MEDEX 2024-2025 Application Cycle

[grogtime]

CASPA is open and MEDEX applications will be available on 5/1. Good luck to everyone this year! Let's show each other some support in these trying times.

[celscoot]

Hello!

Getting started on MEDEX supplemental and I was wondering if anyone knew the character/word count?

https://familymedicine.uw.edu/medex/applicants/

This says there is a 1,000 word limit, but I see in last cycles thread that they had 5,000 characters.

Anyone have any ideas what the limit is before I feel obligated to ramble? lol

[Ddgray]

I believe it is a 1000 word limit. I wrote 989 words

[PAwesomePA]

They have so many essays 

[Ddgray]

Anyone submit their application? I submitted on Saturday, wondering how long the verification usually takes. 

[Sunshine2]

Is there a separate supplemental from the CASPA application? On the program info it says supplemental but then goes on to talk about the tabs under CASPA. I just don’t want to miss anything! Thank you and good luck everyone!

[PAwesomePA]

56 minutes ago, Sunshine2 said:

Is there a separate supplemental from the CASPA application? On the program info it says supplemental but then goes on to talk about the tabs under CASPA. I just don’t want to miss anything! Thank you and good luck everyone!

CASPA is their only app!

[Ddgray]

Finally got verified last Wednesday. Any reapplicants? How long until you heard anything else? 

[PAwesomePA]

43 minutes ago, Ddgray said:

Finally got verified last Wednesday. Any reapplicants? How long until you heard anything else? 

I’m a third-time applicant

[Ddgray]

@PAwesomePA Hoping this cycle is it for you! 

[PAwesomePA]

8 minutes ago, Ddgray said:

@PAwesomePA Hoping this cycle is it for you! 

Thank you! I also hope so! This is my dream program! Best of luck to you  

[Joeymittens]

9 hours ago, PAwesomePA said:

I’m a third-time applicant

I’m rooting for you! Hoping to see you up here next year . Keep me updated if you happen to remember me! And let me know if I can help 

Edited May 21, 2024 by JosephM

[Pr3p4]

 

15 hours ago, PAwesomePA said:

I’m a third-time applicant

Same as well…

[PAwesomePA]

Have any of you received an email from the program yet about receipt of app submission??? I still have not and I recall they usually sent one.

[Ddgray]

2 hours ago, PAwesomePA said:

Have any of you received an email from the program yet about receipt of app submission??? I still have not and I recall they usually sent one.

I emailed them today asking that. I was just curious to see if they send something. 
 

[Ddgray]

MEDEX said they received my application and it takes 2-3 weeks to do the initial review. After that updates will be sent. 
so i’m sure they received yours if you were already verified. 

[miffy]

i received an email yesterday that my application passed initial screening & is moving onto full faculty review! so hopefully everyone will be receiving updates soon

[Ddgray]

5 hours ago, miffy said:

i received an email yesterday that my application passed initial screening & is moving onto full faculty review! so hopefully everyone will be receiving updates soon

Me too!! I can finally breathe a little. Now the wait begins….

[PrePA123x]

I submitted 5/15 but haven't received a confirmation email yet. Anyone the same? 

[grogtime]

I feel a little insane right now. I swear that the first day MEDEX's supplemental opened on CASPA, there were no sections for the reapplicant or "commitment to the underserved" essays. I thought it was weird that they removed those from last year. I did a ctrl+f and everything. But yesterday when I went to add my other essays, both essays were back! I had to muppet-panic write them both. Did this happen to anyone else?

[PAwesomePA]

16 hours ago, grogtime said:

I feel a little insane right now. I swear that the first day MEDEX's supplemental opened on CASPA, there were no sections for the reapplicant or "commitment to the underserved" essays. I thought it was weird that they removed those from last year. I did a ctrl+f and everything. But yesterday when I went to add my other essays, both essays were back! I had to muppet-panic write them both. Did this happen to anyone else?

wooaaahhhh that's weird! I definitely did not have that issue!

 

[Krystal82]

Hi everyone! 2nd time applicant here. I received an email from admissions asking to clarify my clinical hours. Specifically asking how much of my hours were hands on patient care and how much was clerical or administrative work. They didn’t ask me this last year so I’m just wondering if anyone else has had this asked of them?

[PAwesomePA]

4 minutes ago, Krystal82 said:

Hi everyone! 2nd time applicant here. I received an email from admissions asking to clarify my clinical hours. Specifically asking how much of my hours were hands on patient care and how much was clerical or administrative work. They didn’t ask me this last year so I’m just wondering if anyone else has had this asked of them?

CASPA changed the definition of PCE and HCE this year. So some of your hours that were part of PCE might be HCE now.

 

i applied last year with ~7,000 PCE and ~2,000 HCE

 

this year I had to split it up and it’s now ~6,000 PCE ~ 5,000 HCE

[arima]

20 minutes ago, Krystal82 said:

Hi everyone! 2nd time applicant here. I received an email from admissions asking to clarify my clinical hours. Specifically asking how much of my hours were hands on patient care and how much was clerical or administrative work. They didn’t ask me this last year so I’m just wondering if anyone else has had this asked of them?

yes i received the same email. but no confirmation email from them yet

[arima]

On 5/28/2024 at 4:32 PM, PrePA123x said:

I submitted 5/15 but haven't received a confirmation email yet. Anyone the same? 

i haven’t received a confirmation email either