<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/blog/becoming-a-student/finding-home-at-uw.html" dsn="blogs"><title>Finding Home at UW: My Transfer Experience</title><description>I transferred to UW as a rising junior from a college in Raleigh, North Carolina. A simple Google search of “schools within a three-hour drive of Denver” changed my life.  </description><category>Becoming a Student</category><featuredImage><img src="/blog/_files/images/2026/finding-home-at-uw/transfer.png" alt="Mariah and friends cheer on the Cowboys at a UW football game with Pistol Pete"/></featuredImage><author>Mariah M.</author><pubDate>07/07/2026 09:52:27 AM</pubDate><tags><tag>_DO NOT USE TAGS - They will be deleted!</tag></tags></item>