2024-2025 Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS)

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manojoblanco! said:
I’d recommend you keep your options open, and realistically don’t think about USUHS until April.
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It's April and we still here thinking of USUHS
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Hello! I’ve just received a conditional A for AF off the waitlist. No prior service, I was waitlisted later last cycle waiting on a medical waiver.

Does anyone know how long it takes to get an unconditional A? I’m medically cleared already, got a waiver like back in August and I sent in security info around that time too, never heard anything afterwards (like that they need more from me). After getting my transcripts and signing acceptance paperwork can I assume an unconditional offer is on its way? Or is there more to the process of conditional to unconditional? Thanks!
 
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hydromedd said:
Hello! I’ve just received a conditional A for AF off the waitlist. No prior service, I was waitlisted later last cycle waiting on a medical waiver.

Does anyone know how long it takes to get an unconditional A? I’m medically cleared already, got a waiver like back in August and I sent in security info around that time too, never heard anything afterwards (like that they need more from me). After getting my transcripts and signing acceptance paperwork can I assume an unconditional offer is on its way? Or is there more to the process of conditional to unconditional? Thanks!
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Congrats! I would say give it a week or so and the unconditional should come in. Can I ask when were you WL?
 
Nice to see the movement here it's ramping up guys don't lose hope.
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Justagirl1234 said:
Congrats! I would say give it a week or so and the unconditional should come in. Can I ask when were you WL?
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Ok cool! Sounds like unconditional is just based on those few factors and shouldn’t take long?

Yes! Applied and submitted everything within like 3 days of receiving it and I interviewed early September and was WL early October.
 
hydromedd said:
Ok cool! Sounds like unconditional is just based on those few factors and shouldn’t take long?

Yes! Applied and submitted everything within like 3 days of receiving it and I interviewed early September and was WL early October.
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Whew. Long wait, you deserve every bit of that A. Congrats!😉
 
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I'm a little concerned, I'm currently pretty chubbs. At what point do I need to be at the BF%/BMI, they want me to be. Can any USUHS current students weigh in on this. No pun intended.
 
MYOsin_guy16 said:
I'm a little concerned, I'm currently pretty chubbs. At what point do I need to be at the BF%/BMI, they want me to be. Can any USUHS current students weigh in on this. No pun intended.
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Depends on the branch. For Army you need to be under 22% under body fat. On Google there are guidelines on how each branch measure body fat differently.
 
MYOsin_guy16 said:
I'm a little concerned, I'm currently pretty chubbs. At what point do I need to be at the BF%/BMI, they want me to be. Can any USUHS current students weigh in on this. No pun intended.
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from my understanding once you go to the training school this summer you must meet the weight requirements. If you don’t meet the weight requirements you will be taped and that means they measure your belly and neck to see if you’re actually overweight or not. something like that. If you get taped and you’re within their limits then you are good. If not idk what happens
 
Justagirl1234 said:
from my understanding once you go to the training school this summer you must meet the weight requirements. If you don’t meet the weight requirements you will be taped and that means they measure your belly and neck to see if you’re actually overweight or not. something like that. If you get taped and you’re within their limits then you are good. If not idk what happens
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i should also say this is what i think. not 100% sure
 
Hey y'all! Waitlisted Jan 8 (no prior service) and sent an update letter last week. I'm also doing HPSP and have been medically cleared going through MEPS and all that. Do y'all think if I forwarded USUHS this info, it'll give me a better chance of getting the A?
 
BouncingOfTheWalls said:
Hey y'all! Waitlisted Jan 8 (no prior service) and sent an update letter last week. I'm also doing HPSP and have been medically cleared going through MEPS and all that. Do y'all think if I forwarded USUHS this info, it'll give me a better chance of getting the A?
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I don’t know if it’d help but I can’t see how it’d hurt.
 
MYOsin_guy16 said:
I convinced the recruiter to squeeze a little bit at the time. that was before the holidays. I'm on a solid trajectory to be good once I get measured again.
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Current AF student here, let me ease your mind. Yes we are supposed to meet certain standards including height and weight and PFT scores, but it isn’t as strict or difficult as it sounds. A lot of us here certainly aren’t athletes and we have students with BMI stretching into the upper 20s (usually big strong guys that just have a lot of mass). What I’ve seen happen is you would be required to see nutrition or go to extra physical training sessions one morning a week to get up to standards. Not sure what happens if you keep not reaching standards but looking at some current physicians it can’t be crazy strict or some of them would be out of the service… with that said regulations and requirements can change and in the end I recommend that anyone coming into military medicine has the mindset of prioritizing keeping yourself fit. I’ve struggled with weight issues in the past and the environment at this school is very conducive to staying fit which has really helped me. You don’t have to look like a bodybuilder, but stay healthy and do well on your PFTs (really not hard to pass unless you’re really out of shape). Sorry this was long but anyone can reach out with more questions.
 
nsd3232 said:
Current AF student here, let me ease your mind. Yes we are supposed to meet certain standards including height and weight and PFT scores, but it isn’t as strict or difficult as it sounds. A lot of us here certainly aren’t athletes and we have students with BMI stretching into the upper 20s (usually big strong guys that just have a lot of mass). What I’ve seen happen is you would be required to see nutrition or go to extra physical training sessions one morning a week to get up to standards. Not sure what happens if you keep not reaching standards but looking at some current physicians it can’t be crazy strict or some of them would be out of the service… with that said regulations and requirements can change and in the end I recommend that anyone coming into military medicine has the mindset of prioritizing keeping yourself fit. I’ve struggled with weight issues in the past and the environment at this school is very conducive to staying fit which has really helped me. You don’t have to look like a bodybuilder, but stay healthy and do well on your PFTs (really not hard to pass unless you’re really out of shape). Sorry this was long but anyone can reach out with more questions.
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Thank you for the insight. I've been doing a lot of walking and the weight has been falling off, thankfully. I just need to keep my muscle which is tough to do when losing weight.
 
Hey! Does anyone know when AF OTS is? I am currently WL (since October so PRAYING I get off soon). But I am trying to plan a trip before and wasn't sure what the actual date was just in case haha
 
nsd3232 said:
Current AF student here, let me ease your mind. Yes we are supposed to meet certain standards including height and weight and PFT scores, but it isn’t as strict or difficult as it sounds. A lot of us here certainly aren’t athletes and we have students with BMI stretching into the upper 20s (usually big strong guys that just have a lot of mass). What I’ve seen happen is you would be required to see nutrition or go to extra physical training sessions one morning a week to get up to standards. Not sure what happens if you keep not reaching standards but looking at some current physicians it can’t be crazy strict or some of them would be out of the service… with that said regulations and requirements can change and in the end I recommend that anyone coming into military medicine has the mindset of prioritizing keeping yourself fit. I’ve struggled with weight issues in the past and the environment at this school is very conducive to staying fit which has really helped me. You don’t have to look like a bodybuilder, but stay healthy and do well on your PFTs (really not hard to pass unless you’re really out of shape). Sorry this was long but anyone can reach out with more questions.
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Thank you for sharing the information with us about weight concerns. I’m concerned about the boot camp part and the life style of air force once you’re in the program. Can you shed some light on that aspect of what to expect once you’ve committed. Thank you.
 
doctor2be888 said:
Thank you for sharing the information with us about weight concerns. I’m concerned about the boot camp part and the life style of air force once you’re in the program. Can you shed some light on that aspect of what to expect once you’ve committed. Thank you.
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Before coming to school you will go to the AF Officer Training School (OTS). This is boot camp extra light. Yes they’ll try and stress you out a bit, make you march around, yell at you for talking at lunch, etc, but everyone gets through it fine. It was a super fun experience honestly and not overly physically challenging. Some people that were really outta shape struggled but they still got through. Once at school it’s pretty much just you and your coursework. Yes you have to do the occasional big AF training, PT test, height and weight, etc. but these are not often. Happy to talk more specifics if anyone wants to dm me.
 
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