<p>Does anyone know anything about this university?
i dont live there so i cant really visit the campus and i dont know much about this school.
Hows the campus and surrounding enviorment? The people there?
Academic reputation? weather? other universities similar to this one? From the stats on the site it doesnt look too competitive to get in.
any info or tips aare appreciated , thanks</p>
<p>Sounds to me like University of Washington has the hand over Seattle U.</p>
<p>"University of Washington has the hand over Seattle U"</p>
<p>But University of Washington is like 10 times bigger in student population
i like smaller private schools
also princeton review named University of Washington one of the worst dorms
and dorms/campus are important to me</p>
<p>thanks for your reply</p>
<p>I don't know a whole lot about Seattle U but Seattle itself is a nice city, although it is rainy and drizzly a lot (and DON'T bring a car. Driving in downtown Seattle sucks). Also, one of my friends who is interested in going pre-vet is applying there, so their medical department can't be too bad. I can't tell you much else about the school itself though.</p>
<p>A pretty good school that is getting better. Good location and many foreign students.</p>
<p>Live about two hours north of there and visit Seattle at least three times a year. It's a great city, at least from a visitor's view, and my friends who go to U.W. love the city. I don't know anyone who goes to Seattle U., but I know it is considered a pretty good school for the Pacific Northwest. Whitman College is the best LAC in the state of Washington, however, and one of the best on the West Coast (in case you're interested!).</p>
<p>SOS, you're smart to realize that the experience at Seattle University and UW are quite different because one is a smallish Jesuit college while the other was at one time the largest university on the west coast.</p>
<p>Seattle University is emerging from about 10 years of significant change. For years it didn't have a lot to distinguish itself. The education was o.k. but never out-of-the ordinary. SU undergraduate programs do not have the reputation or strength of other private colleges in the pacific northwest (Whitman College, Willamette University, Reed College). I have also been told by a leading college relations professional that among catholic institutions in the region, SU is outperformed by the U of Portland.</p>
<p>That being said, SU has reorganized itself and sought out financial donors to help enhance the school. The opening of the SU law school was move in the right direction. An earlier poster misspoke; there is no medical school at SU, although the campus is near a part of town called "pill hill." where several old and distinguished hospital centers are located. The campus itself remains small, but some people like coziness. In Seattle, SU has been known primarily for producing nurses and teachers. As I said, the school is attempting to broaden and enhance its programs. If you plan to stay in the pacific northwest following your undergraduate days, you'll be fine with an SU degree. But you most likely will need superior grades and superior ambition to get noticed outside of the west coast, particularly with those tens of thousands of U Washington graduates running around. LOL.</p>
<p>I drive through the campus@ Seattle U everyday.
I liked it- although as a Jesuit school it was a tad too conservative for us,( not to mention it was across the street from D high school) but it has a nice campus with some very attractive features and some programs have a much stronger reputation than similar ones at UW
I made D go on a tour anyway so I could see the award winning chapel
<a href="http://www.seattleu.edu/chapel/%5B/url%5D">http://www.seattleu.edu/chapel/</a></p>
<p>The dorms are pretty basic compared to Reed, but compared to the UW they are livable (but many students dont' live in dorms at either UW or SU)</p>
<p>"it was a tad too conservative for us....but many students dont' live in dorms at either UW or SU"</p>
<p>these 2 issues worry me
i'm not really conservative or religious either
so will i fit in? </p>
<p>also i want to go to a school that has a large % living on campus so i can get the "full" experience"
do alot of students not live on campus at SU?</p>
<p>thanks for your replies</p>
<p>the campus is an siginificant factor for me
can anyone give more info?
size?</p>
<p>SOS, make no mistake about it; Seattle University is a residential campus. Though it is relatively small, it is neither tiny nor cramped. It has open green space, something in short supply at the mega-brick U of W. It looks like the only way you'll be comfortable about considering SU is by meeting with an SU alumni or admissions official in your area. Contact the admissions office to see if a representative will be in your town soon.</p>
<p>what is SU's average SAT and GPA
my GPA-3.5-3.6 weighted
i just got sat scores back i got a 1720
math-570
CR- 600
writing-560</p>
<p>are these scores good enough?
thanks everyone this forum has been very helpful</p>
<p>Seattle U = Elgin Baylor</p>
<p>SOS, You might want to contact Carolyn. She has a pretty good handle on west coast LACs.</p>
<p>SOS, I haven't seen the stats recently, but I'll speculate that you'll be in the thick of it vis-a-vis Seattle University undergraduate admissions (although the nursing B.S. program admissions may be uber-competitive). As I said earlier, in the past admissions at SU were not all that competitive, but my impression is that things have changed. SU is trying not to be surpassed by its regional catholic sisters, Gonzaga U and U of Portland.</p>
<p>And yes, folks among the famous SU grads is Elgin Baylor, NBA hall of fame member. Up until the early 1980s, SU was Division I in basketball and played in the same conference as the infamous Runnin' Rebels of U Nevada-Las Vegas. They even lost the NCAA championship in a close game to U Kentucky in Elgin Baylor's day. However, unlike Ceasar's wife, basketball at SU did not remain beyond reproach. There were no major scandals but the fact that the ballplayers in the 1970s never went to class and began to lose frequently was a public relations mess. The school determined that the financial cost of Division I basketball for a small catholic school wasn't affordable anymore. SU never resumed big time sports.</p>
<p>Seattle U was on our 'visit' list last year because it had come highly recommended by a family friend. Although it was a pretty campus, I was not overly impressed by the dorms or facilities. My son, who sat in on a class, was not overly impressed by the academics.</p>
<p>I did not get the sense that it was a 'religious' environment, the students dressed and acted typical, and were friendly enough. The chapel is indeed, beautiful, though. </p>
<p>We both liked the urban location, but my son ultimately chose Reed, where he is pretty much (except for Chemistry class!) thriving.</p>