Admission Rate Rumor?

UWfromCA
Thu, 22 Jan 2015 05:43:44 +0000

For rankings that focus on freshman admission rate, such as the US News “Best Colleges” rankings, no doubt a rate in the 30% range would improve UW’s rank significantly. However, UW more than holds its own in other rankings, including the most recent Times HER (4 US public, 26 world), US News Best Global Universities (3 US public, 14 world), National Taiwan University Ranking (1 US public, 5 world), Shanghai Ranking (4 US public, 15 world), and Ranking Web (3 US public, 7 world), to name a few (see also, Washington Monthly, Kiplinger). Each has its own methodology, but all consistently recognize a short list of universities that have the most impact on our world, and UW is one if them. These days, any spot at UW that is not taken by a great WA student will be contested by several great OOS and international students.