<p>@Rusty34 i say UW because foster isnt hard to get into. A 3.5+ in pre reqs and you’ll get in…but strive for a 4.0!</p>
<p>@NinRash: It’s totally possible, but you’ll have to be very proactive when looking for research, internships, etc. If you do a lot of side projects and can communicate well, you’re already half way to getting your foot in the door for industry. Having something to show helps with street cred (this also goes for anyone majoring in cs!). </p>
<p>The other part of working in industry is just… meeting the bar. You aren’t competing with the other students, per se. Sometimes, there’s a set number of intern positions (e.g. only 1300 interns at Amazon in Seattle during the summer). However, if you pass the hiring bar, that’s that! </p>
<p>Note: It is harder since recruiters might glance at the liberal arts major on your resume and be a bit confused as to why you’re even applying, but it’s possible. Show that you have the experience and let things run from there. Once you get an internship, connecting with other recruiters in the future is a lot easier. </p>
<p>Example: A friend of mine majored in English and was a software engineering intern at Google after his freshman year. He’s extremely focused and driven though; he’s very active in the tech community but he loves focusing his studies on literature. </p>
<p>On a side note, unless you finished all the general education (areas of knowledge) courses through Running Start, you’re going to have to take some non-major courses regardless. </p>
<p>@speedsolver thanks for the input, yes I have finished the AoK through running start…So I am definitely interested in liberal arts. How much programming knowledge is needed to be comfortable as an intern somewhere? (By comfortable I mean like generally how much is used…would the curriculum covered through 143 be enough?)</p>
<p>@speedsolver Thanks. When a student is considered for admission into CSE department during spring is the student’s SAT score and high school grades are considered or only his/her cgpa in UW pre-req courses are considered? Do they have to go through the entire application process including essay and stuff again?</p>
<p>@NinRash: A lot of companies recommend data structures as well (142 + 143 + 373 for nonmajors/332 for majors). I personally got my first internship while taking 143, but I self studied data structures and basic algorithms for interviews. You can find a lot of resources online if you want to even start learning those now! One great thing about computer science is that you don’t really need a lab or special software. Try to implement a number of data structures (e.g. stacks, queues, maps, hash tables) and algorithms (e.g. sorting). </p>
<p>I highly recommend grabbing a copy of Cracking the Coding Interview to prepare for interviews. See: <a href=“http://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com/”>http://www.crackingthecodinginterview.com/</a></p>
<p>@SD2018Dad: The SAT/ACT scores and high school grades aren’t considered, only his/her college GPA (both prereqs and overall GPA). There is an essay portion, but it’s more focused for CSE admissions. I believe the prompt has been the same for the past 4+ years, so I always recommend that students begin writing their statements as early as possible. You can find the prompt here (ctrl+f or scroll down to the CSE prompt): <a href=“Undergraduate Admissions Application for Transfers and UW NON-DTC”>Undergraduate Admissions Application for Transfers and UW NON-DTC;
<p>@speedsolver thanks! I’ll get that book right away and self-study data-structures too. Bellevue College has a data structures course I could take this spring, but it doesnt transfer to UW for anything but “UW 1XX” so I’d rather spend that free 5 credits on an econ class. If you dont mind my asking, where did you intern? What kind of stuff did they have you do?</p>
<p>@speedsolver: Thanks for the link . It answers my question about essays, timing, etc (I should have looked at it first 
). What is the 75% cgpa for admitted students from previous year(s)?</p>
<p>@SD2018Dad: No problem! I don’t know the numbers off the top of my head, although there’s a link floating around that gives admissions stats for engineering majors. I’m actually trying to find that right now since I’m putting together a comprehensive ‘handbook’ for students (prospective+current) to pass along what I’ve learned in the past four years. </p>
<p>@NinRash: Glad to help! Ahh, I see. It might be helpful if you check out the course sites as well (e.g. cs.uw.edu/332 or cs.uw.edu/373) to see what people learn in those courses.</p>
<p>I interned at a large tech company (yay, vague!). I was given a choice of several projects. I chose one that was out of my comfort zone; I felt that I could learn the most from that project. I did a lot of research, both from reading internal documentation and talking to different people (engineers, PMs). I designed my project architecture, had that reviewed by some senior engineers, and then started writing code. </p>
<p>Afterwards, I gave two presentations (one that was mostly a Q&A/defense of my choices), had my project reviewed by quality assurance and test engineers, and it went out to the security team to be pen-tested (penetration tested) as my internship was wrapping up. I dealt with a lot of blockers, including the legal department pushing back and trying to cancel the project halfway through. All in all, my project spanned/touched eight other teams, which was massive, especially for an intern project. I had guidance from my mentor/manager/teammates, which you should expect in any internship. </p>
<p>There were also fun intern events and team morale events, but that’s the not-work-related stuff. =) </p>
<p>Every project I’ve worked on during an internship has shipped or is about to ship (just waiting for another team to finish their stuff!). </p>
<p>@speedsolver you da best, man! </p>
<p>Btw, this link?</p>
<p><a href=“http://data.engr.washington.edu/pls/portal30/STUDENT_APPL.RPT_APPLICANT_STATISTICS_YEAR.SHOW_PARMS”>http://data.engr.washington.edu/pls/portal30/STUDENT_APPL.RPT_APPLICANT_STATISTICS_YEAR.SHOW_PARMS</a></p>
<p>@NinRash: Yep, that one! Thanks!</p>
<p>finally got my letter and i got in!!! thanks everyone for answering my questions through the suspense. im so happy(:</p>
<p>Congrats I am really thankful that cc was with me the whole time when I reveal my decisions</p>
<p>Waitlisted! I am appealing just for the heck of it (not knowing if I would have got in or not would eat me alive), but I had no intentions of attending UW anyway. It was my dream school for three years until I visited, but it was just too expensive regardless of how much I loved it. My sincerest congratulations to those who were accepted! To those waitlisted, do not give up because there is still hope, but look into other schools as well! And to those rejected, there is a college out there for you that wants you there, so do not get hung up on one rejection. Best of luck to everyone with their future plans, no matter where they are going!</p>
<p>@abiasco your comment just restored my faith in humanity :)</p>
<p>@ablasco,
Why are you appealing your decision if you aren’t going to go?</p>
<p>According to him, just for the heck of it I believe. </p>
<p>@KosherBacon I was thinking that I would appeal it just so it would not bother me, but I’m not going to. I realized that someone else who really wants to go can take my spot instead, if I were to get accepted.</p>
<p>Hi,</p>
<p>My son just got a letter in the mail today from the university, but it was just the acceptance letter.</p>
<p>Was there supposed to be something else in the envelope? I’d read that accepted students were supposed to receive an “admission package” containing various things.</p>
<p>Seems strange that the university would send two items all the way out here to the far east when they could have just put everything into one package.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Hi Izinger - we got the initial “Big” regular letter sized envelope with my daughter’s acceptance, then a week later, we got a large envelope with admissions stuff. We also got an email and a separate letter telling her that she was accepted as a direct admit. And we are still waiting to hear whether she was accepted to the Honors college. </p>
<p>I don’t think multiple mailings are a concern for the school! And congrats on the acceptance!</p>
<p>@izinger: Congrats!</p>
<p>Traditionally, UW sent the little envelope to students months before the large package/envelope was even ready. So for example, I was admitted to UW in mid-December, heard from Honors in January, got my big envelope in late February, then heard about direct admit in early April.</p>
<p>Even though their notification timeline is a bit different now, I assume there would have to be a lot of effort that goes into changing up how they handle notifications, including their current scheduling with the local post offices.</p>