<p>Hello! I am currently a freshman at UW Bothell and I was just wondering what it would take and how long it would take to transfer to the Seattle campus.</p>
<p>How does the process work? I know it's incredibly tough, but I am up for the challenge! I was dropped from Seattle's waitlist during the summer, which was a bummer (insane rhymes yo!), but I really want to get to Seattle!</p>
<p>Current schedule at the Bothell:</p>
<p>B CUSP 107
B CUSP 104
B CHEM 142</p>
<p>What major would you also say would give me an edge in transferring? Biology? </p>
<p>More credits - higher chances. Higher GPA - higher chances. The lack of your desired program at UW Bothell also increases your chances. If I were you I would just withdraw from Bothell and go to a community college. Why? Because it’s much easier to transfer from a community college and because you can always go back to Bothell if you don’t transfer to Seattle.</p>
<p>What is the increase of chance if I transfer to Seattle from a CC? Currently education is free for me right now (Actually made an extra $500!) Thank you FAFSA!) because I have 2 other siblings which both go to UW Seattle. </p>
<p>Also, what would the process be like if I just dropped out of UWB to attend CC? Would there be any negative side effects?</p>
<p>Also, does anyone have success stories to share? </p>
<p>Well, I don’t know the increase in numbers, but the UW allocates 90% of all transfer spots for those from community colleges. And the rest 10% for those from 4-years. You will be given no preference in transferring from a different UW campus. </p>
<p>The situation with financial aid is of course a whole different story. I don’t know if you can “transfer” it from Bothel to a CC right away. So yeah, that’s a problem.</p>
<p>I don’t think it should have any negative effects. Technically, you haven’t even attended Bothell. I mean, there will be no records in your transcript if you drop out within the first few weeks. Enrolling into a CC is very easy…</p>
<p>But you know, I would recommend you talking to an adviser. I don’t want to give you an advice which might ruin your life I’m just letting you know that there is another option…</p>
<p>I just crunched the numbers I saw on the UW website…and out of the 5000 or so people who applied as transfers in 2011, 144 people from a 4-year college were admitted. That leaves me with about 3% chance of successfully transferring :o</p>
<p>Man, what a dilemma I am in right now. It’s not impossible, but it’s highly improbable…
I think I should find an adviser…or I could just do really well at my time here in UWB…The mean transfer GPA was 3.46, and 80% of transfers were from in-state…</p>
<p>I’m not really that good at math, but why did you calculate it as three percent? You will be competing against those from four years only since there is 10% of spaces allocated to them. So, you have to consider the percentage of those who were admitted from four years, not all colleges. </p>
<p>You might want to finish this quarter at Bothell and then go to a CC (just because of the finaid situation). However, i do not know how Seattle will look at that later. First i would consult an adviser from Bothell, then from Seattle. I think that those from Seattle also work in admissions, so they might give you a better insight.</p>
<p>Oh, I misinterpreted the data. I was looking at it like this:</p>
<p>5023 people applied for transfers and 2006 were offered admission. Out of those, 1441 actually enrolled. I just divided the numbers and ended up with 0.0399. I forgot to take into account that people who are offered admission do not necessarily choose to enroll. Silly me!</p>
<p>Again, thank you for the much needed advice!</p>
<p>UW Bothell is not bad…but they mostly focus on business and technology…unless I am mistaken :o</p>
I’m just letting you know that there is another option…</p>