<p>We dropped to 46th :(</p>
<p>What rankings exactly?</p>
<p>US News .</p>
<p>@ImEndless what number was UW last time? i think those number is just overall, UW still offer majors ranking top 10 in the nation such as: computer science…</p>
<p>I think it was at 42.</p>
<p>@ImEndless that’s suck. but it still in the top 50 if you ask me haha. btw how did you response to my post so fast, did you do via phone app?</p>
<p>No, I’m on my computer, quick reply on forums is fast.</p>
<p>We didn’t drop in ranking, we maintained the same ranking. we were 46 last year and this year as well. FYI, if the rank will consider departments, UW will be in the top (medical school, nursing, computer science etc)</p>
<p>If I’m not mistaken though, they only rate the programs in which both undergraduate and graduate degrees are offered (like computer science) based on their graduate programs. It’s a bit of a misleading way to do things, but you take what you can get I guess.</p>
<p>This is petty. College rankings are based on data that can be easily manipulated to get a desired result, especially in the case of prestigious private schools. The university did not suddenly get worse from one year to the next. Any statement to the contrary is balderdash.</p>
<p>If students are looking for rankings to help guide them in their college search, they should look at departmental rankings. They should look at what the programs at various schools can offer them. Research? Internships? Co-op? Specialization in a field? Those are what students should learn more about, not stare at a bunch of numbers.</p>
<p>A “top 10” (overall) school has the high ranking to their name, but another school, like UW (46, apparently) could have a stronger program for a field than the aforementioned top 10 school.</p>
<p>maybe this will freeze the flow of applicants, which is a good thing.</p>
<p>@UDUBHUSKIES</p>
<p>UW’s current course of action for providing education to students in STEM areas of education isn’t sustainable and it will only be worse in the future. They need to take their satellite campuses seriously if they want to have any hope of being able to accommodate the huge number of engineering major applicants they are currently shedding off.</p>
<p>Of course, the state cutting funding to higher education isn’t doing them any favors. I honestly think that the best option for the moment would be to implement tiered, major-specific tuition/fees.</p>
<p>I don’t even give a f*** lol.</p>
<p>Yeah, UW Seattle is turning away far too many potential engineers. For many, it comes down to choosing between a satellite campus that isn’t up to par with the main campus, switching to a different major, or just transferring to another school completely. Competitiveness is one thing, but turning away plenty of strong applicants due to capacity issues is a problem that the university must deal with.</p>
<p>someone knows whats up ^^</p>
<p>The fact that UW reserves 90% of its spots for CC kids is a cause for not enough space for overly qualified applicants.</p>
<p>Out of state kids are held to a lower admission standard as well…</p>