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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.

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Nailed it, says this native of the Pacific Northwest.[/quote]

pp here-- yeah, it's kind of hard to explain...Seattle (at least when I was there) was an adjustment. I made friends through school and stayed on for work and eventually family, but it's not the most outgoing environment. I needed to find my niche and was ultimately quite happy-- but it took time. There was joke that native Seattle(ites) only have a certain number of friends and one needs to drop out of the friend group before you can be added. It's funny because it's kind of true. 
On the other hand, UW is a great school, gorgeous campus, and tons of research dollars. It was a good place for a graduate or medical school student. [/quote]

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