I think it was an overall AMCAS thing. My first few acceptances were on October 15 and had some others before UW. I submitted my decision to accept UW in the beginning of December too. It might just take some time before they (AMCAS) send it out.
As in when did you respond/accept/decline your offer.
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I talked to housing directly. They stated that the waiting list for family housing is 6-18 months, yikes!
I remember them saying it should take a couple weeks, but they never actually contacted me so I called them a few days before my interview and it turned out they had my email wrong and the hosts were trying to get a hold of me. So, if it takes more than 2 weeks, I say just call them.
I'm sure they'll have a resource to connect people with other students to figure out housing. If not, I'm sure a Facebook group or something could be organized for the class. I know I'd rather not use the University's housing since U-Village area is generally cheap from what I hear.
It's cheaper but almost no one lives in the U District since we try to stay out of the undergrad/higher crime areas. Most people live in Sand Point, Laurelhurst, Wallingford or Greenlake and either commute by bus or bike.
Same here
How much is rent, roughly, in those areas? I have a family and won't be able to room with other students, which I have a feeling will make the Seattle campus out of my budget unless I get on campus family housing.
I'm assuming the places you listed are where most med students live?
It depends on what exactly you are looking for in terms of housing. Are you okay with living in a shared house (like you have the main floor and someone else lives in the basement). Or are you looking more for a house by itself?
Yeah I think family housing is the only way I could go. It is $1030 per month for a three bedroom apartment that is walking distance from the medical school.
Spokane really is a lot cheaper.
Of course. Please keep your opinions about living quarters and locations. Nothing I say should change your personal opinions or feel like an attack on the location you live. Everyone has a preference and choose where to live according to that. I just have personal knowledge where the medical students live because I go to other students houses and know where others live. Some students like the hustle and life of the ave. They like the bars and night life and choose to live there. But the average age of a medical student at UW is older than normal, which is even more true of the people that go to the Seattle campus. Many of us also did not live in Seattle before coming here. Of course there are people that are 21 and want to go to bars and are more accustomed to living in Seattle, but the average age is just over 24 for a first year. Lots of us have families, are more settled down and want a location that is less busy and more homey which is why a majority of us do not live in the U District.
meh. From what I've heard about crime in U-District and what I saw (granted it was only a few nights), I'm going to say it's kind of overblown especially coming from Detroit where you can clearly see the line between a safe neighborhood and a "high crime" neighborhood.
The link below should be helpful in showing where the good an bad neighborhoods are in Spokane as far as crime goes. This map is reasonably accurate in my opinion. The areas south of the city center (generally called the South Hill) are safe, as well as some other areas that are a ways out of downtown like Five Mile and Indian Trail. Another area to consider living in is the Spokane Valley which is safe and has a good amount of new apartments, duplexes, and housing developments. Cheney and Airway Heights are small towns west of Spokane if you prefer a very small town feel.
The one thing I find funny about the map though is that Hillyard looks like a reasonably safe area lol.
I think you should probably expect an EXCOM meeting around the 22nd of this month.
How many Alaska applicants apply to UW SOM every year? You guys have 20 seats right?
Just got my background check initiated, thanks!
I think that's outdated because I'm pretty sure the primary AMCAS app covers the cost.
I don't remember if it was included in my AMCAS, but I just had to redo it since they expire every two years. The school school said it would be about $70 but could go as high as $100 or lower than $70. It ended up costing me $49.50. I'm not looking forward to doing this again during 4th year since it will only be needed for a few months before residency.
Congrats!
