You fail at life if you can't get into UW, it has a 65 percent acceptance rate. You must have terrible grades or will add no value to the campus. Sorry.

Good. You shouldn't be admitted based upon your father's success. Admission should be based on merit. So go read a book.

western sucks. why would you ever suggest going there? unless you smoke alot of pot. GO DAWGS! sorry though that sucks. im glad I started here this year or else i might not have gotten in due to the budget cuts.

It's not your dad jobs to fast track you into Uni.

I agree with everyone else here - while in real life connections might play into whether or not someone gets admitted (or gets a promotion or status or anything), you should at least have the sense to recognize that if you don't get in even WITH those connections, you really need to shape up your act. On the bright side, 10 years down the road, if you make something of yourself, no one can say that you just got where you are because you come from a rich/influential family. Ultimately, this could benefit you - people will respect you more

id break my dads jaw, just sayin.

ouchh.

Maybe you should have been smarter...

Your dad was in the right, here. It would be ridiculously ignorant for you to think he'd let you into the college, just because he's your dad

UW is so picky- grades alone wont always get you in and apparently family relations in the board wont either. and I really doubt any of the people who just told you to "be smarter" have achieved anything close to what you have academically. Hopefully you had a backup plan though...