<p>I am currently taking PHYS 121, CSE 142, CSE 190, and MATH 124 as a non-matriculated student having just graduated high schol and being rejected by the UW for freshman admissions. I have realized that this is too much for me and want to drop CSE 190 as I am doing the worst in it out of all of my classes. How will this affect my future admissions chances? Will a 4.0 in MATH 124, a 3.7 in CSE 142, and a 2.5 in PHYS 121 damage my chances? Is it realistic that I will be able to transfer in after a quarter or two considering I did really poorly in high school? Should I continue being a non-matricualted student or should I go to community college instead. Any other advice that might be helpful would be appreciated. If it is of an consequence, I would like to major in AA or CSE and minor in Japanese. Thank you for your time and effort in this matter.</p>
<p>Going to a community college would definitely be a safer, cheaper bet.</p>
<p>I agree that attending a community college for two years instead would be a lot cheaper than attending the UW for that time period but I am curious as to why you believe that it would be safer. I hear that there is an agreement with Washington State community colleges and the UW but I fear that with admissions becoming more and more difficult, that agreement may become less vital than it has been in the past. I also worry about being able to adjust when I transfer, especially because I will most likely have to jump into the hard CSE courses right away. There is also the problem of lack of courses at CCs. I have already completed their Japanese curriculum and will soon do the same in their physics, computer science, and calculus. It seems a waste to spend money on taking useless classes while waiting for the UW to accept me. Any other advice would be appreciated as well as any other information and links. Thanks.</p>
<p>go to WSU or WWU for one year, then transfer to CC for 1 quarter and then to the UW</p>
<p>I somewhat doubt that transferring to a community college would work because I would have to stay there longer than a quarter, most likely three, due to application times and what not. I was also looking for any advice on how to transfer. With the seemingly recent increase in rejections, I have a feeling transfer admissions will now heat up as well and I want to be prepared. I can’t think of any activities that would help especially for a CSE/Japanese major. Any advice would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I would suggest going to one of U.W.s fall sessions where the U.W. Admissions Officers speak and give a good idea of what they are looking for on the applications. The session was amazing and very informative. They actually told the audience that by attending they would probably get in as they would know how to write the essays and other application hints.</p>
<p>Here is a link, they are offering them now for transfer students. The sessions are invaluable!</p>
<p>[UW</a> Advising - Transfer Thursday](<a href=“http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising/transfers/tt.php]UW”>http://www.washington.edu/uaa/advising/transfers/tt.php)</p>
<p>I will certainly check those out. I went to a similar program for freshman admissions and although it did help me with writing my essay, it didn’t help me with other topics. They only gave general information like do well in classes, score high on the SAT, etc. I was hoping for something a little more concrete. For example, being told programs (in CSE) that the UW looks highly upon or what the “top of the top” students did that made them stand out and how you could do the same. I understand that it may be hard to do that as every student is different but I need to stand out in more than just numbers like GPA and ACT. Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>Saxman, I went through a whole process but I’ll give you the short run. The only way to meet the state’s quotes and get into the University of Washington is through CC. (That’s why they accept a lot of people from CC with low grades, meeting quotas)</p>