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Great course choices in everything. Lots of intellectual discourse. The most unique courses I have taken about race in America and history, white privilege, race relations and international studies. (SIS 202, HISTAA 105) The requirements are fair. Lots of hands-on oppurtunities.

Being a great school, academics here are tough. This is mostly due to the fact that everyone that gets accepted here is a pretty smart kid, thus you are surrounded by other smart kids like yourself. Being an engineering student, this just makes things harder due to the class cuve. Overall however, this just drives you to work harder.

I have had really good experiences with my professors, all you have to do is do the work and show interest. Which you'll want to do anyway if you're going to college because you actually want to. My department is very small, which means that it's hard to schedule your classes for graduation, but education and experience varies enormously from department to department as in any school.

Classes can get really big. And in lectures, only the weird teachers take the time to learn everyone's name. So 99{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the time, you can skip and nobody will ever notice / care. Take your time to decide what classes you want to take. Just because somebody says it was "easy" does not mean it actually is. Engineering 100 was an AWESOME class. A good class to get you used to college. There are a lot of resources at this school too. You can go to office hours with your teacher, study groups, there are job fairs all the time, and a club for just about any and every interest / hobby.

I have been very satisfied with academics at the UW. Generally the professors are quite excellent, and genuinely care if you learn or not. They also are often experts in their field, and have experience in the "working world." It is easy to meet with them outside of class to get help. The one problem I have had is that the entry level classes can be quite large, and it is easy to feel intimidated by that.

Students are serious about their studies, classes are tough & engaging, and upper division classes usually have smaller class sizes, so there's a chance to get to know your prof & participate.

If you want your professors to know your name they will. Come early, sit in front stay after a few minutes and ask some questions. They teach becase they like to teach. They want to talk to you.

Professors at the UW range in their personalities. Fortunately, I have had excellent professors thus far. My class sizes are not too large, on average around 200, but i sit near the front so it makes the experience seem close to a common high school class. In section, the class is split up so participation is much easier and common. Students give honest and open-ended feedback and debate with each other in a safe environment. I have mainly taken Political Science classes so I can only account for these but I assume others are similar.

While many lectures have 100 or more students, professors have office hours where they offer their help to anyone who needs it. Every teacher has their own teaching style, some give straight lectures, other have student participation, or find some other way to make lecture more interesting. I personally dont spend to much time with my professors outside of class but its nice to know that if I ever need their help they are there to help me.

Academics are rather hit and miss here. There are some really good professors here, but you sometimes get some pretty awful professors, and the language barrier is sometimes overwhelming. In one class there may be several professors teaching a number of sections, and it's a gamble as to whether or not you get a good professor (although many students converse about which professors to take and which to avoid). Nevertheless, I have found most of my professors to be approachable and willing to help students. Students here do have intellectual conversations outside of class, but also just hang out and chat with friends about daily happenings.