Hello all,
I applied to transfer to the UW into their ISS program:
http://www.socialsciencesonline.uw.edu/
For those not familiar, it is an Online Only degree program. I am transferring in with the following stats:
Major: Arts and Sciences
Current School: Bellevue College
Credits now: 81
Credits at Transfer: 91
GPA: 3.98
Pre-Reqs: Missing Spanish II, taking in Summer 2015 @Bellevue College prior to admission.
EC: Work full time (Former 12 year MS vet); TBK Honor Society
I have not been able to find much about the acceptance rate for this program, how the University deals with Online student applications, or pretty much anything else. Anyone able to give me some kind of idea about my chances?
Thanks!
Updating this now that I have a bit more information.
The application date was extended to July 3rd. This applies to both the ISS and ECD programs, for online BA degrees. For those of us that applied by the May 1st application deadline - decisions are expected to be mailed next month (June; per the program Director) for the ISS program, and I am not sure about the ECD program but I assume it will be the same.
I am not sure what those that applied after May 1st will experience. The only data I have is for those that applied prior.
Updating this in case another student comes here looking for the same info I was.
The notification from the program came in the last week of July (yesterday, in fact). No changes happened on the MyUW site prior to the offer, so there is really no need to spam check the transcript link.
I applied to the same program (ISS online), but I squeezed in under the extended deadline of July 3rd. HOWEVER, just got an email from Mel saying that admissions has updated their documentation and I’m showing as eligible. Hoping that means that I got in! More news tomorrow!
What information did you receive from the program? Did you get the official packet, or just a regular envelope of info?
-Tatiana
Hello there!
The only thing I got in the postal mail was a sheet telling me I was in and what my info was for my UW NetID. I did not get the same packet everyone here talks about. In email I got a nice welcome letter from Mel, and from Matt; along with the 2015-2016 class schedule for core ISS work, and some sample learning plans.
I hope you get in. This is a really cool program! They have a Facebook Group for all of the students in the program and the advisers and professors are very active and helpful on it. I’ve never seen a faculty to student interaction level quite like this before. They are doing advisement webinars (and they offer it on campus as well) and registration is underway.
If you get in, give me a shout on the FB Group. My name is Bill. 
I’M IN!!! Got the confirmation and welcome email yesterday! What is the link/name for the facebook group? I was able to log into Canvas, but there is no link for the ISS orientation that they talked about in the email. Might have to give it another day for things to process? 
Congrats! Yeah, it took a day from when I got the email for Canvas to allow me to login and see the orientation stuff. I am not sure posting the name of the group in a public forum is a good idea. It is closed, so they do vet who gets in versus not. I’ll try to PM you.