UW cs vs. UCLA cs vs. Vanderbilt Engineering Department

First, congratulations on your admissions!

From the UW website: “Computer Science Direct Admission is offered to about 250 freshmen, selected from more than 5,000 candidates.”

These popular “rankings” indicate that Washington has very strong CS and CE departments:

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate-computer

Here are a sampling of articles regarding job placement:

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/technology/job-recruiters-work-to-woo-uw-computer-science-students/

https://www.paysa.com/blog/2017/06/05/top-colleges-in-tech/

https://m.slashdot.org/story/208691

To get an idea of the UW’s abundant Asian culture, see:

http://asc.asuw.org/about/asc-constituents/

In particular, there is a very active and popular Taiwanese Student Association at the UW:

http://www.tsauw.com

http://www.tsauw.com/night-market.html

For the perspectives of some CS students, see:

https://www.quora.com/What-is-it-like-to-be-a-computer-science-major-at-the-University-of-Washington (slightly dated but a lot of good information)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zyRhnAfLHP0 (a humorous look at a day in the life of two CS students, which great aerial footage of the campus)

With the second CS building (Bill & Melinda Gates Center) scheduled to open in January 2019, it’s a great time to be a CS student at the UW:

https://www.cs.washington.edu/supportcse/cse2/background

https://www.geekwire.com/2017/no-stealing-computer-time-bill-gates-marks-key-milestone-uw-computer-science-expansion/

Good luck!