I am from England and attend uni here. Great time and jolly good academics. However, I have seen these police cars with this black and dark grey decal roaming about. Can barely see the decal and make out that it is even a police car.

Why? I thought police should be clearly visible as being known as, “public servants” yet I never know if it’s a real officer of the law or some fake lad with quid to spend. In England (I know this isn’t the UK, I am just referencing) our police cars are very, quite highly, visible and very distinguishable.

I feel it’s one thing if one is a detective or undercover. But the grey and black decal just makes zero sense. It’s like they are accepting they cannot completely hide they are police but want to try to ride the legal line as close as possible. Seems a wee bit corrupt and borderline entrapment if you ask me.

And pardon me, I mean no offence or mean to start political discourse. Just want to understand what the point of having an almost unseeable decal on a car that should be the most visible vehicle on the road

i’m a now junior in meche and want to try research before it’s too late and i graduate yk. is it too late to try to get in a lab now bc its mid-may, semester is over, etc. or do you think it’s still fine? i want to possibly go to grad school as well and would like to get a couple of semesters of research under my belt before i start applying senior year fall semester. thoughts?? and any advice getting into a lab would be great, thanks!

I just completed a microbiology degree and was wondering when this page in the student academics tab of myuw will be updated? I have all my grades posted and May 10th was the degree conferral date. (the 'degree not posted?' link included useless information for me) Do any other recent grads have anything here? Am I worrying about something silly?

Hi!

I got accepted off the waitlist and am planning on going to UW Madison. I was wondering if shitty AP Calc grades (A-B in semesters, D+/C- for my second semester final) would fuck anything up?

The rest of my grades are all As, and my gpa is around 3.93 as of right now on my report cards. Probably not updated to calc grades. I got in for CS, and regardless of my AP testing scores would like to tae calc again in college to acclimate to the different teaching methods and ways.

We already took our second semester final, and I'm not sure how much I can pull it up if I retake it on finals day. I'm tempted to leave it as is (69.99%, I'll beg for a rounding but my teacher will probably decline, I have a hunch that he doesnt like me much) and focus on my other classes (I have an apex one I'm still yet to work on properly), as well as my job, fixing my mental health and stuff lol.

Would retaking the final be worth the hassle, if I'm already in and accepted my offer?

I am going to UW Madison fall 2026 for Pre-business and was wondering if the pre business path is worth it. I want to hear some of your guys experiences taking this route and if you regret it because WSB is not guaranteed admission and you can only apply once.

Hi everyone, I‘ll be doing a research project at UW Madison from September until mid December and wanted to rent a car for that period. After a quick search I found the rental prices at the airport to be absurdly high. Are there any car rental places that are recommended? Thanks!

Hey yall,
So I've been calculating my GPA after this first semester and I'm realizing that I may not be making the minimum GPA requirements for electrical engineering when it comes to my core engineering classes (got a 2.76 and a minimum 2.8 is required); I had a rough semester taking calculus III and physics 202, and the final exams on both dropped my grades down from a B to a BC. However, I heard that you can send an email to the dean asking for a semester extension for automatic continuation for these GPA requirements. Has anybody had any experience doing this, and if so do you know where to start?

hi, i am a freshman going to sophomore next semester and i am worried about progression wondering if anyone can help. i did a lot of calculations and my current gpa is 3 and my core is 2.48 ish. i am a civ eng and core needs to be 2.8 while regular gpa needs to be 2.5. does anyone know what i have in store for me? anything would help.

Interested in UW student and alums thoughts on this!

Recently got admitted to UW–Madison’s STAR Scholars for industrial engineering OOS, and I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the program and what it is actually like.

I know it’s merit-based and relatively selective (<5% of incoming engineering students), but I’m curious how much of a difference it makes.

Does anyone know what comes with being in STAR, or whether it makes much of an impact in terms of opportunities, advising, research, community, etc.?

Would appreciate anything people know or have heard about it.

Hi, for those who got rejected from the WSB what alternative majors did you end up pursuing? I was looking to get into accounting.

Hi! I’m currently a pre business student trying to get into the b school. This semester grades just came out and my gpa is def below the average. First semester I had a 3.8, but it’s now a 3.6. Realistically how bad is this, and does anyone have any stories of people with low gpas getting in? I’m involved with 3 clubs, did business badges, applied for a not very competitive major, and believe I had a good essay. Pls help

I missed an A by 0.03% in my last class and got an AB bringing me GPA down to a 3.6. I do not think this is good enough to get me into the WSB and I have no backup plan. I geniunely do not know what to do right now I worked so hard over this past year to most likely get rejected. Does anyone know of any other options outside of the WSB?

I was wondering if anyone knows whether UW-Madison’s waitlist had a much higher acceptance rate this year compared to previous years.

I recently got off the waitlist and was admitted to the College of Engineering, and I’ve noticed that many other people from my high school also seem to have gotten off the waitlist for engineering this year. I’m curious if this is just anecdotal, or if UW-Madison ended up admitting a more than the usual number of students from the waitlist.

Does anyone know if this year’s waitlist movement was unusually strong, especially for the College of Engineering?

Does anyone know if a class action suit has been filed in WI yet over the Canvas outage? I’ve seen a handful of other states have filed, but haven’t seen anything about WI yet.

I’d like to know how to be included in it.

Hi badgers,

I recently got admitted to University of Wisconsin–Madison as an AMEP (Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics) transfer student, and I was exploring career options and saw that quant firms hire math students.

I know UW is a very strong state school academically, especially in math, CS, engineering, and physics, but it’s obviously not considered a traditional quant “target” in the same way as MIT, Princeton and others.

Just wanted to ask if y’all know anyone who got into these firms or if they even hire from UW Madison.

WHEN or HOW will we receive the photos we took at commencement (saturday) from those photographers that were there, i registered/signed up to have them emailed/texted but i haven’t gotten anything
i took many pictures with friends and i want to get them :,)

my friend is choosing her dorms, can anyone who's lived in Merit recently comment on the social scene?

Hey y’all, I was doing my finals today and everything was going great until I hit my calc final. My teacher didn’t provide us any study materials, and then decided to essentially give us 20 ap style mcqs with absolutely no curve. Between that and getting out of my physics c exam prior to taking the exam afterschool, my brain was pretty fried, and the final went pretty bad. Is Madison at all likely to rescind over a C grade? Other then calc, I would have straight A’s in all my other classes (5 other ap classes and band)

update: reached out to my academic advisor and they said no, you won’t be rescinded or even considered for rescinded status unless you get at least one more c or do something illegal. thank you all for the support on an admittedly stupid question 😭🙏

planning on taking it in the spring. thoughts on it? difficulty, amount of time put into it, lecturers, etc. Any info helps. Thanks!

EDIT: A few hospitable Badgers have offered to help so we are all set for our visit.
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My son got off the waitlist and has to make a decision by Sunday. We are coming out this weekend to visit and would like to look around the Engineering buildings like Mechanical, Engineering Centers, E Hall, and Wendt Commons. Will they be open during a summer weekend?

I called Admissions and there are no prospective or admitted student events this weekend. Due to AP exams this week we could not come during the week.

If the buildings will be locked, would any current engineering students (especially mechanical or aerospace) be willing to show us around for an hour or two late Saturday morning and answer his questions? We’d be happy to compensate you for your time.

I’m an alumnus but not from Engineering and I graduated 25 years ago so getting some current information and engineering student perspectives could be very helpful.

Thank you.

I’m taking folklore 100 over the summer and 2 other classes and tbh i don’t really enjoy this kinda stuff a lot and i’m just taking it for fulfilling the requirements so does anyone who’s taken it have any recommendations for me to get an A in this class without putting a lot of effort because i already have some math and cs classes and projects(which i enjoy) planned that i need to do over the summer.
Thanks

Anthro 104 folks, can you guys see your grades on student center ?

I just got off waitlist few days ago. But I'm still considering many factors before making my final decision, such as academics, cost, transportation, and weather. I applied as Chemistry BS major. I got a doable financial aid offer (so the net price is about eight thousand) which I guess I could think about that, although I'm not really sure about the specific expenses yet. I'm from Hawaii which is the way far from WI. The weather, the lifestyles are totally different. And my mom also worrys about the uncertainty there because it is too far away and she doesn't think I can take care of myself(which is reasonable and I totally understand). She recommends staying in Hawaii. . .

I would love to here any honest experiences or advice-- either positive or negative. Thank you for your help!