If you’re not a direct admit to CS at UW, and you know that’s what you want to major in, cross it off your list. “Hard to get into” is an understatement. In fact, kids who can’t get into UW CS are overcrowding other Washington campuses as well. For example, if you don’t get into UW CS and try to transfer in the state system, you will find that Western Washington limits CS course enrollment for transfers because they were getting more than they could handle as the fallback plan for kids shut out of UW.