<p>Hey, there, so for current applicants awaiting their decision, those who have been accepted already and might possibly attend (that's why you applied right?) and CURRENT students...what do you love most about Udub? What do you dislike most?</p>
<p>For me:</p>
<p>I love the beautiful campus. Seattle is also a great city (a lot safer than other major cities). I love that since it's a large school there are tons of things to do and so many resources to take advantage of. </p>
<p>Although I want to attend a school with a large student body, I think UW's student body might be a little too big, maybe by a few thousand? lol. Also, I've heard the dorms are kind of bad since there are so many people.</p>
<p>I have a DS who is a grad, and another who has been accepted for this fall. My biggest concern is how hard it is to get into classes that are needed. Freshman and sophomore year were really difficult for the older DS, and he ended up needing to take a summer session to get what he needed.</p>
<p>ETA: On the other hand, he loved being a Huskie and is encouraging his little brother to go there.</p>
<p>I heard that the lecturers aren’t really concerned about the students (because of the enormous student body) unless they’re honor students. I was wondering if this is true?</p>
<p>I love the campus too! I’ve only seen pictures but they’re so breathtaking!</p>
<p>Yeah, true but true of most entry level large classes. Go to the break out sessions anything else the prof offers (advice from mom who went there! She had terribly tough math courses but great entry science courses based on the above info).</p>
<p>im a sophomore at uw, and for the most part, i really love being a husky.</p>
<p>pros: great professors (i’ve only had a couple from which i learned nothing); beautiful campus; the Quad/cherry trees in the spring; everything you need is relatively close to campus (grocery store, restaurants, etc.); buses go straight from campus to downtown and other parts of seattle; lots of diversity; the AVE!; the field of dreams; the weather in late september and may/june; there’s always a party in u-district (mostly north of campus near greek row)</p>
<p>cons: class sizes can give an impersonal feeling (i’ve had a couple lectures with over 500 people); weather (from late october to april/may the weather is mostly cloudy, rainy, and cold); difficult to register for classes (registration starts at 6 am and you have to be online registering then or you won’t get any of your classes); DORMS are awful (very expensive compared to living off campus, the cheapest meal plan per quarter is about $700, or nearly $250 a month for food, many dorms can be anti-social); high crime/mugging rate in u-district, especially the neighborhood north of campus near greek row; AVE RATS; slipping in red square when it rains…</p>
<p>there are a lot there but i really love my school and would recommend going there to anyone.
i, and many others, consider it the best school in the state.</p>
<p>my biggest concern as an out of state is there are almost no scholarship for us at alll…
and is that true arekanderina? cuz i really want to go to this school but did not apply for honors (but got accepted)</p>
<p>if you read your admissions info carefully, only those accepted into honors college are considered for merit scholarships. However, if you compare UW to other publics, UW’s tuition is slightly cheaper anyways. </p>
<p>Question: is there any grade-inflation or deflation at UW? Is there an overwhelming majority of people that are focused in a certain field? too many pre-meds? too many science majors? something like that…</p>
<p>kyo- UW shouldn’t be giving out any scholarships this year as it is already undervalued for the quality of education it provides. Also the WA state budget cuts are @#^*ing them hard. My dad’s HIV/AIDS research lab @ UW’s staff has gone from 40-45 people two years ago to 12 people. They are wait-listing 2,000 qualified applicants because they are not sure they will have the funds to educate them.</p>
<p>Kyo, well its only hearsay and I gather that its only true for enormous classes (since UW had such a huge student population anyways). I didn’t apply for Honors either, but according to the UW website, you can always apply for the Honors program in the spring quarter of your freshman year if you score a 3.5 CGPA (they might even offer you the Honors Program) , so yeah I’m not too concerned about it just yet Honestly I didn’t apply for Honors because I didn’t have enough time to complete the essay.</p>
<p>Everyone from students to the people in Fine Aide have been really nice at UW and we’ve been there twice and spent about 4 days on campus total.</p>
<p>Well, I’m sort of frustrated with the lack of communication. It takes admissions forever to answer my questions, I feel like the website is vague and the application was too, and their random method of viewing applicants is starting to get on my nerves. Eh. I’m probably just anxious.</p>
<p>Best school in Washington without a doubt…I was born and raised in Pullman, bleed crimson and gray and everything, but even I know that UW is >>>>> WSU.</p>
<p>My only cons: 50k students is just a tad large. Also, (not really UW’s fault by any means) UW is so ****ing underrated, it’s not even funny. Its programs (esp. grad school) are great and stuff, but I feel more people should know about it.</p>
Honestly I didn’t apply for Honors because I didn’t have enough time to complete the essay.</p>