Student life at UW

caseyatbat
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:51:18 +0000

I believe that about 15% of the kids at UW are OOS. Both of my UW kids were from Ca. Neither ever had a problem with weekends being a little quiet. There was always so much going on all the time that they would be relieved for a moment or two to get caught up with work and life. And, as previously mentioned, there are still tons of kids around. By the end of the first year, you will probably either be going home with them for a homecooked meal (Wa. families are just like that…!) or your IS friends will be hanging around with you if there is something going on. Don’t spend time worrying about keeping busy/making friends–Seattle, the U-District, and surrounding area are heaven for active people. Both my kids thought that was one of the best things about going to school there. For young adults, the U District and Seattle have it all–college sports, pro sports, big music scene, fantastic and huge selection of restaurants, active art scene, great downtown and shopping!.. Neither of mine wanted to leave Seattle after their time there …it is a distinct and unique experience.

Good luck with decisions.