2016-2017 Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences Application Thread

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Summerlax2016 said:
Interviewed on 9/8, have not received an email nor a call at this point
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From intensive backsearching I discovered they at times just group people seemingly randomly (probably grouping based on different qualities). A lot falls by dates, but there were plenty of exceptions who were accepted later than the rest of the group they interviewed with. You might just being compared to a different group. Tuesdays I think are the date they make decisions.
 
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And then it was all quiet...

Till the next round comrades! Stay sharp..... stay very very sharp.......
 
GinkgoTree said:
I wonder if he makes phone calls on Thursdays....(interview day).
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In past threads acceptances/calls were given out on Thursdays, the same day as the interview! So fingers crossed! I think they were done early in the morning... I'm on the West coast so 3 hours behind... so it might be a very early call.. but I'll be happy if its good.

Got a solicitation call today from Maryland... gave me a heartattack... Really wasn't nice with them when I found out that I had won a trip to the Bahamas or some... Poor soul called the wrong number at the wrong time.
 
Complete since 8/5. No news since. Anyone know where they might be chronologically in their reviewing? Do they subscribe to chronological application review?
 
coltsorbroncos said:
Complete since 8/5. No news since. Anyone know where they might be chronologically in their reviewing? Do they subscribe to chronological application review?
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I honestly don't know if they go chronologically or if there is a way for certain apps to go to the top of the pile. But I know the interview invite comes by email. I'm sorry I can't be of much help even with all the stalking of previous threads.

On the other front... has anyone received a call yet today?
 
Hello, all...I was accepted earlier this week and have a question. The school brochure mentions that one of the benefits is payment of moving costs. In fact, one FAQ mentions that your service will pay those costs. But what if (like me) you're not currently in the service? Are moving expenses paid for everyone? Perhaps a current student knows the answer.
 
Oncadiller said:
Hello, all...I was accepted earlier this week and have a question. The school brochure mentions that one of the benefits is payment of moving costs. In fact, one FAQ mentions that your service will pay those costs. But what if (like me) you're not currently in the service? Are moving expenses paid for everyone? Perhaps a current student knows the answer.
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What will most likely end up happening is that you will be reimbursed for moving and traveling. So save up some money for the anticipated move to Bethesda, keep your receipts, and after a lot of paperwork you will get reimbursed for the expenses. You will execute the move during officer training if I recall correctly.

Speaking of paperwork, here's a PSA for everyone here.

MAKE COPIES OF YOUR SF86!!!! Physical and electronic copies. Let the fear of having to refill that background check paperwork from scratch again motivate you to make copies.
 
I also have a question. I was under the impression that payback for attending USU is a 7 year active duty commitment. On my acceptance form, I noticed that it says "I will be obligated to serve as a medical officer for not less than seven years of active duty, and six years of Inactive Ready Reserve duty." So do I understand correctly - after the 7 years, I still owe an additional 6, but it's inactive duty? Can anyone clarify or expound upon this point?
 
Students who serve on active duty for less than 10 years after graduation will have their names placed on the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) roster. (Graduate medical education does not count toward the 10 years). While on the IRR roster, service members are on inactive reserve status, with no weekend or annual, active-duty drill required, but are subject to call-up by the President in times of emergency.

Active duty service less than 8 years, 6 years on the IRR roster.
• Active duty service of more than 8 years, but less than 9: 4 years on the IRR roster.
• Active duty service of 9 years or more, but less than 10: 2 years on the IRR roster."
From a USU's brouchure
 
jdhpylo said:
Students who serve on active duty for less than 10 years after graduation will have their names placed on the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) roster. (Graduate medical education does not count toward the 10 years). While on the IRR roster, service members are on inactive reserve status, with no weekend or annual, active-duty drill required, but are subject to call-up by the President in times of emergency.

Active duty service less than 8 years, 6 years on the IRR roster.
• Active duty service of more than 8 years, but less than 9: 4 years on the IRR roster.
• Active duty service of 9 years or more, but less than 10: 2 years on the IRR roster."
From a USU's brouchure
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Thanks for the clarification!
 
runnergirl17 said:
I also have a question. I was under the impression that payback for attending USU is a 7 year active duty commitment. On my acceptance form, I noticed that it says "I will be obligated to serve as a medical officer for not less than seven years of active duty, and six years of Inactive Ready Reserve duty." So do I understand correctly - after the 7 years, I still owe an additional 6, but it's inactive duty? Can anyone clarify or expound upon this point?
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I am quoting someone out of SDN Milmed.

orbitsurgMD said:
IRR is a category of reserve duty that requires no drilling and offers no stipend. It is an administrative status where your commission remains in force but you don't advance in rank or acquire "good" time toward a reserve retirement. You can go from IRR to drilling reserve provided you are physically qualified and are accepted. Under the law, you can also be involuntarily activated to active duty service from IRR, but this has not yet been done to medical doctors (others, yes.)

When you accept your commission to 0-3 at graduation, your IRR (reserve duty) "clock" starts, so to speak. From that point, you owe eight years of reserve duty which, if not spent on active duty or as a drilling reservist must be spent in the IRR. Now with USUHS, you incur a 7-year active-duty obligation. Were you not to go to residency at all in that time except for your internship, which does not count toward USUHS payback, you would owe no additional years of service in the IRR at the end of your seven years (this is true even if you were to resume residency training or otherwise extend your active service obligations.) Likewise with HPSP: if you take a 3-year scholarship, graduate, do a military internship and then 3 years as a flight surgeon or GMO then get out, you have remaining 4 years reserve service, which if not spent in another reserve duty status would be spent in the IRR.

The IRR obligation depends on 1, your commission and 2, your start of active service. It runs concurrent with all military active-duty time, whether in a residency training program or not. Conversely, it does not run while you are in a civilian training program if that is prior to starting your active time. So if you get a deferment for one or more years, you get no credit for that time.

Where the military gets sly is in delaying releasing you from the IRR. You may be eligible to be released after the eight years, but that does not mean the reserve commands will automatically do that. You have to request release and to be decommissioned. When you do that, they send you your honorable discharge certificate. Only then are you really done.
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I emphasize that getting called out of IRR as a physician has yet to be done in living memory...the last time they drafted doctors into the service was Vietnam.
 
Oncadiller said:
Hello, all...I was accepted earlier this week and have a question. The school brochure mentions that one of the benefits is payment of moving costs. In fact, one FAQ mentions that your service will pay those costs. But what if (like me) you're not currently in the service? Are moving expenses paid for everyone? Perhaps a current student knows the answer.
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Yes. You are eligible for moving benefits when entering Active Duty for USUHS. Timing is everything and depending on when you get your Orders you may need to leave a power of attorney for someone to ship your household goods if you choose the military to contract movers for you. Do It Yourself (DITY) is also an option if you have time after BOLC prior to reporting to USUHS - this is less likely if you live on the West Coast.

Start here http://www.move.mil/ for your education. Last years USUHS thread has comments on this too.
 
For the dinner the night before can anyone tell me what the dress code is like?
 
PurpleMilosz said:
I honestly don't know if they go chronologically or if there is a way for certain apps to go to the top of the pile. But I know the interview invite comes by email. I'm sorry I can't be of much help even with all the stalking of previous threads.

On the other front... has anyone received a call yet today?
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Thanks!
 
Thanks to Red Lobster and Helpful Troll for the info about moving costs. I'd be coming from out west, so it's good to know I can bring some furniture instead of starting from scratch.
 
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