I don't know much about Rush, but I'm a current MGH-IHP student from Seattle, went to UW for undergrad and I just wanted to tell you that you would absolutely love Seattle - I miss living there every single day! The nice thing is that UW is the only SLP program in Seattle, so I'd imagine you wouldn't have a lot of limitations on possible placements. However I don't think they have any dysphagia research labs, if research is your cup of tea. I will say that I'm working on a swallowing-related thesis and I've been looking at some other theses that have come out of Rush related to swallowing and they're very good. So, based on my very limited knowledge, if you want to do research/thesis on dysphagia, you might want to look into Rush, but otherwise I think UW is an awesome choice ❤️