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Process

If you are considering attending the Wyoming WWAMI Medical Education Program and you meet the residency requirement, you must follow these procedures:

1. One year prior to the time you plan to begin medical school, you should apply for residency certification through the University of Wyoming Preprofessional Advising Office.
   
   
2. Submit an application to the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS). List the University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSOM) as one of the medical schools to which you are applying. UWSOM requires application through this service. The application is available May 1 on their web site. AMCAS has several deadline dates. Pay close attention to the deadline date set by the University of Washington.

The Residency Requirement

To be eligible for the Wyoming WWAMI Medical Education Program, you or your parent or legal guardian must be a legal resident of Wyoming for five continuous years preceding matriculation into medical school. You must make application to the University of Wyoming for residency certification.

The UWSOM can only consider your application if you have been officially certified as a Wyoming resident. Simply indicating Wyoming as your state of residence on the AMCAS application is not sufficient.

Applications for residency certification may be obtained after May 1 from:

The Preprofessional Advising Office
College of Health Sciences
Health Sciences Center, Room 110
Dept 3432, 1000 E. University Ave. - University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82071-3432
Telephone: 307-766-6704
e-mail: preprof.hs@uwyo.edu.

The application may also be downloaded here: WWAMI Application for Certification.

The Acceptance Process

Once you have been certified as a Wyoming resident, the Preprofessional Advising Office will forward your name to the UWSOM Admissions Office. UWSOM will review your AMCAS application based on their admissions requirements. You may receive a request from UWSOM for supplemental information. If so, you must respond according to their deadline. After your application is complete, the Admissions Office may invite you for an interview. All interviews take place in Seattle. Offers of acceptance are issued by UWSOM.

Accepting an offer from UWSOM for one of the sixteen seats offered to Wyoming residents carries with it a contractual obligation. You must sign a contract to reimburse the University of Wyoming for the educational costs (plus interest) expended on your behalf or return to the state after completion of a residency program to practice medicine for a period of three years, at which time your contractual obligation is canceled.

Cost and Financial Aid

As a Wyoming WWAMI student, you will be required to pay tuition to the University of Wyoming each year of the program. The amount of tuition is approved by the University of Wyoming Board of Trustees. The tuition cost reflected in your contract will remain the same for the four years you are in the program. Tuition is paid over the course of the school year in three equal installments due September 30, January 30, and March 30. All payments are made to the University of Wyoming.

Financial aid for WWAMI students is handled entirely through the University of Washington School of Medicine Financial Aid Office. For further information, please contact:
Diane Noecker
Financial Aid Office
T-557 Health Sciences Center, Box 357430
Seattle, WA 98195-7430
Telephone: 206-685-2520
e-mail: dnoecker@u.washington.edu