<p>@2prepMom I really was considering University of Washington for a while. I used to live there, I love Washington, My dad has residency there, and it has great research opportunities for pre meds. However, my mother who is a little unrealistic has been trying to push me as far away from public schools as possible. She has always wanted me to apply to only prestigious private schools, which in most cases would not financially feasible. She would tell me how disappointed she was in me for wanting to apply to state schools all the time so I dropped all but OSU (as my safety school) for a while. My dad has been a bit more understanding and encouraging me to reconsider those schools, but the UW application deadline has passed :(</p>