While legislators and university administrators work out the details of how much more college tuition will cost next year, hundreds of prospective UW applicants have a more pressing concern: whether or not they’ll get in off the wait list. Well, according to an email the UW sent to high school counselors today, 210 in-state applicants are about to get the good news, while most of the rest, not so much.
We are about to send admission letters to 210 resident freshman applicants currently on the waitlist for the Seattle campus of the University of Washington. Except for approximately 120 applicants whom we will continue to hold on the waitlist, all other students on the waitlist will be notified that we will not be able to admit them for the 2011 autumn quarter. After the 210 students offered admission from the waitlist have had a chance to confirm their enrollment, I will be able to assess whether or not additional spaces remain. Furthermore, as we move through June and July, enrollment cancellations MAY lead to some additional offers. All three groups of these applicants —1) admitted off the waitlist 2)reserved on the waitlist 3)not able to be admitted from the waitlist — will receive letters early next week.
Cross your fingers, hold your breath, and hope for the best.
If they are giving them away, can I have one?
I dont know why we dont admit an additional 1000, its not like 40 percent will not flunk out by the end of fall semester and an addition 30 percent at the end of winter/spring.
College is wasted on teenagers. anyone over the age of 26 should be admitted automatically and between 18 and 25, those could be by grades in HS or actual academic standards, with extra points the older the applicant is.
let me guess, womyn, you didn’t go to college, are butthurt, etc.
@2 get your stats right: UW has a 90% retention rate from freshman year to sophomore year, one of the best in the country.
and .. charge them $12,000 in tuition in 2 years time.
You can’t have a vibrant, walkable, world-class institution if you have to admit residents.
Nope, Six-Five; I did go to college.
I got a 2 year community college Nursing degree at 18 and my BA from the University of Pittsbug at 32.
Anything more for an 18 year old beyond a community college or technical school is a waste.
@7 Glad to know that everybody else was exactly like you at 18.
Womyn, you are being absurd, and generalizing to hundreds of thousands of students. WTF
I too went to community college, but then transferred to UW. My grades went up a full point after I transferred, from 2.x to 3.x. It certainly didn’t get easier – it was because I finally came to a place where giving a shit would significantly enhance my experience.
A waste, my ass.
Right, and so my entire degree was a waste then? The degree that resulted in my getting hired to coordinate a large-scale study at one of the best children’s hospitals in North America? The degree that took five years of pain to finish? Or are you just mad because you were too stupid at 18 to be able to get a real credential?
@7 I love Pittsbug. Great hogies there.
hey I’m UW teaching faculty — good luck students, work your asses off and stay committed to intellectual growth/expansion no matter what the letter says!
#7 is absurdly out of touch. I have the privilege of teaching many, many exceptional, thoughtful, productive, fucking awesome young people on whom no effort is wasted. Can’t wait to see you next fall!