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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My brother got degrees there in engineering, and in relevant specialties it really is up there.

I was of two minds about it growing up in WA. There were some strong programs there, but it was also a university that let in so many much worse students than me, so I wanted to look down on it. I didn't go there. Sometimes I say that if I had done the right specialties I would have had a very elite experience there. Anyway, my life would have turned out quite differently.

The prior poster brings up something I've thought about as well. My son is interested. He is a great student. But if he isn't able to get into the harder programs due to numbers of seats, isn't he just going to Big Box University?

I don't want a kid who is working really hard to gain human capital for a future career to end up with nothing more to show for it than kids who got Cs in high school and a 1200 on the SAT. That's my worry. Or at least one of them.[/quote]

Seattle person here.  Times have changed.  No one who "got Cs in high school" is getting into UW nowadays.  Their GPA 25/75 is 3.74-3.98.  https://admit.washington.edu/apply/first-year/by-the-numbers/.

I would caution folks about apply OOS to CS, which has an extremely competitive 2% acceptance rate(!).  You cannot switch into CS, but my understanding is that students can switch into any other majors.  The campus is safe and beautiful and [b]nowhere close to the areas where the homeless/mentally-ill hangout (i.e. south Seattle, international district, even downtown).[/b][/quote]

Was a Seattle person until 2021. Your point, while somewhat true, is relative to being in Seattle. To someone coming from the dc area, it’s likely the homeless in the u district over towards Ballard would be somewhere between uncomfortable and shocking. Downtown, Id, and Sodo would be downright frightening. We really don’t have anything here that comes within 1/10 of Seattle.[/quote]

Because we do not that lots of homeless in DC? Seattle does not seem any different to me [/quote]

With all due respect, have you spent significant time in Seattle? If not, you have no idea how bad it is. So no, dc does not have homeless compared to Seattle.[/quote]

Have spent significant time in both.  Yes the Av has some crazy homeless but no worse then some DC ones and the crazies are easier to spot.  Just don't go to downtown Seattle after dark without a group and a plan![/quote]

Oh for God's sake. I have been in Seattle a ton and it's totally fine. I was there for the Eras tour, at UDub and so many lacrosse tournaments in and out of the city. Pike's place, down town, at night, etc. [/quote]

DP. I’m from Seattle and my family is all still there but I’ve lived in DC almost 2 decades. I can’t even imagine how you got the idea these places are similar wrt homeless people and property crime. In Seattle I’ve had serious problems with aggressive homeless people, getting mugged, breaking into my car, etc. All in supposedly “nice” areas. Very different than DC. [/quote]

Thanks for the backup!  I'm the poster who was saying you don't need to freak out about them but they are definitely more of an issue there.[/quote]

It's definately more of an issue...and with the new mayor who knows what will happen.  Makes me glad I have a 2nd house to escape to if the city gets worse.

The issue is mental health and drug use, and the fact that it's not illegal to pitch a tent and "live on the street" after 8pm in the city of Seattle.  The new mayor will decrease the police presence and we already needed more, not less.  I love the city, live in the city in a luxury building, but can exit my bldg and watch drug deals happen at 10am and see strung out homeless people, who refuse to go to shelters because they can't do drugs in the shelter.

Most are harmless, but you never know and it's a bit unnerving at times. 
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