So, the Udub students are doing all those things. You do know you can also do all those things at UW too? It has its own large sailing fleet and you can join for minimal cost. They just also fill the stadium and Kohl on game days because unlike Udub, they are very good and the atmosphere is amazing. UW students get to do it all. With gusto and a little zaniness.
http://hoofers.org/#home_section
http://247sports.com/Board/30/Contents/Wisconsin-named-1-College-Sports-town-in-America-19654492
Don’t bother trying to explain it to coasties barrons. Some of them just don’t get it.
I am leaning more towards Wisc anyways. I like what I have heard, and the area looks beautiful. Plus they seem to combine the best of both worlds, academics and social life.
As someone who has hired numerous CS grads from the Seattle campus, we also look pretty closely at graduates of the Applied and Computational Math Sciences (ACMS) program. We’ve also done well with CS grads from SeattleU, Western and Gonzaga. As I write this, I realize don’t know a single entry-level hire we’ve done from WSU even considering groups outside my own.
Regarding relative school spirit, I presume Wisconsin is better as the (admittedly few) football games I’ve attended at Husky stadium had almost empty student sections. Even the Apple Cup isn’t immune.
This business of shortening to both U.Wisconsin and U.Washington to UW and UDub in the same thread is lunacy. Almost impossible to keep them straight because they are completely interchangeable for both schools. I am hoping that we discover that acronyms contribute to global warming. Jargon drivel. :-?
UW is never called Udub by anyone from Wisconsin or any UW graduate. In Seattle/WA Udub is nearly always called Udub by everyone including UW grads.
@barrons inside information, in other words. still jargon.
For most it is crystal clear. Berkeley is just Berkeley or Cal–never UCB. But UCLA is always UCLA–never LA or Cal or anything else. Just shorthand–not jargon. jargon takes a simple thing and makes it sound complex. Like Sociology.
As a washingtonian UW has always been Udub never just UW
Please, Udub is quite common for Seattle only. Now you too are in-the-know. It reminds me of a funny article on collegeconfidential-speak, I think in the Chron of Higher Learning. You would be familiar with a lot of those terms but Udub is widespread outside CC.
Yes, and everyone knows that OSU means Ohio State University… or Oklahoma State University… or Oregon State University. :-S
I know all these things… but a lot of people don’t. Especially people new to CC.
Personally, I have definitely heard people refer to U.Wisconsin as Udub. Which confused me at first, because I lived in Seattle for over ten years… where, by the way, U.Washington is almost always abbreviated UW in writing even though pronounced Udub.
Really?
https://www.facebook.com/udubwsum (Facebook page for WSUW)
https://twitter.com/udubco
:-?
It’s not that big of a deal honestly. Quick question, if I got an Army ROTC 4 year scholarship, does that mean I got full tuition paid for?
Yes, all Army ROTC scholarships are for full tuition.
Some colleges and universities will also add free room and board for students with ROTC scholarships. Seattle University is one of those. See the final paragraph of this website. http://www.seattleu.edu/rotc/faq/
So is Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. http://www.plu.edu/rotc/
The University of Portland, down in Oregon is another one. Also Coe College in Iowa and Rochester Institute of Technology. Tulane University.
Marquette University (in Wisconsin) provides an additional $7,000 per year for any additional university costs, including room and board. http://www.marquette.edu/explore/scholarships-rotc.php
Drexel University has provided a free room plus a 25% discount on their meal plan in the past. I think they still do, but that info seems buried in their website.
I do not know if any deadlines have passed for these colleges.
University of Oregon offers a 40% discount on room and board to ROTC scholarship students.
http://rotc.uoregon.edu/opportunities/scholarship/
I know that it says “housing discount” but this has always been understood to be both room and board. However, you might want to double check, if you are interested.
If the OP were considering any college on ROTC that also offers room and board incentives, he must weigh those institutions against the quality and reputations of his other choices. What would be the cost-benefit analysis of comparing, to take one obvious comparison, a degree in CS from UW-Seattle (plus paying room and board), vs. Seattle U. (w/ free room and board) over the duration of a career?
In other words, as ROTC covers full tuition at all eligible universities, some room and board discount is like an additional, smaller scholarship incentive to attend. Some of these schools may not be worth it for their quality of education / experience / career benefits. Then again, Rochester Institute of Tech. may provide one counter-example, as I believe it can offer a solid education in some STEM fields. There could be a few other surprises, too (Tulane, if true, would be a very nice full ride). But due diligence is required.
Still, very nice info. to know for future applicants.
WSUW serves UW Whitewater–not the real UW campus.
And a twitter site for some commercial outfit making T-shirts not really related to UW with 45 tweets.
Overwhelming
I think it might be a little to late to go back and change it but I don’t think I want to go anywhere else besides UW. Plus I don’t know how hard it is to change my school of intent to another college
Fair enough. I just thought you might want to know other options. Best of luck! :-bd
Can you guys tell me the worst parts about each of those schools in your experience? I want to also weigh out the bad in both of them