Getting burned at UW

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm currently a "pre-engineering" student in my Sophomore year at the University of Washington and am seriously a transfer elsewhere. I got a 4.0 in high school. I've worked my hardest on all the weed-out, 2.6 median-curved prerequisites and come out with a 3.5 cumulative GPA at the UW, along with extensive extracurricular internship software development work, but apparently still do not meet the criteria for the Computer Science & Engineering department, which is currently admitting less than 17% of applicants.</p>

<p>Barring admission over the summer, I've extensively evaluated my options and come to the conclusion that I can't conceive of being stuck in school for another two years pursuing a major other than Computer Engineering. If the UW can't offer me that opportunity, then maybe some other school will.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, all the classes I've taken are massive 100-700 person affairs, as such the number of professors/TAs who even know my name I could count on one hand, and some them I haven't even seen for over a year. On the other hand, I could provide a glowing letter of recommendation from a former VP of an unnamed multi-billion dollar tech company whose start-up I developed for over this past summer.</p>

<p>All in all, this is a very poor situation to be in, and I freely welcome any advice.</p>

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<p>Look at Trinity College in Connecticut, Union College in New York, Lafayette College and Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. </p>

<p>They are smaller engineering programs with good reputations that usually meet 100% of financial need.</p>

<p>Just my $0.02 </p>

<p>Sent from my MB860</p>

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<p>Check the college websites, most require profs or TAs for LORs, but some include employers and other people who know you well.</p>

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<p>Lafayette is not transfer friendly, Lehigh a little more so.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the suggestions, it’s pretty overwhelming since there are so many schools out there that offer CS (and to a lesser extent, CE) degrees.</p>

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<p>I know that USC and Rutgers don’t require letters of recommendation.</p>

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<p>I have a question: Is there anybody I should talk to at my current college about my decision to transfer? </p>

<p>I’ve talked to various undergraduate advisers about getting into the school of Computer Science & Engineering and all they have to say is: “Have you considered any of these other fabulous vaguely computing-related majors this school has to offer?” Yes I have, and the answer is still not interested.</p>