<p>is there a huge discrepancy in the quality of education at these two schools?</p>
<p>Yes there is a large discrepancy. Uw is rated in the top 45 and wsu is nowhere to be found, maybe top 150? There is a reason for this, you will get a much better education at Uw. If you got into both, there is no reason to consider wsu, except maybe financial aid…maybe. Hope this helps,</p>
<p>wsu is way easier to get into. many people at my school do the bare minimum for 4yrs and they end up at wsu. that should give you an idea of what kind of environment wsu is.
if you’re a strong student, you probably can get more fin aid from wsu but even then, I don’t think it’s worth it. academically, uw is way more prestigious. between uw and wsu, I’d pick uw any day (unless you have serious cougar pride or love Pullman…)</p>
<p>I agree that UW provides a superior education to WSU. I am pretty sure that it is a general consensus throughout the state of Washington. I would only consider WSU over UW if WSU has a program you are seriously interested that UW does not have (veterinary medicine would come to mind). Or if WSU is offering you a LOT of money.</p>
<p>And of course there is the classic: “What’s the difference between a student at UW and a student at WSU? They both applied to UW!” (Take that lightly)</p>
<p>Hey jolo1990. I attended Destination WSU (an informational tour for admitted students) and I agree with SarSarHanHan. I would consider attending WSU IF it has a program which is superior than UW.<br>
I do have to say that WSU has a lot of new buildings. The campus is beautiful and you will defintely get a lot of exercise walking uphills. They had just renovated their Honors dorm and it’s like a classy hotel room. The people are friendly but I don’t really see a lot of diversity.<br>
Yesterday was also my first time visiting Pullman and I realized that I will not be happy there. Also, a few of my friends who I think are intelligent and really really cool people, and has SAT’s scores in the 2200’s, will be attending WSU cuz of the location and a little bit of cougar pride.</p>
<p>if you you like parties, drinking, or drinking at parties, then wsu is for your.</p>
<p>@ sleepycat… WSU beautiful??? if you call looking at party trash from a nonstop party since the 1970s beautiful… i guess WSU is gorgeous. When I went to see WSU… the campus was a WRECK, WSU is a huge party school… and I don’t have anything against partying, it is just that a lot of the kids don’t really ever study there…</p>
<p>WSU is a great school, and is clearly on an upward trend. The administration is definitely trying to academically strengthen WSU as well as deaden some of that party-school reputation.</p>
<p>HOWEVER</p>
<p>UW is probably better, and will be for at least the next several years. I say this as someone who has lived in Pullman his whole life and taken classes at WSU for 2 years through Running Start (though I have to say, WSU classes might be smaller, and I’ve definitely had some great profs here). If you end up going to WSU, though, don’t worry too much about the quality of education. You’ll be fine.</p>
<p>P.S. Pullman is a cool place…it’s a hidden gem, yo.</p>
<p>seattlestudent, yes, when I visited the campus on April 17th, the place was clean and pretty. I can understand the reasoning behind all the partying though, after all, Pullman is in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>UW >>>>> WSU.</p>
<p>My dad’s friend is on UW’s Dental School Admissions Board, and he said that students applying from WSU to UW’s Dental School get their GPA multiplied by 0.8 to compensate for WSU’s lack of rigor, in comparison to UW.</p>
<p>UW is not “probably” better, UW is for sure better than wsu.</p>
<p>just go on sites like collegeboard and you’ll see the stats.</p>
<p>I went to UW and my brothers went to WSU, so I can speak with some authority on this.</p>
<p>Wazzu’s rep as a party school is well-deserved. In atmosphere, it is an overgrown high school; imagine your HS senior class turned loose without parents, and that gives you a good picture of WSU. Alcohol is pervasive.</p>
<p>In terms of culture, well, it should tell you something that Cougars consider Spokane to be a major metropolitan area. There is nothing at all to do in Pullman, or for many miles around. The student body pulls heavily from Eastern Washington and Idaho, which are very rural and very white, so diversity is not one of WSU’s strong points (except the star athletes, of course). In fact, it has a definite redneck vibe.</p>
<p>As for quality of education, it’s no better or worse than most state colleges, the exception being the highly-regarded Veterinary Medicine program.</p>
<p>Sorry, sumzup, but WSU is not going to even be in the same league with UW in the foreseeable future.</p>
<p>Interesting discussion. I want to add my two cents. I am a UW alum, as is my husband and for the past 19 years we have lived in Pullman. We had two kids currently in college, one at UW in the honors program and one at WSU.</p>
<p>Personally, I think overall, you will get a better education at UW (more class offerings, majors, top notch faculty). However, your education experience and value attributed to it, is what you make of it. I know many people from both schools that have done very well and have had good job offers and careers thus far. Just as I know many folks from both schools that have had difficulties in the job market. </p>
<p>But there is so much that goes into ones personal decision to attend UW or WSU. You need to consider your area of interest. WSU has an excellent communications school, pharmacy program, pre-vet and vet program along with their hotel and restaurant program. UW hits high marks for numerous fields of study as well. </p>
<p>As for the party atmosphere, it exists at WSU, although not nearly as it did back in the '80s when I visited friends on campus. UW has an equal amount of partying, it’s just a larger campus and things are more spread out and not as visible. But I can assure you partying, drinking, stupid behavior exists at both schools. If those things are something you desire, you will find it no matter school you attend. </p>
<p>I personally prefer the big city atmosphere of UW but that’s not for everyone. As a previous poster said, Pullman is a hidden gem. Lots of outdoor activities very close by (hiking, rafting, etc). And the local community is fantastic and really supports all things WSU. (yes, I’m biased about that since I live in Pullman). </p>
<p>Either way, I think someone with desire and motivation will find success regardless of where they attend college.</p>
<p>I’m really surprised at the overwhelming opinion here that UW is “better” than WSU. It really depends on your definition of “quality of education.” Sure, there are some top 100 lists of colleges out there on which UW is ranked higher, but so what? I graduated from WSU, as did my friends, and we’re all making six figures per year. By contrast, my girlfriend and her friends graduated from UW and they’re making less than 30,000 per year. Granted, we went into different fields, but I have yet to see evidence that any particular job cares that much about where you went to school.</p>
<p>About the UW dental school and the “multiply by .8” remark… sure, maybe it’s harder to get into UW dental school if your undergrad degree is from WSU than that from UW. SO GO TO WSU DENTAL SCHOOL! And then <em>plink!</em> you’re a dentist, and you’ll still get a job… in dentistry!</p>
<p>I understand that UW is better funded, and that their library is probably bigger, and there are better resources there. And if you care about that stuff, great. Go to UW. But I think their tuition is higher on average and you’ll have to work a lot harder. </p>
<p>Ask yourself: what do you want? Do you want a school that thinks so highly of itself that its grad student instructors–of which the ratio to professors is very high–will work you to the bone on what may amount to a useless degree, all the while having access to the best funded libraries and computer labs in the state? Or would you rather pick a school that’ll be more likely to accept a lower GPA, work you much less hard, with still decent resources, and award you a degree that will probably get you into your chosen industry just as well?</p>
<p>This is an old thread. Anyway, why are you surprised by the biased responses? This is the Udub subforum and the two do have a bit of a rivalry…</p>
<p>serious questions from now on please…</p>
<p>I don’t even know how to respond to shiggity’s post…how about we just stay away from fallacious reasoning?</p>
<p>go to uwrejects.com</p>
<p>Tells you everything you need to know.</p>
<p>Lol at how butthurt shiggity is and his terrible damage control. You aren’t making 6 figures per year, and your girlfriend + her friends sound like they don’t have anything going on for them anyways. Go to UW, it is basically the best school in WA.</p>
<p>WSU does not have a dental school, or a medical school, nursing school, and many many other health related graduate programs. Academically there is a huge discrepancy between UW and WSU. True maybe if you are doing business and you can get a good internship or if you have connections you can still turn out well if you went to WSU. But sorry to break it to you but if you want to go to any graduate/prof program, the school where you completed your undergraduate coursework does matter, very much so.
At WSU there are no choices as far as restaurants, city activities, nearby places to go, and there are extremely limited choices if you ever wanted to intern and just work in general. It is a very unattractive campus, and no places to go late at night. I think those that attend WSU are of the following characteristics: bad grades, dont like school/studying, afraid of cities and change, and unmotivated to succeed and compete.<br>
Picking WSU over UW if you had the choice would be like picking a girlfriend that is ugly, stupid and has a bad personality over one that is pretty, smart and great to be around. Sure some people like the former, but why would you, that is of course if you have the grades to be able to choose.</p>