In this issue:
- Join the Committee on Admissions!
- Apply for the Underserved Pathway
- Career Advising Tip of the Month
Join the Committee on Admissions!
If you’ll be an MS3 or MS4 next year, you are welcome to apply to join the University of Washington School of Medicine Committee on Admissions.
We only accept a limited number of new committee members each year. Students WWAMI-wide can participate in our virtual interview process.
Please see the document linked below to learn more about this opportunity, including the link to apply (deadline is Monday, June 29).
If you’re already a member of the Admissions Committee (you’ve interviewed in the past), there is no need to reapply.
Apply for the Underserved Pathway!
MS2s, the deadline for applying to the Underserved Pathway (UP) is July 1st! The UP is the largest UWSOM pathway. It supports and helps prepare future physicians to care for rural and urban under-resourced, marginalized, and historically-excluded populations. Activities you’ve completed while in medical school count toward relevant UP requirements. MS1s interested in the UP are encouraged to learn about the requirements now as they may influence non-clinical electives and other curricular choices. Students are encouraged to apply as early as possible in medical school.
Learn about the benefits and requirements of the program and apply now! Please direct any questions related to the UP to Alisse Cassell, Underserved Pathway Program Manager at upath@uw.edu.
Career Advising Student Advisory Board Tip of the Month
This advice is for all MS2 students and includes first generation and BIPOC student lenses.
During rotations this year, try to secure at least one attending who can write a letter of recommendation for your residency application. If an attending offers to write you a letter in the future, take them up on it! If they don’t offer one, but you connected well and performed strongly on the rotation, consider asking if they would be comfortable writing you a strong letter of recommendation. Away rotation applications often require letters, so stay in touch with these letter writers! You can learn more about LORs on the Career Advising letters of recommendation page, including info on how attendings store letters until you need them for away rotation or residency applications.
Edited & reviewed by MS4 Cara Chapman. Originally written by alum Shanelle Briggs, MD.
Career Advising welcomes tips and ideas from all students. Please reach out to Career Advising at medadv@uw.edu.
This link takes you to past information for MS2s.