Admissions Workshop Weekend Preview

Emily Murphy is a junior majoring in history and minoring in classical studies and education, learning and society. She has been a mentor for three quarters at Health Sciences and Human Services High School (HS3).

On November 15 and 16, more than 750 low-income and first-generation high school students from the Puget Sound region will come to the UW campus for Admissions Workshop Weekend (AWW). College admissions counselors, writing tutors and mentors will assist students with all parts of the application process. Our goal: each student will apply to at least three colleges by the end of the weekend.

More than 500 students attended last year's AWW, with 58% of the students making significant progress on their personal statements and 62% of the students reporting the strong belief that the event was a good use of their time.

Alyssa Hatsukami, and I (the event leads), Jessica Hunnicutt Batten (the assistant director of program operations) and AWW committee leads are hard at work to make sure the event goes smoothly and is even better than last year. We hope to improve on those numbers at this year's event!

If you would like to volunteer at this year’s event, please fill out the form at the following link: Volunteer Sign-Up Form.

High School students from non-partner schools are also welcome to participate at AWW. If you would like to extend the invitation to students from non-partner schools, please have the student fill out this form: registration for non-partner school attendees.

AWW will take place November 15–16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Mary Gates Hall.

We are looking forward to hosting our mentees on campus and we hope to see you there!