You are a godsend! I am an international student and U-Dub is my dream school. I studied in Seattle for a year before I left for my M.A program and I loved it. I am now thinking of pursuing my PhD elsewhere, which would be the fall of 2015, Seattle is the first place I would think of. I won't be needing funding from the university because I have a full-paid scholarship. Should I write this part in my statement of pupose? I am not well aquainted with the politics of American academics and I would like to know what you think.
Also, I have plenty of time to work on my application. Do you think that doing an M.A. thesis would help boost my chances to get admitted to Udub's PhD program?
Finally what are the chances of international students to be enrolled in the program? As an insider, do you have any information about internationl's GRE scores? Are they the same as native speakers or do international students compete within a different range (and spots)?
I know that some of the questions might be hard to answer. But, these are the very questions that are worrying me.
Thank you for offering to help us...Enjoy Seattle!