2024 Ask Admissions Anything

Ask Admissions Anything We held a live Webinar where UW School of Medicine Admissions staff answered questions from our registrants and attendees. See below to find specific questions/topics we covered! Links that were posted during the webinar and that are relevant to the topics discussed are below. Closed captioning is enabled, but is auto-generated, so we cannot guarantee its accuracy. Timestamps 00:00 Welcome & General Information 03:09 Does applying later in the cycle significantly reduce your chances of being accepted? 05:05 Is research a requirement for admission? 06:03 Does attending UW as an undergraduate impact (for better or worse) an application? 07:11 How can we ever prepare to write secondaries? 10:11 What are good questions to ask the Admissions Committee at the end of the interview? 13:48 What aspects of the application for medical school are the most important? 19:26 How does state residency work in the UWSOM process? (Ties to WWAMI, academic cutoffs, how we determine legal state of residence) 27:59 How does UWSOM consider “gap years”? 33:11 Is leadership important for an application? 35:29 Is there a minimum number of hours of volunteering? What sort of service might the Admissions Committee be looking for? 38:13 How do you explain a dip in your grades/the need for a postbacc? 42:07 Advice specifically for reapplicants Relevant Web pages Admissions Website Landing page: https://www.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/md-program/admissions Secondary Application: https://www.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/md-program/admissions/secondary-application Interview: https://www.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/md-program/admissions/interview State Eligibility: https://www.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/md-program/admissions/state-eligibility Clinical Experiences: https://www.uwmedicine.org/school-of-medicine/md-program/admissions/resources/clinical-experiences