As someone with skills in web application development, I fully endorse your portal refresh theory.
Hereās the presentation to the board of regents on the prior year class. Most of the focus seems to be on increasing the number of first generation students and what they call āURMā or under-represented minorities (defined as non-white and non-asian students I believe). They seemed pleased they were able to drive increases in both categories. Not much discussion at all of the merit or high-achievement of the incoming class.
The ātellā of when decisions were coming I believe was the NewHuskies instagram posting a welcome message and admissions following 2 days later historically.
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One more note here - if you look at the presentation above, youāll see that first gen students make up 34% of the in-state and only 6% for out of state. There are several factors here of course - but the difference likely suggests a strong preference by UW admissions for in-state, first-gen students. They may also see this as a way of helping achieve diversity goals of the school by increasing āURMā (non-white, non-asian) students without going astray of recent court rulings against relying too much on racial bias in university admission decisions. Short story here - if you are in-state and not a first generation college student, then it is very competitive!
Again, not just UW specific issue here. I suspect this is similar to competitive UC schools etc.
I think itās only fair that the high income parents pay taxes to fund their state flagships, which are not keen to admit their in-state kids, even at full price.
If I decide to burn my engineering degree, will my kid count as first-Gen? lol
Hi everyone!
I was recently exploring the University of Washington admissions website and came across the waitlisted students page (admit.washington.edu/freshman-waitlist/) and noticed that I was able to complete the online form, with my name field already filled in.
I wanted to check - is this form accessible to everyone, or is it restricted to waitlisted students?
I was able to access it. I hope it is just accessible to everyone.
I assume it is accessible to everyone since it says, āDo not fill out the online form if you were not invited.ā It is a bit weird that they would let anyone fill out the form.
I know the window for decisions opened yesterday but I donāt know of anyone who has heard.
Has anyone heard of any notifications?
UW has been releasing Thursdays the last few years. So letās cross our fingers for 3/6!!!
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I try to note some of this b/c there will be a lot of confused parents and students this week or next, when they are waitlisted or rejected outright while having exceptional grades and activities. Then they will hear others got in with much lower grades. Then admission departments will hide behind the āholistic reviewā. I suspect many support a full review of a student, but the lack of transparency leads to justifiable frustration.
Could be the 6th, but I still give a lean to the 13th for some reason.
Best of luck all!!!
Others who get in with lower grades, are they almost always first-gen or low income?
Or is it generally irrational?
As some other people have noted, tomorrow (on 3/3) weād know if decisions are coming on 3/6.. based off the tradition of IG post the Monday of the week of decision release.
Just want to get done with this asap.
Do we know if the TikTok that was posted means anything then? Or is it a formal post with the date?
Sorry what was the TikTok?
Yesterday, they released a video with a council of stuffed animal huskies saying that the council has decided on their decision. TikTok - Make Your Day
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Last year it was this post in IG on the Monday of the week decisions were released:-
https://www.instagram.com/p/C4ZK-hoLHBg/?igsh=MTVlNmFtYWFkbnZ3MA==
Iām following newhuskies2025 and if decisions were to be released this week, then would expect a similar post this week.
The account is newhuskies2025!
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It will be interesting to see if the change their essay in the coming year or they continue down their hard trodden path