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.
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. Students with AP or community college credit may be ahead of these requirements. Some of the introductory math and science classes can have as many as 250 students enrolled. However, these classes also feature weekly discussion sections of 20-30 students meeting with a teaching assistant to discuss homework, labs, tests, and class readings and lectures.