<p>I would be an out of state student and I am attracted to University of Washington because of their supposed awesome premed and the fact that it's in seattle. What's dorm life like? Can I live in an apartment my freshman year? How are the academics? Honors? Atmosphere? People? Comparative to Ohio State or UCSD/SB. Any opinions would be appreciated.</p>
<p>Amazing school.</p>
<p>UW is a superb school IMHO. It is almost unparalleled if you want to go into medicine (SO MUCH $$ for Medical research etc.) Seattle is amazing. Academics are great, people are nice. Yes you can live in an apartment Freshman year, but you should really investigate dorms/Greek life to meet people etc. Plus there is TONS of school spirit/lots of fun to be had. I would be amazed if you didn’t like UW.</p>
<p>At $33-34K per year OOS for tuition, fees, room & board, UW is a good value compared to private Us. Obviously though, it’d be a big additional cost compared to your in-state public.</p>
<p>Thanks. Does anyone know about how good UW is with Financial aid and scholarships?</p>
<p>Great school. Medicine, science, and engineering are all outstanding, but nothing is particularly bad. Beautiful campus.</p>
<p>It’s ~$38k/year for the OOS COA.</p>
<p>Out-of-state merit aid is wretched. Actually, in-state merit aid is wretched too. See <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-washington/1044447-university-washington-oos-scholarships.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-washington/1044447-university-washington-oos-scholarships.html</a></p>
<p>I know there is a fair amount of need-based financial aid for in-state students. Not sure about OOS there.</p>
<p>What state do you live in?</p>
<p>Uw is not going to give an oos student financial aid. Expect to be full pay. If u can’t full pay then don’t apply</p>
<p>O think you should definitely still apply. I think that is bad advice someone telling you not to apply somewhere. Regardless of the outcome you will never know until you apply. You may not get finicial aid, but at the same time you might get enough for you to be able to attend.</p>
<p>But back to the point i love UW. The campus is awesome, and there is tons of school spirit. You are not downtown Seattle, but your a short bus ride away, and also a short bus ride away from north gate. Sports are also very good at UW. If you are interested most sports draw a big crowd. I would recommend staying on campus your freshman year, because it;s a huge school and dorms are an easy way to meet people in the beginning.</p>
<p>jalxndr, there is a financial aid estimator right on the UW website. If you input your own family data, you will get an accurate picture of what any financial aid package from the school might look like. </p>
<p>[Student</a> Office of Financial Aid](<a href=“Student Financial Aid”>Student Financial Aid)</p>
<p>If you do that, you’ll see for yourself that m2ck is right. Don’t count on getting anything more than the federal money that you would qualify for at any school (Pell grants. Stafford loans, etc.). UW grants and scholarships are for Washington residents only,so you don’t qualify. There is no “you never know until you apply.” You can know without applying – UW is very clear on what they will give out to out-of-staters.</p>
<p>You should run the numbers before you decide to spend the money on applying.</p>
<p>Mom2kids absolutely has a valid point; umdergraduate admission and financial aid to non-residents is very limited at the University of Washington. Even before the recent national recession, the UW has had to confront budget difficulties amid rising applications. Undergraduate Admission at the UW is highly competitive for Washington state residents, let alone out-of-state applicants.</p>
<p>Is it a very competitive school? Need high SATs scores?=] just wonderin</p>
<p>The UW has been quite popular for Washingtonians for generations and even more so over the past 20 years. For many people it has the right mix of the qualities they want in a college. Great academics, an interesting campus culture, great facilities/resources, big time inter-collegiate athletics, etc…located in a stimulating and affluent city, all for a reasonably affordable price. Hearing stories of rejected applicants with high qualifications is not uncommon today. Now I would be the first to say that the UW is living off the reputations of its graduate science departments (medicine, Computer Science, Oceanography/Fisheries, Physics and Engineering etc.) studies reputations and that undergraduate life could be improved. But the University’s overall rep remains intact.</p>
<p>I think that is bad advice someone telling you not to apply somewhere. Regardless of the outcome you will never know until you apply. You may not get finicial aid, but at the same time you might get enough for you to be able to attend.</p>
<p>Unless a student has unlimited time and resources to be filling out apps, it is a waste to submit an app to an OOS public if you need aid (more than just a federal student loan) and the school won’t give you merit.</p>
<p>UW’s own FA estimator indicates that if you have an EFC that is too much for Pell, then as an OOS student, you’ll only get federal loans.</p>