<p>I'm currently a senior in HS while also attending a CC, because I enrolled in WA's Running Start program last year. I've been accepted into WSU and the University of Idaho.
I want to major in Poli-Sci and then go off to law school.</p>
<p>The thing is... I love the U of Washington and I know I won't get in - this year.
I haven't heard back from them yet since they send out their decisions in late March but I don't think that they'd accept me.</p>
<p>If I would stay at my CC next year I'd graduate w/ my AA in Poli-Sci in 2012 and could then have another shot to get into the UW, but is it really worth it?
Would I be better off to just go to either WSU or the U of Idaho?</p>
<p>My friends and especially my parents are encouraging me to enroll at a university but I'm not sure.. I really don't want to give up so easily on my dream school.</p>
<p>josebiwasabi-
Thank you!
I just think I might have more opportunities and eventually more internship experiences if I decide to transfer to the UW next year. After all it is in Seattle :)</p>
<p>Who suggested that UW is a “Public Ivy?” Frankly, I can’t think of anything that it would have in common with the Ivies, which are all private and average 7,000 undergrads, acceptance rates < 15% and > 250 years of age. What UW is is a very good, very HUGE, public flagship university in a great city. It has a good reputation and everyone loves Seattle. But is it so much better than WSU that you should re-route your life around trying to be there instead of Pullman? I wouldn’t think so. UW has 42K students compared to 18K at WSU - that’s one thing I’d find in favor of WSU. UW is in Seattle instead of Pullman - a lot of folks would find that more appealing, but some wouldn’t. There’s much to like about UW, but it’s not a unique, life-altering, one of a kind experience.</p>
<p>gadad, “public ivy” has a very clear meaning that has nothing much to do with 8 somewhat overrated schools in the East. And many people at Udub find it a very excellent experience without the attitude.</p>
<p>I really hate the term “public Ivy”, and I certainly wouldn’t consider UW to be one- whatever the term might mean. UW is a large state university with a lot of things going for it, but “public Ivy”??? Nope.</p>
<p>Yeah, we all can thank Moll for that! However, the clear meaning has … little meaning on College Confidential. Is it not time for another endless exercise of ranking? Aren’t we dying to know how the Public Ivies (or Ivys) measure up to their Non-Public Namesakes? And, more importantly, don’t we need to know which are Lower Public Ivies?</p>
<p>Forget about whether UDub is more highly regarded than WSU… that is irrelevant to your purpose of attending Law School after graduating.</p>
<p>The fact is that UDub is YOUR “dream school”. What’s one more year of CC in comparison to a lifetime of having attended/graduated your dream school?</p>
<p>Go for UDub. Anything less will eventually make you bitter that you didn’t give it the ol’ college try.</p>
<p>Well then MOM and others, you are uniformed. Do some research on Udub and get back. Top sciences, great creative writing and drama programs, great Comp Sci. Top 15 in US on ARWU international rankings. More NAS members (over 100) than several actual Ivy schools. More national faculty awards than Penn and Brown combined. 14 MacArthur winners. Improving football team.</p>
<p>If you really want to go to the UW that would tell me that you like the environment of living in Seattle, which would tell me that you might not be as crazy about living in Pullman or Moscow. Correct me it I am wrong. That being the case I would go another year at a community college and then transfer into the UW. I actually think that is a better way to go anyway, the class sizes at community colleges are smaller and when you transfer into the UW it will be into the upper division classes which are also smaller.</p>
<p>The quality level of most CC classes is not very good nor is the experience compared with a real major university where all sorts of things are happening all the time. You cheat yourself of a real college experience taking that route.</p>
<p>Dunnin, Pea, informative -
thank you guys!!! </p>
<p>Dunnin, that’s exactly how I feel. If I decide to do what my parents suggest, I think I will very likely end up regretting my choice for not trying.
Pea - again, that’s exactly how I feel Thank you so much for the support!</p>
<p>barrons - I know what’s happening at universities and what I probably will miss out on, like living in the dorms, parties, etc. I am aware of that and I am absolutely fine with that. I don’t know if the quality level of my CC classes is not very good compared to a real university but I am being challenged and I’ve had some really great professors so far.
That thing with the “real college experience”… I’ve already cheated myself on the real HS experience by doing Running Start. I don’t regret my decision at least one bit.</p>
<p>Btw, it’s really amazing how many people replied to this thread!
With the public Ivy thing - I’m just reciting what I know from my friends who are going to Udub and what I’ve read on wikipedia, USNWR, etc.</p>
<p>My question was if it would be worth it to turn the other universities down to be able to go to “the one” where I think I’d be happy.</p>
<p>If UDub is affordable for you, it’s an extremely strong school. However, WSU and Idaho both have some desirable attributes and I think you would be fine applying to law school from either of them.</p>
<p>I’m not sure where you are located now, but Seattle is a very very different environment from the Pullman/Moscow area. If you have visited UDub and liked it, a strong argument can be made that you would have some difficulty replicating the experience out in the Palouse.</p>
LOL</p>