https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1 Please jot down your name & notes (campus name, size, location, campus environment, etc) from "visits" to at least 3 West schools. en-us 2021-05-27 16:42:50 UTC 2025-09-25 11:14:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1566182470 Northern Arizona:
-37% on campus
-Flagstaff arizona
-Snows 7,000 ft
-19: student fac
-WUE all majors, stacks scholarships
--26,000 undergraduates

Western Oregon:
-non-selective 
-freshman must live on campus
-Dining hall passes
-6,200 students
-lots of activities and facilities
-D2 sports
-liberal arts school
-18:1 student fac and 30 class size
-Monmouth Oregon, smaller than truckee
-All majors WUE applicable
-44K :/
-similar to truckee area

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20,000 students
D1 Sports
right outside Boise Idaho
Priority for classes library access, and internships  when in Honors Programs, 3.25 GPA for Honors Programs, for students who like cities but also want to escape to the outdoors, WUE is stackable, $24,000 a little above in state
University of Utah
Located in Salt Lake City, 32,760 students, Average GPA 3.66, Not required to live on campus, D1 sports, for someone who loves the outdoors, winters are cold, STEM focused, WUE is stackable, estimate of WUE each year is $14,000
Montana State University
-Located in Bozeman
-14,000 Undergraduates 
-On Campus housing
-Mountain ski town
-Safety 
-Hiking, Biking 
-Cold winters, sunny summers
-Honors college allows early access and additional education support
-WUE not stackable

]]> 2021-05-27 18:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1566183043 https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1566183821 OSU:
82% acceptance. light work gpa/test optional. Research oriented school. Engineering and Business as well as Science. More STEM focused than liberal arts. Honors program has lots of benefits. In Corvallis, 1.5hr from Portland, 1hr from coast. Mostly Residential but upperclassmen live off campus. Excellent sports, football and baseball some of best in country. Greek life is big. Not many people get WUE, financial aid not great aside.
NAU:
Light work acceptance and grades/test optional. 37% on campus, not really an issue to get housing. 26k undergrads. 400+ clubs, avg class size 31. Honors program good and easy to get into. WUE applicable to all majors not stackable with merit aside from presidents
Western Oregon:
light work to get in (safety school). test optional. Required on campus living 1st year, dining options, etc available. 6200 pop, d2, lots of clubs, lots of things to do on campus. Liberal Arts, 18:1 student teacher ratio. Avg class size: 30. Monmouth OR, small town 10k pop, 20 mins from Salem (city). WUE applies to all majors, 3.0 gpa+ gets merit aid, stackable.]]> 2021-05-27 18:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1566183821 https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1566184069 University of Utah Sonny
Salt Lake City
32,760 students
1534 acres
sat- 570-680, 570-700
3.6
62% acceptance
13% live on campus, 87% off
5 apartment, 5 residence
Honors college- critical thinking and skills
more than 600 clubs'
INternships- pharmacy, management, etc.
really good nursing programs
cold winters
stem
WUE all majors
stack, but not with wue office
14k per year w/ wue
Oregon State Julianna
82%
3.59
test optional
research
engineering and business
science in forestry and oceanography
Honors program very individualized
hour and a half south of portland
1 hour away from coast
core vallus town
26,000 undergraduates
mostly residential
upperclassmen usually live off campus
affordable
d1 sports teams
football really popular
greek life
dance theatre are most popular clubs
academic clubs
large school, small city
liberal arts, but not well known for that
FA- 11% full need, 71% demonstrated need met
not excluded to any majors, WUE is stackable but not with other biggest scholarships
10% WUE elligable students get WUE
COA for out of state w/o scholarships is 50k]]> 2021-05-27 18:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1566184069 https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1566184084 Western Washington
-3.5 gpa
-87.7% acceptance rate
-88% live on campus
-midsize city
-suburban
-small class sizes
-WUE is not restricted

Oregon State
-82% acceptance rate
-3.59 gpa
-test optional
-research university
-slightly stem focused
-an hour away from the coast
-corvallis, oregon (midsize town)
-26,000 undergraduates
-residential campus
-D-1 school
-greek life is popular
-dance club is popular
-larger school in a smaller city
-only 10% of wue eligible students recieve wur scholarship


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80% acceptance rate 
3.32
required to live on campues 
6,200 students 
d2 
18:1
Liberal Arts school
All the majors are WUE

Oregan State 
10% resive WUE
82% acceptance rate
3.59 gpa 
reserch Univercity 
1 hour form portland 
1 hour for the coast 
26,000 population
not required to live on campus
D1 
good greek life 
smaller city 
71% need is meet 

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WUE school
Located in Bozeman
Mountain Towe & SKi Town
Very cold winters
Very selective Honors college
82% acceptance rate
1090- 1310 SAT
21-27 ACT
16,000 total student polulation
14,000 undergrad population
30 student average class 
Only Professors in the Jab Program
Not Stackable at Montana
Total cost of attendance with WUE is $11,000

Northern Airzona:
WUE applies to all majors
WUE cna be stacked 
Can´t exceed total cost of tuition
85% acceptance rate
Lots of research Oppritunities
Lots of on campus housing
26,000 total student polulation
Flagstaff AZ
400+ Clubs
31 average class size

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94.3% acceptence
Safty school
Test optional
freshman required to live on campus only 11% live on campus
3.44 GPA SAT 970-1290 ACT 19-25
27,000 total students
urban campus, 1 mile from Alaqurque
Lots of activies
Honors college is good must have 3.5 GPA, really good
D1 with lots of sports
5% in greek life
Lots of clubs
WUE fir all majors not stackable, $12,000 a year

Colorado State
Test optional, 3.3 GPA for Wue
Appartnetns and residents halls all over campius, 
5,000 students on campus, 
must klive on campus for first two years
Fort Collins colorado
1,000 in Honors program for any major
must have a major through in person learning, no WUE for online students
$18,000 for WUE and it is stackable with other things but not academic scholarships

Hawaii
58% accpence rate, saftey
only 23% of people live on campus
18,000 students lots of activities
Marine Bio, good place being on the ocean, offer really good internships
D1 sports, 
Lots of clubs
WUE $16,000 full cost $35,000
Exchange students can't get WUE
Good fit for ppl who live on island and in the jungle.

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75.8 acceptance 3.5 gpa, test optional
25 percent of all students on campus, 84 percent freshman
31,000 students
Suburban feel, but surroundings rural
Small class sizes and research opps in honors college
95 percent in honors receive scholarships
20 percent of students are in greek life
300+clubs
WUE to all majors
Not stackable
need 3.2 gpa for WUE
32,000-36,000 with WUE
Southern Utah
WUE scholarships only need 2.5 gpa, and stackable WUE
Almost all students live on campus
Fairly small campus
Honors program gives smaller class sizes, and are more involved in community and internships
Very outdoorsy town
lots of campus events, parades, etc.
130+ clubs on campus
Cedar City about twice the size of Truckee
New Mexico Tech
Liquoro New Mexico, middle of no where
8500 population of city
82 total clubs
No parties, very academics
Air force base nearby, offers research opps
Rural city
23 percent acceptance, 25 percent yield
3.58 average gpa acceptance, test optional
Enough housing for every student
Extensive background checks for housing
No honors program
11 to one student to faculty
65 percent of classes with less than 20 students,
ROTC program very prominent
Internship opportunity garunteed, required research in some majors
WUE applies to all degrees, stackable but only with one other scholarship
35,000 without any aid
average WUE=10,500
Colorado Mesa
3.1 gpa 
not required to live on campus but required
housing first come first serve
Most people live off campus
under 11,000  students
half of professors full time
47 percent of classes 20 students or lower
14 percent come from out of state
Each department has it's own honors program, need to apply to department, then honors program]]> 2021-05-28 18:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1569305264 https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1569305616 University of Hawaii Manoa
53% acceptance rate
Half and half for kids living on campus vs not
lots of sports and other activities
Honors program with preferred scheduling
research with the ocean
lots of internships if you are interested in doing something in biology 
mid range sat school-1130
wue isn't stackable
almost everyone gets WUE
kind of isolated 

Southern Utah University
pretty easy to get into
most kids are on campus
affordable housing
honors program has better class sizes
lots of student activities
D1 school
pretty small town similar to Truckee

New Mexico Tech
very academic school
not many sports
pretty rural
23% acceptance rate
competitive
lots of on campus housing
no honors program
20 class size
lots of internships
WUE applies to all majors
is stackable]]> 2021-05-28 18:02:29 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1569305616 https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1569309848 Southern Utah:
- 2.5 GPA and up to qualify for WUE
- Almost all students live on campus
- 12,000 students
- very short walk around campus and to classes
- Resources to find affordable off campus housing
- Honors program, community of professors and motivated students, smaller class sizes
- Very outdorsy based town, fairs, parades, lots of campus events
- Cedar City, 32,000 people
- Division I teams, lots of clubs on campus
- Historic, vintage town, smaller, medium sized town

Unviersity of Hawaii at Manoa:
- Not very selective
- Test optional
- 23% live on campus, freshman not required to live on campus
- Expensive off campus living
- 18,000 students
- Urban setting
- D1 sports, lots of research and internship opportunities
- many clubs
- Not stackable scholarships
- Tropical area


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- wue scholarships are stackable 
- must have a 2.5 to get in and receive wue
- housing - 4 different halls, most students live on campus
- small campus 
- honors program has much smaller class sizes and closer relationships with faculty 
- we’ll know engineering program and stem majors
- outdoor iriented town - cedar city utah
- division 1 teams 
- cedar city is very similar to truckee - 32,000
12,200 undergraduate students 

Portland State:
- 95.8 percent acceptance rate
-3.46 average goa
- different housing situations - studios, doubles 
-40 percent of freshmen live on campus 
-locates rught in downtown portland oregon
- very urban campus
- honors college offers you individual learning/liberal arts experience 
-there is a small amount of greek life
- division 1 sports teams 
- lots of cultural clubs and diversity based 
- really good internship opportunities 
- lots of extensive study abroad programs 
- average class size is 30
- good fir for someone looking for a larger school in a city
- wue students have 3.0 goa to maintain wue 

Colorado State:
- 3.69 average gpa
- different housing campuses 
- mix of housing and residence halls
-5,000 students who live on campus 
- set in a city 
- honors proegeam has only 2 
- wue is not major exclusive 
- wue helps you save almost ten thousand dollars 
- stackable 
- submit your wue application by feb 1 
- 3.3 or above gpa to maintain wue ]]> 2021-05-28 18:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1569310863 https://padlet.com/crowe72/2zxx62425j5bbyf1/wish/1569313398 Washington State University- 
- acceptance rate 78% 
- safety school 
- test optional 
- big school 
- poleman, washington 
- rural 
- honors class isn't too selective 
- a lot of cubs 
- DI school 
- WUE applicable to all majors
- Is not stackable 

Southern Utah University 
- WUE is stackable  
- Most students live on campus 
- small/medium school 
- good honors programs, lots of community involvement 
- very outdoorsy 
- 15 DI sports teams
- located in Cedar City 
- small historic town
 
Colorado State
- 3.69 GPA 
- test optional 
- Required to live on campus during first two semesters
- medium sized school 
- WUE applicable for all majors
- Only in person for WUE
- Stackable
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-grand junction colorado
-3.0 minimum
-930-1170 on sat
-18-25 act
78% acceptance
test optional
Not required to be on campus
first come first serve
60 hrs of classes freshman year for housing
commuter school vibe
141 acres
11k ppl
14% out of state
668 profs, half full time
20:1 student faculty
40% classes 20 students or less
114 majors in 13 academic departments
honors program is department specific
dry campus policy
TOTAL party school
competitive D2 sports
Sense of community is important
All qualifying students are automatically considered

Southern Utah
-2.5 gpa for a WUE scholarship
Nearly everyone on campus
Honors is basically just for people who work well with other smart people
Good engineering program
very outdoorsy
cedar city UT
130 clubs
15 D1 teams
32 k people in Cedar
12k people at the school

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