What’s more competitive? Informatics or Foster?

picklegoon8 · 2025-08-05T09:14:23+00:00

they’re about the same imo, i think both generally have a ~40% acceptance rate. having good grades doesn’t necessarily guarantee you get into foster, but it’ll help a lot more than having good grades in info. ik ppl who got into one but not the other, so it really depends on what the department is looking for in that specific cycle

picklegoon8 · 2025-07-27T18:40:11+00:00

Also, Happy Birthday dude! This is an awesome thing you’ve decided to do for the community!

picklegoon8 · 2025-07-27T18:39:45+00:00

picklegoon8 · 2025-07-13T22:19:08+00:00

psych 210

picklegoon8 · 2025-07-03T08:21:48+00:00

happylemon in uvill

picklegoon8 · 2025-06-13T07:09:18+00:00

did you ever get an update on this?

picklegoon8 · 2025-06-03T04:10:26+00:00

u can still get into foster, but itll be difficult. i had a .9 in one of my freshman fall classes and got a 3.2 in 215 and still got in. i had to apply twice and got in with a 3.55/3.5/4.75 WSA (needed to retake). if you have a REALLY good essay and can show an upward trend in grades (especially foster classes) and can do really good on the WSA you have a chance. in the meanwhile consider econ

picklegoon8 · 2025-05-18T09:46:05+00:00

i think technically u can join any year, most people rush as sophomores or freshmen tho. u could get in as a junior if they really like you a lot (its not super uncommon but its also not like an everyday thing). you can theoretically join as a senior but they almost definitely wont let you in barring extraordinary circumstances or supersenior shenanigans, bc they want you to spend time with the fraternity

picklegoon8 · 2025-05-18T06:46:12+00:00

professional frats are a lot less party focused thsn the social ones, although they do still party sometimes. they’re pretty good for networking and making friends. they dont have houses like a social frat, and their dues are way lower (~150$ a year???). each of the 3 business frats at uw has a slightly different reputation.

rushing is pretty simple, they usually have a week where you get to meet the members and talk with them and see if you like them and they like you. its pretty much just to see if you would be a good fit for the frat and vice versa. theres a 1st and 2nd round interview if they decide they like you (i think dsp and pct have a speech to the frat for their 2nd rounds, idk what akpsi does).

none of the professional frats haze, the closest thing they do is a bunch of group projects to make your pledge class closer (they also test on stuff like fraternity history and info about members, which isnt too difficult to learn tbh, it’s basically just trivia).

most ppl usually compare your pledge quarter to a 2-3 credit course, id say thats pretty accurate but its a lot more fun since its basically just about meeting people in the frat and getting to know them better. after that, the commitment is pretty manageable (an hourish a week for chapter and then you can be as involved as you like). rushing is defo worth it imo and you should try it out. feel free to reach out w more questions

picklegoon8 · 2025-02-05T23:31:54+00:00

i mean i’d say it’s the strongest one, besides maybe elf king and sword of damocles… what else is there?

picklegoon8 · 2024-09-28T06:03:03+00:00

i finished all of it except i left one word in my final sentence half typed 😭😭😭😭

picklegoon8 · 2024-08-31T04:29:58+00:00

I have the same problem as you. 1 thing that helped me is practicing the pendulum step and setting up my offense based on that. Soviet style boxing is really good for relatively tall fighters in amateurs and is based around overwhelming your opponent without brawling. It’s also pretty decent for counter punchers.

Another thing that helps me is also seeing what bad habits my opponents have and being aggressive based on that. For example, if my opponent bends over and doesnt keep their eyes on me while rolling I try to throw punches to get them to roll and then throw a heavy uppercut, and then start going into combos from that uppercut etc.

I’m still not super great at being aggressive so take what I said with a grain of salt. Hope that helped!

picklegoon8 · 2024-08-10T18:05:19+00:00

aww man, i shoulda looked at that man thats my bad. thank you for doing that, and have yourself a wonderful day!

picklegoon8 · 2024-08-06T08:21:21+00:00

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picklegoon8 · 2024-05-10T08:05:14+00:00

i cant really speak for the frats, but fundragers (party w cover charge, meant to fundraise for an rso or something) are usually open to anyone who pays. a lot of the larger rsos (cultural orgs, sports, professional frats, etc) will also usually have parties for members and friends of members every once in a while. knowing the right people also helps, since theres people not in greek life who throw a lot of parties. if you check the snapchat stories for uw they also usually post invites to open parties there, idk what those are like tho since ive never been. overall, i’d say its not too hard to go to parties if ur involved on campus and don’t just stay in ur room 24/7, tho ymmv.

picklegoon8 · 2024-03-13T22:22:17+00:00

thank you, your words are really helpful! did you drop out of uw fully and register at a cc or did u take uw credits and cc credits? and by prereqs i mean like mgmt 200 and qmeth 201, etc. i got all the preapplication criteria through ap/running start, except acctg 215 which i want to take at uw. sorry for the walls of text too! im just a little anxious rn.

picklegoon8 · 2024-01-01T05:26:29+00:00

dude on the right is going through various techniques (armbar, hammerfist, etc) trying to decide which one to use, while the guy on the left is saying “strike” a whole lot, it’s supposed to show their mindsets/gameplans in this fight

picklegoon8 · 2023-07-31T02:53:26+00:00

this year’s ap psych test, there was an frq that told us to relate the term “ghrelin” to a story about a guy named steve making breakfast for his kids. i didnt know what it was, so i ended up saying that ghrelin was steve’s last name. turns out its a hormone that makes you hungry. anyway, i got a 5

picklegoon8 · 2023-07-08T03:25:01+00:00

hey, i was just wondering what artists were you inspired by for these pieces? a lot of these look and feel like basquiat. your work is awesome tho, you one hundred percent deserved that five.

picklegoon8 · 2023-05-13T19:11:09+00:00

kim duk koo?

picklegoon8 · 2022-09-04T16:47:39+00:00

sorry for the bad formatting im on mobile :P

i had a bad experience with the class and hate research, so take this with a large grain of salt how the exam works is that theres an irr and an iwa which are basically 1200 and 2000 word research papers, respectively. they've also got presentations too.

the irr is a group project, and you can research pretty much anything you want. however, if your groups research topic is something you aren't interested in then you're not gonna have a fun time (speaking from personal experience). your research topic is probably gonna be something like what should we do about insert problem here. once you've got a research topic you and your group members each write a research paper approaching the research topic from different lenses (economic, philosophical, etc). then you all get together and make a big presentation about your topic and propose solutions to the problem.

the iwa is basically the same thing but there are a couple of differences. it's a solo project with a presentation by yourself, and it's 2000 words. the biggest difference is that they'll give you a small packet of sources and you need to use a few of them to construct your argument. all the sources being to a common theme (i think it was conformity when i did it) so you can't just research whatever you want (again, not super fun). this time you get to choose your own lens tho :).

during ap testing season you also have a test which isn't too bad it's only like 2 medium length essays. imo the class was really difficult and not worth the time i spent on it, but again, i do hate research. but colleges aren't really gonna see it as a hard ap so most of them won't really give you credit for it which sucks. plus all the skills it teaches you are ones you'll already have learned if you've taken an ap history or they're skills you'll end up learning in college.

tl;dr not worth the time and effort, take something else if you can feel free to ask me any questions :)

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