<p>For those of you who submitted your apps already, or those who know the answer, how long until we're notified?</p>
<p>They say 6-8 weeks for an initial review. Then again, Colorado-Boulder said the exact same thing and I just got admitted after submitting my application just 2 weeks ago, so who knows.</p>
<p>Heh, I submitted my application back in January 2005, got accepted to the University in June 2005, and to the Engineering department July 13 2005. All of these are for Fall 2005 admissions. Go figure. But maybe it's not as bad as that for freshman applications. I don't know.</p>
<p>Btw, didnt you need at least 90 or so credit hour before u can actually apply to the engineering departmen? i read that if u get accepted into the university, the major is pre-engineering.</p>
<p>If you apply as a freshman, and declare that your major is Engineering, then you will be a pre-engineering student. After you completed all of the prerequisites for a specific department, you can then apply. If admitted, you will then be a student of that department and your statur will change from pre-engineering to whatever engineering you're admitted to. The 90 credits requirement is just for a Junior standing, which just happens to coincide with the time most people have finished thei prerequisite requirement. However, in theory, you need not necessarily have 90 credits to apply for an Engineering department, as long as you're finished with all of the prerequisites.</p>
<p>Wait...reading the site, it looks like they admit a certain percentage of each engineering class from freshman applicants. I know for computer engineering it said they'll take up to 20% of the "incoming" computer engineering majors right from the freshman class if they are deemed as qualified...so then your major would just be whatever you declared right?</p>
<p>Are you talking about early admissions? If I remember correctly, you will still need to have taken at the very least 15 quarter credits at the UW before being able to apply for early admissions. I'm not sure about the early admissions rule myself. I was transfering from another college. </p>
<p>Maybe that offer is exclusive to the Computer Science department? It is certainly not the case in my department though (AA).</p>
<p>asbereth, I'm talking about "Direct Admission:"</p>
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Direct Admission (Autumn Quarter only)</p>
<p>The UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering enrolls up to 20% of its incoming class directly out of high school. Freshmen applicants to the University of Washington listing Computer Science or Computer Engineering as their intended major, and who are Washington State residents, will be automatically considered. Competitive applicants will have taken or be taking calculus. Physics is the preferred high school laboratory science course.
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<p>They make it sound like you'd start taking engineering courses your first year, and would be a "Computer Engineering" or "Computer Science" major right off the bat...not sure though.</p>
<p>well my status changed today.. so i guess they already started looking at the applications .. blah i wanna know if i got in ahha</p>
<p>The status of your application was last updated on December 9, 2005. </p>
<p>Your application was given an initial review, and a final admission decision is pending. If further information is required, we will contact you by mail</p>
<p>where do i check my status? i made my id, but i log on and it goes to the "manage" page and i dont see status anywhere</p>
<p>iducky and t488...exactly how many days after you sent in your application did you get the letter to make your account? Thanks.</p>
<p>iducky, when did you submit your application?</p>
<p>keebah, i got my letter on december 9th and i sent my application in december 1st</p>
<p>same here, app in 12/1 and got letter 12/9</p>
<p>um lets see.. i sent in my app on 11/29 and got the letter the same saturday which would be 12/3 they were pretty fast about it</p>
<p>EDIT: like all my classmates and friends got the letter the same day as me not sure why though</p>
<p>to see your status log in at myuw.washington.edu then click "autumn quarter 2006, Freshman"</p>
<p>iducky</p>
<p>Thats crazy! I submitted my application in october and my webpage changed to "decision pending" only a week ago. Yours was really quick!! wow</p>
<p>Is it true that if you have better stats (high grades & SAT's) then it takes less time? </p>
<p>Iducky and Pacificfleet; if you don't mind, would you post your stats?</p>
<p>my states aren't the best.. probably avg to slightly above avg</p>
<p>honors applicant/instate / intended bioengineering </p>
<p>GPA: 4.00
Diploma Candidate.. so all IB classes in junior and senior year with honors/ pre ib classes in soph and fresh</p>
<p>SAT: 2030 M 680 CR 650 W 700
no SAT II's .. yeah i'm a bum but i did take the IB Comp Sci SL test last year .. got a 7 but didn't include it in my application</p>
<p>medium sized school, about 1200-1300 kids, in the city
Rank: 1/270ish </p>
<p>ECs: (really bland.. i'm really heavy on volunteering)
300+ hours at harborview
100 hours as a day camp counselor
40 hours in TATU (teens against tobacco use)
20ish hours in NHS
Chinese American club president.. was treasurer the previous year
WASL Tutor for esl students
um i can't think of anything else off the tope of my head</p>
<p>i'm pretty sure 4.0 and a 2030, not to mention the IB, is not just slightly above average, it's way up there. Congratulations, that's really awesome. Nice EC's also.</p>