USUHS Class of 2013

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So you guys got an email, or a phone call from USU regarding the interview? About how long between you guys were complete and the interview invite?

Oh, and congrats to everyone who was accepted! I hope to join you in the very near future 👍
 
DH
i interviewed september 25. I was complete with my application in mid july. I got an email from them about interviewing in early/mid august. Probably 6 weeks after I was complete.

Mace
I wouldnt expect to hear back until December. When looking at the other USUHS forum on the website you get the general sense that admissions is backed up on making a lot of admissions decisions this year. I dont know how i found out on the 25th. There are a lot september 25 interviewees waiting to hear back (hopefully tomorrow). Apparently someone called admissions and told the october 2nd interviewees to not expect to hear back until at least nov15
 
msl-thanks for the info. I found out that I wasn't complete until 1 October, so I don't think I'll hear anything either way for a while yet. I could cheerfully throttle my clinical letter writer, though. I would have been complete mid-July too, but then he completely disappeared and didn't get the letter done until mid-September 👎.
 
Got a conditional acceptance this AM, but also got notice that I was medically disqualified due to my eyesight... hopefully I can get a waiver and join the class.
 
dwb8p said:
that's a bummer, best of luck in getting that waiver -- what sort of eye condition do you have?
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Thanks. My left eye has a refractive error of -8.00 diopters (which is just over the limit), but both of my eyes are correctable to 20/20 and I don't think the extra tests will show a problem so I'm hopeful that it won't be a big deal (though Rebecca said it's by no means guaranteed that I will get a waiver).
 
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So I have been reading for many months now and am posting that I just recieved my conditional for the Army today. Mslall I interviewed on the 25th with you and was on your sim tour group. Glad to hear about your unconditional. Best of luck to all still waiting
 
UTBME86 said:
So I have been reading for many months now and am posting that I just recieved my conditional for the Army today. Mslall I interviewed on the 25th with you and was on your sim tour group. Glad to hear about your unconditional. Best of luck to all still waiting
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haha, which/who were you? Manucelt was also in our sim tour group. He was the active duty captain.

Congrats to you too man. I'm actually waiting for paperwork saying i'm unconditionally in. I called and Mrs. Hamlette said she had cleared me with security and i've gotten paperwork from DoDMERB saying i'm clear, so i'm just assuming i'm unconditional. Rebecca said they send unconditional notifications on fridays. Hopefully they've had time to process my acceptance form that they just received.
 
yeah I remember him. My name is Zach. I remember talking to you and sarah about your interview with that 4th year Navy student. Funny how things worked out for ya. I remember you thinking you wouldn't get in, but it is good to see that you were wrong.
 
UTBME86 said:
yeah I remember him. My name is Zach. I remember talking to you and sarah about your interview with that 4th year Navy student. Funny how things worked out for ya. I remember you thinking you wouldn't get in, but it is good to see that you were wrong.
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haha, yeah tell me about, what a relief. Were you the blonde guy that was stationed at Fort Sam?
 
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yeah thats right I worked at BAMC one summer doing some research with the army.
 
mslall said:
got ya, so we're definitely gonna be meeting up there this summer
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I sure hope so. USUHS is my first choice. I need to get medically cleared however. I had a history of childhood asthma that may be an issue. Hopefully i can get a waiver if I need one.
 
UTBME86 said:
I sure hope so. USUHS is my first choice. I need to get medically cleared however. I had a history of childhood asthma that may be an issue. Hopefully i can get a waiver if I need one.
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that ended my friend's career before it started. your safe bet is to tell them the bare minimum. i've lost track of all the weird medical stories i've heard disqualifying people from specific AFSCs or entering the air force. of course, i can only speak for the air force--strictest of the three branches as far as medical dq. if you're going air force, don't expect a waiver to go through unless they've already invested a couple $100Ks into you--and even then you're lucky. unfortunately, they can replace you in a heartbeat and sometimes seem eager to do so. take it from my 5+ years. this is one instance where transparency is not a good thing. i only advocate this route because having minor asthma when you're like, 5, should not keep people from serving. good luck.
 
giuseppe said:
that ended my friend's career before it started. your safe bet is to tell them the bare minimum. i've lost track of all the weird medical stories i've heard disqualifying people from specific AFSCs or entering the air force. of course, i can only speak for the air force--strictest of the three branches as far as medical dq. if you're going air force, don't expect a waiver to go through unless they've already invested a couple $100Ks into you--and even then you're lucky.
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Yeah, I am going Army and when I talked to Rebecca, she asked if I was on any meds now and I said no. She said USUHS will request a PFT from me, but that getting a waiver wouldn't be impossible. It will just require a little effort on my part. Since USUHS does their own waivers, I think the process can be a little less strict than going through DODMERB. We will see though.
 
Did anyone else get the unconditional acceptance letter today? I finally feel like I can relax, and safely withdraw from other schools. Hopefully I don't bomb any classes.
 
whtlight2121 said:
Did anyone else get the unconditional acceptance letter today? I finally feel like I can relax, and safely withdraw from other schools. Hopefully I don't bomb any classes.
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got an email from rebecca saying I was medically qualified. Mrs Hamlette told me she had cleared me through security when she called to say she had gotten my acceptance form. No actual unconditional letter though. I'll bet it feels good. Time to start thinking about logistics.
 
whtlight2121 said:
Did anyone else get the unconditional acceptance letter today? I finally feel like I can relax, and safely withdraw from other schools. Hopefully I don't bomb any classes.
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Did you get anything with the unconditional letter?
 
Hey DH78 I interviewed on the same day as you! I was notified last week that I am medically qualified. Now it is just the waiting time for hopefully an acceptance. I applied last year but I was wait-listed. 🙁
 
giuseppe said:
that ended my friend's career before it started. your safe bet is to tell them the bare minimum. i've lost track of all the weird medical stories i've heard disqualifying people from specific AFSCs or entering the air force. of course, i can only speak for the air force--strictest of the three branches as far as medical dq. if you're going air force, don't expect a waiver to go through unless they've already invested a couple $100Ks into you--and even then you're lucky. unfortunately, they can replace you in a heartbeat and sometimes seem eager to do so. take it from my 5+ years. this is one instance where transparency is not a good thing. i only advocate this route because having minor asthma when you're like, 5, should not keep people from serving. good luck.
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I put AF as my first choice, and I have been thinking about getting the Lasik surgery done on my eyes. Do you think I should re-submit my DoDMERB application or just not mention anything?
 
eschott said:
Did you get anything with the unconditional letter?
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No. The letter said I should get a package within the next few months. deos anyone know where you go for the HIV/Hep B/Drug/EToH screen? I assume you can't just go to any lab to have it done. I just know they didn't draw any blood at my physical which was unexpected.
 
ERmd said:
I put AF as my first choice, and I have been thinking about getting the Lasik surgery done on my eyes. Do you think I should re-submit my DoDMERB application or just not mention anything?
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i wouldn't mention anything until you get an unconditional letter, at least.
 
whtlight2121 said:
No. The letter said I should get a package within the next few months. deos anyone know where you go for the HIV/Hep B/Drug/EToH screen? I assume you can't just go to any lab to have it done. I just know they didn't draw any blood at my physical which was unexpected.
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i think you have to do it through them. The way I read the paperwork, and by paperwork I mean the one page acceptance form, made me think that you did all of this after commissioning. Maybe not though. If you want to make sure all your i's are dotted and t's are crossed you could always go get it done on your own just to make sure you're definitely ok
 
mslall said:
i think you have to do it through them. The way I read the paperwork, and by paperwork I mean the one page acceptance form, made me think that you did all of this after commissioning. Maybe not though. If you want to make sure all your i's are dotted and t's are crossed you could always go get it done on your own just to make sure you're definitely ok
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You're right. The letter states "subsequent to commissioning and your arrival at your officer basic course you will need to take and pass a test for HIV, ETOH, and urine. I think the ETOH is kind of weird. I mean you have to be an absolute ***** to have a positive ETOH on OBC arrival.
 
whtlight2121 said:
You're right. The letter states "subsequent to commissioning and your arrival at your officer basic course you will need to take and pass a test for HIV, ETOH, and urine. I think the ETOH is kind of weird. I mean you have to be an absolute ***** to have a positive ETOH on OBC arrival.
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ha, just enough to take the edge off
 
Anybody from the October 9, 2008 interviews on here? Anybody heard anything yet?

I thought I had been so patient but now I'm getting freaked out ...
 
PedsAdvocates,

I was interviewed on October 9 and got a call on November 13 to say that I was conditionally accepted. Just remember though...just because you don't get a call this week doesn't mean you won't get one in two weeks. From what I understand, they are fairly backed up in the admissions office.
 
nadonavydoc said:
PedsAdvocates,

I was interviewed on October 9 and got a call on November 13 to say that I was conditionally accepted. Just remember though...just because you don't get a call this week doesn't mean you won't get one in two weeks. From what I understand, they are fairly backed up in the admissions office.
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Congrats!

I agree. They are definitely backed up and it seems like most people who interviewed in early October haven't heard anything yet so PedsAdvocate shouldn't be worried yet.
 
Hey guys, I've been accepted for the Navy this year--super excited!

Any idea where most of the USUHS students live? I forgot to ask at my interview!
 
The Student Spouses Club has put together a huge list of places for rent and compiled a word document you can find here:

http://www.usuhs.mil/ssc/housing.html

The only problem is that some of the postings are a little old, so I assume you'll get a bunch of "Sorry, it's already been rented" answers.
 
Mace1370 said:
So, anyone from the Oct 23rd interview group hear anything yet? I realize that we probably won't hear anything until December, by I'm :scared:.
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No, man. Still anxiously waiting. By the way, I think I remember you from our interview group. You were the one with the Public Health Service interviewer from last year, right?
 
Nadonavydoc,

Got the call today!!! Army baby ... very excited ...

now my physical is December 1st. I'm in great shape and I know i'll meet the weight, but I had lasik over a year ago with no complications. Anybody know if this is ok?!?!?!?! I've heard it is, but i've also heard some crazy reasons for not being medically cleared ...
 
wow that is awesome, congrats pedsadvocate. Something that is really confusing me is why (to my knowledge) the October 2nd interviewees haven't heard back yet. Does anyone know anything about that or has anyone heard back from October 2nd? Thanks
 
skim87 said:
wow that is awesome, congrats pedsadvocate. Something that is really confusing me is why (to my knowledge) the October 2nd interviewees haven't heard back yet. Does anyone know anything about that or has anyone heard back from October 2nd? Thanks
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I'm in the same boat, but I'm expecting to hopefully hear something next Monday (Dec 1).......
 
Roberie said:
No, man. Still anxiously waiting. By the way, I think I remember you from our interview group. You were the one with the Public Health Service interviewer from last year, right?
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Indeed I was. Thankfully I didn't have him again this year 🙂

So, if people from Oct 9 heard today, does that mean we (the Oct 23rd group) probably won't hear until mid December (ie: they interviewed two weeks before us, so we still have at least a two week wait)?
 
Got the call today!!!!!!! Air force!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
unconditional air force! interview 9/18...
 
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Congratulations to everyone who has just been accepted!

And please post your interview date so I can continue to nervously over-analyze the admission committee's every move.

Edit: My internet stalking abilities pay off. giuseppe interviewed on Sept 18th

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Edit2: I just read in the interview confirmation e-mail that response time will be lengthened if you are taking fall classes. Weak. Anyone know how long the response time is typically lengthened by? I assume they want to wait to see how you do in the fall classes.
 
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Mace1370 said:
Congratulations to everyone who has just been accepted!

And please post your interview date so I can continue to nervously over-analyze the admission committee's every move.
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We're getting close. Maybe next go 'round.

and by "go 'round" I mean the next round of acceptances, not NEXT YEAR!
 
Mace1370 said:
Edit2: I just read in the interview confirmation e-mail that response time will be lengthened if you are taking fall classes. Weak. Anyone know how long the response time is typically lengthened by? I assume they want to wait to see how you do in the fall classes.
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I brought this up on the other thread back in October. It seems others who are taking fall classes have been conditionally accepted.

Oh, and you must be really anxious if you're going back and looking at the interview confirmation email! LOL! Can't say that I blame you, I've done it too.
 
I interviewed oct. 23rd. I have already graduated though, so the fall classes thing doesn't apply to me.
 
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