Washington State University vs. University of Washington (MechE or AeroE)

[charred ruin]

Generally, for that small of a price difference (relatively), I'd go with UW. That said, WSU will be just fine as well. Good luck on the admission decision!

[native tartan]

Both fine as the previous person said, but NGL I have never met anyone from wsu. I know a few UW people working at major spacecraft companies.

[sturdy siren]

I think UW just clears for aerospace lmao, you can get a Boeing internship if you try hard enough

I visited UW last february and i loved it, the area is amazing for food and such

[native tartan]

Nah the only good food in Seattle is oysters, ie a completely uncooked dish

Although I don't know where wsu is lol

[polar wren]

Pullman, in eastern Washington south of Spokane

[sturdy siren]

oh, tbh i had thought that the asian food there was good

[native tartan]

Oh lol it's gotta be better than that

[native tartan]

I have been disappointed by teriyaki and Thai food in the surrounding area. I think cap hill has good ramen and I like stateside

[native tartan]

This is a fairly hyperbolic statement tbh. I have been disappointed in Seattle food but also a good chunk of it was during bidenflation so my expectations were probably too high in light of how expensive stuff was.

I would say Seattle is a great place to be

[sturdy siren]

maybe i'm just a pushover

i liked seattle a ton in general

think its probably a lot better than spokane in many regards

even the nature is better

and in the course of human events we usually do have to move to a big city so its not awful to have it be right now

[polar wren]

Seattle was nice all the times ive been

ive stayed in the UW dorms for a week during a summer camp and it was alright

[native tartan]

Yeah love Seattle personally. Just disappointed by the food I've tried

Never been to Spokane tho

[flat steppe]

i feel like for aerospace uw seattle can be worth the extra

its like really fucking good for that major and its suchj a beautiful big school etc

great option to have

cant go wrong with wsu tho

[zealous tinsel]

i'd go uw just because of the environment and food

[stark crest]

100% UW. WSU is good but UW has the connections in alumni and business opportunities in the area

pullman is in the middle of nowhere

[stark crest]

pullman is like a 2 hour drive from spokane 😭

and spokane sucks

or at least their boba does

went to 5 different boba places and their boba was all either flavorless or undercooked 🥀

[stark crest]

but anyhow, you will 100% see a return on investment even if it costs 13k extra per year

UW's engineering program is one of the best in the country

[urban sentinel]

haven’t been accepted to UW yet
No point in making this comparison then

I wish you the best but you’re going to make the wait for that decision more miserable by doing this

[restive pier]

If you haven’t gotten in yet, putting this much thought into UW vs WSU might kill you inside if you receive bad news later this month from UW. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch, or something.

[flat steppe]

That’s what I did with Rutgers and they waitlisted me for my first choice major lol

[stark crest]

tbf he's in-state so there's a very strong chance he'll get accepted. Like if he has even a semi competitive application then there's a high chance. Because several ppl in my school got accepted to engineering last year and I would not say they had the most competitive applications ever, more like top 25% of the class in terms of academics and EC's.

although, I'll admit, if he lives up in the bellevue/seattle area then he'll need a more comp app but for pretty much the rest of the state that doesn't live in the top 3-4 cities, your app does not need to be uber competitive for a reliable chance to get in

[restive pier]

yeah conversely thinking this would crush you harder for a rejection. Best to just not plan ahead before you even know results, however good your chances are

[polar wren]

I’m fairly confident in my UW application, and I’d still be content either way it falls. I haven’t really banked super hard on UW, I’m just trying to get more information on what I should know when it does come time for me to decide

[polar wren]

Oh I don’t live anywhere near Seattle

[restive pier]

in that case if it were me, I'd pick UW any day. Their engineering programs are awesome. If it's any consolation about the culture, Seattle doesn't feel as "big city negative" heavy as something like san francisco.

[stark crest]

@polar wren I hear UW decisions came out, how'd you do?

[polar wren]

I got waitlisted so that kinda tips the scale

but i did go on a tour of WSU yesterday and i loved it

[flat steppe]

Yea I’m literally in such a similar position just for nj schools

I’d go to wsu since they actually want u and not to fill a spot, if you really want to go to udub then cc plus transfer might work, but I think wsu is still adequate

Uw is probably my fav college in general but if they did that I’d probably just go to wsu and then apply to uw for grad school

Maybe idk

[native tartan]

Don't forget to consider ski resorts. Seattle is 4 hours from whistler but Spokane is in range of red mountain, and Schweitzer

[polar wren]

i have literally never been skiing but maybe ill try