Chances of getting accepted to UW-Seattle for Winter 2012?

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<p>Hey everyone. :)</p>

<p>I was one of those kids that did RS in senior year in HS, I recently graduated and now I'm planning on applying to UW (again).</p>

<p>I did get in at WSU, WWU and the U of Idaho before/this year.</p>

<p>My stats right now:</p>

<p>3.3 cum. GPA</p>

<p>60 transfer credits</p>

<p>and I have some extracurriculars ..</p>

<p>I was going to wait until I'd have my AA degree but I'd be done with my AA after Winter 2012, so that would be this coming March and that's why I thought I should give it a try and apply for Winter instead of applying to Summer where I'd have to wait like 3 months. lol</p>

<p>I looked online at the Academic Planning Worksheet for Political Science (I'm a PoliSci major) and it seems like I'd have a shot of getting in w/ my current GPA:</p>

<p><a href="http://admit.washington.edu/files/PDFs/POLS.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admit.washington.edu/files/PDFs/POLS.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>BTW - I could only complete 2 PoliSci classes because my comm. college cut the third one (b/c of budget cuts). I talked with the PoliSci department but they didn't really seem to care.</p>

<p>What do you guys think? Would I have a shot of getting accepted for Winter '12 or should I wait and apply for Summer '12?</p>

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<li>I forgot: after Fall '11 I’d have 80 transfer credits.</li>
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<p>You do not need the AA. I was just accepted by the UW (Fall 2011), w/o one. Like you, I did RS in my senior year, then one more year of CC. I applied when I had 60+ credits (December 20th, 2010). I was accepted this month and I how have 85 credits. No AA. BTW, UW will only accept up to 90 credits… Good luck!</p>

<p>P.S. I too was accepted by WSU and WWU.</p>

<p>Biochemistry major (Arts and Sciences)
Overall GPA - 3.7
GPA in major - 3.86</p>

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<p>Congratulations to you! That’s gotta be exciting!</p>

<p>Thank you! You made me a bit more hopeful.
I will have 60 credits after Summer quarter btw -
my current cum. GPA is 3.3 but I have 45 credits and I hope that my GPA goes up after Summer.</p>

<p>Do they look at the GPA in your major? That’d Be
awesome! Mine would be a 3.85. (:</p>

<p>So, do you think I should go for it and apply for Winter w/ that GPA (that will hopefully go up) or should I wait until I’d also have my grades from Fall and Winter and my AA and apply for Summer '12?</p>

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<p>Honestly, 3.3 is really low.
I have a friend that applied 4 times with a 3.4 and never got accepted (he had to go to uw-bothell)</p>

<p>But, you don’t know unless you try. There are a lot of factors they look at.</p>

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<p>travelgirl,</p>

<p>That’s exactly what I thought!</p>

<p>But then I went online and took a look at the Admissions Planning Worksheet and there were a lot of people admitted with my cum. GPA - and even more with a lower GPA than mine (for the Political Science major, that is).</p>

<p>I’m still not sure what I should do. :/</p>

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<p>put a lot of effort in writing your essays. sometime they are more powerful than a gpa.</p>

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<p>If you want something, you should always try for it. that’s the only way to know</p>