Transferring from Bellevue College

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I applied to various colleges and got into most of them but didn't get into UW because of my GPA. While I considered attending another college, my parents' willingness to pay combined with my desire to attend specifically UW Seattle have led me to consider attending Bellevue College and then transferring to UW Seattle.</p>

<p>From what I hear, the process generally includes 2 years (or possibly less) at a state community college (UW considers Bellevue College a community college still, despite its change to a "real" college) and then transferring credits directly to UW. Getting general credits out of the way might be a better use of money anyway.</p>

<p>I guess I'm asking exactly how this direct transfer program works and for advice from people who have gone through it. I'm fairly sure that once you complete 2 years at a community college with decent grades it's easy enough to complete the transfer, but I'm not particularly sure on how to set this up. </p>

<p>I'm planning on applying for the Fall 2014 quarter at Bellevue College and starting a major in Business/Finance; something in that general category. </p>

<p>How exactly do I go about starting this process? Do I have to talk to someone about it? How many years/quarters would I likely have to attend Bellevue College before getting into UW, assuming good grades? I'm not too worried about grades, that should come easy, but I would honestly rather not attend BC for 2 years. Any other advice is appreciated.</p>

<p>Also, how many credits at BC would it take to have a decent shot at getting in? What is the approximate number of credits it would take in order to have a shot at getting in? If you can't tell, I'd like to get in as soon as possible. If high school stuff matters, I had a ~3.3 GPA with a 2020 SAT score and I took a decent amount of IB classes. </p>

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<p>Transfer from Bellevue College here, I got into the UW for Autumn 2014. Transfers generally take two years to get their transfer associates. Although it is better to take as many classes that contribute towards your intended major as preparation for you major seems to be the biggest admission factor for they uw; they want you to at least have all the prerequisites done before you transfer. Personally, because I did poorly in high school, I stuck around for about three years. While that’s generally no fun, I managed to save a lot of money and get more than my prereqs down.</p>

<p>If you are going for a major in business, then the Associates in Business is most likely for you (you can also do a degree audit once you are a student at BC):</p>

<p><a href=“Programs of Study - Bellevue College - Acalog ACMS™”>Programs of Study - Bellevue College - Acalog ACMS™;

<p>Unlike other schools, to the UW, the direct transfer agreement does not guarantee admission, it only means that you will be a Junior when accepted. However, those with 90 or more credits and/or an associates DTA will be given priority.</p>

<p><a href=“Transfer | Office of Admissions”>https://admit.washington.edu/Admission/Transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>With grades, the average transfer GPA is about a 3.49 compared to the 3.75 for freshmen applicants. I got in with an unimpressive 3.4 with 95 credits, but I had all my prereqs and more done along with my transfer degree.</p>

<p><a href=“Transfer | Office of Admissions”>https://admit.washington.edu/QuickFacts/Transfer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Also, check out this official transfer newsletter which will give you a lot of useful info:</p>

<p><a href=“UW Transfer Student eNewsletter”>http://depts.washington.edu/trnews/archives/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;