The applications are made available in January of each year and the deadline to apply is April 1 of that year for the upcoming academic year. The UW Undergraduate Scholarship Office has great scholarship opportunities for undergraduate students. Both Macs and PCs are popular and useful to engineering students. No operating system or computer brand is officially recommended. However, a good rule is to get the most memory in the fastest computer you can afford, along with a printer.
Most students prefer some type of a graphing calculator.
While some schools admit freshmen directly into engineering, the UW does not. Students interested in engineering then take 1-2 years of courses to prepare them for engineering. When this set of prerequisite courses is completed, students apply to the different engineering departments of their choice. Every pre-engineering student should take three quarters of calculus, at least one quarter of chemistry, at least two quarters of physics, and an English composition. The Diamond Sheet contains more detailed departmental requirements.