<p>haha bothellcougar coming in with the brutal truth.</p>
<p>Haha bothellcougar is right. I read through this thread and it just seemed like a bunch of complaining and whining. Not having a car/parents to drive you around isn’t really an excuse for no ECs. I find it hard to believe that your school offers absolutely no EC opportunities (clubs, sports, debate teams etc) and there are always things you can do if you look hard enough. My biggest EC was graphic design which I taught myself and once I started getting good, I would call local organizations (mostly non profit) and offer them graphic design help for flyers and events.</p>
<p>Mapoch, that sounds so fricking fun. xD Good for you. Graphic design has always sounded so sweet but I can barely open iTunes let alone manipulate some layers. xD</p>
<p>Well I got waitlisted too, and I’m OOS and my stats aren’t really all that different. I have a 32 ACT, 3.4 GPA UW total cumulative (3.8 w/o freshman year), 6 APs (3 of which are double or triple credit classes), and about a semester worth of classes at my local college. Then again my EC’s kinda sucked and it sounds like that was importantish. So I wouldn’t say that my stats are too different, I think there are definite other factors.</p>
<p>Sorry if I came off like a complainer. I think my theory about OOS is wrong, because I know numerous kids at my school who don’t take any AP classes and have a lower gpa that have gotten in. I feel like I have above average ECs (varsity sports captain, lots of volunteering, work experience, band, etc.) and I certainly spent a good amount of time on my essays. There must’ve just been something UW didn’t like. And whatever it was that UW didn’t like, Notre Dame must have liked, because ND is supposed to be significantly harder to get into. Congrats to all who have been accepted. I got a 3.9 UW GPA first semester of senior year, so I would expect to get picked off the waitlist. Hopefully. Or if ND sends me enough money, I’ll end up there (unlikely).</p>
<p>A 3.65 isn’t good…</p>
<p>^Did I ever say it was good? It’s only slightly below average at uw.</p>
<p>3.65 is higher than my GPA.
Congrats on the ND acceptance though!</p>
<p>Yes, UW is accepting more OSS students this year because of budget cuts. OSS students have to pay a tuition of about $25k; resident students only pay $8k.</p>
<p>[UW</a> taking more out-of-state students to offset budget cuts | KING5.com | Seattle Featured Video on Demand](<a href=“http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/UW-taking-more-out-of-state-students-to-offset-budget-cuts-118401624.html]UW”>http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/UW-taking-more-out-of-state-students-to-offset-budget-cuts-118401624.html)</p>
<p>The truth.</p>
<p>Yeah, I saw that on TV when they showed that yesterday @ 5:30 pm. 2/3 are still instate. Which means if you’re good enough you’ll get in.</p>
<p>In other words, not only has it gotten harder to get into UW because of more applicants, but also because they’re accepting lesser amounts of IS students.</p>
<p>travelgirl, while 2/3 are still in-state, you can’t ignore that in 1 year, uw has doubled its number of oos accepted students. A significantly larger number of students apply IS, and it now appears that the standards for getting in from oos are more are easier.</p>