Lucky you! I hope to hear back soon! :X
Still pre-secondary, pre-rejection!
I'm from Washington.
Yeah I got my II on 9/11 but I haven't received an actual date yet. I can't wait to hear back from them!
Are you IR? They told me that they try to give notice at least 1 month before the interview date for OOR applicants.
Also, it seems like October and parts of November are only for Washington residents because they group OOR applicants together and their interviews are generally later (Nov and later)
I think it's around 100 students for the M1 class
This is correct. And that includes the MD/PhD students. The Seattle campus tends to have people with compelling reasons to be there, like families, sick family relatives, people with health needs, etc. That's not to say there are not others, but a fairly large amount since they are given preferential placement.
Is this also true for the OOR students? Do they all attend the Washington campus (and would they all be located in Seattle?) Thanks!
All OOR people attend the seattle campus, which makes it more difficult for IS people to be there without compelling reasons. But the first two years are pretty much all book learning and it makes no difference where you do that. Heck, a majority of students just learn it on their own or watch recorded lectures at 2x speed. That may change with the new curriculum, but I honestly don't know much about it since it doesn't apply to my medical education.
Exactly. Tons of people have family and friends in Seattle. Most people want to be placed in Seattle which is why they give preferential treatment to people that have a need to be placed here versus a want. You can petition for a placement in Seattle if you were placed in Spokane, but you have to list reasons why you would prefer Seattle. They give seats based on those reasons. But seriously, you would be in medical school. You don't have much time for family and friends outside of school especially under the newer, shortened curriculum. And if you would be peeved to be outside of Seattle, boy are you going to hate 3rd (and 4th) year!
There is time for recreation, but you become very disconnected with friends outside of medical school because your lives kind of go in different directions. They get careers, families, have differing amounts of free time, etc. It just becomes easier to fit them into your holiday time and do the majority of activities with new medical school friends since your schedules line up.
I believe right now we have 40 first year students in Spokane and 20 second year students. That number should be going up to 80 for each class in the next few years.
I went here for UG. Housing in udistrict can be found for as low as 550-700/month if you live with a roommate in a 2br, probably less if you look at crappier places. UW is about 20min bus ride from actual downtown Seattle but it's very easy to access downtown Seattle and Cap Hill (more foodie/nightlife) by public transportation or by car. Idk what your baseline cost of living is for comparison, but eating out anywhere will be at least $10-15/meal (except Dick's burgers haha) which is on the expensive side.
Does this gym/IM building have a climbing wall perchance? Because that'd definitely be a point for UWSOM as far as I'm concerned, haha.
