Why isn't the University of Washington more popular among Acela corridor families?

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I know three people from my NOVA neighborhood with kids there. Seemed like a strange choice.

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I was accepted as an undergrad but ultimately decided to go in-state (VA). I had a family connection - mom and older sibling both attended for grad school.

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my knowledge is 25 years old but when i applied (from Nova public school) it seemed like you just put in your grades and scores and unless they were terrible you'd be admitted. but that was 25 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to UW for graduate school. It's beautiful and full of smart people, but the U-District is (or was many years ago) kind of seedy. The weather was difficult if you like warmth and sunshine, and Seattle natives were/are very reserved. It's a very large school. Without a built-in support system or a lot of personal maturity and independence, it might be a difficult place for an eighteen year old.

How is this any different from any Big 12 flagship school? It's rare that a state flagship is as small as UVA. Most don't have built-in support systems.

Does UW not have much of a student org/social scene? Is it more of a commuter school?

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Anonymous wrote:I will note - the research dollars aren’t for the undergrads obviously. And almost nobody is getting those internships, girl. Those are for the serious software engineers.

Those research dollars bring in top academics to the universities. More opportunities for undergrads to work as lab or research assistants. Simply more and better facilities. $1B+ every year in NIH funding is A LOT of cheddar that has big knock-on effects for the rest of university.

[Anonymous]

I admit that, when you made a point about the Acela corridor, I wondered if you were talking about some unknown university in DC I did not know about. So yeah, my mind thought you were talking about Washington DC too!

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Anonymous wrote:I will note - the research dollars aren’t for the undergrads obviously. And almost nobody is getting those internships, girl. Those are for the serious software engineers.

The internships are in other fields as well - not only STEM majors. My DC is at a different west coast public and landed a high-paying summer internship at a major tech company in their global marketing department.

According to DC, UW is to California students what Wisconsin is to east coast students. There are a lot of CA students at UW who couldn't get into the top UCs. UW is a solid choice for a lot of majors.

[Anonymous]

Really hard to get into if you aren't from Washington or California. And has gotten worse over the years. But great school!

My DC from DC got into every school including UCLA, Michigan and UT but didn't get into Udub. I was sad because that was my dream school for DC.

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DC was admitted last year and seriously considered it but ended up at their other top choice based on a combination of cost and distance.

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Anonymous wrote:I will note - the research dollars aren’t for the undergrads obviously. And almost nobody is getting those internships, girl. Those are for the serious software engineers.

The internships are in other fields as well - not only STEM majors. My DC is at a different west coast public and landed a high-paying summer internship at a major tech company in their global marketing department.

According to DC, UW is to California students what Wisconsin is to east coast students. There are a lot of CA students at UW who couldn't get into the top UCs. UW is a solid choice for a lot of majors.

Wisconsin? This is really an odd comparison, I think, because I think verrrrry few East Coasters think about Wisconsin, unless they have other family or friends there? How did you randomly pull this out if a hat to say UW is to CA students what WI is to East Coast students. Sounds like CA students think about UW MORE (as a solid alternative for a lot of majors, as an alternative to UC schools) than East Coasters think about Wisconsin (zero, or very close to it?).

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was relatively easy to get into, but CUTTHROAT to get into the highly competitive majors in stem and pre-med.

The OOS cs admit rate is 3%.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought it was relatively easy to get into, but CUTTHROAT to get into the highly competitive majors in stem and pre-med.

Yea , Probably 56% is not for CS.
OP has a good point for students interested in CS but the distance is the problem for DD.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will note - the research dollars aren’t for the undergrads obviously. And almost nobody is getting those internships, girl. Those are for the serious software engineers.

The internships are in other fields as well - not only STEM majors. My DC is at a different west coast public and landed a high-paying summer internship at a major tech company in their global marketing department.

According to DC, UW is to California students what Wisconsin is to east coast students. There are a lot of CA students at UW who couldn't get into the top UCs. UW is a solid choice for a lot of majors.

Wisconsin? This is really an odd comparison, I think, because I think verrrrry few East Coasters think about Wisconsin, unless they have other family or friends there? How did you randomly pull this out if a hat to say UW is to CA students what WI is to East Coast students. Sounds like CA students think about UW MORE (as a solid alternative for a lot of majors, as an alternative to UC schools) than East Coasters think about Wisconsin (zero, or very close to it?).

Wisconsin is a respectable state school that you have a chance of getting into if you are a good student who did not get into UVA/UMD. It has always drawn heavily for that type of student.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s far. I went there, it’s a great school. Hard to get into. But Seattle is it’s whole own thing. I think it’s hard for those from other parts of the country. At least it was.

UW grad here too. That name on your resume doesn't cut much ice in these parts. It's a decent school for in-state but there are so many other options like Michigan, Wisconsin, Cal, U.Va. I cannot see recommending it to my kid/

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will note - the research dollars aren’t for the undergrads obviously. And almost nobody is getting those internships, girl. Those are for the serious software engineers.

The internships are in other fields as well - not only STEM majors. My DC is at a different west coast public and landed a high-paying summer internship at a major tech company in their global marketing department.

According to DC, UW is to California students what Wisconsin is to east coast students. There are a lot of CA students at UW who couldn't get into the top UCs. UW is a solid choice for a lot of majors.

Wisconsin? This is really an odd comparison, I think, because I think verrrrry few East Coasters think about Wisconsin, unless they have other family or friends there? How did you randomly pull this out if a hat to say UW is to CA students what WI is to East Coast students. Sounds like CA students think about UW MORE (as a solid alternative for a lot of majors, as an alternative to UC schools) than East Coasters think about Wisconsin (zero, or very close to it?).

Wisconsin is a respectable state school that you have a chance of getting into if you are a good student who did not get into UVA/UMD. It has always drawn heavily for that type of student.

Yeah, it's a great comparison. It's obviously not the only great comparison--there are big pipelines from the DMV to Michigan, IU, and Delaware, too. Similarly, California kids also matriculate in large numbers to Oregon, Arizona, ASU, Colorado, and Utah...