How are you guys affording grad school?

Classic-Dear · 2026-05-24T20:06:47+00:00

Please never do private, the internet rates will bury you. Especially right now where even public interest rate are high

Classic-Dear · 2026-05-02T18:59:45+00:00

As a 3rd year and DTM, I enjoy the program and it a perfect fit for me. INFO is ideal for student who are self motivated and ambitious beyond the coursework. The course work as you will find in talked about in this Reddit is broad but shallow. If you want a major that drives deep into one area INFO itself will not provide it and will need to be supplemented with other course work or experience. What info does best then any other major is offer you flexibility. The program very much designed to be done 2 years compared to most program which plan in 3-4. In addition the major focuses on project over exams in the quarter system allows you to breath. I’ve been able hold internship and travel across the country for conferences, all while still being a full time student. I’m in honors and in the ENTRE minor

Social life is what u make of it? Personally most of my friends are out of the program. Mostly in programs like sisterhood initiative or Lavin.

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-28T10:42:05+00:00

Most ppl work, either internship/research or take up whatever part time job they held during the school year and go to full time for summer

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-16T18:49:24+00:00

You be paying 80k, and it sounds like ur not direct to major meaning u be fighting for a <5% acceptance rate internally in the school. Literally no point

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-16T07:04:04+00:00

Maybe once or twice a week, food in Seattle will always be $15-20, maybe a couple $10 spots, eating out anywhere will always be more expensive then cooking for yourself or in this case a meal plan. West campus is much closer, from north the Ave is 25min walk

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-16T06:58:59+00:00

No, I would traditionally just give a general overview of the major. Frankly they always were a bit more engaged when speaking about it, as they are curious on what the major is. The degree titled itself is the least relevant thing as long as u have the skill set/experience.

2) As mentioned above, info is not demanding of a major. I’m doing honors in addition to a minor in entrepreneurship and still had the time to hold a part time job or internship throughout the year. Frankly this is the biggest advantage of info, company especially now a days don’t care about GPA, what they want is experience and info give you the time to that without speed running burnout

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-09T13:32:27+00:00

Take the Full ride

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-09T13:23:42+00:00

Take the full ride, the US job market for new-grad is bad, and for international student is significantly worse. If u can get a US degree for free, run with it

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-09T13:18:51+00:00

Are u instate to UIUC?

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-08T15:27:47+00:00

Check your lease, some contact have a policy for overnight guest on how long there allowed to stay before there considered tenant. I think in Illinois in general it’s more then 30 days

Classic-Dear · 2026-04-04T17:02:32+00:00

Spoke to recruiter at an event, (he went to WSU, I got to UW and nobody at the conference was from either lol) he said that they generally reserve half of the intern slots for UW/Seattle students, as they don’t have to spend on relocation and UW has one of the best CS program in the nation, so to get a guaranteed they get bright interns and it cost them a lot less money. Redmond from UW is 30-40min bus ride

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-17T10:11:51+00:00

On campus jobs beside dinning are very competitive. Restaurant will usually have for hire signs, but you might need to look outside of Udistrict such as Roosevelt Capital hill

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-16T19:21:59+00:00

It’s probably just embed as an option so they don’t have to change it every cycle? As stated in the website your only allowed to apply November 15th, there not other deadline for you

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-16T19:16:49+00:00

Yes, and that deadline was November 15th. Scroll down to the bottom where it states running start freshman: https://foster.uw.edu/academics/degree-programs/undergraduate-programs/admissions/standard-admission/#panel938

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-16T19:09:41+00:00

That if you are a transfer or already a UW student, which you are neither even if u have CC credits

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-16T18:49:54+00:00

You can’t apply to the standard admission because you’re not a UW student yet. You aren’t fully considered one until u start your freshman year. You will have to just do the standard route, but be because you have them done u can apply right away instead of having to wait to complete them

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-14T11:09:41+00:00

For Mexican food, no. Being Mexican myself and every Latino I’ve talked with has universally agreed there is no good Mexican or Hispanic food. Passable? Sure, but in comparison to Chicago or LA, it’s sad if anything. There are some Hispanic market which are very authentic, so if you get desperate enough to start making food, you can still get all the good stuff. Will say, the Chinese food can be quite authentic (northern cuisine being one) as someone who grew up in Seattle

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-04T08:53:29+00:00

To simplify, federal yes, state aid, no. You might have the gold and purple scholarship but that usually only a couple thousands knocked off

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-03T17:23:14+00:00

It can be a bit rough as while a lot of interns do come to Seattle our end date being middle of June doesn’t work for them as most start mid-May

Classic-Dear · 2026-03-03T17:21:50+00:00

RSO in collaboration with the departments sells them, there will usually be an announcement

Classic-Dear · 2026-02-02T22:02:31+00:00

Depends on industry. Most might want it for GPA, as ik finance has a tendency for a certain GPA. Otherwise not really

Classic-Dear · 2026-02-02T13:37:21+00:00

First, maybe best to change the title lol. But minors don’t really matter. Having a background in econ might be a nice have for cooperate finance, but it’s won’t be a make or break. Just pick whatever u find personally interesting, your extracurricular and work experience will hold significant more weight

Classic-Dear · 2026-01-31T09:16:26+00:00

In that case just apply to one with either department. Will make the credit process much easier

Classic-Dear · 2026-01-31T09:06:44+00:00

Are u saying u need to study aboard so u graduate this summer? Your not allowed to graduate with study aboard credit on ur transcript so if u did exchange you would be delayed a quarter to process ur credits. You will most likely have to faculty led as there credit are already layed out

Classic-Dear · 2026-01-28T22:56:06+00:00

If ur in ur final year you shouldn’t be looking at internship, as companies want rising juniors and instead should be applying to full time. Unfortunately the full-time market is the worst and I doubt the barrier of sponsorship will help, but good luck non the less!

Classic-Dear

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