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Hey! I was just wondering if anyone has gotten a letter from USUHS of unconditional acceptance? And if so, does it come with housing information or anything else?
Originally posted by abw
I just got my acceptance and am bouncing off the walls - pretty bad cause now i have to sit through two exams tonight and can't finish studying. I was just wondering - the form that you fill in to send back (the one due in two weeks) - is that just to hold your place or is that an official "i'm committed" letter. I just want to make sure before i mail it.
Originally posted by Jfox02
I was accepted at USUHS today (Air Force)! I interviewed on November 7 and received my conditional acceptance letter December 21 (roughly six weeks).
Hopefully everyone else who interviewed around that time will receive good news soon!
Originally posted by Jfox02
I was accepted at USUHS today (Air Force)! I interviewed on November 7 and received my conditional acceptance letter December 21 (roughly six weeks).
Hopefully everyone else who interviewed around that time will receive good news soon!
Originally posted by kaos
Thanks for the advice guys.
After reading the thread about the military in the financial aid forum, I got a bit leery about joining. The things that people who are now going thru the process are saying is, as I understand it, that u either have really little choice about ur residency unless you're lucky because the AF will dictate what they want you to do, and that they feel like they're stuck doing things that they weren't trained for, ex: seeing people about colds, soreness, etc. if they are supposed to be surgeons. That made me a bit worried and now I'm thinking twice about joining. I don't want to be practicing something I don't really want to do. Sure, patriotism, love of country, service--those are all good things, but I want to serve doing what I want to do.
Also, I got the feeling that I'm going to have to also follow a military component. I'm thinking about doing flight training (helicopter, fighter, whatever). Sounds fun and useful at the same time.
Any input?
Originally posted by republicandr
Hi- I'm "republicandr's wife", as it were. But we are going through the should we shouldn't we struggle that I see some others are going through. We think that going to USUHS would be a commitment to be "lifers", as it were. My husband has been accepted to our state school, where he'd just take loans and perhaps FAP it later on. But lately the pendulum seems to swing back to the military route. We live in WA state and so a move across country is icky, especially with 3 kids but a medical career probably will involve a few moves, even in the civilian sector.
Anyway, I've found it helpful to realize that the posters that are super-negative toward military represent a small portion of the population, even if they make it sound like "everyone" just regrets their decision to sign up and can't wait to get out. Ultimately, if you research everything fully and understand as much as possible what you're getting into, at least you won't feel "tricked" as many bitter people do.
To help make the decision, my husband's going to go to Madigan, which is the nearest Army base/medical center, and will talk to people there and get a feel for it. As civilians, it is hard to understand a military career. Does anyone out there have any observations as to what kind of person really enjoys military? Are there any special characteristics or personalities?
Anyway, I think that since many of you are taking it seriously and considering and reconsidering, whatever decision is made in the end will at least be well-thought out and you'll have prevented the common mistake of just signing up for HPSP (or USUHS) because the recruiter made it sound like medical heaven!
BTW, if anyone is interested in doing fellowships, I found it neat to know that in the Army at least if you do a fellowship chances are you'll end up practicing at a large medical center, and as a rule, those places are very nice and don't have many of the typical problems found in other military medical clinics (such as shortage of docs...) Plus, if you're a lifer, incurring an extra commitment through a fellowship is no big deal...
Anyway, keep on commenting! I find it very helpful to read different thoughts and perspectives out there on this big decision!
Originally posted by jjhollin
I interviewed there on Nov 11 and I just hit week 7. They said 6-8 weeks, but if it goes past that should I call or email. I don't want to annoy them, but I'd like to know.