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