UW Bothell / UW Seattle Questions

CallMeADawg
Fri, 13 Dec 2013 21:16:06 +0000

Agree with a number of your points here. I would like to add, that WHO YOU KNOW matters more in the business world than anything else. That networking is not campus specific (i.e. I could join a frat in Seattle if I was at UW Bothell) but the availability of it can be (I cannot speak to people face to face in Seattle while in Bothell). No one should use this as a deciding factor, unless they would just prefer to be in Seattle all the time. ;)

Accounting is one area that I have found specifics that show differences between Seattle and Bothell. Bothell (or Tacoma for that matter) does not have the AACSB Accreditation for Accounting. They only have it for Business. Thus, you would be better served attending UW Seattle (or WSU/Gonzaga; they have it too) if you want an Accounting degree. That is possibly tied to the experience you have with the professors; pure speculation on my part though.

Husky jobs should not care which campus you are enrolled at. I will take your word on this (as I have not looked at them) but if they are - that is absurd unless there is a very good reason for it - and even then, you wouldn’t WANT that job if you were in Bothell anyhow and vice-versa.

Internships, job-fairs, and other assorted career oriented services are available to all students in the UW system, regardless of which branch you attend. Also, my expertise is in email and I can assure you that someone from Bothell can join a listserv in Seattle with no problem. In fact - you both get a @uw.edu email address, so your accounts even exist in the same organization. Likewise, Business Competitions are open to all university students in the state (EWU, CWU, WWU, WSU, UW, etc…)

So again - I am not convinced that UW Seattle is any better than Bothell, unless you are an Accounting student.