<p>I would probably go with Western Washington.</p>
<p>I probably stated the case a bit strongly and simplistically, but in generalities, you find more blonde Barbie in Newport Beach and more granola nature in Bellingham. Of course there are plenty of people of all kinds in each place, and Seattle & Portland & Vancouver are less casual than the smaller towns.</p>
<p>WWU’s eligibility requirements for WUE are pretty stringent & competitive and if your child falls into the gpa on this thread (3.0-3.3), it is very unlikely they’d get it. </p>
<p>I liked Univ of Montana and Montana State (Bozeman), but my daughter wasn’t interested.</p>
<p>I would never consider Eastern Washington University.</p>
<p>My daughter has also been accepted by Arizona State West. Apparently this is a satellite campus of ASU located in Glendale, AZ, a suburb of Phoenix. She applied as a Psych major and received the WUE tuition rate.</p>
<p>After we did some research, it appears that this is not as much as a “party” school as the main campus, someone described it as a campus with a small liberal arts feel with the benefit of a large university. They said a GE class at ASU is 500 students while the same class at ASU West has 100 students with professors much more accessible and helpful. It appears that they are touting this campus to out OSS students and thus the WUE rate here but not at ASU.</p>
<p>We know absolutely nothing about this school, I posted on another ASU thread and my only response was that there is not much going on there. </p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about ASU West?</p>
<p>For years, ASU West was a Jr/Sr only campus with mostly cc transfers. Originally it had no residence halls although they have fairly recently added them but only a few.</p>
<p>It is also fairly recent that they opened up to Fr/So. It is in a suburban area with no campus town area around it. Not only will there be little partying, but there will be virtually no traditional campus feel, YMMV.</p>
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<p>Not currently in the PNW, but from there. When I looked with my daughter, the only really viable WUE candidates for her looked to be WWU and WSU. VERY different vibes between the two campuses. WWU near the Sound, surrounded by woods, very rainy, and very “earthy” or “granola-y” (however you want to put it). WSU inland, surrounded by wheat fields, drier and <em>much</em> more conservative. They also have different emphases in their majors, so you’d have to figure out which was better in terms of academics and personality.</p>
<p>If I remember correctly, WWU starts out a bit cheaper, but WSU has a pretty generous version of the WUE (they call it something else), and either can end up being a good deal.</p>
<p>If my daughter had to choose between them, I think she’d go with WWU because of its location. Bellingham is an OK city, it’s not too far from Seattle and Vancouver, and she found that the miles of wheat fields made Pullman feel much too isolated.</p>
<p>Can anyone give me some input on the University of Wyoming? What is the weather like in terms of cold/snow days vs blue skies? Vibe of the school? Thanks!</p>
<p>Bumping up to page 1
Western Washington’s fall 12 application is now online. For those who applied in the past is WWU rolling admissions?
D applied and received her Univ of Montana acceptance in under 2 weeks.
This weekend my D met some riders from Cal Poly’s equestrian team at a horse show. She is now looking at Cal Poly SLO in a more positive light. Does SLO have a supplement to the CSU application?</p>
<p>Laramie is high prairie country. Sunny days, lots of blue skies year round. Low humidity with 30+ degree temperature swings between day and night. Winter days are sunny with highs in the 30’s-low 40’s, but weather can be very nasty if a storm blows in. (And it can get really, really cold. Like way below zero cold if the right cold front settles in.) Not much snow in town during the winter. Windy, especially in the spring.</p>
<p>Can’t say anyting about the school since I don’t know anyone attending, but I have been to Laramie a time or two.</p>
<p>U of Wyoming: Helpful to understand that Wyoming is both a big (geographically) state and a small (population) state. The U of Wyoming is the school everyone roots for, and the legislature is tremendously behind it. (Lots and lots of oil/gas/mineral revenues have been directed to supporting the university, building its faculty and facilities, and providing one of the very lowest cost university educations in the US.) Because Wyoming has a lot of really small schools, a lot of kids don’t come in with the kind of advanced coursework (AP, IB) that you’d see at some of the other state flagships. But, they’ve often had the benefit of small (sometimes very small) classes with lots of personalized attention. As a result of this, U Wyoming has great support for students – they’re not expecting that students are going to show up with six or more AP classes under their belts as UCLA might. </p>
<p>Because of the huge distances, there are a lot of kids on campus for the weekends. Games are well attended and popular with the community as well. (But, the kids are used to huge distances, and kids don’t think twice about driving someplace 200 miles away for the weekend.)</p>
<p>Fabulous engineering program – the big energy and exploration companies both do a lot of recruiting there and donate tons of money and state-of-the-art equipment to the university. Internships (well-paid at that) are plentiful, and job placement is great, with lots of on-campus recruiting. This is a real jewel for students who want engineering degrees but who would not qualify to get into programs in some of the other states. It is also a fabulous engineering school, regardless of qualifications, for anyone who wants to work for an oil/gas/mining company. </p>
<p>WOWM mentioned wind. I’ve rarely been in Laramie when there wasn’t at least a good breeze, and frequently more windy conditions. The freeway system (I80/I25) gets shut down regularly during blizzards due to blowing snow conditions. But, people there are used to that and well prepared to deal with the conditions.</p>
<p>Thank you, thank you, thank you for the info on Wyoming. My son was intrigued, but we had no other information on the school other than the website. He read both your posts and it’s staying on his list.</p>
<p>Evergreen State University–</p>
<p>My daughter is a bit intrigued with the concept of no grades–all evaluations would be a good fit for her.</p>
<p>Anyone have anything else to say?</p>
<p>I know several kids who attended and loved The Evergreen State College. Though they use a different grading system, it is quite rigorous and requires a fully engaged learner. Their curriculum is unique as well.</p>
<p>"Does SLO have a supplement to the CSU application? "</p>
<p>Sort of, but last year it was pretty minimal about type and hours on EC’s I think. Cal Poly Pomona’s was actually more extensive IIRC.</p>
<p>You probably know this, but Cal Poly is probably harder to get into then UCD, UCI, and UCSB, especially out of area and for certain majors.I mention it only because this is the 3.0-3.3 thread.</p>
<p><a href=“Cal Poly Admissions”>Cal Poly Admissions;
<a href=“Cal Poly Admissions”>Cal Poly Admissions;
<p>[National</a> Recognition | Western Washington University](<a href=“http://www.wwu.edu/about/recognition]National”>http://www.wwu.edu/about/recognition)</p>
<p>WWU is #3 in masters granting institutions in the West & #1 in the northwest according to US News.</p>
<p>Shrinkrap- D has above a 3.0- 3.3.
Not sure of what GPA to use but her academic GPA for 10-12 is a weighed 3.9 unweighed 3.65. Academic GPA for 9-12 weighed 3.8, unweighed 3.49. Even with that GPA I know Cal Poly will be a reach.
She will also apply to UCSB and UCD. I considered all three reaches. SB is our local UC but I don’t think they give any extra points for local area.
Trying to get her to push the submit button for Western Washington. She just needs to decide she is fine with her essay. I also would like her to get Boulder done soon.
Also Thanks for the Cal Poly links</p>
<p>D2 (who is only in 10th grade) is also intrigued by Evergreen. An adcom visited her high school. D2 loved the idea of all of the natural beauty nearby, of a curriculum that incorporates different academic experiences in out-of-the-classroom learning. She was waxing enthusiastically about a class that takes place doing field research near IIRC the Grand Canyon: geology, math, and other subjects all being used and learned. Not sure how she’d feel about the rain.</p>
<p>OK, I know this really cannot be answered but help me here…</p>
<p>My daughter who has grown up on a So Cal beach has been admitted to a few schools in WA and OR…</p>
<p>All we keep hearing from people who have lived in the PNW and moved to So Cal…It rains and is grey all the time, how will she handle the weather? </p>
<p>My daughter says she wants “weather” but do you think she really doesn’t know what she is getting into? Will she be miserable, or as I think, will she be so busy that she will not have enough time to worry about the weather (or lack of sun)? And, then will appreciate the sun when it is out!!</p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>As a native Oregonian who now lives happily in NoCal, I would suggest that she spend some serious time in the NW before making a final decision. Head up that way over Christmas, then check it out again in the spring. If the thought of days and weeks on end of raining doesn’t get to her, she will be just fine.</p>
<p>The tradeoff is the natural beauty there you won’t get anywhere else.</p>
<p>I grew up in Torrance and moved to Portland to attend Reed. I’m still up here almost thirty years later, still love it. Not that I don’t, in the gray of February, sometimes pine for beach weather, but not so much that I have second thoughts about my choice. </p>
<p>The weather is definitely different from southern California’s, but it’s not what I would call extreme–and I agree that I appreciate the sun a lot more now than I did when I had it all the time! ;-)</p>