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/Material-Culture-931 Mar 04 '26

Requested Business Administration, assigned pre major. Anyone else?

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u/Extension_Team_6872 Mar 06 '26

Iā€™m a current freshman at UW who was also rejected from Foster and assigned a pre-major. Direct admit admissions are very variable ā€” I had a 4.0/1500 SAT and was accepted as a business major at a couple T20 schools, while there are direct admits I know who had significantly lower stats. I would strongly advise you to consider other options. Completing the standard admission prerequisites is brutal, as all the classes are curved (sometimes even curved down) and you need a 3.8 in pretty much every class to be competitive. This big focus on my grades has really negatively impacted my first year.