UW Autumn 2014 Transfer Thread

<p>@gilmorej, I had this problem as well, since I also took classes as a non-matriculated student and had an unofficial transcript. A few days before I got my gold envelope, my unofficial transcript changed to show courses I’d completed in high school (underneath all the blurb where it says you’re non-matriculated in the table), but it did not change to show pre-social sciences (which other people who haven’t had a transcript load before do see). It in fact still says that I’m non-matriculated…I imagine this will change in July when I actually enroll for classes for Fall. Hope this helps :)</p>

<p>Thank you @Candela2‌! Now I’ve just got to try to stop myself from checking every day for a change! :)</p>

<p>Today is the final day for the last batch to submit their dues, don’t forget to post if you get anything!</p>

<p>I will let everyone know if I get an acceptance/rejection. Good or bad I want to help others with this stress by knowing when the next letters arrive.</p>

<p>@Bridgewood‌ typically has the next batch come out the day that the deposit is due or the day after?</p>

<p>Id imagine it releases on monday </p>

<p>Is anyone here who applied as an international transfer??</p>

<p>For transfer students from a 4 year university: no where does it say that it is harder for you to get in if you are from a 4 year university. The “80% from 2 year and 20% from 4 year” are the percentages of students who APPLIED for transfer NOT the percentages of students who were ADMITTED. Just FYI so students from 4 year universities don’t feel as stressed. Here’s the info if you want to check for yourselves: <a href=“BigFuture College Search”>https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/college-university-search/university-of-washington&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>@brittany61495, Don’t mean to be a killjoy, but it is much more difficult for 4 years. According to the UW transfer newsletter for Autumn 13:</p>

<p>“For autumn 2013, the Seattle campus offered admission to 57.3% of all Washington community college applicants. This compares to offer rates of 55.2% for high school applicants and only 15.1% for applicants from four-year universities and non-Washington community colleges. The offer rate for international transfer students from Washington community colleges was 54%. This compares to 38.5% for all international transfers.”</p>

<p>As you can see, all these percentages round out to be around the 42 percent overall acceptance rate for all transfers listed on the Collegeboard website.</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“University of Washington Transfer eNewsletter”>University of Washington Transfer eNewsletter;

<p>Edit: By the way, if you browse through the previous reports for past quarters, they used to also provide the acceptance rates of community college students with 90 transferable credits. These applicants are generally have a 5-6% higher chance than the rates for normal community college transfers. Additionally, having all the prerequisites down for your intended major will also positively affect your chances for everyone. Therefore, a 4 yr transfer applicant with 90 transferable credits and all their prereqs met may also have a significantly higher chance.</p>

<p>@potatomawnster as a transfer applicant from a CC out of state, does it hurt my chances if I have more than 90 credits? Basically I did two years working towards an AA of general studies and then decided I wanted to study engineering. So I have taken the pre reqs for my intended major, but I have like 130 quarter credits,
Thanks. </p>

<p>Anyone have their unofficial transcript show?</p>

<p>@Bridgewood‌ I dont think anyone will find out till Monday</p>

<p>So… about the unofficial transcript thing…
Do all students who get accepted have access to see their unofficial transcript?
In other words, you are 100% getting admitted if your unofficial transcript is shown?</p>

<p>I don’t know if all accepted students can see their transcript, but from what I’ve gathered, if you can see your transcript, then you’re accepted. </p>

<p>@adamday Most students who have the goal of having 90 transferable credits will usually have a little bit over 90 credits. With that said, I emailed admissions asking a similar question a while ago about having over 90 credits and here is what they said:</p>

<p>“It is perfectly OK to take more than 90 credits before transferring to the UW. Only 90 lower division classes will be able to count towards your major, but if you will need to take the specific class no matter what before graduating from the UW I suggest taking it when you have the chance now. This will show that you are extremely well prepared for your intended major, which will reflect positively on your application to the UW.”</p>

<p>It important to note what counts as transfer credit; these count towards your transfer GPA. Previously, I made the faulty assumption that the transfer GPA is simply the GPA of all college courses or the college GPA. In reality, your transfer GPA must meet a certain criteria. In-states have it a lot easier; all classes that meet the transfer credit policies are counted towards the transfer GPA that is used for admissions evaluations. College courses that are not listed in the course equivalency guide mostly likely will not be accounted for. Out of state applicants have a tougher situation; there is not course equivalency guide. Therefore, I would contact admissions regarding the transfer credit.</p>

<p><a href=“http://admit.washington.edu/Admission/Transfer/TransferGPA”>http://admit.washington.edu/Admission/Transfer/TransferGPA&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://admit.washington.edu/EquivalencyGuide”>http://admit.washington.edu/EquivalencyGuide&lt;/a&gt; // for in-states only
<a href=“http://admit.washington.edu/Admission/Transfer/CreditPolicies”>http://admit.washington.edu/Admission/Transfer/CreditPolicies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>From what it seems, if you have met and exceeded the admissions requirements despite going over 90 credits, it will most likely still go in your favor. The only caveat is if you’ve greatly exceeded 90 credits yet you lack any sign of direction—e.g. unprepared for major, many pointless classes, etc. </p>

<p>Edit: By the way, if you check out the UW admissions Facebook page, they’ve recently responded to a comment about Autumn 2014 admissions by saying, “We have started to send out some of our decisions letters but most have not gone out yet. We will continue to send decisions until the end of July…”</p>

<p><a href=“Redirecting...”>https://www.facebook.com/uwadmissions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Apparently you can’t give Facebook links…</p>

<p>This wait is ridiculous. It’s absolutely ridiculous. I already had to commit and pay a deposit to another school because of how slow UW’s process is. It’s going to be super hard to find housing at this point, as most people already have housing for fall figured out by now. All the other schools already sent out acceptances, and having the possibility of not knowing until the end of July? It’s really ridiculous. Anyone else extremely frustrated? </p>

<p>I’m with you @zsdbkn‌. I’ve also commited to another school and am really excited about going. UW was my top choice, but at this point I could kind of care less about whether I get in or not. I just want to know what the decision is and get on with it. I get that UW is an excellent school, but every other school I applied to (similar ranking to UW) was able to get back to transfers in a timely manner. Def feeling some disrespect from UW… We all have lives to get on with!</p>

<p>@zsdbkn I can understand your frustration. I went through a tedious process of contacting various departments of UW Bothell so that I didn’t lose a spot to potentially attend school there since I didnt want to commit and pay the deposit. They even offered a bribery scholarship that I had to call around to extend the acceptance deadline for. I feel okay since I made sure Bothell didn’t give up my seat but if I get rejected from Seattle I’ll be pretty behind for registration and whatnot.</p>

<p>UW Seattle must have their reasons for later notification periods but I totally feel the pressure too. </p>

<p>@relacircle I’m in the same boat. I already paid the deposit and signed up for classes at WSU a long time ago. Right now, I should probably be signing up for undergraduate research and housing there, but I’ve been putting that off to wait this out. While UW is still my primary choice, this wait is disheartening and has replaced most of the hype with annoyance. By the time they are admitted, autumn transfers already have a huge disadvantage in choosing classes for that quarter already—something that only UW transfers have to deal with since the notifications are so close to the quarter. However, in their Facebook page, they said that some decisions were mailed out but most are not. Too bad it wasn’t like autumn of last year, when a third of their results were out at the end of May.</p>