Alaska considered IS?

Mikasha
Sat, 02 Apr 2011 09:23:15 +0000

To answer the title of your thread: no Alaska is not considered IS.

Your state residency could possibly give you an edge (due to this year’s fall Freshman class consisting of 1/3 OOS students) but it really depends. UW does a holistic view in admissions, so they look at your extracurricular activities, essays, GPA/SAT, and UW also considers if you have taken the most rigorous courses at your school. I do not believe your intended major will give you an edge or be considered similar to an IS applicant because at UW, the engineering program/majors are very competitive to get into.

Overall, what I’m saying is, you can’t assume that you will get into UW just because of your state residency. You can only hope that admissions will like you for who you are and what you do and that’s why the essays and extracurricular activities in this case are so important because they ‘paint’ an image of you as a person. I would say, don’t worry too much about state residency and focus more on the other important aspects of your application. =)