University of Washington-Seattle Campus Top Questions

Football, computer science, lots of rain

UW is well-known for its emphasis on research and academic rigor. Due to this, it draws many students for its nursing, business, and engineering programs. UW also has a passionate liberal agenda, which includes a strong emphasis on environmental sustainability, social justice issues, diversity, and study abroad. I had a wonderful study abroad exprience in Rome with the Creative Writing department. It was one of the best decisions I made in my undergrad. At times, I did feel that the arts and humanities were underfunded at UW, but I understood its research-based focus from the beginning.

The University of Washington has one of the highest rated medical schools in the world.

My school is known for its incredible graduate science departments. These departments do an incredible job of incorporating various research projects into the coursework. One example is the graduate chemistry department which contains several two million dollar HNMR machines and the students are performing cutting edge research in to the structural chemistry. Within these departments the medical school is the most widely known and well respected aspect of University of Washington. The quality of students and professors has propelled it to be one of the top medical schools in the nation. It is my goal to attend this excellent program.

My school is best known for its Husky pride and for all of the support that it has given to the Seattle community.

Seattle and its tech industry. The Huskies football team.

The University of Washingon is known for its beautiful campus (especially the cherry trees in the quad and the buildings that look like Hogwarts), as well as its highly regarded programs and large campus size. The UW is especially known for its well regarded and rigorous medical school. There is a ton of research that comes out of this university, so as a student, you will have easy access to great, relevant information and professors from all disciplines. It's a really great school!

The University of Washington is a school strongly grounded in research and science. We do have a diverse campus with a wide range of curriculums but we focus more in inventing the furture. This school is known for its research.

Univeristy Of Washington is known for being a diverse school. Going to school here is an expereicne that will change your view of the world and make you become aware of cultral diveristy of the world. The Student spirit at UW is really awesome, everyone is so nice and inclusive. Even though the campus is huge, you will not feel out of place.

Research facilities and studies, pretentious students, many many international kids

The University of Washington has some beautiful cherry trees. I mean, we have an excellent computer science program as well and some pretty wicked stem cell research, but once a year people from accross the globe come to see our century-old cherry trees bloom just in time for Sakuracon, Seattle's Japanese anime festival. It's actually rather bothersome, because the crouds make it difficult to get to class.

My school is best known for its medical program. The UW medical programs is a world renowned prgram that has taken part in innovative research that has helped the medical community tenfold.

Its is the largest school in the state, its where everyone goes and its where all the money goes. UW is a premire research institution with a rich and culturaly diverse student body. It's where anyone can feel comfortable because there is honestly something for everyone, you just have to find. Which scared me alot because I have needed to be more proactive about my education, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Computer science.

The University of Washington is probably best know for its beautiful and large campus. Academically UW is also known to have an excellent medical program and having two of its own hospitals on campus. The university has strong programs in many other majors including a vast Engineering program, biology, and dentistry. Lastly the University of Washington is known to have an exceptional study abroad program sending students to numerous countries around the world. Students have the option to study abroad for the quarter, the year, or even two weeks during breaks allowing students to schedule what works best for them.

There is nothing quite like the cheering of "GOOOOO" "HUSKIIIIIIIIIES" across the football stadium. It gives me chills every time. The energy of the "Dawg Pack" on a chilly Fall night under the stadium lights just doesn't get any better. I'm going to miss football at our home stadium this year more than almost anything else while I'm abroad in Spain!

I think that the University of Washington is best known for being a 'public ivy' school - it offers an education equivalent to an ivy league school for the price of a public college.

My school is being known as environmentally friendly and being innovative.

Personally, I'm not aware of many campus-wide traditions, other than wearing purple on game days or for other special events. There is also a quarterly game of zombie tag that hundreds of students participate in, and you'll see kids running around campus with bright bandannas around their heads and arms, occasionally shooting each other with nerf bullets. Unofficial campus traditions include lounging or throwing a frisbee in the Quad on a sunny day.

The University of Washington is best known for it's math and sciences. The school boasts 9 Nobel Peace Prize receipients. The school is best known for its counselors that lead students in the right direction. As an individual who has used those services, I can personally say that students are given the best advice leading to future endeavors.