Computer Science Direct Admit

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Washington
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I completely rescind my statement from above.

On March 23, I received an email from UW with this:
“Congratulations on your admission to the University of Washington! On your application to the UW, you indicated Computer Science as your primary major of interest. We considered all freshmen accepted to the UW who selected the Department of Computer Science and Engineering as their first choice major, but are only able to offer direct admission to a small percentage. You will see on your offer materials your major is listed as “Pre-Physical Sciences.” This academic status allows flexibility to explore academic options in your first year and take the pre-requisites to apply to Computer Science and Engineering as a sophomore if you are still interested…”

^Don’t know about you, but that totally sounds like rejection to me–especially when I know other students already got DA into UW CS.

Today (April 6), I received another email from UW and a letter from them saying I got directly admitted to their CSE program. Here’s the beginning of the email:
“Welcome to CSE!
We’re happy to welcome you to the Computer Science & Engineering department at the University of Washington, through our special offer of Direct Admission.
Direct Admission means you begin at UW as a Computer Science or Computer Engineering major, with full access to CSE resources and opportunities. We offer Direct Admission to a very small number of students: this year, we selected less than 5% of eligible UW freshman applicants for CSE DA…”

I checked my unofficial transcript and it indeed still has Pre Science listed as my major.

Gist of the story is: Having “pre science” listed as your major on your unofficial transcript does NOT mean you didn’t get directly admitted to UW’s CSE program!

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Nooooooooooooooo. I had come to terms with not getting direct admission. Now I’m going to keep checking my email and be dissappointed all over again when it doesn’t happen.

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Are international students considered for DA?

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@zgamergirl Congrats! I hope I get in as well
Also, did you write anything in the optional boxes?

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@halcyonalcyone‌ Yes, for box C I wrote a small description about unusual circumstances about my housing situation, coding events I’ve been to, and a few sentences about why I want to get DA into CS. For box D I listed two additional honors, elaborated on what one of my school courses was about, and then mentioned the Seahawks.
Hopefully you get good news as well! :slight_smile:

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Yes, a couple things to look out for to see if you got direct admission.

I had my unofficial transcript listed as Computer Science, so that was one indication. I had an email about a week after my acceptance welcoming me to the CSE department. And then yesterday, I got a really late welcome packet that listed Computer Science as my major on my “I Accept!” form. AND I got another separate envelope (about medium sized) that came directly from the CSE department. Lastly, I got another email yesterday offering me direct admission (like the one zgamergirl posted).