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[CaptainZeki]

When yall submitted your secondary, did you receive an app complete email?
Also how can I check my status on their portal? I dont even recall having a username or password.

I also didnt get a payment confirmation email. I did print out the payment receipt

 

[thegirldownstairs]

When yall submitted your secondary, did you receive an app complete email?
Also how can I check my status on their portal? I dont even recall having a username or password.

I also didnt get a payment confirmation email. I did print out the payment receipt

i got both emails after 4 days, a confirmation email after submitting my app and another email with the portal info. but no payment email.

 

[curr4410]

Hey everyone! I hope you are all getting excited for interview season to start. I was admitted off of the waitlist last year, and I am loving it so far. It’s no joke, but so worth it! I just wanted to ‘stop by’ and say hello. You all are going to do great! I’m excited to meet you all during your interview day!

 

[seikomed]

Super late to this app; but about to submit the secondary but im super confused about the "activities", can someone shine some light on what to do for this?

 

[Beerito]

II!! First one and I'm so excited!!

Complete 9/3!

 

[deleted12934098745974509]

Super late to this app; but about to submit the secondary but im super confused about the "activities", can someone shine some light on what to do for this?

I think they were specifically asking if you participated in any of their pipeline programs, if not you can leave it blank

 

[seikomed]

Thank you! I was super confused

 

[Longtimecoming]

Hey everyone! I hope you are all getting excited for interview season to start. I was admitted off of the waitlist last year, and I am loving it so far. It’s no joke, but so worth it! I just wanted to ‘stop by’ and say hello. You all are going to do great! I’m excited to meet you all during your interview day!

Do you think you could speak to your experiences about the school so far?
How are the teachers?
Do they have financial counselors available?
How's the housing market for students there?
Any issues you've noticed?
Any other things you could add that may help us?
Do you know any student body that have young children? Do you think people are supportive of them?

 

[Ligamentumarteriosum]

Do you think you could speak to your experiences about the school so far?
How are the teachers?
Do they have financial counselors available?
How's the housing market for students there?
Any issues you've noticed?
Any other things you could add that may help us?
Do you know any student body that have young children? Do you think people are supportive of them?

I can answer some of this for you! PNWU is a pretty small school, but it’s clear that they care deeply for their students and the future of the school - they just constructed Watson Hall as they begin Project NEXT, to start up a physical therapy program. Now that they have hired their founding PT faculty, that brings the DO and PT, WSU nursing and pharmacy, Heritage PA and MAMS programs to the on campus roster . The construction of the new building was super welcome as it added a lot of study space, which is a premium on campus especially before exams. SciFOM, followed by gross anatomy lab are by far the biggest contributors to stress. Usually the exams are not on the same day, but it’s a lot to handle. That said, the school does its best to make everyone feel cared for and had its sights set to the future.

The teachers are pretty good. Like a lot of places, Lecture is hit or miss. All lectures in SciFOM for example are recorded on Panopto, so attendance has dropped by about 30% as many students play out back at a higher speed later when they feel like it. Those lectures are super dense. It helps that we have students run recitation sessions weekly and they point out high yield content to help focus your study. Most faculty are super approachable, with a couple exceptions (good at teaching, just not super friendly).

The financial aid office has a couple counselors, and they encourage you to come in anytime and talk about budgets, adjust aid as needed, hook you up with scholarships, and find ways to pay down or sidestep debt (like military).

The housing market is good overall. The University Parkway apartments are next door to the school, so that’s probably the one place where it’s common for a waitlist. The school doesn’t have any housing of its own. Every year many of the second years leaving for away rotations sublet or directly turn their lease over to incoming first years, so a lot of housing gets traded between the students there. Outside of UP, Yakima rent ranges between $500-1000 scaling from one bedroom to two. Some parts of the city are not desirable, so try to live in Terrace Heights area if possible (it is also closer). Generally speaking the farther you are from Union Gospel Mission, the greenway, and the railroad tracks, the better. Those are areas you want to avoid at night or alone.

Regarding issues, as I mentioned some parts of Yakima are not safe at some hours, which is not great, but also not to much of an inconvenience because realistically you’ll spend most of your time at home or on campus. Winter weather in the area can be quite severe from late December to March. The roads will ice, and streets are not plowed often enough. If you bring a car it would be best to have AWD. Chains are required to be carried after November and you will need them to get over the passes to get to the west side (ex. Seattle). The highway’s are much better maintained throughout the year. Yakima is pretty isolated. There’s not a lot here to do besides study and volunteer. That’s why a lot of students will plan for weekend excursions to Seattle or just generally out of the area. From my perspective, I’m pretty satisfied with everything at PNWU and can’t complain. The tests are challenging, the class is challenging, and I see it stress out the first years, but it’s pretty par for the course.

To help you out as an incoming first year you will be inundated with passed-down content. Student-made practice exams, PDFs of books, downloaded videos from all the medical education sites, Anki decks... honestly too much. But the point is, you will be given more to study with than you could ever use for free, and you don’t need to buy and textbooks or outside resources to do well if you make use of what is given to you. Look for it early. As Dr. Lyons told us, the best advice to do well academically is to hit the ground running and just don’t stop running. The first day of classes you need to be running mentally at a pace faster than you’re used to, and you have got to find a way to never stop. The first lecture starts off talking about water and you’re like, c’mon really? And then 10 slides in you are seeing color coded tables to memorize, formulas, clinical info, and that’s the first 30min!
Admissions wise please do get in contact with the office early and often. Yeah, they have to be bearers of bad news about 3900 times a year, which is intimidating, but you can trust them to be honest, to be a pleasure to speak with, and will tell you what you need to do to be competitive. They have perfected a system, and it’s up to you to get on board or try to fight it (which is dumb because the system gets you in to med school. Don’t get over absorbed with stats on admissions rates. There are too many factors to predict accurately what your chances are. Last they said, admissions scores applications on more than 70 different metrics. That’s why you will see students get in with stats all over the board, because all the metrics and the interview really do come out to a holistic process. That said, GPA (especially the last two years) and MCAT are huge. That’s probably why I didn’t get in last cycle - but it did get me into the pipeline. Every year the pipeline kids have great success getting in and that usually takes 20-30 seats but that varies year by year. In general you can count on 50% of applicants make it to supplement, 50% of supplement get to interview, 50% of interview get offer. That’s a little generous if you crunch the numbers but as a rule of thumb that’s pretty safe. They tend to interview more than other places but if you get an interview know that they are absolutely interested in you and feel that you qualify to take the classes.
Last thing, they do have counseling and a study specialist on campus (who arranges formal tutoring) without cost. Use it early, keep them.

As to kids. Yes there are a number of students with children. Not a majority, but a surprising number do. The school doesn’t really do anything specific to address this but won’t schedule mandatory things late at night and will keep you on a reliable 8-5 schedule most days. There is a club for spouses, SOs, and family to help them learn to support med students and network for support, and you’ll find a very positive atmosphere since so many club leaders, student gov, etc have kids too and are willing to help however they can. I don’t know what PNWU students do for childcare but this is a super rural area with a lot of families that all have to work, so childcare here is not super expensive but it is very hard to get. Plan accordingly.

Hope that helps. The first year can remark more on the other classes and stress level!

 

[shonald]

II on Sept 18, Interview date Jan 10! Good luck to you all!

 

[curr4410]

Do you think you could speak to your experiences about the school so far?
How are the teachers?
Do they have financial counselors available?
How's the housing market for students there?
Any issues you've noticed?
Any other things you could add that may help us?
Do you know any student body that have young children? Do you think people are supportive of them?

I’m actually a single mother to a 4 year old, so to answer your last question first: I do feel like people are supportive of me and other parents of young children. I frequently bring my son to the school on the weekends to study with friends, and he LOVES to say hello to folks. He’s neuro atypical, currently undergoing testing for the exact diagnosis after some quick improvements that make his current diagnosis questionable, but very friendly. People are always happy to say hello. If I have to leave somewhere early, I can without too much issue and haven’t had an issue getting an excused absence. His daycare/preschool is also amazing. In anatomy, my group is usually pretty good about knowing that I need to be out of the school by 5:15 ish to pick him up and they’re great about it.

I think the teachers are awesome. Like all schools, there are some I don’t like quite as much, but they really are all very capable and intelligent, and I have a great deal of respect for them. They are well versed in their subjects and very good at giving in depth education on their topics. They are also really good at directing me to the right person if they Think someone else can answer it better, which I think is amazing. I’m learning more than I ever would have learned if I had continued my path as a nurse into that of an NP. I’m loving it and the doctors are more than happy to answer questions if you get stuck.

In addition, I have tutors and have also had some good conversations with the doctors teaching us about class attendance.- I have some definite ADHD and absolutely cannot sit in a classroom all day. They have given me some tips and also say that, while they like people in lecture, everyone is different and may not be able to come into lecture, and they understand that - as long as you’re passing. I’ve also seen the counselor about testing for ADHD, but I keep forgetting to make the appointment LOL.

They do have some great folks in the financial aid office, I go to see them or talk to them fairly frequently. They’ve reviewed my essays for scholarships, have toys for my kiddo when he comes with me and snacks, and have some wonderful resources and knowledge that is very helpful. they are really there for you.

As far as issues, there are some areas in Yakima that aren’t as safe, but I’ve never had any issues with it. I’m also a psychiatric nurse, so I get recognized by folks in those areas and they tend to leave me be anyway. But there are some spots you know not to go to once dusk hits, which I have found is consistent with any town/city that is over 300,000 people. So it’s really not specific to this area, or any worse than other schools would be. I haven’t had any real issues with the school itself at this point, I’m really, really happy with PNWU. I love the community feel and supportive interactions I’ve had.

When it comes to housing market, I actually stick to houses for the most part. I have a young child and a dog, it can get noisy. The housing market for houses isn’t quite as good, but there are plenty of 1 or 2 bedroom apartments. I live in Yakima close to the hospital in a house with a large backyard and fantastic neighbors who are happy to play with the boy while I study. There’s also lots of kids his age on our block so he gets to have super fun play dates.

For experiences thus far: I’ve really enjoyed my time. I kind of love learning OMT and They focus a lot on drawing everything together, which is frustrating while you’re figuring it out, but so cool once it all clicks. Given my background as a nurse, I have to study SUPER hard for SciFOM and Anatomy, but don’t have much issue with the hands-on classes because that’s the way I learn. The clinical classes are no issue for me yet. I do study quite a bit - I treat it like a job from 8-5:30. Then I pick my son up and we do things until 8:00PM, when he gets ready and lays down for bed. Then I study until about 10:00PM. I get up around 06:30 every morning. I’d say the stress level is definitely there, but it’s actually lower than it was dealing with catty nurses, so I’d say it’s pretty manageable.

General advice: Be yourself. I know it sounds cheesy, but gunners will not/do not fit in. People here are big on teamwork in my experience - and community, which means being able to be yourself and contribute that way. My GPA was great, MCAT was horrible, Interview was awesome, and I got in. They really do look at EVERYTHING when looking to admit you. So don’t try to be ‘perfect’.

I hope that answers a few questions!

 

[aburke94]

To anyone who's interviewed, what was your experience like? What did you do (if anything) to prepare? Thanks!

 

[Longtimecoming]

To both of the current students who replied, thank you! I really appreciate the information. It really gives one a good feeling seeing how supportive students are of the school.

 

[aburke94]

The first interview date is this Friday. For more info I recommend looking at last years thread, but to summarize, PNWU uses a mixed MMI format. There will be about 50 of you split into several groups to rotate through the main components: tour, group activity, group discussion, current student panel, and the actual MMI. The MMI is 4 stations from my memory. 2 are one on one straightforward about your overall app, 2 are scenarios. I think there is an additional rest station. There isn’t any one thing you can do to prepare for your MMI, it’s more like a culmination of many things. You should simply be prepared to discuss your fit with the DO vibe, how you would handle difficult situations as a doctor, and be prepared to discuss details of your application. All stations are open folder so they will know who you are and basic info. Do not load up on coffee or be a loner. Do not dominate group activities. Just be in the moment, be honest, and be as thankful as you can. The entire university knows when an interview day is coming up and we all wish the best for you.

Wow thank you so much for all of that information! I definitely didn’t realize there hasn’t been any interviews yet- I was wondering why no one was talking about them! I’m really excited for my interview but of course very nervous as well. Thanks for the words of encouragement!

 

[Longtimecoming]

Ummm I interviewed in August and was accepted two weeks ago. So.... there’s that

Congrats!

 

[Sky138]

Congrats!

Sorry my bad. Wrong school. I mixed up comp nw with this one. I am interviewing next week tho

 

[Longtimecoming]

Sorry my bad. Wrong school. I mixed up comp nw with this one. I am interviewing next week tho

Well then, goodluck* Haha

 

[994904]

Received an II from PNWU this morning. Honestly kinda surprised cause I’m OOS. Low stats, tons of clinical and work experience including service with underserved communities, older non trad. Complete mid Aug, placed on committee review late Aug. First available date in January. Lol did I miss anything?

 

[thegirldownstairs]

Received an II from PNWU this morning. Honestly kinda surprised cause I’m OOS. Low stats, tons of clinical and work experience including service with underserved communities, older non trad. Complete mid Aug, placed on committee review late Aug. First available date in January. Lol did I miss anything?

yay, congrats! by low stats, you mean lower than PNWU's averages?

 

[994904]

yay, congrats! by low stats, you mean lower than PNWU's averages?

Higher than their average mcat, low undergrad GPA but good post bacc classes and MS gpa. Grew up in medically underserved area, lots of research as well. Thanks and hope that helps!

 

[thegirldownstairs]

Higher than their average mcat, low undergrad GPA but good post bacc classes and MS gpa. Grew up in medically underserved area, lots of research as well. Thanks and hope that helps!

thanks, it did and congrats again!

 

[CaptainZeki]

Received an II from PNWU this morning. Honestly kinda surprised cause I’m OOS. Low stats, tons of clinical and work experience including service with underserved communities, older non trad. Complete mid Aug, placed on committee review late Aug. First available date in January. Lol did I miss anything?

January? wow that is far away
i hoped they have dates earlier than that

 

[994904]

January? wow that is far away
i hoped they have dates earlier than that

Yup they had 4 dates (1 for sept, 2 for oct, 1 for nov) that were already full and that you can be put on a waitlist. But the first available date is January 10 and then the 31st.

 

[itskagome]

II!! First one and I'm so excited!!

Complete 9/3!

I was Complete 9/4, but my status has yet to go to Committee. How long did your status go from complete to committee and then to II?
Congratu-frickin-lations!!!

 

[wannaBtravelingdoc]

Have any of you taken CASPer yet? Trying to decide if I should take it now or wait until I see if I get the interview. This is the only school that requires it that I am applying to (besides DMU that "recommends" it). Any thoughts?

For those asking about whether they should wait to take Casper--I would not wait. It takes at least 3 weeks to grade and if you get an interview at PNWU then you will have to take it anyways...before the interview date. Plus, if a school recommends it, then it would probably look better to go ahead and take it. There are youtube study tutorials you can check out beforehand if you're worried about how you will perform.

 

[Sky138]

Also you do realize many of the schools require it including the UW which they said will not consider you for an interview unless you have all the necessary requirements met including Casper. Forget PNWU, not having Casper could impact your other applications too

 

[Sky138]

Also Casper is easy. Literally what would you do given the circumstances. Be a good person, ask why, give people the benefit of doubt, etc and you’ll be fine.

 

[wannaBtravelingdoc]

I got this email today "After initial review of your application, we think you would be a great addition to Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine (PNWU-COM) and would appreciate an opportunity to learn more about you. I noticed that you have not submitted a supplemental application, and I wanted to follow up with you."

I am going back and forth on whether to submit my app or not to PNWU COM. This was a personal email sent to me from Adcom. Did others receive this email? Am wondering if this is actually true or if its being sent to everyone who has not submitted/a way to get more $?

Money is a factor for them, but so is reputation and having a pool of talented and devoted applicants. At this time last year I did not have my primary submitted yet, but I got in. So it is possible.

 

[wannaBtravelingdoc]

Do you think you could speak to your experiences about the school so far?
How are the teachers?
Do they have financial counselors available?
How's the housing market for students there?
Any issues you've noticed?
Any other things you could add that may help us?
Do you know any student body that have young children? Do you think people are supportive of them?

I really liked PNWU when I interviewed, but as a first year they have surpassed my expectations so far! I mean, surprisingly so. What we have out here is pretty special.
So far, our teachers are very smart and passionate about our education and about the school's success. In our class there's an overall determined yet laid-back and supportive vibe I would say. There will always be some exceptions to that in a medical school class, but overall teamwork is the name of the game.
It can be stressful like the MAMS student says, but you adapt pretty quickly and it just gets easier to handle. Plus, if it's what you are passionate about, then the stress is balanced by finally learning what you want to learn about!...and having clinical-type encounters very early on--the first week--helps a lot. Also, knowing that there are many PNW locations for rotations gives me a sense of security.

Issues? I have heard from upperclassmen that there have been some minor, nondescript issues with the rotation site selection process, but these are being addressed/tweaked. And apparently last year there were some specific 1st year class topics that weren't presented/organized as efficiently as they could have been...we're talking small things...and the class before us let the faculty know, and the faculty fixed those issues for us! If anything arises during this year, our class will do the same. I think that just happens in medical schools, particularly ones on the newer end of the spectrum.

I would say this is a pretty inexpensive place to go to medical school, apartments aren't bad at all. Especially if you're coming from West WA!

We have a good number of people with families/kiddos! And a few with families on the way.

Interview advice? Show that you care about people and are empathetic (because you do and you are!), that you are socially sensitive/accepting/not biased (this is as simple as not being offensive during your interview day), talk about rural connections/experiences if you have them, think about ethics situations (goes for any interview prep), show that you value teamwork, show your strong communication skills (even simple things like smiling and making eye contact go a long way). At the risk of overburdening you with advice here--compose yourself as the kind of doctor you want to be someday and try to show on a personal and intellectual level that you are someone who your interviewers/the faculty/the students here would want caring for their loved ones.

I wish you the BEST of luck and look forward to seeing you all when you visit PNWU!

 

[wannaBtravelingdoc]

Also you do realize many of the schools require it including the UW which they said will not consider you for an interview unless you have all the necessary requirements met including Casper. Forget PNWU, not having Casper could impact your other applications too

Also Casper is easy. Literally what would you do given the circumstances. Be a good person, ask why, give people the benefit of doubt, etc and you’ll be fine.

"Forget PNWU"...don't have that kind of attitude on interview day folks. Casper is also meant to show your problem solving skills, ability to assess risk vs benefit and whether you value things like safety and honesty (medically important), in addition to what this person said. It's silly that it's a requirement for some schools, but why blow it off...no one knows how well they score on it and therefore they don't know how "easy" it actually was.

 

[Beerito]

I was Complete 9/4, but my status has yet to go to Committee. How long did your status go from complete to committee and then to II?
Congratu-frickin-lations!!!

I just checked the portal and the decision date says 9/18 and I was notified via email 9/20.

 

[curr4410]

Best of luck today everyone! You all are going to do awesome! Take some time this morning to breathe and relax! The interview process is really fun here, and the MMI’s are a great opportunity to have a good conversation - don’t sweat them, just be the kind, motivated, and passionate future doctors we know you are! You all should be very proud of yourselves for getting this far in the application process, it’s no small feat! And remember - even if someone is ‘better than you’ for stats or experience, that isn’t what PNWU bases everything on. Just be you and show everyone why you’d be a good fit! looking forward to meeting you all, and enjoy this experience!!

 

[Sky138]

"Forget PNWU"...don't have that kind of attitude on interview day folks. Casper is also meant to show your problem solving skills, ability to assess risk vs benefit and whether you value things like safety and honesty (medically important), in addition to what this person said. It's silly that it's a requirement for some schools, but why blow it off...no one knows how well they score on it and therefore they don't know how "easy" it actually was.

Don’t have that attitude? Lol. Was something I said wrong? If you don’t have Casper, you won’t be considered at a lot of schools. Don’t do it for pnwu’s sake. Do it to be considered at any and all schools that require it including pnwu. But hey, why should I care. I already got my interviews and an acceptance already so do what you want.

 

[itskagome]

"Forget PNWU"...don't have that kind of attitude on interview day folks. Casper is also meant to show your problem solving skills, ability to assess risk vs benefit and whether you value things like safety and honesty (medically important), in addition to what this person said. It's silly that it's a requirement for some schools, but why blow it off...no one knows how well they score on it and therefore they don't know how "easy" it actually was.

I don't think it was meant in a bad way, may have read it out of context. I think it was meant as, without even considering PNWU or without focusing on that application, casper is important for other schools as well. But I agree with both of y'all, take Casper as soon as possible, don't overthink it. And while some may perform well on casper without preparing, there are ways to prepare once you know what boxes they check off when they're grading your test. If you have perspective and take others into consideration, if you make a decision, etc.

 

[dasitman]

Can anyone tell me if I need to submit my LOR's separate to this school(on self-service)? I put them in my evaluations section of my primary on AACOM, but under my checklist in the self-service it still says they're due. I'm asking bc the site for this school has been confusing as is. I know it attached my essay to the secondary, but it still didn't register and i had to email it separately in pdf form.

 

[Longtimecoming]

Can anyone tell me if I need to submit my LOR's separate to this school(on self-service)? I put them in my evaluations section of my primary on AACOM, but under my checklist in the self-service it still says they're due. I'm asking bc the site for this school has been confusing as is. I know it attached my essay to the secondary, but it still didn't register and i had to email it separately in pdf form.

I had the same thing happen with my essay but they were really nice. I actually accidentally send a reply without the document and then sent it as a word document so I resent it as a PDF. I have an interview coming up in a few months! But I'm hoping to get another LOR from a DO soon so I'll be watching to see the answer to your question. You could email them directly and ask. I think they're very open to communication as long as it is worded politely.

 

[MaddyPips]

Those that noticed their status go to "committee", how long after did you hear about anything? II, rejection?

I went to committee on 9/9/19 and still haven't heard anything back.

 

[MaddyPips]

I was complete on 8/14/19 and went to committee on 9/9/19. I haven't heard anything about a II as of yet. I am not sure if this wait is normal. Should I call them? Thanks for help and advice!

Also, congrats and good luck to all that are interviewing!

 

[994904]

I was complete on 8/14/19 and went to committee on 9/9/19. I haven't heard anything about a II as of yet. I am not sure if this wait is normal. Should I call them? I am feeling pretty anxious about this, I am from the area and definitely want to go to this school! Thanks for help and advice!
Also, congrats and good luck to all that are interviewing!

I waited a month after being sent to committee before receiving an interview invite. Personally, I don't think you should call any school about application movement. I'm sure they're on it, and with thousands of applications, it takes time. Sometimes it takes weeks, sometimes it takes months (not for this school particularly, because I really don't know, but for the med school application process in general). I've seen people on other threads who have applied before and stated that they've had the experience of having no movement on their apps until the eventual R in like March or sometimes even just complete silence until July of the next year. For this cycle, I myself have been complete since July for a few schools and have not heard back from them at all. I think we on SDN often expect to get an II, and we forget that there are tons of other applicants out there the adcom has to parse through. Anticipating and hoping is good, but expecting may lead to disappointment, especially in this random, confusing process called the med school app process. Relax and just take it day by day! We are all anxious, but it doesn't help our anxiety to attempt to push a process which is known to be slow, long, and arduous as it is. I'm no expert, nor do I have a ton of II's or anything, but I wish you the best of luck!

 

[Sky138]

I was complete on 8/14/19 and went to committee on 9/9/19. I haven't heard anything about a II as of yet. I am not sure if this wait is normal. Should I call them? Thanks for help and advice!

Also, congrats and good luck to all that are interviewing!

If I were you I’d just wait it out. If you really are concerned, I’d work on whatever you feel is the weakest part of your application just in case. If you get the interview, it’s something you can bring up. If you don’t get in this round, you’re one step ahead for applying again. As a reapplicant, I’d say doing this really helped me a lot. For example I went from 0 to 6 interviews and 1 acceptance so far simply by adding scribing. Hope you get the interview tho

 

[GodLovesBagels]

9/27 interviewees, what were your overall thoughts of the interview, school, faculty etc?!

 

[Tigerlily7]

9/27 interviewees, what were your overall thoughts of the interview, school, faculty etc?!

The interview itself was much less stressful than I thought it would be. There was a lot of applicants (around 40) but they split everyone into groups of 8 and rotated through the MMI, group activities, group activities, tour, and OMM presentation. I really liked the way the curriculum was set up and they addressed that they weren’t concerned about the residency merger given that their students do well already and are competitive applicants to residency programs. Overall, I liked the school. Yakima would be better if they didn’t have a higher crime rate but the campus seemed safe and was in a nicer part of the area. They had badge in entry only and security so I don’t think there will be issues on campus.

 

[GodLovesBagels]

The interview itself was much less stressful than I thought it would be. There was a lot of applicants (around 40) but they split everyone into groups of 8 and rotated through the MMI, group activities, group activities, tour, and OMM presentation. I really liked the way the curriculum was set up and they addressed that they weren’t concerned about the residency merger given that their students do well already and are competitive applicants to residency programs. Overall, I liked the school. Yakima would be better if they didn’t have a higher crime rate but the campus seemed safe and was in a nicer part of the area. They had badge in entry only and security so I don’t think there will be issues on campus.

Awesome thank you for helpful summary! Did they tell you roughly how long after you interview to expect a potential admission decision?

 

[Tigerlily7]

Awesome thank you for helpful summary! Did they tell you roughly how long after you interview to expect a potential admission decision?

You’re welcome! They said they would review files within two weeks. I’m guessing with the number of interviews it will be closer to 2 or 3 weeks before we hear back.

 

[pighorse2]

Can anyone tell me if I need to submit my LOR's separate to this school(on self-service)? I put them in my evaluations section of my primary on AACOM, but under my checklist in the self-service it still says they're due. I'm asking bc the site for this school has been confusing as is. I know it attached my essay to the secondary, but it still didn't register and i had to email it separately in pdf form.

You do not need to submit them separate! They uploaded my letters the day before the due date that was listed in self-service. Once they were uploaded I received an email stating that my file was complete and under review.

 

[dogsandmoredogs]

Can any current students speak about residency placements? Do you feel you are/will be able to place into specialties other than FM/Primary care? Specifically in non-rural locations in WA?

 

[Ligamentumarteriosum]

Can any current students speak about residency placements? Do you feel you are/will be able to place into specialties other than FM/Primary care? Specifically in non-rural locations in WA?

From what I’ve heard and seen, getting into residencies other than family medicine is a non issue. As with most DO schools, they tend to attract students who are interested in meeting their mission, which often involves primary care. PNWU is no different and it’s no wonder a lot place in there. However, if you look at the placement stats on the website, you’ll see PNWU docs are in everything from neurosurgery to EM, radiology to general surgery, orthopedics to internal med. As more residency sites finish the transition to accepting COMLEX I expect the match rates and placement to diversify. For the record PNWU considers their mission complete if they can train and return anyone in primary or secondary care to a rural or underserved area in the WWAMI region.

 

[dogsandmoredogs]

From what I’ve heard and seen, getting into residencies other than family medicine is a non issue. As with most DO schools, they tend to attract students who are interested in meeting their mission, which often involves primary care. PNWU is no different and it’s no wonder a lot place in there. However, if you look at the placement stats on the website, you’ll see PNWU docs are in everything from neurosurgery to EM, radiology to general surgery, orthopedics to internal med. As more residency sites finish the transition to accepting COMLEX I expect the match rates and placement to diversify. For the record PNWU considers their mission complete if they can train and return anyone in primary or secondary care to a rural or underserved area in the WWAMI region.

Thank you for that info! Do you know if there are any in-house research opportunities?

 

[Scriptor]

Thank you for that info! Do you know if there are any in-house research opportunities?

There are research opportunities! PNWU is trying to expand their research division but most faculty are involved in some research, but you have to be proactive in finding something you want to do.