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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.

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.

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.

It’s not that hard. The only problem with CSUN in regards to that, is that it is a commuter school. Meaning a lot of people go back home to their parents after class and sometimes home can 45min to 1 hour away. These are the people who you probably aren’t going to be spending a lot of time with, especially if you’re living in the dorms. People choose to not live on campus or close to campus for different reasons(strict parents, socially awkward, unrealistic roommate expectations,financial reasons). These are the people who even when you invite them out, they come up with all sorts of reasons not to go. No judgement, it just is what it is.If you live on campus, then I would say make friends with your roommates(I still hang with my old roomies), and make it a point to introduce yourself to everybody in your dormitory within the first week. I know it seems lame but most people will be happy you did especially since this is likely their first time away from home. Will people like me? Will this suck like HS did? Don’t be afraid to get it started. Encourage your roommates to come with you and I would say that it's best to do it only if your roommates are willing to do it with you. I personally wouldn't do it by myself. But that's just me.If you’re off campus I would suggest either joining an organization or starting one so that you can meet people. You can do this if you live on campus as well.

Is mystery shopper for real or a kind of scam?There are absolutely a plethora of each out there. There are probably more scams than the real deal, but the real deals are generally pretty easy to verify if you do a little googling to see how they are rated by others that have tried.Back in the college days, being a mystery shopper was one of the great ways I was able to keep myself fed and make ends meet. This was back before smart phones and when if you had internet, it was a dial-up modem to access it, so it was all done on paper.I found and ad in the student paper of my university and all you had to do is send a letter to an address in Washington state to get started with some basic information. The secret shopper assignments were for restaurants and other food establishments. My first assignment was to go to the mall and spend at least $5 at Orange Julius. All I had to do is make the purchase, fill out a 10 question questionnaire, and mail it all back with the receipt. About a week later I’d get an envelope with a check for the amount of the receipt plus $5 and my next assignment. As I continued, I got bigger assignments. Instead of just a snack-shack assignment, I was getting assignments to go eat at sit-down restaurants and asked to buy full meals (appetizer, drink, entree, and desert). The more I did, the more the assignments came and soon I wasn’t getting just 1 assignment a week I was getting 2, then 3, and I finally topped out at 5 full-meal assignments a week. Most of the time I would have plenty of left-overs from dinner for lunch the next day. Sometimes it got tiring going out to eat 5 nights a week, but it sure made things easy on the food budget.It all ended abruptly one week when I opened up my envelope and there was only the check for last week’s assignments and a letter thanking me for my service. The company was shutting down operations and going out of business. It was a sad day for me. The upshot was over the next 6 months I lost 30 pounds without any effort!

I have not been a student for so long, that I hardly feel qualified to answer . WSU was smaller when I was there. I lived my first year in a dorm & 3 yrs in a sorority. Our son and daughter lived in Greek houses & 2 grandsons, all at WSU, and this supplied lots of friends who continued on after they graduated. I still meet up with 16–20 college friends annually for a 4 day retreat somewhere in WA.That said, many people live in Apartments now. WSU has a reputation for being a Cougar family, but the only way you can be a part of that, without a built in Greek family, is to make yourself be outgoing. Be friendly to everyone, and join activities that you are interested in. This takes courage if you aren’t used to it. Smile st those you come in contact with. There is nothing like a friendly smile to make others feel more comfortable .Start conversations with strangers, ask them about themselves . Volunteer to do things.I have always felt WSU was a friendly campus. There is nothing like Cougar Loyalty. Everyone is willing to give you a “Go Cougs”. All over the world, if other Cougs see you wearing a WSU sweatshirt or hat, they will say “go Cougs!” And stop and talk. So a lot of learning to fit in and make friends, is just putting yourself out there . This works, not only on campus, but in the rest of your life. Remember, Most people are just as shy as you are and are hoping someone will talk to them first.

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