Sudden Change in Requirements for University of Washington ACMS

Transfer Students
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<p>I logged online and checked out the ACMS page today and what was recently put up ruined my mood; they are considering adding another requirement for admission. On their site, it says: </p>

<p>“WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING CSE 143 AS AN ADMISSION REQUIREMENT. STUDENTS PLANNING TO APPLY AUTUMN 2014 OR LATER MAY BE SUBJECT TO THIS ADDITIONAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENT.”</p>

<p>I am currently a community college student who submitted my transfer application for Autumn 2014. In the personal statement, I was asked whether or not if I am ready to transfer to my intended major—which I was. However, because of this new requirement they’ve recently put up, I won’t be. Most importantly, this may hurt my chances. I’m planning on calling their advisers on Monday, but I am currently stressing out on what to do. I’ve already submitted my application and sent transcripts, and I will be graduating from my community college in June with my transfer degree. Any thoughts?</p>

<p>By the way, I can only apply for ACMS after being admitted into the UW, but only in the Autumn and Spring quarters. Applications are open only for the first two weeks of those quarters. Why would they change the requirements for Autumn quarter now when the application date was due by Feb. 15?</p>

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<p>Presuming you mean the notice here: <a href=“Admissions | Applied and Computational Math Sciences Program (ACMS) | College of Arts and Sciences - University of Washington”>http://www.math.washington.edu/acms/admission.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The course is described here: <a href=“COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING”>COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING;

<p>Why not just take a course that articulates to CSE 143 at your community college? See the guide here: <a href=“http://admit.washington.edu/EquivalencyGuide”>http://admit.washington.edu/EquivalencyGuide&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>That may be an option I have to take. I thought that I couldn’t take more class after I graduated from my CC. If that’s the case, I’ll have to make an edit to my UW general admission application. However, I definitely will have to talk to the counselors there first as it says that students applying “may” be subject to this change. Personally, I prefer if I didn’t as I have to as I have to attend several mandatory transfer fairs for other universities that I have been accepted into throughout the summer as well as downtime for some surgery.</p>

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<p>By “graduated from [your] CC” do you mean having earned an associates degree?</p>

<p>CCs are supposed to be open admission, right? If so, they won’t refuse someone who already has an associates degree (or bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree).</p>

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<p>I suppose; I’ll have to talk to my adviser at my CC as well. By graduating, I mean my transfer associates.</p>