Familiar with WWAMI?

[James St. James]

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Is anyone familiar with this program? I am a MT resident going to a private LAC in MN. What sort of stats would I need to get in? Also, and this is a bit unrelated, I am a classics major, and have trouble getting any sort of research experience. What would you recommend?

 

[MsEvolution]

Is anyone familiar with this program? I am a MT resident going to a private LAC in MN. What sort of stats would I need to get in? Also, and this is a bit unrelated, I am a classics major, and have trouble getting any sort of research experience. What would you recommend?

Hi James... this is a program through the University of Washington which will consider you (for all practical purposes) a "resident" when considering your application as long as you live in one of the states in that program (Wyoming, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho). I recommend going to their website or looking at their page on the MSAR to get their stats... basically, for MCAT purposes, I think their means for last year were all 10's.

Good luck! UW is my first choice--so wish me luck, too!

 

[tofurious]

I am a MT resident going to a private LAC in MN. What sort of stats would I need to get in?

I hope you go to one of the more competitive LACs (there's only Carleton really). There are many other science majors fighting for research experience, so it's going to be hard for you to get research experience as a classics major. However, research may not be necessary in your case because you will be applying as a non-science major from a LAC - your application might benefit more from doing more volunteering work or doing something that would take advantage of your major.

 

[samurai_lincoln]

I hope you go to one of the more competitive LACs (there's only Carleton really). There are many other science majors fighting for research experience, so it's going to be hard for you to get research experience as a classics major. However, research may not be necessary in your case because you will be applying as a non-science major from a LAC - your application might benefit more from doing more volunteering work or doing something that would take advantage of your major.

Yo, give Mac some love (where my big sis went to school) and St. Olaf for that matter (where I almost went). They aren't exactly chopped liver.

Here is a link to the WWAMI page on the UDub website:
http://www.uwmedicine.org/Education/WWAMI/

No info on how difficult it is for Montana residents to gain admissions, but I'm sure they have to be nearly on par with the overall numbers, which are as follows:
"Those offered positions for the fall of 2004 had a mean GPA of 3.71 and the following mean MCAT scores: Verbal 10.3, Physical Sciences 10.8, Biological Sciences 11.1, and a mode of "Q" in the Writing Sample."

I would think it wise to apply very, very broadly and not bank on UW unless your numbers are stellar. Maybe UM-Twin Cities or Duluth will show you some love... the latter is also well-regard for rural med, if that's your thing.

 

[futoi]

go to this website:

http://www.uwmedicine.org/Education/WWAMI/

should give you everything about the WWAMI program.

but, here it goes.....it's a NW regional med school program. if you sign up for it, you'll do your first year in MT at Montana State University in Bozeman. Second didactic year is done in Seattle. The 3rd and 4th years can be in any of the 5 states designated by the initials above.....

each state designates how many students it will sponsor for this, so you'd have to check the Montana State website, or contact someone in MT for that information.

as for stats.....it's pretty hard to gain acceptance. but, since you'd be considered "in-state," that's good. my advisor said that to get an interview, based on scores alone, you'd have to get a 27 on the MCAT. other than that, earn a good gpa and get some clinical experience (a year's worth or so?)......

hope this helps.

 

[samurai_lincoln]

go to this website:

http://www.uwmedicine.org/Education/WWAMI/

should give you everything about the WWAMI program.

but, here it goes.....it's a NW regional med school program. if you sign up for it, you'll do your first year in MT at Montana State University in Bozeman. Second didactic year is done in Seattle. The 3rd and 4th years can be in any of the 5 states designated by the initials above.....

each state designates how many students it will sponsor for this, so you'd have to check the Montana State website, or contact someone in MT for that information.

as for stats.....it's pretty hard to gain acceptance. but, since you'd be considered "in-state," that's good. my advisor said that to get an interview, based on scores alone, you'd have to get a 27 on the MCAT. other than that, earn a good gpa and get some clinical experience (a year's worth or so?)......

hope this helps.

On that note, here is the Bozeman WWMAI page: http://www.montana.edu/wwwwami/

They evidently have 20 reserved spots for Montana residents. While Montana is pretty sparsely populated, I'm sure competition is no joke for that limited # of positions.

 

[elkchaser]

I'm a Montana WWAMI student (3rd year) and we have a guy from Carleton in our class. Also, the year ahead of us had a student from St. Olaf, so it appears UW looks highly upon these schools.

 

[dnickers]

I also have to say don't knock the other MN liberal arts colleges. I went to Carleton and found it a challenging and very worthwhile experience, but I know a lot of people who have gone to other MN schools (ie. Mac, St Olaf, etc.) who can say the same thing. My dad graduated from Olaf and went to med school at Johns Hopkins.

On a separate note, I'm Wyoming applicant to WWAMI. I'm not sure what the case is for MT, but I heard from a reliable source that everyone from WY with an MCAT of 28 or higher would get an interview. I've also heard that a good interview there can count for a lot more than GPA, MCAT, or anything else.

Good luck to everyone!

 

[jillenekc]

I'm from MT applying to UW. They interview everyone from MT who has a 3.6 gpa and 27 on the MCAT.

 

[dnickers]

I don't know about the average stats of accepted WY WWAMIers but I've heard that everyone with a 3.5 and 28 on the MCAT gets an interview. There are usually between 70 and 90 applicants and about 30 get interviews in February. MDapplicants.com didn't have any profiles for people from Wy going to UWash, but that's what the former director of the interviewing committee told me.

 

[TSisk23]

What are the residency requirements for Wyoming? Isn't it that your parents have to have lived there for like 3 or 5 years and thats about it?

 

[Projectile]

you or your parents for 5 years.

 

[dnickers]

If it's only 60, I like the sound of that. I haven't heard of anyone else from WY getting an interview, but I don't know anyone else who has applied either.

 

[JimmyPopAli]

I believe the above stats are correct... 3.5 and 28 = interview. I have no clue about the number of applicants or the average stats of those accepted. Anyway I'll be there Feb 18th (my app was complete in early september... I heard back in late october). I also received a website with a schedule of interview dates, which says Wyo applicants interview between Feb 14 - 18th.

 

[Projectile]

Any of you guys interview at any WICHE schools?

 

[dnickers]

I've sent secondaries to most of them, but I haven't heard back from any yet.

 

[beriberi]

I got into UW 5 years ago from a WWAMI state. I declined. (I walked out of the interview thinking, "I hate these people, I hate this school. Even though I love this place [seattle], it doesn't matter because they hate me too." I got my acceptance letter before I had time to write Thank you notes.

I had an acquaintace who was #10 on the wait list from our state. She got called and offered admission during the summer. She declined. It seems a lot of people who interview and have other options (I went to a top five school, where I bonded with other students about how traumatic the UW interview was, my friend went to an expensive, unranked school) chose to exercise them.

I don't know what it is like being a student there, but I sure hated being an interviewee there.

To sum it up: if you can get into any school (and you are a WWAMI resident) then you will probably get into UW. If all you know about the school is what you learned on interview day, you probably won't want to go there.

 

[dnelsen]

Come on...all this talk of LACs in MN and no mention of St. Thomas!

It may not be the best but it is the biggest 😀


(St. Thomas class of 2002)

 

[KAR]

Any of you guys interview at any WICHE schools?

Last year, I believe I heard that there were about ~110 applicants from MT to the UW. 80-90 got interviews. They have two different weeks where they interview MT students. I was in the 2nd week and they had already filled 11 of the 20 positions . This left 9 spots for about 45 more applicants. I ended up being placed on the competitive wait list at #9. I think this was in large part due to a poor interview experience. I felt good leaving, but looking back on the interview, I could have answered some of the questions much better. The format that they use is not very pleasant as you can see by the responses on interview feedback.

Anyway, I have interviews coming up at University of Colorado (12/20) and University of Arizona (1/10).

 

[dnickers]

Best of luck at UC & UA, KAR! Did you interview at UW last year or this year?

 

[Projectile]

dnickers,

Have you heard about an interview?

Projectile

 

[KAR]

Best of luck at UC & UA, KAR! Did you interview at UW last year or this year?

Ha, well, I interviewed this year, 2004, for the incoming class of 2004. I'll be interviewing there again in 2005 for the incoming class of 2005.

 

[Bito42]

does anyone know the average stats for a WY applicant accepted into WWAMI? Also does anyone know how many WY resisdents are applying?

Hey projectile/dnickers---I'm a wyoming applicant too! I'll be interviewing there on Feb 17th, and it's probably gonna be my last interview. I'm a bit reluctant about the program--the committment of it. Do you guys (or anybody) know if you HAVE to agree to the WWAMI program if you get in? does anyone ever get accepted but decide to just do UW and not WWAMI?

 

[KAR]

Hey projectile/dnickers---I'm a wyoming applicant too! I'll be interviewing there on Feb 17th, and it's probably gonna be my last interview. I'm a bit reluctant about the program--the committment of it. Do you guys (or anybody) know if you HAVE to agree to the WWAMI program if you get in? does anyone ever get accepted but decide to just do UW and not WWAMI?

I think that the first year has to be done in your respective state. Maybe you can switch though. I think I've heard of Washington residents going to Montana. I also think that there is some split between the Seattle and Pullman group and that they get a choice. Anyway, it's only the first year.