<p>Anyone a direct admit to the computer science program? I was wondering if the courses required are the same as the ones who get in the end of sophomore year. Also, what percent of the students who apply sophomore year get in to the major?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I know they also have direct admissions to Bioengineering Department based on your quality and merit. I'm guessing the percentage of direct admission is low.</p>
<p>Hey- have you guys heard re: direct admit to CS and when? My son applied to CS and to Honors and has not heard either yea or nay. I called Honors and they said they are still mailing out decisions. Seems a bit late in the game.</p>
<p>Direct admit to CS: I heard a few weeks ago. There was a reception and info session for direct admit CSE students on Monday.</p>
<p>Do you know how many they took into the direct admit program? Do you know how many are doing it? I know a lot of the ones who get in on direct admit end up going to Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>My son is a high school junior and the direct admit into the UW's Computer Science program has a great deal of appeal. Rabbit23, can you tell me what you did to acheive a direct admit? My son has a 3.987 GPA and took 4 AP classes this year - including AP CalculusAB and AP Physics. He's also signed up for AP Computer Programming and AP CalculusBC for his senior year. UW is his current first choice of schools.</p>
<p>My daughter was a direct admit to Bioengineering last year. Your son has to actually put down that he plans to major in Compter Science and then the university sends the application over to CS for direct admit consideration. It wouldn't hurt to also talk to a CS advisor beforehand to get your son's name "known". With those numbers he may also want to apply for Honors, which is a good source for MERIT scholarships. My (now HS junior) son want to go into Chemical Engineering but there are no direct admits to that department.</p>
<p>I hate to say it, but there's a probably a disparity in the qualifications for girls vs the qualifications for boys in terms of being accepted directly into the program.</p>
<p>I took 5 APs junior year, and am taking advanced calc & comp sci AB this year. My gpa is only a low 3.7 tho. </p>
<p>I know a couple of boys who had perfect 4.0 GPAs and stellar SAT scores who didn't make the cut. </p>
<p>:/</p>
<p>Congrats to you rabbit23 for making it in. You obviously worked hard to get accepted!</p>
<p>If what you say is true, however, then the UW is still engaging in its policy of balancing the student makeup based on race and gender. For some reason I thought they were stopping that practice. It's tough to be a caucasian male these days....</p>
<p>For those who are wondering about the DA program, its about 30 people who are accepted.</p>
<p>As for classes, DA's take the same classes as sophpmores who apply for upper division admissions. </p>
<p>Being a DA just enables you to take upper-level CS courses when you have met the pre reqs for those classes.</p>
<p>Lastly, the CS program is doing an outreach but not so much for race but more for gender. They are doing more things for women to get them interested in the field. So to the previous poster's remark, it should be that its tough to be a male these days.</p>
<p>All and all, if you aren't a DA don't sweat it. If you do well in the pre req classes, like calc, phys, and CS. You'll be a competitive candidate when you are ready to apply for the program.</p>
<p>Thanks to the previous poster in regards to the direction the University is headed. I did notice that the photo on their webpage showed all guys in the computer lab! I respect that it will be competitive and believe that's a good thing... and I know my S has Senior year to finish taking the classes, etc. he needs to be a strong candidate. He took AP Calculus and AP Physics this year (plus two other AP courses, he's crazy) and is taking AP Computer Science/Java Programming and several other AP classes next year. I'm confident he will enter college as an academic sophomore (unless something went terribly wrong with AP exams last week and this). Additionally he scored within NMSF range on the PSAT and will take the SAT in a couple of weeks... so I am hopeful that it might translate into a Direct Admit.</p>
<p>My S found out his SAT scores a few days ago and I think they're pretty darn excellent. I was wondering, however, if rabbit23 can shed some light on what scores the guys you knew had gotten who didn't make the direct admit into the CS program?</p>
<p>So, my S still has the UW Direct Admit to CS as his first choice/hope for fall 2008. He's an in-state applicant from a 4A competitive HS.</p>
<p>What would someone say his chances are based on these stat's:
3.95 GPA (UW) (stupid B+ in soph year in Honors English)
Got all 5's on the following AP exams:
Physics, Calculus AB, US History
Got a 4 on AP Spanish
Is taking the following AP this year:
Chem, US Gov, Computer Programming/Science, English Lit, Calculus BC, Spanish (he may take the Spanish Lit exam or retake AP Spanish to try for a 5)
Got a 2320 on the SAT with a 800 in CR and 780 in Math
Is a NMSF</p>
<p>I have encouraged him to apply to MIT and Stanford but he has his heart set on UW. As best we can tell he will be an academic sophomore if he enrolls at UW. Would this be enough to get him into the DA program?</p>
<p>We attended one of their informational sessions in early November and the person giving the presentation thought he was "looking pretty good" with his stats. She said that they actually ended up with more DA's last year because more students to whom they offered the program took them up on their offer than they expected. Not sure what that might mean for incoming freshmen in fall '08.</p>
<p>My S made it past the first gate and was accepted into the UW... now if the second piece would just fall into place.</p>
<p>Good luck to him!</p>
<p>Sorry, but what is this? I'm not familiar with the schools in the US but isn't it that once you get picked into your chosen major, that is what you study? Isn't this direct admission? Doesn't every student who've applied have this option or are you guys referring to something else?</p>
<p>I don't know about all of the various "schools" at the UW but I do know that the CSE offers what they call "Direct Admit" to a limited number of members of the incoming freshmen class each year. What this means is that those students who have listed CS or CE as their intended major, and are admitted into the program as a freshman, become eligible to take all level of classes in their major. Any student who wants to major in CS or CE must eventually apply and be accepted into the program, otherwise you cannot take the junior and senior level CSE courses. It is very competitive at the UW. The CSE department has their own separate website with more information;
University</a> of Washington Computer Science & Engineering</p>
<p>For my S he hopes to get into the program directly as he will have taken 9 AP classes by the end of Senior year. He's already passed the US History, Physics and Calculus exams with 5's and the Spanish Exam with a 4. He will, hopefully, nail down a few more 5's this spring. He also knows for sure he wants to pursue a degree in CE, so this particular option makes the most sense for him. If he isn't direct admit, his ability to take classes in his major become severely limited.</p>
<p>bumping to top of UW's forum list</p>
<p>I applied to CS and I have not yet received an acceptance letter. If/when I do, will it say whether I've been accepted to CS directly or will that info come in a different letter.</p>
<p>Basketb - the CSE department makes their offers for Direct Admit a bit later this spring. I think it was in March last year when those went out... so be patient as that has not happened yet.</p>