<p>seaboy- i was a little confused by the article, though it kinda lifted my spirits a bit when he said he thinks they will go heavily to the waitlist. it also kinda goes along with what busdriver was saying about how it seemed like you were automatically accepted with a high gpa, etc. but, again, those people probably aren’t going to UW because they have better choices…thats maybe what he meant by “conservative.” i definitely think grades will have a part in waitlist decisions, also i wouldn’t be surprised if in-state starts to make more of a difference because if OOS people need financial aid, UW is much less likely to give it out this year.</p>
<p>busdriver-i have an appointment with an admissions counselor tomorrow (friday) morning, so i am definitely going to post on here what the counselor tells me about their actual admissions process this year and how the waitlist is going to work, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks for your input mcf11, also I went ahead and met with an admissions counselor back on tuesday…I’m interested what you hear back so I can compare what they told me.
Also I heard that UW turns to its waitlist every other year…The article I read was admission results back in 2007…But given the fiscal crisis in Washington State we don’t know what to expect.</p>
<p>yeah i read somewhere that either last year or the year before they accepted almost half of their waitlist. what i’m hoping is that by being “conservative” they let in so many overqualified people and not enough of us “normal” apps, so those people aren’t actually going to uw–i have a number of friends, as i think i stated earlier, who used uw as a hella backup to schools like usc, brown, loyola, etc. and know for a fact they arent going to uw. yeah i will definitely post on here what they tell me. im jealous you talked to one so early though haha i called monday and they were supposed to call me back yesterday, nothing. called again today and was sent to the voicemail. which is why i asked if i can just come in tomorrow morning haha</p>
<p>I hope so too mcf11…
udubwaiting- Sorry I was feeling lazy to write but you’ll understand why…</p>
<p>Ok so when I got the waitlist letter back on Saturday I was so shocked and felt disappointed seeing how a waitlist is so unpredictable and everything. So then I emailed this former recruiter for UW who helped me with my essay(ironically it didn’t sell I assume) and she referred me to this specific admissions counselor. So initially I would like to talk to him first, schedule and appointment and talk about any advice from being on the waiting list to the acceptance list. The following monday I called them throughout the day and the lines were so busy I thought I used up my minutes for the month! I was planning on going over to UW and see the guy but I didn’t want to go there without him being there and decided to go just go to UW when I reach that admissions counselor sometime. So when I was filling in the response form I remembered when the assistant director for dual enrollment told me when you’re filling in the response “remember to fill it out correctly” only advice she gave me. I was having trouble placing the credits and putting classes because I take some of my classes at the college which goes by a quarterly system as opposed to my high school which is semester based. I really didn’t want to make a mistake and seeing how I had spring break at my high school I went to UW after my college classes. When I got there it was like 12ish and the front desk person told me they were at lunch so I decided to stick around until 1:00 when she said my appointment will happen. Once I came back inside the office I had to wait for an additional 20 some minutes to wait for an admissions counselor. While I was there I saw many parents with their kids; some happy going on a tour and some talking about appealing about rejections I think. Finally when I was able to speak with an admissions counselor I told her I wrote down 4 questions to ask her. My first question was about the correct way to fill it in when you’re taking classes back and forth between quarters and semesters and she told me they already have a file of their application so it won’t be much of a problem. My second question was something related to my classes at the college about taking humanities and stuff (not relevant). Third question was about summer classes and if you wanted to are we speaking in terms of high school credits? college credits? Last question was if we had to let them know which one were college courses on the sheet. After I was done asking my questions I asked “the economy must’ve been that bad to have waitlist letter sent out before the start of April?” She explained that it was the most competitive this year due to the many factors affecting admissions. Also We talked about if there were ways of trying to stand out in the waitlist, she told me that there isn’t much I could do and all you can do now is wait. Then I asked her if getting good grades for first term will help, she explained they will take that into consideration. Then I brought the fact up about why it takes so long to give notification to students (june 1st to august 1st?) she told me that it was because of the uncertainty of how many deciding to come and stuff. She sounded like the website when she mentioned that it varies each year; some years they might not have enough freshmen coming in and use the waitlist, then there are years quote “we they don’t even touch the waitlist.” Then I left and turned in my response form to the front desk. But before I left I saw the name of the dude I was trying to reach and was referred to and since I got his number I called him while I was on my way home. He picked up and explained to me the same thing, that this a waiting game-gamble of some sort. He also said if you really wanna consider uw try community college if your really interested as a back-up. I thanked him and left, while I was on my way home I got a call from an admissions counselor I think who took emails for the guy I was trying to meet. I told her I already talk to him and she was kinda more understanding. She told me how its a waiting game and its very uncertain this year and how if she were in my shoes she would be frustrated after waiting only to be on the waitlist. Also I asked her about appealing and how if it was any trouble going for it. She told me realistically and honestly that its almost impossible to have a decision overturned and how there’s no real point in doing it when you’re a waistlee. </p>
<p>Overall I think they reassured me that there wasn’t any loophole or other ways to help yourself…Pretty much you can wait and hope they accept many ppl on the waitlist</p>
<p>For MaggieMehve (pg 3 of this post). You must realize that this is a thread where waitlisted people are expressing their frustration and trying to make sense of the process. They are not posting here purely to ruin your joy of being accepted and probably do not want to hear a lecture from you that implies that maybe if they had had “amazing essays, unique personalites and more of a focus,” like some of your friends with low stats that they might have gotten accepted into the UW. I would imagine that you would have gotten accepted with your 3.96 GPA and large out of state tuition check even if your essays were terrible and activities non-existent. Really. A large public school like the UW does not consider stats a minor part of the application process, and just a small piece of the puzzle. Until recently it was ALL they considered. I would imagine that many of these kids who were waitlisted or rejected had unique and interesting qualities of their own.</p>
<p>Thank you for writing about your experience. I would hope that as others get more feedback through whatever sources (hopefully reliable) they will post them.</p>
<p>Not knowing really anything about the whole waitlist thing, it seems to me that this year all colleges have chosen to use their waitlists in a much more aggressive way because they do not know how many, or what sort, of student is going to go where and why. My son is now waitlisted for THREE colleges all in the top 45 of the US news list so he is not pleased at all.</p>
<p>And to put this waitlist thing in perspective, if just say, three, OOS students choose ABC College instead of Univ Of WA. that mean Udub misses out on nearly $100,000 of tuition in the first year. That’s a lot of cash in these uncertain days so I can see why everybody is being coy and secretive about the waitlist. </p>
<p>Remember that lost $100,000 in tuition may be the remuneration received by two admission counselors who lose their jobs when students go elsewhere or when UDub get their admission calculations wrong</p>
<p>so i had a meeting with a counselor yesterday and had a similar experience because he didn’t really tell me anything i wanted to know. i understand he can’t divulge a ton of information, but still i felt like they were just annoyed that i was asking questions. basically he repeated the website and talked about the “wholistic” approach. i almost went off on him because it doesn’t seem like some people who got in were well-rounded compared to myself and other people i’ve seen on this thread. oh well, guess we will just have to wait and see.</p>
<p>to uh waiting: idk if you’ve read the rest of the thread but the common trend is for uw to go heavily to their waitlist every other year. last year they didn’t, the year before they did, the year before that they didn’t, etc. i have actually seen these stats. and the 822 number im pretty sure is how many waitlist spots were offered, wheras not everyone decided to stay on the waitlist. also, check out the seattle college bound examiner article in which the uw dean of admissions talks about how he is almost sure they will go, probably heavily, to their waitlist come spring and early summer.</p>
<p>mcf11, seaboy200: I appreciate you guys telling us what the counselors told you, looks like there aren’t divulging anything new, which is quite frustrating. Also, the 822 number is how many ACCEPTED a place on the waitlist, 1720 were actually offered a spot. After going through the common data sets for previous years, it is quite strange how every other year they go to their waitlist. It is a pattern that has occured since atleast 2003, such a big coincidence ;). Anyways, with conflicting reports looks like all we waitlisters can only do one thing…pretty much just wait.</p>
<p>oh wow, i read info from another year where something like 850 were offered a spot and 465 accepted so i thought that was the common trend haha but yeah i mean they want to help but probably get annoyed that everyone wants to know exactly what they are doing behind doors and such. and uh waiting/seaboy, i also can’t find the waitlist stat on that page…</p>
