<p>WashDad,</p>
<p>UW was suppose to be “MY” safety from a financial point of view. Now my D has 2 of her picks (Gonzaga and U. of S. Carolina) putting hard cash on the table. As it stands now, other than incidentals/transportation, Gonzaga is nothing out of pocket, and South Carolina only about $4K difference as an OOS. D still waiting to hear from that “other” USC down I-5, and from UPenn (her reach). If she gets accepted to either it wouldn’t surprise me that they offer more than UW too. Add to that, UW has some hocus-pocus FRAP process that admissions uses and didn’t even pass D’s file over to the Business school for review. I can understand that a lot of incoming freshmen are undecided about a major - but it’s a disadvantage to those who already know to be placed in the School of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>Then we get the UW housing news - big deposit upfront, because there may not be enough housing. 4pm sign-up like it’s a lottery or Oklahoma land rush.</p>
<p>I sent D’s FinAid package back to UW with a request for change, not expecting anything. We could probably go ahead and send UW a declination letter but agreed we would only do those after a deposit has been accepted by our final choice. D is happy - but I feel like a fool for wasting an application on UW. D wanted her 5th application to go to U. of Oregon - I vetoed that, but the Ducks may also have made a better offer.</p>