<p>Did you get into any of your other schools you ap if you are applied to?
Awww, that’s really upsetting! 
Well can’t you go part time or try soemwhere else then transfer or something?
Or go to another school for your BA then reapply to this school if you are going for a MA or doctoral degree.</p>
<p>and to everyone who may think otherwise, here’s a newsflash:</p>
<p>AS IF gpa is a reliable example of a person’s intelligence. grades are so subjective, it’s not even funny.</p>
<p>for instance, i am not religious at all, and am a female double minority (1/2 black 1/2 hispanic). i go to a predominantly caucasian, suburban catholic school where the majority of teachers are male. there have been years where i haven’t had a single female teacher, and its been shown that male teachers tend to favor male students. also, grades from year-long religion classes are factored into my gpa. unlike most of my peers, i haven’t been going to catholic school on my life, don’t go to church, and prior to coming to this school, knew little about the christian faith.</p>
<p>in these religion classes, there has been a lot of short answer tests and assignments. if your opinion on abortion or the death penalty or sex before marriage differs from the teachers, you’re going to get graded down no matter how well written your answer is.</p>
<p>i don’t know if anyone on this board is from Seattle, but i went to SCDS, or seattle country day school. it’s a highly capable kid school and you actually have to get tested to be allowed in.</p>
<p>and finally, there IS a correlation between SAT scores on the 1600 scale and a person’s IQ. since that’s the case, one would assume that mine would be pretty damn high.</p>
<p>I DO NOT LIKE PEOPLE INSULTING MY INTELLIGENCE.</p>
<p>well, i’ve gotten into western and asu so far. i don’t want to go to asu at all though. i’m waiting on UBC before i make any decisions, because it’s my number one. if i don’t get in there though, then i might appeal uw. but i don’t think that i’d want to go part time or transfer in, i kinda want to knock all four years of undergrad out of the way quickly because i plan on being in school for a while.</p>
<p>i’d definitely think about the dub for MA or doctorate though. just because they were silly and dumb and rejected me this time doesn’t mean that i’m gonna stay mad at them forever!</p>
<p>…even for a college prep school, 3.2 is low. I go to a Catholic college prep school and the average GPA of those admitted is 3.7. And basically, if your GPA is below a 3.5, UW is a reach. That’s for a college prep catholic school!</p>
<p>ps- you might want to calm it down a little. just fyi, you’re starting to sound a little bitter.</p>
<p>You’re going to have a much higher chance of getting into UW by first going to a Seattle-area community college and then transferring in than going to a 4-year university and then transferring. </p>
<p>Western is also on my list. :)</p>
<p>I agree with just4ivaylo. I guess you should see about UBC, try to appeal UW, and worst case (assuming you really, really really really, want to go to UW) go to a community college for a year and transfer.</p>
<p>That’s my plan. I’ll probably go to Bellevue College and transfer in. I moved to Houston a year ago, and once I apply to UW they’ll probably consider me an OOS applicant even though I have lived in Bellevue most of my life. </p>
<p>What is the current UW tuition for in-state students? 8-10k? At a community college, you’ll be paying much less than that. You should seriously consider that instead of going to UBC.</p>
<p>@just4ivaylo- Yes, I think tuition is around 8k a year without dorm and all the other expenses.</p>
<p>It’s probably around 3-4k at Bellevue College. It sounds a lot better to me. :D</p>
<p>@just4ivaylo - I don’t know much about OOS stuff, but quick question. If you go to Bellevue College for a year, are you considered resident after that?</p>
<p>[UW</a> Residency - Establishing A Bona Fide Domicile](<a href=“Residency Requirements (Non-affidavit) - Office of the University Registrar”>Residency Requirements (Non-affidavit) - Office of the University Registrar)</p>
<p>There is some info on that site. It’s confusing.</p>
<p>Oh… so theres a lot of things you have to do first. Do you plan on trying to do all that, or just go the OOS route?</p>
<p>At BCC (or I guess it’s BC now), I will be paying 8k for OOS tuition. However, if I end up going to UW, I will be paying at least 24K just for tuition. There’s quite a different between those two numbers, especially given the fact that I alone will be paying my way through college. </p>
<p>I guess what I’m trying to say is that I will most likely go to Bellevue College, and then transfer to UW. However, I might also attend Western and then try to transfer to UW.</p>
<p>mooper-
you are a*
you’re*</p>
<p>…just helping you out there, buddy.</p>
<p>Also, I never said that I thought that my minority status would allow me entrance into a school, I personally don’t even believe in affirmative action. I said that to imply the difference between myself and the majority of my peers. I also never said that religion classes were a total surprise, I knew that they were required before I even applied. I just wanted to make it clear that me taking religion classes is kind of like someone who’s moved from England to America for high school having to take a U.S. History class. And I didn’t blame all of my high school teachers for being sexist, I just mentioned that generally, it’s been shown that male teachers favor male students, and at a Jesuit high school, the majority of teachers are male.</p>
<p>cherielia- I know that a 3.2 isn’t high, I know that UW’s accepted average is a 3.7, and I also know that generally, most kids from public school who get admitted to UW have around a 75% chance of their GPA dropping by 1. (So if they had a 3.8 in high school, they can expect a 2.8 at UW) This doesn’t hold true for most kids from private school. Somebody working on the education crisis in Washington State came into my English class and talked about this sad phenomenon. And excuse me for being bitter, but I don’t think you’d be too happy either if somebody was being a jerk to you for absolutely no reason over the INTERNET nonetheless. It’s annoying, haha, and this kid just won’t quit!</p>
<p>He/she’s even decided to start posting on my other, totally unrelated board. Why? I have no idea. I’m sure he/she doesn’t either.</p>
<p>And that’s why I’ve decided to ignore him/her. This isn’t 2nd grade, this is 12th, so why not act like it okay? :)</p>
<p>But back on topic, to be honest, I don’t think that I’ll transfer to UW. If I end up going to Western, so be it! I liked UW because it’s in my beloved home-city of Seattle and my family still owns a house that’s just over a mile away from campus. I applied because it’s just kind of a given that almost everyone who goes to my high school applies to UW. I don’t really know much about their programs because it wasn’t one of my first-choices to begin with so you know what? I’m okay with not getting in. Haha, more room for all you guys that way! And good luck! :)</p>
<p>@holdencaulfield1- It’s ultimately your choice to choose from the schools you’re accepted to or to appeal any schools’ decisions. Good luck on the rest of your college decision process. Since you love Seattle, it’s great that at least you live close (or at least, have a house in Seattle). So of course, definitely drop by Seattle a bunch whenever you can! :)</p>
<p>hi holdencaulfied…i read through this board when there was a creeper on the ubc one
AND i must add that i live in california, and i applied to UCLA, UCB, UCDavis, UCI, UCSB, and Dartmouth to name a few.</p>
<p>In my essay’s I spoke about race, and my struggle growing up, my background, and guess what? i got in to alll those schools except irvine…forget irvine lol. but YOU can speak about things like that in an essay and still get in. those comments irked me.</p>
<p>i think it’s a perfectly acceptable topic for an essay, but maybe uw thinks differently than the uc schools?</p>
<p>holdencaulfield1, </p>
<p>I think I can understand where you are coming from. Although I was accepted, someone with SAT scores/GPA much lower than mine was also accepted. I considered UW a top-notch school but hearing that news put me in slight disappointment. I am sure you have great academic credentials than a lot of others who were accepted this year-maybe even me. (That’s why you were accepted to Western and ASU!) But for whatever reason you were not offered admission from UW, I simply cannot see the reason of this post. Although you’ve stated that your purpose was to create a sort of warning, you’ve filled the last three pages with your jealousy, bitterness, and complaints. I just couldn’t read more of your messages… They just shout “WHY HIM, AND NOT ME!!!” It may have been your essay or maybe it was just a harsh admission officer when you had a perfectly fine application.
Instead of wasting time on here, if I were you, I would deeply reflect on this question: “Why was I rejected?” If I was rejected with your credentials that early (early February!) I’m sure there must have been a great reason because UW doesn’t hand out rejection letters so soon. Lighten up! 
Since you’ve attended a Christian school I sure you know God. Maybe God had a different future planned for you-a better future than what you would have gotten from UW. Who knows?</p>
<p>Wherever you decide to go, I wish you the best! And I hope you don’t take my message the wrong way. I just wanted you to see what you may not have been able to see.</p>
<p>Well, conversation tends to be fluid, doesn’t it?</p>
<p>Regardless, thanks dude. I’m pretty much over it, haha.
But still, let me reiterate this fact:</p>
<p>if you were the only one that you knew of who was rejected from a school where over 30 of your peers, some with lower stats than you, were accepted and you totally thought you’d get in, so the rejection took you by absolute surprise,
you’d be bitter, you’d be jealous, you’d be upset, and i bet you’d complain!</p>
<p>it’s only natural to be disappointed when we don’t achieve something that we thought we could, and i haven’t expressed this disappointment in any abnormal or unnatural sort of way.</p>
<p>and sure, maybe god has a different plan. or maybe allah does, or maybe this is all karma’s fault. i don’t know, never will, but it’s all good, as long as i get into UBC i won’t rip all my hair out.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Hey Holdencaulfield1,</p>
<p>I am pretty sure that you can appeal your decision if you feel that you are capable of being at UW. While Mooper was sort of a ******, I think he’s right in that UW is the best school in the state, par Whitman (debatable). I feel that it could make a difference if you end up in UW vs. WSU. Hopefully you get into UBC :). </p>
<p>Regards,
Bertoffski123</p>