I emailed coordinator when I saw that my status changed to get the ball rolling. I received an automated message from USUHS of the status change a few days after my initial email to them, but they had been in contact with me before that.
Getting on the waitlist is great news (at USU). Most of the incoming class actually comes from the waitlist! I think the numbers were something along the lines of ~270 total acceptances (100 of which are from the waitlist) and a class size of around 170.
Join the club! I hope your LOA gets approved this week, I’m manifesting it for you!
I don't think the seats are actually filled. Being put on the waitlist in university often means the class is full while being put on the waitlist in medical school is more complex and may mean the adcoms want to wait before making a decision. Getting waitlisted to a medical school does not necessarily mean that the class is full. Getting waitlisted at this point may mean your application isn't very competitive and adcoms want to see what the other applicants have to offer (not to be rude).
SAME. Right there with you.
They send roughly equal numbers of interview invites each week between August and November. There are still around 1/3 of interviews to be handed out.
Interviews go until Janurary/February. Did you receive the actual "Complete" email or just the "Materials Received" email? At this point in the cycle, you'll likely hear back in 6-12 weeks after receiving the "Complete" email.
Let me rephrase it. I received the "application complete email" on 08/23. Forgot to mention that. Thanks for the response.
It’s very early.
Not that I can speak for the ADCOM, but have you contacted your advisor at all? I wouldn't say I've had regular contact with mine but I've been emailing mine pretty frequently, asking for updates while sending updates, hiked up to Bethesda and met them for a tour. Bottom-line, they know my name and know my face. While the rest of my stuff was in around mid-July, it didn't move forward until my MCAT came in at the beginning of September. I imagine my calling my advisor to tell them about it had a hand in going right to the tracker they keep.
Depends on the branch. Army and Navy are June (and first week of July for Navy), Air Force is like mid-June to mid-July. At least for the Navy, a small number of people go in April/may if they are available to go.
I attended the OSA/Commandant/Student panel one in the morning and they were more of an opportunity for us to ask questions that are important to us.
what is this conditional acceptance? is it different from an acceptance?
A conditional acceptance is an acceptance that is conditional on your medical and security clearance. Once those are finalized, it will be converted into an unconditional acceptance.
I mean, it's free. So the only thing you're sacrificing is time to fill it out.
I highly doubt the slots are already full. Most schools will waitlist people that are competitive, but may be right on the border of what the school is looking for. Like they’ll admit them if they don’t find anyone else, but they still want to keep their options open. Makes the more sense then the filling 100% of the schools slots on day one.
Unless you're past the three-week deadline, you lose nothing but time in sending it in.
You don't really lose anything other than a bit of your time. Worst case scenario, you improve your application/essays and try again next year. You'll be more confident in yourself and you'll already have some intel about how USU's admissions process works. Best case scenario, you get accepted and don't need to worry about anything.
I agree! I submitted my secondary August 31st with a 3.45 GPA, my prereqs got messed up in their system and I still was in the wave of IIs last night
It's an interesting observation, about this forum not being as busy this year.
Haha yeah, the numbers are definitely interesting. Looking back at past USU cycle threads on October 22nd, here's what I found:
Genuinely just quoting USUHS here:
And it’s totally possible that one or two of the branches are out of spots for now, but the class isn’t totally full because the other branches still have spots. It is very early for the entire class to be filled, but it is possible I guess. That usually doesn’t happen until November.
For sure prep for the standard question and the why military medicine, but also be ready for leadership questions. Remember, the goal of USU is to produce medical corps officers, and the key aspect of being an officer is leadership.
I will put an extra focus on leadership questions, thanks so much
No problem, good luck in your USU interview! USUHS was definitely one of my more laid back interviews. It for sure felt more like a conversation.
Just based off my communications to schedule my interview I genuinely feel that the interviewers want to get to know me and have a conversation, really excited to have the opportunity. Thanks again!
As a disclaimer, I'm a civilian reapplicant so I've had 4 interviewers to date.
As a currently serving military applicant, both of my interviewers skipped the "why military medicine" question(s) that they implied normally get asked to everyone. The interviews were then very comparable to others I have done and in both interviews we had enough additional questions to use the full amount of time.
You'll generally hear back about interviews/holds/rejections 4-6 weeks (and up to 8+ weeks if it is later in the cycle) after you receive the "complete" email, which is different from the "all material received" email. At this point in the cycle, the turnaround time is probably around 5-6 weeks. If what you received on 10/5 was the "complete" email, you should expect to hear from USU again sometime in November.
Thank you so much! I assume it was the complete email because they said nothing else was required of me.
The complete email will have a subject line that mentions "Application Complete" (or something like that). Not all admissions counselors send one.
WL is a great outcome, especially since it's so early. It basically means "accepted but we don't have any seats open right now". Most of the incoming class (about 100 students out of 170ish) come from the waitlist.
This. I got off the waitlist in March. Was a great birthday present. Most people in my class are from the waitlist.
