<p>Hello All-
I've been lurking the forums of this site for a while now, and I decided to take the plunge and ask for some help regarding my chances of admission to UW-Seattle as a transfer student to complete my degree in Political Science. A bit about me:</p>
<p>*I'm a service member, doing search and rescue for the USCG, I will be finished with my enlistment this August, so I would like to start UW in Jan (WIN2014).</p>
<p>*I'm a non-traditional/ returning student. I'll be 29 when/if I am admitted, also, a new mom</p>
<p>*It's been six years since I was enrolled as a student, but my cumulative GPA was a 3.85, with 81 semester credit hours</p>
<p>*All my course work would be transferred from an OOS school (Texas A&M- Corpus Christi), but I'm a WA resident now</p>
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<li>I have a pretty extensive artistic resume also. Between leaving college and enlisting in the service, I made my living as a spoken word artist for about 3 years. I went on a national tour, had some museum sponsored speaking engagements in Texas, competed in Poetry Slam on a national level. </li>
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<p>So I guess my questions are as follows:</p>
<p>*Am I competitive candidate? Is being from OOS going to hurt me?
*Will the 6 year gap in my education act as a hindrance?
*Should I mention spoken word in my personal statement? Or would it be more prudent to instead focus on military service? Both?</p>
<p>aaaaaand, of course, would anyone be willing to read my statement when I am finished with it? I'm a decent editor, but not with my own work (it feels like I'm hurting my babies when I delete things from my writing :), so I would totally be willing to trade editing with someone. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>