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October 29, 2009 in Region
New UW program clears way to 3-year degree
SEATTLE — A new University of Washington program will clear the way to a three-year undergraduate degree for students who arrive on campus with 45 credits.
The Husky Advantage program is designed for students who earn Advanced Placement or Running Start credits in high school. About 500 freshmen come to UW each year with 45 credits.
University officials say they haven’t been paying enough attention to these students. With the right guidance and fewer impediments, these students can save their parents a year of tuition. This year, resident undergraduates are playing $7,400 in tuition.
Most majors that will accommodate the Husky Advantage program are in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Rifleman__Dodd on October 29 at 2:36 p.m.
So by going a year in high school, they can cut a year off of college?
Why dont they just GED out of Junior year and go straight to the U?
Somethings fishy here.
addyh on October 29 at 2:44 p.m.
Nothing fishy at all. Running Start is a state program that offers high school students the chance to obtain college credits. Advanced Placement has been around since I was in high school.
http://www.k12.wa.us/runningstart/default.aspx
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html
Both are really good programs, in my experience.
Rifleman__Dodd on October 29 at 6:28 p.m.
The fact remains that a high school student should be taking high school classes in order to be a high school student.
If they are taking the running start classes for college, then they should just be in college. Why dilly dally?
I like how an advanced placement test of a couple hours can determine the qualifications for a student whom should have been sitting in a 60 hour+ class of advanced subjects. Oops I guess the WASL is another great indicator isn’t it.
45 credits is three 15 credit quarters or two 22 credit semesters. That in itself is a tough road to how for anyone going to REAL college and just not hanging around the skateboard parks for the high school kids.
Obviously for basket weaving, contemporary Hindu poetry and sports its a plus, but for the rigorous classes in the Sciences, your up a much tougher curriculum.
BTW what do you call 500 advanced freshmen students at the U of W? Students who couldn’t get into Cal Tech, MIT or any of the much much better schools.
Siss boom bah.