Does anyone know if medical students receive medical/dental insurance? If so, which one?
Hi everyone, congrats on admitted peeps and much luck with others who are anxiously waiting.
I'm OOR from San Diego, California and having a lot of difficulty deciding on where to live. I thought Mercer Court grad housing would be the safest bet. But what's the word on grad housing? It looks like UW does not have any exclusive subsidized "grad" housing. Rather just general housing. Thank you very much for your advice!
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Question for the recently accepted waitlisters. What now? Is there anything left to do prior to getting information about UW ID, ECA and setting up financial aid?
Does anyone know if medical students receive medical/dental insurance? If so, which one?
Long time Seattle resident here. There are some great neighborhoods that are within a mile or two of the campus and have really easy bike or bus access to the UW campus, including SOM.
You could look on Craigslist at houses/apartments in Wallingford (I live here), Fremont, or Ravenna. These are common places for grad students to live.
Alternatively, anything that is near the light-rail would be convenient and fast b/c there is a station across the street from the SOM.
I had friends who lived in UW apartments as an undergrad (not Mercer). They were perfectly nice and clean, albeit overpriced and boring.
Hope that helps.
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Many of my classmates live further east or north than those like in Bryant, wedge wood, lake city, sandpoint, maple leaf or Roosevelt. All tend to be cheaper and have yards, with a single bus line to UW.
Avoid the U District is my advice. It's overpriced and more of an undergrad location than grad school place.
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Long time Seattle resident here. There are some great neighborhoods that are within a mile or two of the campus and have really easy bike or bus access to the UW campus, including SOM.
You could look on Craigslist at houses/apartments in Wallingford (I live here), Fremont, or Ravenna. These are common places for grad students to live.
Alternatively, anything that is near the light-rail would be convenient and fast b/c there is a station across the street from the SOM.
I had friends who lived in UW apartments as an undergrad (not Mercer). They were perfectly nice and clean, albeit overpriced and boring.
Hope that helps.
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Many thanks. Yes, I got the sense that U district was more popular for undergrads and not what I was looking for.
Do many med students do fine without a car? I'm considering saving up and buying a car because I don't want to feel restricted.
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Re: the email they just sent about summer 2018 stuff (RUOP or MSRTP) - hold up. We have to pay tuition to do this now? Did I read the email too quickly?
Username checks out.I'm an Idaho WWAMI student.
Don't think so!I accepted about one week ago and have been working on the forms and stuff. Is there a deposit that also has to be paid?
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Yeah I got mine like a week after I was accepted. Spokane here I come!Have any of the recently accepted gotten their foundation site match yet?
Have any of the recently accepted gotten their foundation site match yet?
Any UWSOM MS2 students here can comment on the new curriculum? What exactly did people not like about it? What did they like? What changes will be made for entering MS1 students?
And also, as an entering MS1 student, would anyone have any recommendations for things I can do in these remaining 3 months before school starts to prep for medical school. Thank you very much in advance for your valuable advice.
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Long time Seattle resident here. There are some great neighborhoods that are within a mile or two of the campus and have really easy bike or bus access to the UW campus, including SOM.
You could look on Craigslist at houses/apartments in Wallingford (I live here), Fremont, or Ravenna. These are common places for grad students to live.
Alternatively, anything that is near the light-rail would be convenient and fast b/c there is a station across the street from the SOM.
I had friends who lived in UW apartments as an undergrad (not Mercer). They were perfectly nice and clean, albeit overpriced and boring.
Hope that helps.
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I really like the fact that light rail drops you off right in front of the School of Medicine (right?). This would help me with my situation of not having a car. I'd like to know what are thoughts about living in Capital Hill? I'm trying to find a place close to the capital hill light rail station. I know the rent is quite expensive there. But how is the noise and lifestyle there? Any tips or advice or warnings you can give me? Thank you in advance for your input.
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Any recent admits get the ECA yet?
Can anyone comment on how strict the computer requirements actually are?
As long as it works they are fine with it. Never were our computers inspected. If the computer didn't run a certain software then they normally had a backup iPad for you to use (like during a test) or we all did it together in a computer lab.
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