors college

how hard would it be to get into that when i’m a freshman on campus

[idle wraith]

dept honors is better iirc

[shrewd lagoon]

uw bothell out

[digital inlet]

oh

interesting

oh

wait alternate campus rite

[golden slate]

yea

got in but it’s uw bothell so

meh

[shrewd lagoon]

did u get premajor

do they not admit by majoir

[golden slate]

yeah they don’t

i’m pretty sure

i got premajor too

for cs

[shrewd lagoon]

oh okok

same

i was a lil worried

[golden slate]

it’s all good lol

which major?

[shrewd lagoon]

cs

[golden slate]

ohh bet

[shrewd lagoon]

wonder what the acceptance package is gonna look like

i want stickers

[golden slate]

wait they give packages??

[digital inlet]

almost every colleges do

hopefully udub takes me in for aerosapce

dang

March 9th-15th

for main

[hushed ginkgo]

1st to 15th 😭😭

[digital inlet]

i was reading reddit

and someone emailed admissions and they said 9-15

idk

[forest bronze]

Same here

[hushed ginkgo]

Hmmm interesting

Website says 1-15 but you could be right

[digital inlet]

yeah idk i was confused too

cause i saw 1-15

and then 9-15

but we all know

15th u shud have a decsion

is there a order they follow for decsions

like high stats or what 😭

[shrewd lagoon]

i hope so 😭

[heavy orchid]

i'm pretty sure they release all decisions at once

it's just they expect they'll finish sometime in the march 1-15 window so will release them in that time frame

its not rolling im p sure

[cursive knot]

they do

(uw-seattle. not sure abt bothell)

[hushed ginkgo]

What do they send?

[cursive knot]

lots of non-major-specific stickers

official letter of acceptance

[hushed ginkgo]

What did you get from the allen school?

[cursive knot]

if you get in for cs you get a second letter

[hushed ginkgo]

oooh what's on that letter?

[clear oriole]

do yk how hard direct admission into business is for oos

[cursive knot]

you also get a big booklet of stuff

[clear oriole]

??

i think overall its like 40%

[cursive knot]

“welcome to the allen school”

basically a second acceptance letter but for cs

if you end up accepting you’ll get a bit more stuff i think

like all allen students get a shirt within the first couple of days of fall quarter

[cursive knot]

probably around the same as cs out of state since it’s also DTM

maybe a bit higher

[clear oriole]

hmm i see

[hushed ginkgo]

ooh that's reallyt cool

[hushed ginkgo]

I mean it has to be quite a bit higher than CS no OOS atleast?

[cursive knot]

there’s also a bunch of other stuff that you can get that’s not necessarily part of an acceptance package but it comes with being accepted into the school

[hushed ginkgo]

Because cs is 2% oos

[hushed ginkgo]

like what?

[cursive knot]

probably