Demystifying the Match: A WAUSM Step by Step Guide to Residency Placement
January 23, 2026For every future physician, there’s one milestone that stands out as both hugely meaningful and somewhat mysterious: Match Day. It’s the moment when years of study, clinical experience, exams, and self discovery culminate in a single envelope (or email): the one that tells you where you’ll train as a resident physician. At Western Atlantic University
READ MOREAsk The Experts: Get the Inside Track on Medical School Admissions
August 18, 2021It’s no secret that applying to medical school is extremely competitive. As a prospective medical student, you want to put your best foot forward as you navigate your way through the complicated admissions process. To help you do that, two proven leaders of US medical school academia who have been training MDs for more than
READ MOREFrom Day One to Match Day: Why Early Advising Matters at WAUSM
February 25, 2026Choosing a medical specialty requires thoughtful reflection, meaningful exploration, and time. At Western Atlantic University School of Medicine (WAUSM), our advising model begins as early as Welcome Week and continues throughout all four years of the MD Program, ensuring students receive continuous, developmentally aligned guidance as they progress toward a specialty choice. As we continue
READ MORELeaving Home, Finding Community: One WAUSM Student’s Journey to Medicine
January 7, 2026Growing up, Western Atlantic University School of Medicine student Seth Gonzalez witnessed his mother battle pain and illness. As a child, he felt powerless to help her, but he saw how doctors were able to reduce her pain and give her life back to her. Later, she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.
Med School Checklist: Why Career Advising and Support Should Drive Your Decision
January 5, 2026Medical school isn’t just about learning medicine – it’s about building a life in medicine. That means developing study strategies that work for you, finding mentors, getting real guidance on specialty choice, preparing for licensing exams, and learning how to tell your story when it matters (eg, interviews, personal statements, letters). Medical schools vary in
Rewriting Her Story: Nicole Parish’s Journey to WAUSM
December 10, 2025WAUSM student Nicole Parish is proof that you have the power to add a plot twist to your life. For her, that plot twist happened at 4 a.m. while working a night shift as a nurse. She typed “medical schools” into Google, WAUSM appeared in the results, and she applied. Six months later, she was