<p>It was nice to see UW in top 10 Best</a> Values in Public Colleges 2009-10.
Most people who are not familiar with UW are fooled by high acceptance rate (62%). Those of us who live in Washington State are fortunate to have a university like that in our state.</p>
<p>But it sucks for us out of state kids.
Over $35,000 a year 
[though I’ll quickly get over it if they accept me ;)]</p>
<p>Here is another [url=<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/Country2009Main.jsp?param=United%20States]ranking[/url”>http://www.arwu.org/Country2009Main.jsp?param=United%20States]ranking[/url</a>] to make out-of-staters feel better. I think [url=<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/]ARWU[/url”>http://www.arwu.org/]ARWU[/url</a>] rankings are more accurate than USNWR. Look where some lower ranking Ivys like Brown stand. Makes you feel better? :)</p>
<p>14th place? Holy smokes.</p>
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<p>Yes! This is how rest of the world thinks of UW.</p>
<p>Look at UW’s [rank</a> for clinical medicine and pharmacy](<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/ARWUFIELD2009MED.jsp]rank”>http://www.arwu.org/ARWUFIELD2009MED.jsp).</p>
<p>Here is a list of Washington colleges and the percent enrollment from out of state.</p>
<p><a href="http://colleges..com/colleges/browse/out-of-state_students/washington/53.aspx%5B/url%5D">http://colleges..com/colleges/browse/out-of-state_students/washington/53.aspx</a></p>
<p>Do people really use the college rankings?</p>
<p>I think college rankings are helpful if you take the time to understand the criteria used. It is helpful to focus on a few colleges during application season.</p>
<p>For me, academic standing and cost are most important factors. From a Washington State resident’s perspective it feels good that the university I can attend is ranked high academically and is seen as best value.</p>