<p>I'm just wandering if there's any UW students on here who did running start and could tell me what you application process was like and how it was getting in. Also, how well you did through high school and then in running start. I'm currently going to be finishing out my sophomore year with a 3.44 cumulative and about 3.56 weighted. (One Ap this year). I'm really not sure if I should do running start or not, but I hear Uw is good with running start students.
Also, last thing, if I do running start would it be a good idea to do one or possibly two APs along with running start, or just all running start classes? Thanks to anyone who replies.</p>
<p>I tried to find the info to back up the story I was told, but alas I could not. I was told that there is a certain percentage of CC transfer students with Associate DTA (Direct Transfer Agreement) degrees that UW had to accept at it’s Seattle campus.</p>
<p>The Tacoma campus is much more explicit. If you get a DTA with a WA State CC, you are guaranteed admission provided you earn a 2.75 Cumulative GPA.</p>
<p>[Guaranteed</a> admission through the Direct Transfer Agreement (DTA) Admissions University of Washington Tacoma](<a href=“http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/admissions/guaranteed-admission-through-direct-transfer-agreement-dta]Guaranteed”>http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/admissions/guaranteed-admission-through-direct-transfer-agreement-dta)</p>
<p>If you did Running Start and you apply right after high school (I mean, you apply to start in the summer or fall after you graduate) you are NOT a transfer student, you apply as a freshman. None of XaviFM’s info is relevant in this case.</p>
<p>[Guide</a> Me | University of Washington](<a href=“http://admit.washington.edu/Admission/GuideMe]Guide”>http://admit.washington.edu/Admission/GuideMe)</p>
<p>I did RS last year and am doing it this year. Last year, I did a full course load at the college and took an honors class and AP class at the HS. This year, I’m just doing running start. I think that it wouldn’t make much difference if you did a combination with AP/Honors. My GPA at the college is a 4.0 and a 3.8 at the high school. Honestly, I’m not sure it really matters whether of not you do running start in terms of admissions. Just do it if you think you would personally benefit from it. The application process is the same as if you took HS classes. You just type in your classes and your grades and check a box that says “runnning start.”</p>
<p>Seattle1234, are going to UW after you did running start? And were the classes a lot more difficult than high school classes? And Thanks for replying UW Student and Seattle 1234.</p>
<p>"And were the classes a lot more difficult than high school classes? "</p>
<p>I did Running Start – the college classes are more difficult in certain ways. </p>
<p>It’s much harder to get an A – at last in the classes I took, you had to be around a ~95+ to have a 3.8 or above. And there’s usually not much homework or credit/no credit stuff to bump you up like there is in high school. Grades in college are often based purely on exams and papers.</p>
<p>So I found that getting an A was harder in college – the material itself is not necessarily more difficult (this depends a lot on what class you are taking, though).</p>
<p>So I’m curious, we’re your grades better through RS or highschool? Or about the same in both?
And I really wanna do it for the full two years and possibly earn my associates. Did you do this when you were in RS? The whole thing about getting your associates makes me wanna do RS a lot more, but I’m scared that it might be to difficult for me.</p>
<p>I did running start, got an Associates Degree, transferred to UW and was told the whole time that I was a Transfer Student, since I earned an AAS-DTA.</p>
<p>I did Running Start at Bellevue College, on top of my 7 HS courses.</p>
<p>There’s three ways you can follow-</p>
<p>1; Take all your classes at college. I believe the state pays for 15 credits (three courses simulteanously) per quarter. Thats nine courses, all AP level, per year. You can also get an Associates Degree (AA), when you graduate HS if you have enough credits. That cuts off two years of college later. Again, you’re doing just three classes, not six like HS.</p>
<p>2; Take some courses at college. Typically, kids do this if a class is only at HS (like Band or drama). You could do just one HS class, or just one college course (and five HS classes). Think of it as taking an AP you like in a college environment, and getting dual credit too.</p>
<p>3;Taking extra courses. If you have an easy class (music or fitness) you might find time for a 7th class. Most do them online to save travel time, and even a 101 class is a paid and almost guaranteed passing AP.</p>
<p>Running Start is only for Jrs and Srs, and only pays for courses 101 and higher (college level). You get HS credit and college credit at the same time, and what would have been yearlong at HS is now less than three months at college. Your schools counselor can explain more.</p>
<p>Each person has different levels on what they’re willing to do. Going all RS means losing your HS aura and friends. Doing partial misses out on an AA, and involves travel. Extras require dedication. In any case, college tuition is not cheap, and I urge you to knock some courses out. It looks great to colleges, and it preps you for the jump from HS to college coursework.</p>
<p>Nin10dude317, do you know if I was to get my AA, say in pre-nursing, because I’m looking at getting my bachelors of science in nursing and an AA in pre nursing would lead into it, after receiving my AA would I go into my junior year of college right after high school?</p>
<p>Typically, yes. But be sure to check with the prereqs for your major to see if the AA satisfies everything.</p>
<p>Wow. That’s awesome. Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>If I ever have kids, I am going to encourage them to do running start and get their AA by the time they graduate hs</p>
<p>Me too. I’d want them to do an AS in Mathematics though. Because that would make them work harder and be better prepared for University.</p>
<p>Sorry-this is kind of delayed.</p>
<p>The only subject I find personally difficult is math. So for me, the level of difficulty for HS and Community College classes were about even for every other subject. I think for a lot of HS students, starting RS is difficult. A lot of people just don’t show up to class, and the work load is a bit heavier than a HS class, but only because it’s on a quarter system rather than a semester system. Go to class and do the homework and you should be fine. I would say that 95% of getting an A in a community college course is showing up and putting effort into what you do. Honestly, at the community college I go to for RS, the standards aren’t that high so by actually trying, I do much better than others who I know who do RS.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>