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I grew up in Buffalo, NY and attended the University of Washington as an out of state student while I was still a New York state resident.There are two distinct paths you can choose when attending the University of Washington or most other state colleges or universities as an out of state student. You can elect to:remain an out of state resident while attending collegeattempt to gain in-state residency in the state where the public university or college you would like to attend is locatedFor the University of Washington specifically, there are pretty clear guidelines for how to become a state resident and all new students are required to fill out a state residency questionnaire.UW is primarily interested in the fact that you've been a resident of Washington for at least one year and that your primary purpose for being in the state is not educational in nature. This means that during the year you are attempting to gain residency you are limited to taking 6 credits per quarter (which is about 1 class).The residency questionnaire also looks to see what other steps you have taken toward permanently establishing yourself as an in-state resident. These range from your in-state work history, physical address, whether or not you've opened an account with a local bank like BECU, etc.The benefits of attending UW as an in-state resident are primarily financial in nature. The annual costs for a Washington state resident to attend UW are $27,034 whereas for out of state students, annual costs are estimated to be $49,338.From an educational standpoint, out of state students will receive identical preferences for class placement as in-state students. Out of state students will also, at least as incoming freshmen or as transfer students, receive their housing assignments only after all in-state students have been assigned to dormitories. This was a bigger issue when the University lacked enough on-campus housing in the early 2000s but has largely been nullified due to the construction of new student living facilities. In the 2014-2015 academic year, 77% of undergraduate students were Washington state residents, so it's something to be aware of that as an out of state student you'll be a minority. Given how friendly I found both in and out of state students at UW to be, I never really found this to be an issue.For me personally, I opted to supplement the total cost of attending UW as an out of state student by becoming a Resident Adviser. As an RA, UW provides free room and board in exchange for your planning educational activities and providing counseling services for undergraduate students living on-campus. Being an RA, in addition to the financial benefits it provided, was one of my favorite undergraduate experiences and I would highly recommend it both for in and out of state students.

As an out-of-state student, the UW needs your more expensive tuition. You're a more desired candidate, especially if you're not receiving financial aid.One of the things especially sought from Transfer applicants is a clear focus-- if it looks like you have a set major and career plan laid out, you're much more qualified than someone who only a goal, and no indication of what they've done or will do to succeed. GPA is still a factor though, and STEM majors aren't very lenient even if you come from a prestigious school.

With a decent to strong GPA and SAT, you should be fine. Your real problems will come with trying to get admitted to your major, especially if it’s in the stem field and competitive like CSE or ME.Your tuition will also be expensive, but that’s the nature of out-of-state university. It’s not an easy school to get into, but it’s not MIT or Stanford by any stretch of the imagination.

A former admissions officer, of the University of Washington, Tommy Segundo visited my senior year of high school’s language arts class to talk about college admissions for UW.He said that applicants are rated in two scales: academic and extra.Academic scale (X/10 points)Personal essay + extracurricular activities scale (X/10 points)Generally students need at least 13/20 to get admitted for in-state students. He didn’t say the policies for out-of state students (my high school was in Washington state)I had a GPA of 3.95, took 7 AP courses in my high school career, and took about 6 honors courses. My SAT was 1770/2400. My ACT was 25/36.He said I would get 7 points. If I didn’t take any AP or honors courses I would’ve gotten about 5 points. If I only took about honors course/year than I would’ve gotten 6 points. If my SAT was higher than I would’ve gotten more points.Your high school also matters. if you came from Phillips Webster Academy or ___top-ranked private high school in the USA____ your academic score would increase. He said that very few applicants would score a 10/10 for academics. It’s very uncommon to even have applicants get a 9/10.OH YEAH YOUR FIRST SEMESTER SENIOR YEAR GRADES ARE NOT CONSIDERED. DO NOT SEND TRANSCRIPTS. DO NOT SEND LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATIONS.Unless you want to get into UW Honors Program.But PLEASE DO NOT FAIL ANY CLASS THAT SEMESTER, ESPECAILLY THAT SENIOR YEAR MATH CLASS/SECOND YEAR FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASS/OTHER CADRs.Oh yeah, your junior year grades are very important. If you had SIGNIFICANTLY (Cs, Ds, maybe even an F or two) worse grades in your junior year/11th grade….basically a downward trend that isn’t nontrivial then….(though if you had all As in 9th and 10th grade, and get some Bs and Cs in 11th grade, then it’s not as bad, but explain it in your application if you really messed up 11th grade)Good luck! Remember the deadline is December 1.Oh yeah, if you want to study Computer Science at the UW, try to get into the direct admit and check out the udub reddit website and do your reserach there. Trust me, I would recommend if you are applying to UW as an out of state or international student, if you are 100% sure you want a Computer Science degree check out the reddit udub website.If you’re too lazy, basically applying to the UW computer science UNDERGRADUATE program is like reapplying to college. Unlike other majors where you only need to get a 3.0 average in prereq courses, you can get 4.0 in your intro courses and still get rejected. For more information go to the reddit udub website. One last thing, look up the majors UW has and find out which ones have a direct admit application from high school (ex: Business, Computer Science, HCDE, etc.). I know, you have to get admitted to the major, you can’t just “declare it”.About UW | University of WashingtonFreshman admission, autumn 201536,840 applied19,652 offered, 53.3%6,792 enrolledWA Residents11,259 applied7,379 admitted, 65.5%4,300* enrolledNonresidents (U.S. + International)25,580 applied12,273 admitted, 48%2,500* enrolledRUNNING START STUDENTSUW for admission, they act as if they are transfers. This lowers the number of actual spots for transfers. Most remaining spots go to either out of state transfers or primarily to in state community college transfers.So for TRANSFER STUDENTS not coming out from high school: Transferring is really difficult. REALLY REALLY DIFFICULTI know someone who had a 3.7 GPA at Bellevue College but couldn’t get in to UW because he failed 1 course. So don’t fail any course (especially at 2nd year) at Community College. Also don’t take longer than 2 years to get the DTA.Autumn 2015 TRANSFER APPLICATIONApplications Received 5,811Offered Admission 2,189 (38%)New Transfer Students Enrolled 1,443From Washington two-year colleges 86%From four-year colleges and universities 14%Transfer Student ProfileAcademic achievementMiddle 50%GPA 3.26–3.81About UW | University of Washington

They were traditionally in northern Puget Sound in the Padilla Bay and Skagit county areas. They were some of the many signatories to the Treaty of Point Elliot. The signer for the tribe is listed as Pat-the-us. The tribes that signed the treaty were listed as the:“Dwamish, Suquamish, Sk-kahl-mish, Sam-ahmish, Smalh-kamish, Skope-ahmish, St-kah-mish, Snoqualmoo, Skai-wha-mish, N'Quentl-ma-mish, Sk-tah-le-jum, Stoluck-wha-mish, Sno-ho-mish, Skagit, Kik-i-allus, Swin-a-mish, Squin-ah-mish, Sah-ku-mehu, Noo-wha-ha, Nook-wa-chah-mish, Mee-see-qua-guilch, Cho-bah-ah-bish, and other allied and subordinate tribes and bands of Indians”As a result, most were forced to go live on the Tulalip and Swinomish and Lummi reservations. Most the the different Salish speaking (Lushootseed) tribes and groups in Puget Sound were forced together on small pieces of territory after these treaties in Washington state in the 1850s. Some stayed on their traditional lands. Some of those became the Samish Nation which has some descendants from this tribe. They regained federal recognition in 1996. There is a non recognized group that says it also has members of the “Noo-wha-ha Band”. They have not recently petitioned for recognition so it is hard to know their status.Here is the Point Elliot Treaty: Treaty of Point Elliot (1855)As for the other tribal organizations that their descendants are now a part of, these are some of them (they also most certainly have relatives in other tribes as there was much intermarrying in the last 150 years):The Samish Nation is headquartered near Anacortes, WA. Samish Indian Nation. The Samish Nation has 1200 members and 360 acres including Huckleberry Island. It is led by an elected seven-member council. It’s departments include “cultural resources, education, elders, Head Start, health, housing, natural resources, social services, and vocational rehabilitation. Within five years, Samish will break ground on a boutique hotel-casino on commercial acreage it owns on heavily trafficked Highway 20 in Anacortes, and will begin construction of homes and a large community center on Samish land overlooking Campbell Lake.”  Read more at http://indiancountrytodaymediane...The Swinomish Nation is about 1000–2000 people on the south shore of Fidalgo Island has 2,900 acres of tidelands and 7,450 acres of uplands. It has a 11 member Senate. They own the Swinomish Casino and Lodge, a golf course, RV park a Fishing company which sells under the Native Catch label, and two gas stations and a medical center. Swinomish Indian Tribal CommunityThe Tulalip Nation is near Everett. It has about 3,000 tribal members. They have 22,000 acres. They own a business park with a Walmart, Home Depot outlet mall and various resturants, Quil Ceda Creek Casino, Tulalip Resort Casino, a 12 story luxury hotel, Tulalip Bingo, Canoes Carvery, Cedars Cafe, Eagles Buffet, Tulalip Bay Restaurant, Journeys East, The Draft Sports Bar, Torch Grill, and Q Burgers. They have the 23,000 square feet (2,100 m2) Hibulb Cultural Center and Natural History Preserve. There are eight communities on the reservation. It is run by a seven member elected council. A tribal member, John McCoy, is in the Washington State Senate. Tulalip TribesThe Lummi Tribe has about 5,000 members. About 78% live on or near the reservation. The reservation lands are about 20 sq miles and are north of Bellingham, WA. Welcome to the Lummi Nation. They manage 13,000 acres of tidelands. Northwest Indian College is at Lummi Northwest Indian College. The Lummi School of Aquaculture evolved into Northwest Indian College, which in addition to its main campus has six satellite sites and offers bachelor’s degrees in Native Studies Leadership, Native Environmental Science, Tribal Governance, and Business Management, and associate’s degrees in Arts and Science, Applied Science, Technical Arts, and Certificate Programs. They have an early education center, an on-reservation high school, and Lummi Youth Academy, which provides a stable living and learning environment for at-risk youth.They own the Silver Reef Casino HOTEL• CASINO • SPA and have a fisheries business. Until recent times, almost everybody was in the fishing business. They have a convention and event center, six restaurants, two bar/restaurants, and a coffee shop, Fisherman’s Cove Marina, home of the largest fishing fleet in the region, and Gateway Center, home of Gateway Café, Salish Arts Market, and Seafood Market. They have about 450 fishing boats. Fishing at the heart of Lummi Nation - HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news. They have two salmon hatcheries and one shellfish hatchery. Recently the Lummi successfully fought to block a new coal terminal which they feared would harm fisheries. The coal was going to be shipped from the Crow Nation mines in Montana.If you read through this pretty good report, the second half gives a good account of the different tribal groups in the upper Pu git sound and how they were pushed together by governments and then by modern life in the early and mid 20thh century.http://depts.washington.edu/pnwc...

Public universities like University of Washington, Love out-of-state students who have excellent academic prowess And pay in CASH with No financial aid from the state of Washington.So, if you are a very good student with very good standardized test scores and have $240,000 in cash to spend on your four years in Seattle, then you stand an excellent chance of being admitted.Go Huskies!!!!!

It will depend upon the departments with the money and the student applying to that department.I wouldn’t count on any possibility for a full scholarship. Money has been tight and there is even less to go around than before. Be happy to get a partial scholarship if at all.