<p>While rummaging around a used bookstore I found a 1999 Princeton Review College Guide. The UW page identified Feb. 1 as the application deadline and March 1 as the ordinary notification date. Average GPA was 3.6 and SAT range was from the low 500s to the mid 600s in verbal and math.</p>
<p>If you kinda follow the trend u ll see that gpa has risen each year by about .2...</p>
<p>What I found most interesting was it seemed the UW was more matter of fact about their admissions process. Now; it is like a card game and they don't want to show their hand. I have talked with several parents who attented various admissions sessions and so on. Not once was an AI index ever talked about. In fact, one person told me the UW rep. explicitly said no AI index was used and all applications received the same detailed scrutiny.</p>
<p>oh yea...the UW technically doesnt use AI cuz if they officially said they did then they wouldnt be able to reject pple with 70+ easy. I don't know why they would reject pple with 70+ but according to the stats from like 2-3 years ago they rejected like a couple of hundred kids or something.</p>
<p>The point could easily be made this way: We use an AI index and here is the number. However, we reserve the right to reject in some circumstances. But at least you wouln't have kids running around in late November trying to get their apps in before Dec. 1 or Christmas break thinking that would expedite a decision. In fact, my advice to any kid would be: calculate your AI and if it is below X then really take your time and do a good job and get it in no later than Jan. 15. Maybe squeeze in the Dec. SAT.</p>
<p>I think a lot of those rejected from above 70AI were due to errors on app or mistakes. Leaving things blank, incorrectly stating things, etc.</p>
<p>It has definitely gotten a lot harder over the last few decades to get in. My US history teacher last year told us that he got into UW with a 2.7 and a 1280! And know the avg gpa is like 1.0 higher. Gosh, I wish it was the 70s again...</p>
<p>No you don't; because you wouldn't be here then!! Also; you have to remember there has been a rather large grade inflation since then as well. My brother graduated #1 in is class (73) with a 3.95. My sister graduated number 3 in her class (68) with a 3.83. Nationally, in the 60s and early 70s only 17% of college bound students had GPAs of A-/A. Now it is close to 40%. Finally, the SAT was adjusted as well so a 1200+ SAT today is really a 1100+ SAT. My brothers SAT was 1400 and he was a national merit scholar with offers of admission from practically every major university in the US. (He ended up at the UW; sister at Gonzaga).</p>
<p>Hey, have you been to the MYUW site and gone to the "Student" tab and clicked on "Unofficial Transcript"? I thought it was interesting that it listed my Admissions Index...</p>
<p>Are you a student? An applicant that has been accepted already? An applicant that hasn't heard yet? I just went to my d's "unofficial transcript" and it said: "status incomplete." She is waiting for a decision. </p>
<p>By the way: Was your AI given on the site consistent with what you thought it would be? Thank you.</p>
<p>I was offered admission in January. I don't think I checked that section before I was admitted. ...and yes, my AI was consistent with the chart from one of the websites. HOWEVER, I obviously don't know how importantly they consider the AI nor how they ultimately admit students... I say this just so I'm not saying misleading things (about the significance of the AI).</p>
<p>I heard about that. But I thought you only see it after you enroll and become a student. I just checked it and it does tell you what the AI is even if you haven't enrolled yet, but I am admitted. So maybe you only see it after you are admitted? </p>
<p>mmboys07: yes it is also consistent with the chart that has been going around that says "For Freshman 2005" or something like that at the top of the chart as a subtitle.</p>