honestly, i think the whole in-state preference is way overblown for washington. it's a different story when you get to accepting people off the waitlist (pretty much all in-staters). But, for regular admission cycle, they're more interested in the straight up numbers. just looking at lsn, my sense is that a school like UT is much more serious about their in-state requirement than UW. UT seems to admit people with much lower indexes that are from texas, but UW doesn't seem to do this until the waitlist period.4.0 with a 163 will be a very strong app. for UW, but certainly not a lock (even if you were in-state). in my mind, a lock is if both of your stats are at or above 75 percentile.
Quote from: peabody on October 30, 2006, 01:07:29 PMhonestly, i think the whole in-state preference is way overblown for washington. it's a different story when you get to accepting people off the waitlist (pretty much all in-staters). But, for regular admission cycle, they're more interested in the straight up numbers. just looking at lsn, my sense is that a school like UT is much more serious about their in-state requirement than UW. UT seems to admit people with much lower indexes that are from texas, but UW doesn't seem to do this until the waitlist period.4.0 with a 163 will be a very strong app. for UW, but certainly not a lock (even if you were in-state). in my mind, a lock is if both of your stats are at or above 75 percentile. Is preference given to Washington state residents?It is faculty policy that approximately 70% be established as a target for the percentage of Washington state residents in the entering class. However, residency is not a major factor in an admissions decision.http://www.law.washington.edu/Admissions/FAQ.html
You have to look at the salaries in context of average wages and living expenses for the Pacific NW. Making $60-$95K per year in Washington, Oregon, or Idaho is actually good pay. You could easily make two car payments, purchase a nice home, and live an upper middle-class lifestyle. And don't forget about academic loans--if you graduate from UW, you will have, on average, much less financial baggage to deal with. I think an attorney in the Pacific NW making $75 would have a better lifestyle than an attorney making $125 in LA, Chicago, NYC, or Boston. Even with $125K, there's no way you could afford a home REMOTELY comparable to one in the Pacific NW. And, realistically, the only people making that kind of money live in big cities, probably have huge law school debts, and work ridiculous hours. In terms of quality of life, I think most UW grads are doing quite well.
I think it's pretty high in downtown Seattle and the surrounding burroughs (if that's what they call them?), but home prices are pretty reasonable everywhere else. A nice 3,000 sft home would run somewhere between $300-$600K depending on location. The same home in LA, NYC, DC, or Chicago would probably run well over $1.25M. I don't know anything about the Boston market, but it's probably comparable?The difference in home prices (and property taxes) alone is worth $45,000+/year. (Compare the two mortgage payments here: http://www.mortgage-calc.com/mortgage/simple.php) I'm partial to the NW, what can I say. You should come visit.
plus seattle is the most literate city in the US and has the highest percentage of college grads. CostCo, Microsoft and Nintendo are all HQed there ... what else in life do you need?though last night i was looking through my Udub book and their avg starting salary is significantly lower than their peer schools. It wasn't different for those going to 250-500+ person firms, but everything else was real low, which kind of bothered me because it seems seattle is a pretty expensive city to live in.
UW oughta start sending decisions.
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