<p>Hello there,
Im planning on majoring in viticulture and enology (winemaking), and I’ve narrowed it down to WSU and UC Davis. Im really nervous that i will pick the wrong school so if anybody has any info about either school it would be great!!! And is WSU a huge party school?? thats what I’ve heard but i have no idea!!! thanks :)</p>
<p>So I have a 3.9 unweighted GPA and got a 33 on my ACT with a bunch of extracurriculars. Plus I own my own pig farm and own 3 student businesses.
Chance me?</p>
<p>l12345l, WSU is very easy to get in, especially with your stats. Don’t worry.</p>
<p>l12345l: you’ll get in. My brother just got in. He said that they’re taking a lot more people because they’ve lowered standards like GPA and test scores. The freshman class is ginormous and living three people in two-person room. He’s trying to decide between UW because it’s more famous and EWU because it costs so much less than WSU and UW. Not enough financial aid for our family. Boo!</p>
<p>This is one of the only west coast schools listed as providing substantial NMF $. Anyone out there looking at WSU for that reason?</p>
<p>gomustangs11, I graduated from WSU in 1982, but grew up in Western Washington. The two sides of Washington have completely different weather, thanks to the Cascade mountains. Western WA is drizzly much of the time, but temperatures are fairly mild. Eastern Washington (WSU) has cold snowy winters and hot dry summers, and not much rain.</p>
<p>stuckintx, regarding your NMF query- I wrapped up two years of classes at WSU today with my last final. Hurrah! I’m NMF as well, though taking these classes as a Running Start (concurrent with a high school class or two) and from my experience, the NMF scholarship isn’t enough to justify coming here. I’ve had an excellent class or two, especially in the 3- and 400 English offerings, but the good majority of my classes have been a frustrating waste of time. Even with top notch teachers (about 20% of my classes), the lack of interest and participation from the students can really drag down the experience. I think that if you’re interested in one of their strong programs then it could be worthwhile- Communications, VetMed, or Crim-J are all excellent- but most really bright kids if met here are chomping at the bit to get out. Oftentimes the challenge simply isn’t there- I had a much more stimulating and challenging workload my Freshman and Sophmore years at the local high school. On the plus side, WSU has a very pretty campus, all four seasons, and a very liberal policy for applying financial aid towards studying abroad. Campus spirit, and the local, college-town support are infectious.
For me the NMF money wasn’t worth it, and I’ll be going to the UW (which offers no NMF scholarship whatsoever) instead.</p>