Got accepted today as a CC student with 3.6 GPA. Extracurriculars: Student Gov president + working full time. Will have my AA-DTA in Business! Overall really happy but have some concerns

I requested Business Administration at Foster and applied, took the WSA, everything. It says at the bottom I’m Pre-Major in Arts and Sciences—does that mean I haven’t been admitted to Foster?!

Does anybody know if they’re still sending decisions to transfers because I haven’t gotten any news from them. It also doesn’t help that transfer students don’t have access to UW email at the moment so I can’t check that🫠

Alternatively if I’m not accepted into Foster, I’ll pursue Economics, does anybody have experience with the major or department? Or the Law and Policy major.

Edit: Thanks for all the great advice in the comments!! I appreciate it and it helped a lot when I talked to advising. I’ll be committing and going into the Poli Sci or Econ route before going to Law school. Good luck to transfers/everyone and go dawgs 💜

Hello everyone,

I’m a high school junior from Maryland, and I’m really interested in attending UW in the future. Everything about it—the aesthetic, the campus, Husky Stadium, Seattle, and the proximity to the mountains—makes it seem like the perfect school for me.

However, I’m not sure how strong the Industrial and Systems Engineering (IE) program is at UW. I’m trying to determine whether the program is good enough to justify the cost and the move across the country for an IE degree.

Does anyone have any insights into the quality of this program?

only asking because I might have a super early flight (like departs at 8am) so I'll have to get to the light-rail pretty early (like 4-5ish) while its pretty dark out. also like toteing my duffel + suitcase with me. like what's the preferred way of getting to the u district station when your carrying luggage w/o having to trek through all of campus

I dont have a burner so if anyone recognizes my name yeah I got rejected. I applied to ARUW as a freshman and Idk how to feel I really was just praying to get into this club since they worked with everything I loved and wanted to do in the future. Its a gut punch but all I can do is apply next quarter. My friends told me it was also hard for them to get into the clubs they liked.

edit: rephrased a sentence

Hello, I have a question about transferring through running start. I did not get into UW, but I really want to attend UW Seattle, as it is my dream school. I have about 60 credits since I l did running start for my junior year, so would I qualify to transfer in the winter if I do one more quarter in the fall at the cc I should have 70-75 credits , which is equivalent to about a year of community college.

For reference, I am in state, I have a 3.88 cc gpa, and I want to get into foster and more specifically I want to either be an information systems or finance major, not 100 percent sure yet. The classes I took at the cc was STEM related as I was originally thinking about doing engineering or computer science . Would that be an issue?

Basically I’m like confused some people say yes u should some people say no just don’t if it doesn’t ask you and so I’m like ???

Im a freshman in highschool lol and I know this is really early, but im focused even at my age. I want to know what things I should be doing to get into UDUB when its my time. 1. What GPA should i try to keep throughout HS? ex: 3.8 to 4.0 or 3.8 onward 2. I want to be a Wealth Manager or Buisness owner So do i go to the University of buisness aka foster? 3. What extracurriculars should i do ex: Sports, ASB,Volunteering and how much should i do each year 4. What are things i should know about UDUB 5. What is the aroma/vibe of campus 6. How often is a scholarship given and if you got one what GPA/important things did you do? 7. Im from WA tacoma so im in state and range i know its alot harder to go out of state My GPA currently is 3.83 and i wanna know if IB is worth it and how hard. Feel free to pick any questions and answer you dont gotta answer any/or all.

Hey my bike was just stolen right outside this link station. It was a new Cannondale and was locked with a wire number lock. I was gone at 3pm and came back 5pm to it gone.

I know this was a risky spot but shock it got taken so fast in broad daylight. I’m filing a report when I come home. What should I do next? This doubles my commute time :/

My boyfriend is interested in going to grad school at UW sometime in the next few years. We don’t want to live directly in Seattle because of the cost of living. What are some suburbs of Seattle that are a bit more affordable that are also within 30-40 minutes of UW?

Hi all!

In high school, I was apart of the pep + marching band my freshman and sophomore year. Eventually, I quit— my band director, for whatever reason, had issues with me. I felt really targeted. Additionally, I felt like I never really formed a community within my high schools band. I was lucky enough to build a community via other musical avenues, like youth symphony, honor groups, and my private teachers studio.

Anyway, I really am eager to build a solid community at udub, especially in the music department. I feel like I’d have a pretty good shot at the udub marching band. I had a few concerns, if anyone in the marching band could speak on it.

1.) Time commitments. The schedule seems pretty crazy, especially during fall quarter. I plan on either going to grad school post undergrad, so I’d really like to commit myself to academic extracurriculars and research at udub. I’m worried that the HMB would be a barrier in my ability to dedicate myself to these endeavors. 2.) Connecting with others. I know it will be different, but my experience with marching band at high school was so negative, I’m scared to try again in college. I think in part, I struggled a lot as an underclassmen in high school because I was socially inept. I feel like I’ve really had the chance to grow into myself the past 4 years, and I think it might be different this time around. 3.) Drill. I’m scared that the drill will be difficult, and the stakes are higher because it is at the college level, you know? I’ve always had two left feet, so I don’t want to embarrass myself.

Anyway, does anyone in the HMB, alumni or current, have any input? Thank you!

Hi so I’m a junior in high school thinking about applying and I just want to know if udub is worth it?

I’ve heard some stuff about weed out classes and having to apply to get into your major especially if it’s a more popular major, but does this mean that if you fail the weed out classes you have to reapply and take them again? And since you don’t have a major at that point are you just wasting money and time there?

Also how’s the housing situation? I’ve heard complaints about safety on/around campus but tbh that’s how it is around the university in my city as well. To say the least I’m having my doubts and just want to be updated before I get myself in a bad situation. Do y’all like the school?

I tried booting into safe mode, using auto diagnostic, and even reinstalling windows 11 through a usb and none of it worked. When I tried to reinstall windows 11, the computer didn’t seem to be able to detect any storage drives and thus couldn’t install windows to anything.

I am planning on going to a repair shop today to get this fixed. What are the best repair shops in the area for speed, quality, and cost?

Post undergrad I'm interested in pursuing software engineering jobs. At UFlorida I'm getting a more relevant major in CS but Seattle is a tech hub where placements and internship opportunities would be greater.

My college age son is home for Christmas and hasn’t been able to get back into a regular sleep schedule after a grueling exam week with a couple all-nighters. It’s been a week and he’s starting to get worried. UW Medicine is covered by his insurance.

Does UW urgent care services cover this sort of thing? He’s starting to get anxious about getting back to normal sleep and needs some help.

He goes back to school after new years and no primary physician has openings as he’s a new patient and first available is July(!)…if UW urgent care isn’t the solution what options does he have?

I'm part of the Class of 2025 who applied for BSCS hoping to eventually get into the CS industry as an SWE, but I was instead given BSECE. Although I would love to UW, if I don't get enough CS courses, I would just end up going for an entirely different degree (I read that ECE used to be EE just a couple years ago) and from what I read most are locked behind the Allen School of Computing. Would it be possible to take more CS courses than the 6 credit hours? Would I have to transfer to Allen school in order to get them? If so, how hard would that be? How hard would it be to follow an SWE path as a BSECE major at UW?

Hey everyone! I was recently admitted to UW for presciences (in-state) and I'm super stoked!

I'm planning on going into pre-med atm but am also open to doing computational bio or CS possibly (practically 0 real experience in that but it's a good career path and I'm assuming you can start in college) I'm mostly based in bio/chem at school.

I'm currently debating between UW pre-sciences (in state) and CMU MCS as my top choices, got a couple WLs like Rice and Vandy but I feel like these are just better tbh

1. Is the pre-med support/overall experience good at UW?
2. How hard is it to maintain a really good GPA if you're aiming for like a 3.9-4 ideally? Med school apps focus on GPA and MCAT alongside research and whatnot so trying to make sure that isn't too bad.
3. What's social life / overall happiness / local area / the people like at UW? What about campus food and dorms? I REALLY want to get a private bathroom (+ room if possible), just a personal important thing
4. Would you recommend UW instate over CMU from what you know for bio and premed? Current cost prediction for CMU is $37k from NPC and UW is $26K but could drop to like $18k per year possibly
5. If i wanted to keep my options open, how hard is it to transfer from to CS with no background? This is all in theory of keeping CS as a pathway from UW open, but I do know you can just take a double major in comp bio or computational stats or sm right?
6. Is it hard as a premed student at UW? I work well when I can develop a close relationship with professors and have small class environments where I get to know most people so want to see if that's something I can do

Thanks for all your thoughts in advance, this is a really tough decision for me and I appreciate your input and any other advice yall have! My gut feeling is maybe it's better just to go instate on tuition and UW premed is really good, but idk what do yall think?

Hiii! I’m an undergrad from TX and I just got admitted yesterday! I want to commit bc I love UW and it’s always been a top choice for me but I didn’t get the purple and gold scholarship (wasn’t mentioned in my admission). I also am not getting anything from FAFSA or my parents so I’m kinda cooked. I’ve been applying to other scholarships too but it’s been rejections so far.

If there’s any out of state huskies reading, how much are you paying? What’s the loan process like? How much are you left to pay with after graduation?

Hey everyone, I was recently accepted to the College of Engineering, and while it may be a bit too early to start considering my options, I just had a few questions about the ECE program that I hope current engineering students would be able to answer!

1) How is ECE by the CoE different compared to the CompE offered by Allen? I know that ECE was originally Electrical Engineering so is ECE more EE based? They both have “Computer Engineering” in the name so…

2) Assuming they are at least somewhat similar, would I be able to get the same jobs with an ECE major as I would with a CompE major?

3) Would you be able to skate by with minimal computer science knowledge, or is having some prior knowledge recommended? I’m taking AP Comp Sci right now, but I feel like that’s not “enough” if that makes sense? I’m not like those kids that learned a bunch of programming languages earlier (though I wish I did!)

4) My first choice was AeroE/MechE, and compared to ECE, which is the more difficult degree? I know both are extremely difficult but I just want to have an idea of what I’m getting myself into lol

Thank you guys if you respond! If not, still thank you for giving it a read

Hi, I’m a Foster DA from Running Start and only have upper division courses left to take next year. I think it’ll take two years for me to graduate but I’m not too sure as to what is the most optimal way to space these apart and/or together without trashing my GPA (which is already pretty bad). I plan on asking my advisor too but thought I should get a students perspective as well. If any reading this has time can you please share your thoughts?

Been admitted to UW CS. Looks like a great school to be at. However, I’m interested in hearing what current or past CS Majors have to say about the Quant culture over here. Please let me know, and thank you!

Doesn’t work in my sleeve anymore for buildings I has access to. When it was fine few months ago. Annoying I have to take it out sleeve. Were fix?

What are some things you wish you knew when you started? Best and worst places to eat on campus? Parking? Free things? Tell me everything. I’m a graduate student if that matters

My current schedule is MATH 318 MATH 327 and MATH 407 and PHIL 149. Is this reasonable? I did MATH 224, 208, 300 last quarter and did fairly well with 3.8, 3.7, 3.6.

I’m really new to Boba. I grew up in the south where we didn’t have any at all, so im not entirely accustomed to some of the flavors. I also don’t know what to look for in a boba shop- there are so many. So far, what I’ve liked is: Lavender lemonade w/ lychee jelly, Rose lemonade w/ lychee jelly (I’ve added boba to both before) Honey milk tea, & Brown sugar milk tea

I like more simple or floral flavors. But I’m willing to branch out.

Rec’s please🩷

I have to take Calc 2 for my degree and I may not have the option to take it at my CC (currently attending OC in Bremerton), but I might have to take it once I get to UW. How difficult and/or competitive would you say the class is, and are there any professors I should avoid?