Direct admit for engineering students

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Does anyone know roughly the amount of first year applicants to engineering disciplines who get selected for their major? When I was on campus I’m pretty sure my tour guide said it was something like 10% but I’m not certain.

I applied for Aerospace, OOS, 34 ACT, 4.0 GPA.

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I do not know how many applicants were offered a direct admission to an engineering major last year, but according to the ASEE Online Profile, around 15.1% of freshmen in the College of Engineering were enrolled in a major (the others were enrolled with pre-engineering status).

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Thanks!

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Ok on the Aero and Astro page on UW’s website it says that “10-15 students” are given direct admit as freshmen. Does that literally mean 10-15 students or do they mean percent?

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According to the 2016 ASEE Online Profile, 18 freshmen were enrolled in the Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering Department. It does not report how many applicants were offered a direct admission to that major.

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I suppose one could assume that if they were all freshmen, they were all directly admitted. Thanks for the info

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Yes, as the next entry point is at the start of second year through “Early Admission.”

If you are not offered direct admission (which I understand is mostly awarded to the top Washington high school students and is rarely offered to OOS applicants), your academic profile indicates that you should be a strong candidate for Early Admission.

Good luck!

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Thanks! Appreciate the help

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My unofficial transcript, under major, says Aero and Astro. Does that mean I’ve been directly admitted?

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Yup you’re in. Congrats!

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Wow! Thanks!

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I’m able to see the unofficial transcript but it lists my major as non matriculated. I applied DA Mechanical Engineering. MyFrontPage says major is non matriculated (Mechanical Engineering beginning in Autumn 2017). I want this to be a good sign of DA, but the way it’s worded has me worried. I believe it’s listed as this because I’m taking some UW in high school classes.

Anyone else have non matriculated as their major?

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@BuffytheVS I was a previous DA to CS. I had the same issue. Don’t worry about it.