<p>im applying to UW seattle for 2011, and i was wondering how out of state students afford to go to UW. Is the school generous with aid?</p>
<p>Nope, but some people have money and that’s who UW wants–full pay OOS students to help cover the budget cuts from the state. If they gave away aid it would defeat the purpose.</p>
<p>are applicants who are from low income families are at a disadvantage in the admissions process? if it is thats such BS</p>
<p>Not enough data yet–just changed this over the last 2 years. But my experience is yes, they would be at a slight disadvantage unless minority.</p>
<p>damn that sucks. UW isn’t need-blind?</p>
<p>Some people have the money to make it happen. A lot of OOS come from states like Oregon /Idaho where the public schools aren’t very good.</p>
<p>theses posts are true…
my husband was charged out of state tuition (oregon) for his <em>master’s</em> degree, which his parents paid the entire amount</p>
<p>so alot of them pay like the whole tuition ***? so much for UW saying on their websites we dont want financial issues to be a problem in getting an education</p>
<p>It is a problem for OOS because instate students have priority. Same with other public state colleges. UW gives very generous aid to instate students as I think last year if your whole family made like under something like 65-70k (6 person family) they pay for all of your tuition.</p>
<p>A lot of out of state classmates I have have found one-two jobs to balance around social life, academics, and other college life. Interestingly enough, I found that they are some of the most mature people I know here… their parents don’t give them a ‘full ride’ to college, and they spend their time wisely. It doesn’t mean they don’t party and have fun, but they know how to manage their time in a way that their GPAs for premed/preengineering/business tracks are still 3.7+ … I can’t generalize for all OOS students, but the ones I know just happen to be like this.</p>
<p>Yes, it takes away from studying and other precious time, but at the same time, a lot of in state students hold jobs as well, either on campus or off campus to pay for tuition or personal spending.</p>
<p>Financial Aid, Scholarships, getting a job, internships in the summer, etc.</p>
<p>there’s a certain point where if you don’t have enough money, you can’t go to the school. they can’t give away free money to everybody.</p>