<p>Hi! Comments are highly appreciated.
Did Running Start in high school and am currently in a gap year doing an AmeriCorps term in Seattle. I got my AA in June. I am going to major in Linguistics and study Arabic as my non-Indo-European language.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.36 (Not the best, I know, but I aced my language/composition courses.)</p>
<p>ECs:
Work experience from age 16. Started off junior year in a pizza place.
Senior year I was on the Student Programs team of my CC managing two separate programs and budgets of $50k and $7k for the guest lecture series and volunteer opportunity/family programming respectively.
Now, I am with AmeriCorps through a social justice organization focused on anti-racism work. I'm a literacy tutor in a school in Seattle in the "most diverse ZIP in the US" according to the last census. </p>
<p>I'm 18, white, middle-class, and female. I appreciate any and all feedback!</p>
<p>They will love that hardship/giving back story. I tell you what, I don’t know what your chances are but you’ll certainly fit in. If I were you and I got rejected, I’d go to CC for a year and re-apply when you show that you can handle the rigor of CC. As long as you have 45 credits of CC course work they don’t consider your HS stuff.</p>
<p>She already has her AA. Taking more classes at a CC wouldn’t transfer (cap on 90 credits of 100/200 level classes can be transferred) and if she has an AA she has at least that.</p>
<p>Ahhh, I missed that. Well the question is whether or not they admit such a person under the DTA quota system. It’s much easier to get into UW Seattle on a DTA.</p>
<p>Oh, another thing, if you’re “White” then you’re wayyyyy less likely to get in. If you’re “English” or “German” or “Polish” then all of those things are scored as positive diversity issues. I mean even if you’re white but you address your diversity and perspective as a person of “Irish” descent then you’re going to do better in admissions. UW abhors the milquetoast.</p>
<p>Well, the part of my “heritage” that I’m most in touch with is Norwegian. I’m only about an eighth, but I take Norwegian classes at the Nordic Heritage Museum.</p>
<p>EXACTLY!!! Since there is no such thing as a “white” race, they will see someone who identifies as “white” as being boring and less valuable. Meanwhile the inclusion of the Norwegian reference will distinguish you. I hope that was in your personal statement.</p>
<p>XaviiFM,
My son is white and was accepted in the Honors at U.W. so I don’t know if your statement is true. Honestly, his race was a concern when he applied but I don’t think it played into his acceptance into U.W. or Honors in a negative way. And my son is anything but boring just because he is white, lol!</p>
<p>@tessey64: I’m just saying what I was told by UW officials. Due to WA State law, they’re not allowed to discriminate, but there is an aspect of the decision process based upon the culture which was brought to the campus. If you don’t address it it’s a negative, but if you do address it in any way then it is fulfilled and you aren’t at a competitive disadvantage. I know it’s counterintuitive to a lot of people, but a “diversity” buffet at UW had food from Germany, Lithuania, Yugoslavia, Poland, France and Sweden (amongst other places). While some would generically classify these people as “white,” the UW chooses not to discount the value of culture based upon their skin tone. </p>
<p>By general appearances I could be called “white” but English is my 3rd language and I was born in the USA because my parents came here as students, meeting at University. There no such thing as a “white” race, so to falsely homogenize people by skin tone and discount their culture is offensive to many people.</p>
<p>Also, congratulations on your son getting into the Honors College. He’s got to be one smart cookie. All my friends who are from there are geniuses for real. It’s clear that you’ve done a wonderful job as a Mom. Kudos.</p>
<p>Thanks! I just want others to be encouraged that even a white male can get into U.W. Of course, he isn’t pure white but for application purposes he was. I don’t even think his essays were about diversity, rather a club he was involved with. I feel U.W. is looking for great E.C’s rather than race. Of course, I am not sure of that but it seems that the other kids in Honors have excellent E.C.'s and writing skills.</p>
<p>Oh, well that point wasn’t about the color of your skin, but about your prevailing attitude. The “white” thing is different than being “English, Welsh, Scottish,” et cetera. Being naturally curious about the world around you makes you far more interesting according to the UW and I agree.</p>
This is what I am talking about:</p>