Turns out that even though I am technically a student at the University of Washington I am now living in Idaho. Go figure. Not surprisingly, I am not the first person to try to explain the whole system and get nothing but a blank stare in return. So thankfully, someone got smart enough to put the whole explanation on a T-shirt.
The WWAMI Curse (as seen on the T-shirt pictured above):
Yes, I'm in medical school. I go to the University of Washington. Why do I live here? Well, actually I go to the University of Idaho right now...but I also go to Washington State University...Even though I have never technically attended class at UW I really am enrolled there...and at UI....and at WSU...but only for logistic purposes. I know that there isn't a medical school anywhere in the Palouse [region of Idaho]...no you see when I graduate, I will be a doctor, not a nurse...no, I am not "pre-med". I have already taken the MCAT...like I said I really am in med school. I've just never physically been to the school that I actually attend...except for the interview but I wasn't really "in" the school when I went for the interview. I was trying to get in...so I haven't technically been to UW School of Medicine as a student, even though I go there...Look, it's called WWAMI. It stands for Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Stop me if you've heard this. None of those states have a medical school...except Washington, but it's in Seattle. But instead of going to Seattle, some of us go to WSU in Pullman...or to UI in Moscow, but really we all go to both Moscow and Pullman. See, I am enrolled at UW but I just do my first year in Moscow. And Pullman. But not in Wyoming, Alaska or Montana. But next year all of us will be in Seattle where we will continue our degrees...in medicine...I think...
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