I Paint Faces

So... I just got into the painting and drawing program at University of Washington and was wondering if anyone had anything positive to say about the place. I was under the impression that UW was a great school (rated equal to SMFA and others on the U.S. News Report for grad schools), competitive to get into, and that Seattle is a great place to make art. However, everything I've seen on this forum has been really disheartening. I live in Maine and I'm thinking now that it is crucial for me to go out there and see it for myself at this point (especially before I attempt to convince my boyfriend to rip up his roots and join me), but does anyone have anything else to share about the program, positive or negative?

So congrats everyone who has interviews so far, and I suggest to everyone else to limit yourself to checking for answers one or 2 times a day, it really has chilled me out (ok so I went to a funeral today which was distracting obviously (no one super close to me, but draining all the same)). I heard today from UMASS, Dartmouth (2/9/2011) and they want an interview! I'm not sure if anyone else is actually applying there or has heard anything about it but I'd love any feedback and am just relieved at least a tad bit. Now I'm just nervous about interviewing (excited, but not my forte).

P.S. I only made this topic to try to clarify "here are my responses" VS FREAK-out thread which I saw as more generalized ranting, but if this topic is utterly useless and everyone feels like they have to repeat information between the two we can bail on this