<p>I know this has already been asked but the last thread didn't really reach a conclusion. I assume OOS because I read an article stating that UW needs that OOS tuition money due to budget cuts. So....thoughts? Or answers?</p>
<p>I live in Washington and I remember UW being on the news a few years ago because they were accepting a lot of out of states over in states. But if you look at their freshman profile from last fall 67% of the freshman were Washington residents. I think it is a good hook if you are out of state and you most likely will get in if you have the right stats. But I feel like Washington residents have a little bit of a better chance just because everyone in Washington applies there and it is the most popular school. I think UW would much rather residents go there than to WSU, their rival school. But that is just my opinion as a Washingtonian.</p>
<p>There is no difference. The acceptance rates are almost identical, as are the statistics.</p>
<p>Lauren is right. There was an uproar a while back (2008 maybe?) because UW was rejecting insanely qualified IS students in favor of the higher paying OOS students. As far as I know, steps have been taken to counteract what could have resulted in a horrible OOS:IS admissions dis-proportionality. They’ve added more instate slots in the past few years; but as a whole, UW is growing so it somewhat nullifies that change. There are also a significant number of international students, which I think helps pay the deficit from the budget cuts.</p>
<p>tl;dr: IS and OOS are basically the same. IS has a slight advantage, but International really takes care of the higher tuition. There’s no significant need for OOS to become the majority, and last time they tried- the media went berserk.</p>
<p>(This is all my opinion, so I’m probably not right on some parts)</p>
<p>DEFINITELY IN STATE, I heard Governor Inslee is making a pledge to force UW to accept more IS students this year</p>
<p>Wouldn’t they accept more out of state students then to compensate for the lack of spending on education in WA State?</p>
<p>And wouldn’t Gov. Inslee wait until the 2014-2015 Application Cycle to enforce any new rules?</p>
<p>Most likely, yes. UW’s obviously already began looking at applications, so it’s really hard for them to change direction mid-cycle.</p>
<p>Regardless, there’s nothing you can do to change your chances at this point. Stressing over it will just make you go insane. Chill</p>
<p>sorry, I didn’t mean to cause problems.</p>
<p>You’re not! You just seem to worry a lot (as do I) and I think you would be better off focusing on the now. However, we all have a license to freak out in mid-march.</p>