UW Bothell / UW Seattle Questions

seatac
Fri, 13 Dec 2013 20:25:46 +0000

I guess all that depends on a lot of factors. In your particular situation, I don’t see how the choice would harm your career prospectives.

Now, if you were a regular student just fresh out of a CC w/o much background then it might be different for you. The thing is that besides education, many other factors influence your chances of getting a job or what kind of a person you become after you finish college.

Let’s take Accounting department @ the UW Seattle:

1) Professors (not lecturers…) generally don’t teach anywhere but in Seattle. And our professors are awesome. They manage to keep our Accounting department among the top in the country and are very knowledgeable and approachable people. They know what to teach and how to teach it well given their experience.
2) Beta Alpha Psi accounting fraternity at UW Seattle is big and offers a lot of opportunities to network with people, participate in different projects, and do other stuff that can improve one’s resume.
3) Some positions on Husky Jobs are available only for Seattle students.
4) Some positions and internships in particular can be found through a departmental mailing list, and many employers contact the department to advertise there.

Please note that what’s above are my observations, they aren’t made relative to Bothell. Never been there, can’t compare. Also, my observations are biased.