2012-2013 University of Wisconsin Application Thread

[Left2right]

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Question:

Did everyone get that email about UW reviewing your stats before getting a secondary? Because I did not get that email but I got their secondary today.... I just want to make sure emails aren't getting lost because that would kindaaaa suck!

Yea I got one. I'm OOS too if that makes a difference.

Another thing I wanted to share cause i had a ? about it: admissions said we didn't need to include awards and achievements on life activities because they'll see it on the primary. The secondary life activities section is a way to graph your activities in chronological order so that admissions can read it easier.

Good luck! 🙂

 

[HurricaneKatt]

Optional essay:

It is the Admissions Committee's goal that the supplemental information we receive in this secondary application is to gain additional insight into the applicant as a unique individual. What additional information, if any, do you wish to provide the Admissions Committee that may be important in the evaluation of your application to medical school? You may include anything in this essay that you feel is relevant.

For example, many applicants have encountered various challenges in their backgrounds (e.g., coming from a low-income family, having to work many hours while going to college, experiencing educational disadvantages in the pre-college years, following an unusually difficult course of study, changes in schools, time away from school, etc.). The Admissions Committee takes many factors into consideration when assessing performance. You are invited (not required) to provide this additional information. Please limit your response to 500 words.

Good luck to everyone applying!

I am not seeing this optional essay anywhere in the application... 😕

 

[HurricaneKatt]

Is anyone else having this problem?

 

[Left2right]

Is anyone else having this problem?

Do you see the life activities section and residence etc. ?

 

[HurricaneKatt]

Do you see the life activities section and residence etc. ?

Nope I see:
instructions
photo
MD program
letters
MSTP program
pay fee
preview
certify MD program
certify MSTP program
status
survey
change password
logout


Under MD Program I have some basic Q's asking if I'm a felon or not, and whether or not I'm a Wisconsin resident. I saved it and it didn't come up with a "nest page" option or anything. I didn't see it under any of the other above tabs either....
😕😕😕😕

 

[Left2right]

Nope I see:
instructions
photo
MD program
letters
MSTP program
pay fee
preview
certify MD program
certify MSTP program
status
survey
change password
logout


Under MD Program I have some basic Q's asking if I'm a felon or not, and whether or not I'm a Wisconsin resident. I saved it and it didn't come up with a "nest page" option or anything. I didn't see it under any of the other above tabs either....
😕😕😕😕

That looks like the medical college of wisc secondary.

 

[HurricaneKatt]

That looks like the medical college of wisc secondary.

...it is. But where is the optional essay mentioned above... ??? Am I just totally missing something...?

 

[1289]

...it is. But where is the optional essay mentioned above... ??? Am I just totally missing something...?

..are you thinking that u wisconsin and mc wisconsin are the same school? ayyyyyy...

 

[doctorluv19]

...it is. But where is the optional essay mentioned above... ??? Am I just totally missing something...?

Those are two different schools! What you are looking at is for Medical College of Wisconsin. The life activities and optional essay is on the University of Wisconsin- Madison secondary.

 

[Left2right]

http://206.82.221.135/showthread.php?t=895229

That's the thread you're looking for! No essays for your school.

 

[cbas07]

Listening to Bon Iver is enough to make me want to drive to Wisconsin and beg the admissions committee to let me in.

 

[CopaceticOne]

Hey guys, quick question: I've never taken a statistics course. Is there a 100% chance I will be rejected when they see this on my primary?

No. You just need to have taken & passed the class prior to matriculation if you get offered a spot.

 

[futuremdmph18]

Listening to Bon Iver is enough to make me want to drive to Wisconsin and beg the admissions committee to let me in.

agreed!

 

[Warick22]

I have submitted the secondary but it says that they haven't received my letters. However, every other school I have applied received my letters weeks ago, is anyone else having this issue? Perhaps they only load your letters after you submit their secondary.

 

[1289]

I have submitted the secondary but it says that they haven't received my letters. However, every other school I have applied received my letters weeks ago, is anyone else having this issue? Perhaps they only load your letters after you submit their secondary.

i don't think there is any place on madison's secondary where they keep track of letters- it says they retrieve them from amcas and you just need to confirm that they were received there.

 

[deimachy]

Listening to Bon Iver is enough to make me want to drive to Wisconsin and beg the admissions committee to let me in.

We do love our Bonny Bear here in Wisconsin!

 

[betheltim]

We do love our Bonny Bear here in Wisconsin!

And what a bon iver it's gonna be after this dreadful summer leaves... 😀

 

[Luvahgilahsa]

since the secondary essay is optional, do I just ignore this until the 19th? that seems a bit odd....

 

[1289]

since the secondary essay is optional, do I just ignore this until the 19th? that seems a bit odd....

Are you from Wisconsin? OOSers can submit now.

 

[Ellie Arroway]

Holy Hell. All activities since high school? I graduated high school in 2001! This is going to be a rough ride. Hope I don't get in trouble for the couple years I spent being a loser.

 

[Ellie Arroway]

So what's the story with the letter waiver form? The secondary instructions say we have to sign one...but how do we submit it? All my letters are already in AMCAS. There's no way to submit it in the secondary that I can see. What are you all doing? Email? Fax? Is the waiver already assumed if we used the AMCAS Letter Service?

 

[stolen_biscuit]

Holy Hell. All activities since high school? I graduated high school in 2001! This is going to be a rough ride. Hope I don't get in trouble for the couple years I spent being a loser.

Graduated in 1998 here. I had a crazy amount of activities listed!

So what's the story with the letter waiver form? The secondary instructions say we have to sign one...but how do we submit it? All my letters are already in AMCAS. There's no way to submit it in the secondary that I can see. What are you all doing? Email? Fax? Is the waiver already assumed if we used the AMCAS Letter Service?

When I emailed their admissions office, I was told supervisors, etc, could replace faculty for non-trads. After asking if I needed to make note of this, I got this reply:
"You do not need to document it, they will note your graduation date and dates you were enrolled in classes and that will suffice."

 

[HurricaneKatt]

http://206.82.221.135/showthread.php?t=895229

That's the thread you're looking for! No essays for your school.

Ooooh! 😛 Thank you! *blushes* 😳

 

[screamin eagle]

Anyone have any idea about the residence part (D) section of the application. it says, "To be completed by students claiming residence for tuition purposes based on employment under Wisconsin statutes 36.27(2)(cm)." Do I need to fill this out if I have lived in Wisco my whole life?

 

[deimachy]

Do we list our job shadowing experiences separately in the activities section, or just under one lump "shadowing" entry? I think that's about all I have left to do there.

 

[1289]

Anyone have any idea about the residence part (D) section of the application. it says, "To be completed by students claiming residence for tuition purposes based on employment under Wisconsin statutes 36.27(2)(cm)." Do I need to fill this out if I have lived in Wisco my whole life?

had this exact same question. i emailed them a while back and they said "it will allow you to fill out what is required".. ? didn't really help because it allowed me to fill it out but I feel like it's not really necessary for me (and you)

 

[jlescher]

had this exact same question. i emailed them a while back and they said "it will allow you to fill out what is required".. ? didn't really help because it allowed me to fill it out but I feel like it's not really necessary for me (and you)

http://registrar.wisc.edu/wisconsin_statute.htm

36.27(2) (cm) Any person continuously employed full time in this state, who was relocated to this state by his or her current employer or who moved to this state for employment purposes and accepted his or her current employment before applying for admission to an institution and before moving, and the spouse and dependents of any such person, are entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if the student demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin according to the criteria under par.

Not to be a jerk but you guys are trying to be doctors, it's pretty strait forward, look it up!

 

[1289]

http://registrar.wisc.edu/wisconsin_statute.htm

36.27(2) (cm) Any person continuously employed full time in this state, who was relocated to this state by his or her current employer or who moved to this state for employment purposes and accepted his or her current employment before applying for admission to an institution and before moving, and the spouse and dependents of any such person, are entitled to the exemption under par. (a) if the student demonstrates an intent to establish and maintain a permanent home in Wisconsin according to the criteria under par.

Not to be a jerk but you guys are trying to be doctors, it's pretty strait forward, look it up!

lol our only minor confusion was whether or not it was overkill to fill out that section since we are claiming residency based on living here since birth, our residence could probably also be claimed by our employment here, again probably an overkill to do both sections. not a big deal. and yes, quite "strait" forward.🙄

 

[jlescher]

lol our only minor confusion was whether or not it was overkill to fill out that section since we are claiming residency based on living here since birth, our residence could probably also be claimed by our employment here, again probably an overkill to do both sections. not a big deal. and yes, quite "strait" forward.🙄

Glad it's figured out, good luck!

 

[brbEightball]

Just got a reminder email to complete this app; looks like IS applicants will be able to submit this Sunday? Now that I'm done with literally every app except this one (and NU, which hasn't been sent yet), I better get around to doing it.

 

[DoctaD]

Any advice for the Activities section? I'm thinking of basically copy/pasting my work/activities section from the primary.

 

[stolen_biscuit]

Any advice for the Activities section? I'm thinking of basically copy/pasting my work/activities section from the primary.

That's exactly what I did, but from my TMDSAS. (It was broken up a little differently.)

 

[DoctaD]

That's exactly what I did, but from my TMDSAS. (It was broken up a little differently.)

Thank you. It's kind of silly that we have to redo something we've already done in the primary. Oh well.

 

[brbEightball]

Secondary submitted. Looks like residency will take 1-3 weeks to establish. I also have a lovely red X next to "all letters received" under requirements, but the link they give me yields a 404. Oh well, time for sleep.

 

[Cheezhead]

Submitted! Now just still waiting on Northwestern and Minnesota TC...

 

[TheWeeIceMan]

Finally submitted today. Probably my last secondary this year. Feels good man.

 

[HulaHippos]

Hey everyone! I'm an M1, we just started orientation on Monday and it's been really exciting. So far everything is amazing. I also went to undergrad at UW-Madison so feel free to shoot me a message if you have questions about anything!

 

[jlescher]

Secondary submitted. Looks like residency will take 1-3 weeks to establish. I also have a lovely red X next to "all letters received" under requirements, but the link they give me yields a 404. Oh well, time for sleep.

As long as they have your secondary, letters, and fee you are complete. The residency determination doesn't prevent them from reviewing your application, so you might find out sooner than you think. I just submitted and noticed that in the "debriefing" comments.

 

[1289]

As long as they have your secondary, letters, and fee you are complete. The residency determination doesn't prevent them from reviewing your application, so you might find out sooner than you think. I just submitted and noticed that in the "debriefing" comments.

residency makes all the difference in the world at this school (and any state school). no decision will be made, unless you have a baller app that would get you an interview as an out of stater or in stater

besides, all in staters are in the same boat anyways

 

[jlescher]

residency makes all the difference in the world at this school (and any state school). no decision will be made, unless you have a baller app that would get you an interview as an out of stater or in stater

besides, all in staters are in the same boat anyways

Very true but I was only referring to being complete. What you said is accurate and they won't offer an invite without knowing if you are in state or out. irrelevant anyway because I'm sure IIs won't go out for 3 or 4 weeks anyway.

 

[1289]

Very true but I was only referring to being complete. What you said is accurate and they won't offer an invite without knowing if you are in state or out. irrelevant anyway because I'm sure IIs won't go out for 3 or 4 weeks anyway.

gotcha!

did you guys all totally re-write descriptions of your activities? I know it says some overlap is expected, but i am so burnt out from writing essays i'm at the point where I just want to copy and paste descriptions from amcas haha

 

[jlescher]

Did not rewrite at all! Burnt out as well. Copy and pasted some things and wrote some stuff. Mainly took the opportunity to clarify hours. I think the point is to see it graphically and give you space to write more than 700 characters per activity, if you so choose. The graph is kind of interesting, funny to see the past few years of your life's activities in a graphic representation.

 

[cocoapelli]

Super nit-picky question, in establishing residency, did anyone else have a hard time figuring out the date they were first issued a driver's license? I even paid for a formal copy of my driving record from the DMV, and that information wasn't on there... I'm about to make an educated guess...

 

[1289]

Super nit-picky question, in establishing residency, did anyone else have a hard time figuring out the date they were first issued a driver's license? I even paid for a formal copy of my driving record from the DMV, and that information wasn't on there... I'm about to make an educated guess...

well I just knew bc it was my 16th birthday.

it would be on an old driver's license - by old I mean your first one, if you still have it.

 

[robopuppet]

Super nit-picky question, in establishing residency, did anyone else have a hard time figuring out the date they were first issued a driver's license? I even paid for a formal copy of my driving record from the DMV, and that information wasn't on there... I'm about to make an educated guess...

I just put the date from my current license (I lost my original in a lake and probably wont be able to find it). I figure that's better than guessing.

 

[jlescher]

i just put the date from my current license (i lost my original in a lake and probably wont be able to find it). I figure that's better than guessing.

+1

 

[deimachy]

Super nit-picky question, in establishing residency, did anyone else have a hard time figuring out the date they were first issued a driver's license? I even paid for a formal copy of my driving record from the DMV, and that information wasn't on there... I'm about to make an educated guess...

Yeah, I ended up having to take a stab at it.. I know it was in the last few months of 2006, so I just went with November. I don't think they'll nail you to the wall for being off by a month or two.

 

[cocoapelli]

Thanks for the input everyone! I think I will just make a reasonable guess. My original is somewhere in Mexico 😛

 

[walla123]

Hi Everyone! I am a potential future applicant to UWSMPH. I was looking at the information for the secondary application, and I was wondering what the "Disciplinary/Legal" form is? I did not see any specific information about it on the school's website. If anyone could provide any information and post the specific questions asked, I would really appreciate it! Thanks!

 

[jlescher]

Hi Everyone! I am a potential future applicant to UWSMPH. I was looking at the information for the secondary application, and I was wondering what the "Disciplinary/Legal" form is? I did not see any specific information about it on the school's website. If anyone could provide any information and post the specific questions asked, I would really appreciate it! Thanks!

Something along the lines of, "Have you ever been charged or convicted of an illegal offense (other than minor traffic violations)? Please include offenses that have since been expunged. Yes or no option. If you choose yes, a nice little box pops up for you to explain the offense.

There is also the same format for the question, "Have any disciplinary actions been brought against you at a college or university?