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UWIdahoan said:
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I know I didn’t pose the initial inquiry, but can you explain how rotations work for people outside of Washington? (I’m guessing you’re from Idaho) do you have to move around a lot or do you have the option of staying in one location?
 
So there are several options for rotations and they apply to all students, not just the ones from WAMI. I'll give you my best current understanding. During second year you can apply to third year tracks or the Olympia LIC (I literally know nothing about the LIC, so I won't comment). If you do not apply to a track or the LIC, you will become a safari student, and your "home base" will be considered Seattle regardless of where you actually live.

Third year tracks are offered in the following locations:
Idaho (this means the state, not one city)
Wyoming (this means the state, not one city)
Alaska (this means the state, not one city)
Billings
Bozeman
Missoula
Greater Seattle (this means Greater Seattle, not Seattle)
Spokane
Wenachee

For third year tracks, 24 weeks (out of 42) will be guaranteed in that location. The remaining could be anywhere. All rotations will be assigned to you, but you can request certain locations (so if you live in Casper, you can request all Casper, but it's not guaranteed).

During third year you can apply to fourth year tracks. Just because you got a third year "track" doesn't mean you will get the fourth year track.

Fourth year tracks are offered in the following locations:
Idaho (this means the state, not one city)
Alaska (this means the state, not one city)
Montana (this means the state, not one city)
Spokane

For fourth year tracks, 12 weeks (out of 16+) will be guaranteed in that location. The remaining could be anywhere. This is different than third year because a good portion of your clerkships will be electives that you schedule yourself. I did not do an Idaho track, but I have spent a majority of my time in Idaho my forth year because I chose to schedule my electives there.

If you track in a location, that is your "home base" and housing and travel to that location are not reimbursed. So if you are part of the Billings track, you have to pay for your housing in Billings, but if you are sent to Anchorage for 6 weeks, your travel and housing are provided or reimbursed. If you are a safari student, your travel and housing is covered for everywhere but Seattle.

You will have to spend a specified amount of time both in Seattle and outside of Seattle. The specific amount of time is up for debate and it sounds like this would be best discussed during your interview. My requirement was 8 weeks in Seattle. I don't know how much time was required outside of Seattle, as I spent most of my time outside of Seattle so this wasn't important for me to remember.

Okay, I think that's the basics. Please ask more questions if this is confusing, because it probably is.
 
wolverinegäl said:
Has anyone OOR who submitted their mission statement early August heard back yet? They said the review takes 5-8 weeks and it just passed the 8-week mark for me and I have heard nothing /: anyone else had silence and past the 8-week mark?
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Me! I submitted 8/13 and still haven't heard anything. I am assuming when I do hear it will not be with a secondary invitation haha.
 
wolverinegäl said:
Has anyone OOR who submitted their mission statement early August heard back yet? They said the review takes 5-8 weeks and it just passed the 8-week mark for me and I have heard nothing /: anyone else had silence and past the 8-week mark?
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I heard back last week after about 9 weeks of waiting. 🙂 I hope you hear back too - good luck!
 
Hey there! I'm an Alaskan E-2019 student. Feel free to reply or DM me if you have any questions about WWAMI/curriculum/applications/et cetera. Happy to help.

For WWAMI region applicants who haven't heard anything yet, hang in there. N=1 but my interview invite didn't arrive until Nov 30th last year.
 
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On average how many questions will they ask? As I’m practicing all my answers are within 3-5 minutes..
 
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For OOR applicants who had to send the pre-secondary mission statement, did we also have to send our LORs? or do we send LORs with our secondary ( if they send us one)? Just wondering because I submitted mine 8/14 and still haven't heard back ( hoping I didn't just ruin my chances here by not submitting LORs 😳)
 
sumbrwnkid said:
For OOR applicants who had to send the pre-secondary mission statement, did we also have to send our LORs? or do we send LORs with our secondary ( if they send us one)? Just wondering because I submitted mine 8/14 and still haven't heard back ( hoping I didn't just ruin my chances here by not submitting LORs 😳)
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Didn't you submit LORs with AMCAS? If so, UW has them already...
 
MrsDrDr said:
Didn't you submit LORs with AMCAS? If so, UW has them already...
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My committee letter was submitted like a month after I submitted UW's mission statement so I'm hoping I didn't put my self a month behind in the completion process. I'm mostly being neurotic and shouldn't be expecting much. OOR chances are slim as it is. I know you cant get an II without first doing the secondary but does being sent a secondary as an OOR applicant correlate with higher likelihood for II vs other schools?
 
sumbrwnkid said:
My committee letter was submitted like a month after I submitted UW's mission statement so I'm hoping I didn't put my self a month behind in the completion process. I'm mostly being neurotic and shouldn't be expecting much. OOR chances are slim as it is. I know you cant get an II without first doing the secondary but does being sent a secondary as an OOR applicant correlate with higher likelihood for II vs other schools?
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I have no idea, sorry!
 
I'm a current student at one of the satellite sites (Shouldn't be too hard to figure out where).

Any questions, just ask!
 
Cornfed101 said:
how is the interview in Laramie?
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Very chill. The school gives you a nice place to sit and wait with other candidates. They put out snacks and have a lite lunch as well. Then they take a little tour around the facilities. It was probably the lowest stress interview imaginable.
 
Hi everyone!
Hope your cycle is going well.
After your final complete email, it states that II will come after 4-6 weeks. Is this a reliable timeline?
I received my complete on 9/17 and am approaching the end of my 6th week. Starting to get antsy.
 
Does anyone know how the clerkships work if you spend the Foundations Phase in Spokane? Do you do the clerkships primarily in Spokane?
 
leeayu9 said:
Hi everyone!
Hope your cycle is going well.
After your final complete email, it states that II will come after 4-6 weeks. Is this a reliable timeline?
I received my complete on 9/17 and am approaching the end of my 6th week. Starting to get antsy.
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I was complete 9/9 and I too am getting antsy!
 
Has anyone been able to schedule their Spokane interview yet? They said they would send me a scheduling email in Mid-October but haven't heard anything yet.
 
OOR, still waiting to know if I will get a secondary or R, and it's nearly the 10 week mark since I submitted my mission statement. ugh just put me out of my misery UW!! any other OOR people in the same situation?
 
maha2018 said:
OOR, still waiting to know if I will get a secondary or R, and it's nearly the 10 week mark since I submitted my mission statement. ugh just put me out of my misery UW!! any other OOR people in the same situation?
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Same here!
 
PreMedHope142 said:
Any WWAMI Wyoming applicants heard anything about interviews?
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Yeah I got an II about 2 weeks ago.

edit: the interviews are the last week in January. The specific date will be provided 3-4 weeks in advance
 
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PreMedHope142 said:
Any WWAMI Wyoming applicants heard anything about interviews?
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The IIs are going out now it seems. Since the interviewers must travel from all over the state and Washington, the Wyoming interviews are all done on the same week. Usually about 8ish applicants each day.

Decisions are then made Friday before all of the staff go home. Most who are accepted get a phone call that Friday or early Saturday.
 
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