Do you happen to know if the waitlist acts as a queue pulling folks from a line or do they do re-look at the whole group once they've determine openings?
+1 for the same week. Hoping the best for us all and for a lot of movement on the waitlist!
USU's waitlist = recommended for acceptance but there aren't any spots left, so I believe it's more of a queue.
I believe this is true.
Hey man, I just realized you're Navy. A good friend of mine/mentor and former Marine/mentee (same person lol) is a third year in the Navy. She went through EMDP2 to gain acceptance.
If she’s an MS3 in the Navy who did EMDP2 and is a former Marine, then I know who you’re talking about. I did EMDP2 as well. She’s a really good friend of mine.
Small world! We were stationed in Lejeune together and I applied for EMDP2 the year before she applied but I wasn't accepted due to a restriction placed on me for refusing to re-enlist to accept orders to recruiting (I already knew I wanted to attempt medical school). We were able to use the stuff I learned with my package for her and she got in so it was definitely a silver lining to the whole experience. I've relied on her heavily throughout the application cycle for guidance and inspiration, she's a fantastic person!
She’s mentioned you before haha. Very small world. Hope you get good news soon!
Small world indeed, I love that. It's not surprising but I never get tired of it. The military really is six degrees to Kevin Bacon, especially when you get into smaller fields and MOS/officer branches.
Well it looks like most of my group of interviewees (Sept 27) received their decisions today and now I'm with you hanging out until we hear from them. Maybe someone else can provide some additional feedback, but I plan to wait until 10 weeks from the date of my interview complete e-mail and then ask for an update. That puts me at Dec 14... but who's counting?
It seems like they are making admissions decisions on Thursdays and Fridays so I‘ll give it another week before I send an inquiry, if I decide to send one (so the week of the 22nd). I’m just reaching 10 weeks but the main thing that confuses me is why my decision is taking so long to come out —people who interviewed the same week I did heard back 4 weeks ago. It looks like part of that depends on admissions counsellors and other factors. Thanks for your perspective!Well it looks like most of my group of interviewees (Sept 27) received their decisions today and now I'm with you hanging out until we hear from them. Maybe someone else can provide some additional feedback, but I plan to wait until 10 weeks from the date of my interview complete e-mail and then ask for an update. That puts me at Dec 14... but who's counting?
Thank you for this. I appreciate your input!
It was very formal. Not as "conversational" as my other interviews, though not exactly deadpan business meeting stuff either. They both actively tried to ask difficult questions and get me out of my comfort zone. Probably my most difficult interview of the 5 I've attended, though not by a huge margin.
Curious if others had this experience. Back when I was applying, my interviews (and most of my friends that I applied with) were basically the complete opposite: a few softball questions and then very informal conversation.
Mine were very softball informal conversations. My interviewers did seem like they read my application so my questions were more elaborating on my experiences and a handful of canned question. Genuinely my favorite so far
I think it's still true for the most part but it also depends on the interviewer. All of my interviewers asked the "Why mil med" question and 3/4 of them asked other softball questions (e.g. Tell me about yourself, tell me about your leadership experience/experience with military, etc.). Then, those three interviewers told me about the school and we would just talk for 30-45 minutes.
Yeah. I have heard the med students tend to be more formal about it. I plan to be a student interviewer and be super chill haha.
My student interviewer and I spent a lot of time talking about a mutual hobby, I think being chill is the way. After all, you're trying to find future colleagues and classmates that would be a good fit!
Have you tried the waiver process? Some things are DQing but waiverable.
The formal interviewer was a faculty member haha. But I definitely went into this application cycle hoping that you would be one of my interviewers 😉
Haha yeah they only let us interview as fourth years. So I’ll be doing it next year.
Aw I'm so sorry to hear that. What types of things can get someone medically disqualified for? Isn't it just a regular physical/vision exam?
Basically, if it's something that might cause an issue when you serve/impact your ability to serve, you can be disqualified for it. Previous injuries/surgeries, depression or ADHD (if you need medication), hemorrhoids, high blood pressure, poor depth perception (?), etc. Even if you don't currently have something but have a history of it (e.g. my BP is normal but it was high when I was younger due to anxiety, so I was DQ'ed for that).
I get a little bit of White Coat Syndrome and my BP is high when im at the doctor's office but is normally fine. Hopefully i'll be ok!
Haha the first time they took it my BP, I told the nurse that I normally get super nervous whenever someone takes my BP. It read something like 182/75 with a pulse of 133 so the nurse looked at me and just said, "I'll be back in 30 minutes, hopefully you calm down." That was enough to drop it to 118/74 with a pulse of 55.
That sounds a bit passive aggressive but i'll ask for time and do some deep mediation, thank you!
Yes, they normally occur during the same week. If your interviewer doesn't contact you by the Thursday of the week that you're scheduled to interview, you need to contact your Admissions Counselor.
Ask them to take it manually. A lot of times, it’s the sound of the machine that gives people the white coat HTN.
You and I definitely had the same interviewer (the one that asked about the influential book). He didn't even really let me introduce myself (cut me off as I was answering "How are you") before asking me a bunch of interview questions. Completely caught me off guard but at least the Q&A with him was insightful and somewhat conversational.
USU's website has a general "How to pick a branch" page: Medschool, Academics, MD Program, Pick a Branch
There are definitely different cultures in the different branches.
I think this would be a hard question to answer without bias. I’ve been navy for a decade. I love the navy, but if I had joined the airforce would I be saying how much I loved the airforce?
Tried that. My condition was non-waiverable
Current USUHS army student.
I am active duty enlisted AF and have worked personally with officers if you want to DM me your questions
I can only speak to the enlisted side, a bit of AMEDD, some of the aid station clinic stuff, some of the operational stuff. I can't speak to the officer side except that it's very VERY relaxed.
It's still somewhat slow as other applicants are waiting on II or acceptance decisions from other schools, waivers, etc. Since you received the WL decision early, I would say that you're high up on the queue (in a good way) and you'll likely hear back [well] before the March-May Commit to Enroll dates for other schools. The Choose your Medical School opens up in Feb. so we may also see more movement then.
I would expect it to have significant movement in March/April through around June.
