Any Non-Trad successes at UW, other western schools?

[Elewynne]

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[DrMidlife]

UWash won't care a bit about your age. A couple years ago there were 4 M1's over 40. I made it into the competitive pool, with a sub-3.0 GPA, at age 41.

UWash will care about your GPA and MCAT, and your demonstrated experience in a health care setting (as a volunteer etc). You don't get a senior discount.

I suggest that UWash's admissions webpage is about the best there is, and you'll find an incredible trove of powerpoints and FAQs and charts etc. http://uwmedicine.washington.edu/Education/MD-Program/Admissions/Pages/default.aspx

Pay attention to WWAMI details. You don't get a guarantee that you'll be in Seattle all 4 years.

Also note that there are 2 DO campuses nearby (PNWU and Western) if your stats aren't so hot. Yakima & Lebanon.

Best of luck to you.

 

[Elewynne]

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[crazycooljoel]

This is true. When you fill out the secondary you are asked to rank the sites in order of preference (Seattle, Spokane, Pullman). However, it does tell you not to rank any site you do not wish to go to, so I only ranked Seattle. I'm assuming this means I'll be at the bottom of the list for getting sent to one of the remote sites for first year. I think most people rank all 3 since they're afraid it will affect their admissions decision (it won't). I've also heard that the people who do get sent to a non Seattle site for first year have had an easy time petitioning to stay in Seattle. People with family/homes here certainly have good reasons for needing to stay in Seattle and I think they're pretty flexible with that.

Thanks for all the info, I also plan to attend UW medicine being a Washington native. I plan to apply in 2013 and if accepted attend in 2014.

 

[Elewynne]

Great thanks for the insight!

 

[OneTyme]

I'm an MS1 there now. (Well, really a regional WWAMI campus, but I digress.) I was 30 when I got in. I had a career in law enforcement before.

In my experience, UW cares about GPA/MCAT/Shadowing/Volunteer when they are selecting interviews. At the moment that a student walks into the interview day, the playing field is level. They then care about selecting the students that they believe are going to be the best medical students and the most compassionate practitioners.

I knew quite a few people in my pool. Some of us were the first ones called with acceptances (the shoe in category) despite having below average stats, some of made it in off the wait list with VERY good stats, and the rest didn't get in despite being really good students.

If you wanna be a Husky, you have to be a good student and a good human being. Or be really good at one and don't suck at the other.

(Also, I think being good looking helps. The good lord knows that something had to make up for my horrible stats!)