How did you come up with the 38% number, just curious.
Are these first-gen not in-state or is it an objection with not taking out this group? Which doesnât mean its 38%. The GPA distribution doesnât show some massive group lower. It is very possible the first-gen groups have equally as valid admission qualifications. There are about 300 students with a 3.25-3.49UW who enroll.
Not disagreeing, but just to engage a bit, with a mid-50% of 3.75-4.00, Iâd reckon a large portion of 25% admits below 3.75 could be first-Gen/low income; I have no evidence to prove it, just reading between the lines.
Not sure how you got the 38% range but I knew that 54% acceptance rate for in state they advertised was not really true. It felt lot less than 54%. I know people see this on the website thinks UW is a safety but itâs def not. For engineering, they said it was 54% too but I also think itâs lot less than that.
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I quite like how UGA (and to an extent UCs) normalize GPAs, and then derive decisions based on their own admission criteria.
Offsets the GPA/rigor subjectivity a bit, and makes it a little more transparent.
Moreover, I also like that UGA doesnât admit by major, which eliminates the possibility of gaming the system.
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This is our first kid going to college, so Iâm really getting enlightened.
I had a friend whoâs in state kid with a 3.9 UW GPA in a very rigorous coursework, was rejected flat out last year. She enrolled in U Mich OOS. I didnât quite understand the gravity of it until recently.
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I always enjoy your comments.
Very well could be true, very well might not. There will also be a group in that GPA range who really struggled early in HS and rebounded well something UW also is pretty public about liking and looking for. I just donât think its fair to take the first-gen number from the overall admit number, itâs possible to be admitted anyway and first-gen. Itâs also not 25% admits, its 25% enrolled if you are looking at CDS.
Itâs easy to stereotype what is a first-gen kid, but you get a lot of logging families or maybe trades especially in the smaller towns who are great students in HS and very worthy of admission. Itâs really what Foster for example is saying, itâs not help those not worthy or something relatively at the expense of middle-class kid, itâs multi-gen college families have connections usually regardless of major.
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This is my first rodeo as a parent. These forums help me cope with the impending rejections for my DD with an UW 4.0, 10 APs, college coursework, independent research varsity letters blah blah blah ad nauseoum, just like everyone elseâs kid. LOL!
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Agreed, itâs easy to stereotype first-gen kids as low performers, even though itâs usually the other way around.
Good lord when I saw the numbers of new posts here I thought they had released. LOL
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I checked last yearâs video, and it was posted on March 8th. While itâs no longer publicly listed, itâs still accessible via links (https://youtu.be/6bvaJCD5YWc?si=ViTj8Y5jelnge88V). Since this yearâs video went up on the 27th, thereâs a good chance decisions could be released tomorrow. However, Iâm surprised there hasnât been an Instagram post yet, given the pattern in previous years.
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We were humbled and frustrated when our first was getting decisions for fall 22 entry. With her 4.0 UW/4.6 weighted, 4 year sport, girl going into math, etc, etc.. we thought sheâd get into Stanford, Cal, UCLA, etc⊠She ended up at Cal Poly SLO (which was actually her first choice). Turned out great- AWESOME school and experience, but what a ride at the time! Makes us more chill this time with our son.
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For direct to admit majors, the instate acceptance rate is less than 50 percent. CS is 20-25 percent. Engineering a bit higher. I bet itâs lower than 50 percent for most constrained majors.
Didnât the TikTok video mention a two week wait? It seemed pretty obvious to me it wasnât coming this week. But maybe I missed something else. 
Little bit of confirmation bias to expect the decision asap⊠lol..
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With some of the reported activity this week, I think tonight or tomorrow evening are still very possible. Thursdays have been more common, but I donât think a Friday is out of the question. After releasing so late in their 3/1-15 reported window last year (released on Thurs 3/14) they may have some incentive to release earlier this year.
In the past, portals have been updated first, just after 8pm (west coast time) with the emails w/ a link following by an hour or so. The site usually bogs down for a bit, but itâs pretty easy to get your decision with a some patience (or maybe I should say persistence!).
An exciting time - best of luck to all!!! Time to go crush it. UW is a fantastic school.
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I bet they get in!
Can other applicants please try this enrollment link and see if it works?
Itâs very unlikely to work before application portal is updated with decision, but just a desperate attempt at portal astrology.. lol..
DD also applied to UW Bothell as a safety, so that is what shows up for us at this time.
It allows me to confirm offer
Does this mean anything