December 7, 2018
Engineers work to improve systems, so perhaps it’s no surprise that the UW College of Engineering has a new and improved admission process.
To assure incoming freshman students who are admitted into the College of Engineering that they can pursue an engineering degree at UW, a new Direct to College admission process took effect starting with this year’s incoming freshman class.
Direct to College restructures the process for admitting students into engineering majors. Prospective UW freshman students who indicate an engineering major as their first choice on the admission application are considered for direct admission to the College of Engineering, not directly to a major. Students who are admitted to the college and meet minimum progress requirements will therefore be assured of their ability to place into one of the college’s 10 engineering majors.
Previously, many aspiring engineering students were unable to place into an engineering major after two years of study. The new process aligns the UW with the engineering admission process practiced by the majority of peer institutions.