<p>A friend of mine just told me that it is just as difficult to get in to UW as it is to get into Harvard. Is this true???</p>
<p>She was talking undergraduate admissions…in state!! Help!!</p>
<p>It isn’t. See my old posts on the UW forum. It is hard to get into Computer Science as freshman or the Honors program. PM me if you want details.</p>
<p>Ditto to what parentofbear said. It’s not a slam-dunk for in-state students to get into (apparently it used to be, back when dinosaurs ruled the earth), but students with good GPAs and test scores have a good chance. They’ve also gone to a holistic admissions policy, so students without the great GPA and scores have a chance if their “whole person” looks good.</p>
<p>An interesting article in the Seattle Times yesterday about the branch campuses in Bothell and Tacoma: <a href=“http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=branchcampus24m&date=20060924&query=UW+bothell[/url]”>http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=branchcampus24m&date=20060924&query=UW+bothell</a> They both now take freshman and one should not discount them as a possibility if they offer the major you want. Their admission standards are noticably lower, but the quality of education is high, classes are smaller and easier to get into, etc.</p>