Transition School and Early Entrance Program

The one-year Transition School prepares students to enter the University as fully matriculated undergraduates in the equivalent of their tenth-grade year.

[2] The Early Entrance Program (EEP) was created in 1977 by the late Halbert Robinson, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of Washington.

The goal of the EEP from its inception was to enable a small and carefully selected group of academically advanced middle school students to accelerate into post-secondary education at a pace equal to their intellectual development.

Applicants are required to submit three teacher recommendations, middle school transcripts, an essay based on a given prompt, and an ACT score.

TS also focuses on teaching students scholarly skills including time management to prepare them for university courses.

At the end of the academic year, instructors and TS administration decide whether each student advances to the Early Entrance Program (EEP).

[1] In 2019, the University of Washington published a statement announcing the termination of John Sahr, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, who served as interim director of the Robinson Center for Young Scholars from 2008 to 2010.

The University's investigation "found inappropriate conduct with students, including a 17-year-old undergraduate who was associated with the Robinson Center.