<p>How many people have UW as their first choice school? If so, have you gotten in, where are you from?</p>
<p>For me, UW is around the middle of the pack, but I haven't visited the campus yet. I got in early January and I'm from CA...</p>
<p>First Choice for my d. Not in yet; in state.</p>
<p>First choice for me, out of state. Will be utterly crushed if I get rejected and will probably lock myself in my room for days.</p>
<p>It's my first choice. I've pretty much accepted that I'm going to be deferred, so I've started planning stuff with my safeties.</p>
<p>I have now come to the conclusion there is no point in taking AP/Honors classes or anything beyond the minimum distribution requirements. For the UW the focus should be getting the highest GPA possible with the most basic schedule possible. And then study for the SAT and get a decent score. I think if you are above the 70 AI they don't look at ECs, rigor of schedule, essays or anything. It is likely there are a fair number of students below 70 who are actually better students than those above because they loaded up with everything and ended up with lower GPA and then are put through the wringer; ECs and essays just to have a chance to get in.</p>
<p>pple who take easy classes throughout HS will find college extremley tough...pple who load their schedules with AP will have a HUGE advantage (turst me when I say HUGE...not huge...but HUGE) The UW is starting to get competetive and in the years to come they r gnna start to try to become as one of the top 50 colleges.</p>
<p>According to USNews, UW IS one of the top 50 colleges...</p>
<p>Then they should drop using an AI of any kind and evaluate everyone across the board using the same criteria.</p>
<p>Yeah I sorta agree with that. For my situation I feel like a 3.5 is just fine. I took pretty much any honors class the whole time and have done full time running start for the last two years. Sure, I've never been the sort of person that is just going to bust my ass to make sure I have a 4.0 in every class. </p>
<p>I'm not real sure as to how UW looks at running start, I've heard some say that they really much prefer AP because it has the test that really evaluates you directly against everyone else. I understand that for the Ivy League and such, but the UW is a state school so hopefully they put some real consideration in to it. I know that they did a study that RS students have higher first quarter grades at the UW. They should, they already have some understanding of the college system. AP might have more difficult curriculem and RS is a little more mixbag on that aspect, but RS really prepares you for college life. The only requirement I have to stay in RS is that I maintain above a 3.0 GPA, so its my decision whether or not to come to class and such, learning how to live with freedom is a pretty good skill too :p.</p>
<p>Back to the original topic, yeah the UW is my first choice. I am pretty stuck in state as nothing about me is really special enough to get a scholarship of much worth. I applied to the UW and WWU (sorry but WSU is just too hick for me) got in to WWU within two weeks of applying. It's a nice campus and Bellingham is an okay town especially with Vancouver in an hours reach. However, UW is really is my first choice mostly because of it's nice location. Also, I intend to major in computer science and UW really does have a top CS department.</p>
<p>UW is my first choice, in state, accepted. </p>
<p>Even though UW may not be better than some other places I am applying to for undergrad engineering (Purdue), and overall may not be "betteR" schools according to rankings, it's such a great school and such a low cost (for instaters). Also, the area around UW has so much to do. I agree with previous posts on a different thread about how location was a big part.</p>
<p>frop...I heard it's EXTREMLEY hard to get into the comp sci program...don't slack off if u get in =P</p>