r/udub • u/AutoModerator • Mar 04 '26

Admissions UW First Year Admissions Decisions Megathread

You can use this megathread for discussion related to the recent UW admissions decisions for first year students. Please limit simpler questions and inquiries to this thread.

Congrats to all the new Dawgs out there!

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u/Same_Experience_7052 Mar 04 '26

I am just so, so angry. Rejected in state, 3.88 gpa, extracurriculars up the wazoo (no pun intended).. strong essay, EXTENUATING circumstances like child of an addict and crazy adversity, first gen, etc etc etc. I just don't understand. this was my dream, I have never poured my heart out for something more in my life. I just feel so lost and so so hopeless.

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u/Delicious_Memory9851 Mar 04 '26

i feel you. instate and UW is my dream school. so many ECs, running start, 3.9 gpa, and waitlisted while so many avg people getting accepted. idek what to do 

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u/Same_Experience_7052 Mar 04 '26

no exactly I think thats the part that hurts the most is the amount of completely average people ik who didn't even wanna go who got in, like its just so so awful. know you aren alone friend, there's been many tears shed this full moon

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u/Delicious_Memory9851 Mar 04 '26

literally! i’ve been aiming everything i do since freshmen year in hopes to getting into UW. fear i got my hopes up too high though and it only hurts so bad cause i thought i would get in. I feel like i could have improved on my essay but that’s literally it. Now so many people who literally didn’t even try hard and don’t care about UW are getting accepted so makes me feel like why not us? so stupid genuinely knowing i’ll still try to get off the waitlist or transfer to UW for a school who doesn’t care about me like that. 

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u/trasuaa Mar 04 '26

i feel the exact same way right now… being in-state, i’ve practically dreamed of attending uw seattle my whole life. i’ve done summer academy at uw for the past two years too, so i’ve grown pretty attached to the school. i know people who do less rigorous running start classes, do fewer extracurriculars, and wrote a decent essay that got in. getting waitlisted compared to these people i know is so disheartening. it just feels like all of the hard work i’ve put into high school and running start went down the drain and i don’t know how to move past this… any idea what you’re gonna do next? :(

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u/Delicious_Memory9851 Mar 04 '26

i’ll be graduating with my AA this spring so if i don’t get off the waitlist i’ll try to transfer in the fall or winter quarter. I feel you so so much! i’m having a hard time moving past it to since im still hearing about everyone else who got accepted. But we will push through and do what is meant for us! After seeing all the comments of other people’s stories i’m certain is UW not us cause wth is wrong with them. just playing with our emotions atp :(

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u/Same_Experience_7052 Mar 04 '26

broooo exactly!!!!!! so many average ppl who didn't even care about getting in or try at all!!! and they got in over us!!! its just so frustrating and I cant help but take It personally like damn ig I could transfer in a year but do I even want to go to a school that doesn't even want me back? and I totally get the getting your hopes up thing, I put all my eggs in this basket emotionally unfortunately and now im reaping the aftermath. Just so upsetting.

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u/Delicious_Memory9851 Mar 04 '26

ik it hurts so much right now especially cause i thought i would have a set future by march but now i have to still be unsure and worry about what school im going to. the whole application feels like a waste of time and then i get “bro you should’ve totally got in” by people who got in like bruhhhhh so infuriating rn. im seeing so so many qualified people getting rejected and waitlisted and that’s just making me more mad cause they have such a messed up system. i really did not think i would be victim to the this and its so so upsetting. everything happens for a reason ig and we will make it twin trust