To those that were accepted into UW previously

XaviFM
Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:52:19 +0000

Some of you guys are out of your mind with this dialogue. Washington State I-200 ended any concern you should have had about not getting in because you’re “White.”

With that said, Jewish is a cultural issue and should help you getting in. Mizrahi and Sephardim are not considered “White” (I would argue it would be fallacious to argue Ashkenazim were White, but whatever).

I had no HS diploma (dropout at sophomore) and a high GPA at Community and Technical College and I got in with tons of scholarships. But they also gave me help through the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity and are giving me support through tutoring, even though none of my scholarships are for being a minority I didn’t make mention of it in my essays but my name is clearly Hispanic; I wrote my essays about dropping out of HS to work full time at two jobs.

Either way, you should be able to get in. I know plenty of smart people at UW who got in with lower marks.