Any difference in chance of being accepted if applying as freshman or transfer?

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<p>I'm a running start student and I want to get into University of Washington.
If there any difference in acceptance?
For example, is it harder to get in as a freshman or transfer? Does it even make a difference?</p>

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<p>Hi desuwh :)</p>

<p>I don’t know if it will be more difficult to get accepted if you apply as a transfer student, given that you participated in the Running Start program.</p>

<p>However, in the case you are unaware of this, if you are applying for the summer or fall quarter following high school graduation you are required to apply as a Freshman applicant.</p>

<p>From <a href=“University of Washington Transfer eNewsletter”>University of Washington Transfer eNewsletter;

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<p>Sorry for this late reply, but thank you for replying to me!</p>

<p>Yes, I am aware that if I want to go immediately after high school, I would apply as a freshman.</p>

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<p>Well for your purposes, it doesn’t really matter. You can apply as a freshman to get in immediately after high school, and if you’re rejected, you can continue to take classes at your community college and apply again as a transfer student. You might be in trouble if you’ve done nearly 90 CC credits with a low GPA, but otherwise you should be okay. The average GPA for transfer students (the vast majority of which are Washington state CC students) is around 3.4-3.5. </p>

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<p>As annoying as this will sound: It depends. If you have say a 3.2 gpa in HS, your chances probably won’t be as good as if you had a 3.2 with 90 college credits. But then that’s because your coursework will be much more difficult. Your intended major will also come into play as a transfer too. So if you’re going for either an “easy” major, or an extremely competitive one, your gpa is still going to need to be pretty high.
For most majors though, as a transfer, the general rule I’ve heard from classmates is not to sweat too much unless your gpa drops below a 3.0. As a transfer there are a lot more factors that come into play I think when making acceptance decisions (like having to support yourself, rigor of coursework, if you have children, health issues, etc) so the range of accepted gpas can be pretty big. This makes it difficult to say what the actual difference is.</p>

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<p>Well I got accepted for this fall and I am a HS senior with 96 credits and my AA being awarded to me this june. Only a 3.4 gpa and 1760 SAT, but the fact that it’s a 3.4 in COLLEGE is why I got it!</p>