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Do you only receive an email for the interview invitation or does it also show up under the communication status on the UWSOM application portal we used for the secondaries?
 
waterflowing said:
Do you only receive an email for the interview invitation or does it also show up under the communication status on the UWSOM application portal we used for the secondaries?
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It shows up in the communication part of the portal under the title "Review is complete"
 
Has anyone that received the II been given a date yet? I know for Seattle they begin on Oct. 2, and they said we'd find out 3-4 weeks in advance. I put down no preference for the site, so maybe I am interviewing in spokane.
 
PNW_MD2018 said:
Has anyone that received the II been given a date yet? I know for Seattle they begin on Oct. 2, and they said we'd find out 3-4 weeks in advance. I put down no preference for the site, so maybe I am interviewing in spokane.
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Received an II 8/28, still no date assigned
 
PNW_MD2018 said:
Are you a WA resident? If so, may I ask what you put down for your site preference?
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IS resident here. Spokanistan. They interview only 100 applicants for 60 seats. I don't remember what Seattle is, but it's much more competitive (interviewed:accepted ratio) to get accepted if you interview there. Plus Spokane is better weather and a lot cheaper cost of living. Maybe you won't be able to live out your Grey's Anatomy fantasy, but you'll only be there for the first two years anyway. 😛
 
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rooster0416 said:
IS resident here. Spokanistan. They interview only 100 applicants for 60 seats. I don't remember what Seattle is, but it's much more competitive (interviewed:accepted ratio) to get accepted if you interview there. Plus Spokane is better weather and a lot cheaper cost of living. Maybe you won't be able to live out your Grey's Anatomy fantasy, but you'll only be there for the first two years anyway. 😛
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For the sake of friendly e-argument, I would say Seattle is the place to be given the presence of Fred Hutch, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, et al (given my interests anyway)!
 
rooster0416 said:
IS resident here. Spokanistan. They interview only 100 applicants for 60 seats. I don't remember what Seattle is, but it's much more competitive (interviewed:accepted ratio) to get accepted if you interview there. Plus Spokane is better weather and a lot cheaper cost of living. Maybe you won't be able to live out your Grey's Anatomy fantasy, but you'll only be there for the first two years anyway. 😛
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But we'll get to live out our Scrubs fantasy at Sacred Heart!
hoping the more favorable ratio holds true this year. All the info UW has put out points that way, but you never know.
 
Immunorunner said:
For the sake of friendly e-argument, I would say Seattle is the place to be given the presence of Fred Hutch, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, et al (given my interests anyway)!
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Definitely if you're talking rotations, but those are the second two years. You can do your foundation stuff in Spokane and rotations there still. UW has over 300 affiliates. As a point of reference, some schools have 3 or 4. Sure Seattle is a big city with lots to do, and maybe I'm jaded living there my whole life, but you'll likely be busy studying anyway and Seattle is becoming very expensive and gentrified from Amazon and Google. UW is going to be great wherever you because all those affiliations will be open to you. Want to do Fred Hutch? Psych at the VA? Harborview burn center? Go to Alaska and work with Inuit Tribes? Rural health in Wyoming? It's all there.
 
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This may seem like a weird question perhaps, but if you get an interview here, does that mean you are fairly close to an acceptance, as long as you dont blow your interview? Or not necessarily? I am not sure if there are any actual washington students on this forum or not.
 
Quick question, has any OOR applicants received a secondary after submitting the mission statement yet. I submitted my mission statement essay on 8/6 and haven't heard a thing so far.
 
Leg58D said:
Quick question, has any OOR applicants received a secondary after submitting the mission statement yet. I submitted my mission statement essay on 8/6 and haven't heard a thing so far.
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I received a secondary on 8/22, but I submitted my mission statement 7/15 so I'm sure you'll hear back sometime this month
 
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This may seem like a weird question perhaps, but if you get an interview here, does that mean you are fairly close to an acceptance, as long as you dont blow your interview? Or not necessarily? I am not sure if there are any actual washington students on this forum or not.
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the secondary and their website have the stats, and they were discussed a few posts up.
 
(IS)- I was complete 08/14 and still haven't heard from UW. Has anyone, who was complete around mid-Aug, received interview yet?
 
Woah, II! Was not expecting this, but applied anyways because my sister recently transferred to a university in Seattle.

OOS (like, Oklahoma resident), MCAT 525, c/sGPA 3.75/3.68. I do have some ties to the state, which I mentioned in the secondary, so that might have helped! No date assigned, and my preference was Seattle.
 
begoood95 said:
Woah, II! Was not expecting this, but applied anyways because my sister recently transferred to a university in Seattle.

OOS (like, Oklahoma resident), MCAT 525, c/sGPA 3.75/3.68. I do have some ties to the state, which I mentioned in the secondary, so that might have helped! No date assigned, and my preference was Seattle.
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impressive, congrats
 
Edit: removed post, answered my own question
 
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Got placed on pre-interview hold for the MSTP yesterday, 9/11. Complete 8/29. LizzyM ~80+. Better than a flat out rejection, but still bittersweet. They said I'm "highly placed" on the hold list, but who knows what that really means- any advice from people put on hold in the past?
 
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Got placed on pre-interview hold for the MSTP yesterday, 9/11. Complete 8/29. LizzyM 82. Better than a flat out rejection, but still bittersweet. They said I'm "highly placed" on the hold list, but who knows what that really means- any advice from people put on hold in the past?
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I and at least one other person got that same message in early August. No change yet.
 
Just got emailed to set up the interview date (II a few weeks ago)
 
Well that's my first rejection. OOR, so it was a long shot to begin with, submitted mission statement essay 8/1 ish.
 
lebronisking23 said:
Are there any former students here that can give some guidance for interview day?


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Former student and tour guide for the interview day. Most commonly the interviews are in the afternoon. Occasionally some people will be selected for morning interviews. It's pretty chill for the rest of the day, but the interview is probably more stressful that others.

Interview itself is 30-45 minutes, with a three person panel. They ask a lot of standardized questions. The hardest, longest and most important question is at the end where they will do a scenario that you act out. It almost always involves an ethical dilemma of some kind. Don't rush into answering it. Make sure you ask clarifying questions. Also read up on things like delivering bad news, medical errors, etc. as those are a large part of the scenarios (like a mistaken was made and now the patient is dying and the panel are the family members, or you are a pediatrician and one parent wants to vaccinate for HPV and the other doesn't and the third person is the 16 year old girl). None of those require medical knowledge but are interpersonal skills.

I hear from applicants that the questions seem unfair or unrealistic, but honestly these questions mimic what doctors experience every single day/night. For example, yesterday was a very tough day for me. I had to deliver news to someone that was transferred to my hospital for a small bowel obstruction that they likely had inoperable pancreatic cancer. Apparently they took away from the prior hospital that it was just an obstruction but didn't think much about what was causing the obstruction. Maybe they didn't hear the word "cancer" be said, or maybe the nurse practitioner just said something like "mass" or "neoplasm?" It didn't matter anymore because they were obviously shocked, upset, angry but also grateful to be told the news. A little bit later I had to prep someone for emergency surgery for the infection they were transferred to us with may actually be a necrotizing soft tissue infection based on the X-ray I ordered, so I had to handle multiple pages to various services, put in the orders, call pharmacy to run the antibiotics to us, and then talk with the patient and family to let them know I was worried and they would likely go to the OR immediately once the surgeon got to bedside. Then I had to handle discharge medications for another patient who their insurance was denying a medication that is evidence based to be the best medication for their clotting disorder, but then had to talk with the patient to say we couldn't prescribe that medicine because it will be denied. All three of these scenarios would be a reasonable scenario to have you answer and show your interpersonal skills.

Finally, for women, for the love of all that is holy, don't wear heels. The school is massive and you will be walking about a mile to a mile and a half just during the tour alone. Probably close to 2-3 miles during the entire day. I frequently saw new blisters and people walking with a limp by the end of the day. That's not the best way to leave a lasting impression.


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Albanian24 said:
II! OOR.
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I'm an OOS applicant and got a mission statement essay request today. I was wondering if I could get some advice on how to approach it. I'm and URM and want to practice primary care in the future.
 
Thapricorn123 said:
Reading over the threads from last couple years, apparently about 30ish people are accepted from the wait list on average.

The UW admissions website states they accepted 288 WWAMI folks. Now is that 288 including the wait list acceptances or is that just the initial number of acceptances offered in March?

I've looked up elsewhere but can't seem to find the answer.
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The WWAMI waitlist is only applicable to specific states. UW is contractually obligated to accept a certain number of students from each WWAMI state, so there is a separate waitlist for each state. For example, if there is movement on the Wyoming waitlist, then the spots that open up will only be offered to other Wyoming applicants. So, looking at total numbers does not really tell you anything.
 
Anyone else applying MSTP? Portal got updated to say "A status update will be mailed to the address provided on your MSTP application." I'm guessing this is a rejection... I looked at past discussions of people asking what that means but no one ever updated forums with an actual answer. Any info is appreciated
 
Mr T Cell said:
Anyone else applying MSTP? Portal got updated to say "A status update will be mailed to the address provided on your MSTP application." I'm guessing this is a rejection... I looked at past discussions of people asking what that means but no one ever updated forums with an actual answer. Any info is appreciated
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Applying MSTP, but my current status is "on hold". Will update if I hear anything about this ^^
 
oor rejected today pre-secondary.... LizzyM 76.... never asked for a mission statement as far as I know and applied a little later (around end of august)
 
IS applicant, had to verify my residency..anyone else? Not sure if it was because I have moved around a lot, but I've also gone to UW for undergrad so I thought it was strange. Still waiting on residency to be verified (which could take up to 6 weeks)...and then my app to be reviewed...
 
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IS applicant, had to verify my residency..anyone else? Not sure if it was because I have moved around a lot, but I've also gone to UW for undergrad so I thought it was strange. Still waiting on residency to be verified (which could take up to 6 weeks)...and then my app to be reviewed...
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YES. Other than moving out-of-state for graduate school (this is my second year), WA has been my home since day 1.
 
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IS applicant, had to verify my residency..anyone else? Not sure if it was because I have moved around a lot, but I've also gone to UW for undergrad so I thought it was strange. Still waiting on residency to be verified (which could take up to 6 weeks)...and then my app to be reviewed...
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This is a very common thing. Don't worry or stress about it. Some don't have to do it, some do. The school doesn't accept a majority of the class until May so you have plenty of time.


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MTRN406 said:
If anyone from a WWAMI state other than Washington did NOT apply to the TRUST program, could you please share your reasons for not doing so? Do most people from the rural WWAMI states (Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) end up filling out the optional TRUST application? If you apply to TRUST and end up not being considered for TRUST, but are still under consideration for a regular WWAMI seat, do they take your TRUST application into consideration when deciding if they are going to interview you for the regular program?

I have heard it said that whether or not you apply to TRUST has no bearing on your odds of acceptance one way or the other, but I do not think this is really possible. The fact is, TRUST applicants have several more essays for the admissions committee to consider, so it is an opportunity for them to get to know applicants better. Plus, if you expressed interest in primary care and practicing in the WWAMI region in your application, but then do not apply to TRUST, they might question your sincerity and commitment to working in an underserved rural area. Again, the official word is that this is not the case, but you cannot unring a bell.
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I am a current Idaho student and I didn't apply TRUST. I never got asked why by admissions, so I assume that they really didn't care one way or the other. You seem to be making the assumption that UW won't want you at their school if you say that you want to practice in WWAMI, but don't want to do TRUST. That just seems silly to me. You could just not like the TRUST program. In my opinion, TRUST kind of blows. TRUST students are required to do several extra weeks of education during the foundations phase. Some people may like this, but I'd rather do something else. They are also currently required to spend more time in Seattle (not rural at all) than I am during clerkships. Seattle is great for your education, but if you are trying to experience rural medicine this doesn't seem quite right. Their clerkships are partially longitudinal as well, which is not for me either. Look at the program and decide if it is a good fit for you before applying. Don't do it just because you think it will give you an edge. I doubt that it will.

To answer your other questions, I don't know if TRUST material is used by admissions if they don't accept you as a TRUST student. I also don't know if "most" students apply TRUST, and I don't know if there is a way to find out. If it helps, Idaho only interviews TRUST applicants during one of their two weeks. So at least half do not apply TRUST.

Also, from what I've heard, non-Washington WWAMI is not truly rolling admissions. For example, Idaho does two weeks of interviewing. After the first week last year, they accepted enough students to fill about half the class. After the second week of interviews they filled the rest. The turn around is much faster for WAMI. It sound like most students hear back on the Friday of the week they interviewed.
 
My very first II !!!! Cannot be more excited. Complete 8/18
 
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