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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The real answer is simple: East Coast kids, including DC kids, are sheep.  Very few other kids are applying, so why apply?

If you are not a sheep, you should know that University of Washington ("U Dub") is beautiful and pretty highly ranked.  The students are smart and serious but have fun, especially on weekends.  Sports fans have plenty of games to attend. Music fans have plenty of shows to go to.

The University neighborhood is sort of like Madison or Ann Arbor or Berkeley, but it's part of one of the nicest large cities in America.

Getting to Seattle is no harder than getting to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, or San Diego--there are plenty of direct flights from East Coast citiies.  While flights are expensive, airfare doesn't make that much difference when you add up all of the costs of college.  Flying to Seattle is easier than driving to Upstate New York, Northern New England, or plenty of other places that attract a lot more students from Mid-Atlantic cities.

Go Huskies!

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My kid is at UW now. Her choices included UVa, VT, WI and MI. She chose mild rain over frigid snow. The majority of her peers went to UVA. Each family and child ranks things like distance, programs, costs, weather, support system, area, size and rigor differently. For mine, they all added up to UW. She has a view of Mt Rainier from her dorm room. She joined the hiking club. She is studying environmental studies. Their fisheries program is top-notch. As is infectious diseases, global health, and oceanography. Engineering is more competitive than UVA (anecdotal). The university district is not as “seedy” as some say here. That’s relative too I suppose. Students have free passes for bus and trains. She can take the light rail from campus to the airport. Or go into Seattle or other burbs like Ballard for the day.

Our friends ask, “UWhat?” when we say UDub. Flights aren’t horrible - Alaska flies direct from DC. It doesn’t rain all day, but most days there is a high chance of rain. I have found it to be foggy in the morning, which burns off mid-day to glorious views, and then clouds roll in, rain, repeat.  It is worth looking into and having as an option. Especially these days when admissions is so unpredictable. [/quote]

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