Additional Information About Yourself or Your Circumstances (Optional)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Washington
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UW application include this optional 200 word essay. It explains it as the following:

"You are not required to write anything in this section, but you may include additional information if something has particular significance to you. For example, you may use this space if:

  • You are hoping to be placed in a specific major soon
  • A personal or professional goal is particularly important to you
  • You have experienced personal hardships in attaining your education
  • Your activities have been limited because of work or family obligations
  • You have experienced unusual limitations or opportunities unique to the schools you attended
    "

My son plans to apply to the Computer Science program and he interprets the above as a “required” for anyone applying to a direct admit major. Is this correct?

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Only a handful of majors at the UW offer direct or early admission, and CS is one of them.

If you are given an opportunity to tell the CS admissions committee why you (among thousands of other qualified applicants) would be a good choice for one of the small number of direct admissions they will offer, you might as well take it.

Good luck to your son!