What do YOU think about U Washington?

<p>I've been looking at it a bit. I heard its pretty beautiful, has a good study abroad program, and an honors college.</p>

<p>But what do you know about their financial aid plan? I'm from Boston, does that make my OOS chances good?
Also, how good is their honors college? And the difficulty of getting in?
I know the Greek Life is big. But is it overwhelmingly dominating?
How is Seattle as a city? I've never been there! Heard the weather sucks.
Please, any information helps! Thanks so much, I know I have a million questions</p>

<p>Condensed STATS
Grade: Rising Senior
Sex: Female
Location: Boston area, Mass.
School: Public, ranked 2nd in state, very competitive
Race: White
Class Rank: n/a</p>

<p>GPA (unweighted)
9th: 3.32
10th: 3.52
11th: 3.66</p>

<p>GPA (weighted) 4.43
by UC weighting, 4.5.</p>

<p>TRANSCRIPT
Taken VERY challenging courses.
9th: all honors (no AP offered)
10th: all honors, AP US History
11th: all honors, AP Biology, AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics
12th: [next year] AP Environmental Sci, AP Psychology, AP Span Language, AP English Lit, lower level Calculus, Honors Anatomy</p>

<p>TEST SCORES
SAT I: 1980 (bad, retaking in Oct)
CR: 630
WR: 690
M: 660</p>

<p>ACT: 32 (single sitting, without studying, retaking in Sept)</p>

<p>SAT II:
Bio (M): 750
Us Hist: 730
Lit: 620 (bad, not sending)</p>

<p>AP:
Bio-5
US Hist-5
AP Macro-5
AP Micro-5</p>

<p>Many leadership ECs (class VP, leadership committee, town education board, National Honors Society, President of COmmunity Service, Yearbook Committee President, Founder of Democratic Party Club; to name a few)
I also do a lot of Community Service in and around Boston.
Despite my leadership ECs, I am only on JV Cross Country (4 years) and am not an amazing sports star. Neither have I received many honors or recognition awards.
Letters of Recs should be excellent. </p>

<p>I realize this is long, but thank you for reading this far!</p>