We are in-state and admitted. But we know of 2 in-state and 2 OOS that did not get in.
i got in last night !! OOS, polisci (pre-social science), 4.2k purple & gold scholarship. 7 aps (4 currently taking), national merit finalist (did not know until after), 1520 SAT, 3.98 UW/4.17 W. my first acceptance so Iâm so happy !! even though I canât afford it, lol
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That is true â mainly because they donât need to. Many of the larger flagship state universities (especially UW, UT Austin, etc.) have to limit the number of people in high demand majors like CS, engineering, business, and other big STEM majors, while most private schools donât require you to even declare your major until the end of your sophomore year, and allow flexibility in what you want to study.
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there is a good subreddit on this topic and the person recommends not going to UW if D22 did not get DA into CS/Engineering
DO NOT come to UW if you want to do CS but are not DA : udub (reddit.com)
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We are in state and my kid got in. But I agree there is a lot of talk at my kidâs very large public Seattle area HS that in state acceptance seems low this year. We know a lot of kids that were waitlisted that surprised us. But we are long time Washington residents and it certainly seems like admissions have gotten harder and more selective every year. I guess this is like all other flagship state universities across the country.
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My in state D accepted (pre-social sciences, Philosophy major).
UW is extremely competitive for all kids. Iâve heard of 3 other acceptances, 3 WL and 2 rejections so far (in state, all strong students). One of the accepted wonât attend because she didnât get direct to CS. One of the rejections is very high stats kid so I donât know if UW does yield protection but it seems like the only explanation in that case.
This is tough on these kids. And disappointing for in state parents that have strong students that arenât accepted to their flagship school. I know that is a widespread sentiment down in CA as well. I worry for my S25. Heâs a bright kid w/great EC but not as âtype Aâ driven as my D22 so weâll see in a few years how that goesâŠ
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Super excited because UW was one of S22âs top choices.
OOS. 3.8 UW GPA. 5 APs.
4-year varsity in 3 sports
More than 150 hrs volunteer work as a vet tech rescuing raptors (eagles, owls etc)
Accepted Pre-humanities (which is what you are admitted as if you requested Japanese Studies)
Does anyone know how many applied this year and what the overall admit rate is?
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Yield protection. Just appeal.
It isnât yield protectionâŠ
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52k applicants for 7k freshman spots. Donât know what their yield is to guess how many actually admitted.
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How is their acceptance rate 54% then with those stats?
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Not sure. My daughterâs friend had those numbers on her waitlist letter.
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Do they actually enroll 7,000 or admit 7,000? If it is enroll you would need to double or triple the acceptances (or more) to account for yield.
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What exactly is a 5.1 GPA? I think youâre using a non-standard scale. Itâs difficult to know what that really means.
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Enroll
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According to the most recent Common Data Set, 27.4% of the 26,121 applicants who were admitted actually enrolled.
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Wow so double the applicants this year. If they used the 27% yield this year they admitted around 26k.
Heard today about another in state kid admitted but not directly to CS so will be going elsewhere. I guess there is a high yield for CS, Eng etc so less kids admitted to those types of majors?
If 54k applicants and they want a 7k class than they probably offered admission to 24-25k with the possibility of a higher acceptance rate than 27%. Then will offer more off the wait list if enrollment looks to be short of desired. Just simple math with the numbers people threw out above.
Number of applicants are not double last year but appear up 10% or so. If my math is correct!
Did I read @CMA22 comment wrong? I was thinking 26k applicants but sounds like that was the admitted number in the most recent common data set (which I havenât looked at)