i'm so sad!! i want to get in. did anyone hear back today? any idea if he calls students on tues/tomorrow?
Aren't they supposed to post interview decisions today?
I was an Oct 19 interviewee, and got the email that acceptances from that date would be going out on Oct 26. No call for me then, and on Oct 27 my status was updated to deferred. I didn't expect any movement on this for a while, if at all.
However, on Nov 9 I got the call from Dr. Capers that I was accepted!
I guess that there is more hope from a deferred status than I thought...
(I know, I'm a little late posting this...)
Oh wow congrat!!! I am in the defered list so this gives me hope. Did you send in update letter or letter of interest after you got defered? I am just wondering if those had some effect on the decision?
anyone have a status changes from the 10/24 10/26 or 10/31 interview days that were not accepted yet?
Would it be out of line to email my interviewers and ask them what I could/should improve on my application? I was deferred and I'm planning to send updates, but I want to make sure I'm not focusing my time and energy on things that won't help my chances of going from "deferred" to "accepted."
I figure the people that interview you are the most familiar with your application and could give the best input, but I'm not sure if it's acceptable to contact them and ask for this information.
Would it be out of line to email my interviewers and ask them what I could/should improve on my application? I was deferred and I'm planning to send updates, but I want to make sure I'm not focusing my time and energy on things that won't help my chances of going from "deferred" to "accepted."
I figure the people that interview you are the most familiar with your application and could give the best input, but I'm not sure if it's acceptable to contact them and ask for this information.
If I remember correctly, OSU has blind file policy, so the interviewers would not have seen your complete file (ie MCAT, GPA etc)
I think a better route would be to e-mail Admissions, and ask them if there is any feedback available on what you can improve to help your chances of getting accepted as you are very much interested in Ohio State and it is your first choice. Something along those lines would be good.
My only concern with e-mailing the interviewers directly is they may have given you a good recommendation, but it could be the admissions committee had other concerns. If Admissions says your interview didn't go well, then contact the interviewers. If the interview went well but there are other red flags you were not aware of, then try to see if you can fix those before the end of the cycle.
Yes they do, the only way they would know is if they were part of the adcom also.
There is a student hosting program. Call the admissions office about it or pm me if they can't help you.Does Ohio State have student hosting available? If not, does anybody who is interviewing on 12/14 want to split a hotel for 12/13?
Does Ohio State have student hosting available? If not, does anybody who is interviewing on 12/14 want to split a hotel for 12/13?
I live by the medical center and would be willing to host you if you'd like. My roommates will be gone by then so I'm looking for company They're grad students so they get a winter break, but I'll be working PM me if you'd like.
If I remember correctly, OSU has blind file policy, so the interviewers would not have seen your complete file (ie MCAT, GPA etc)
The faculty interviewer had access to my GPA and MCAT last year so I don't think it's blind. The student interview is though I think, at least from my experience
how easy is it to find housing close to school come June/July?
Apologies if this has already been asked/answered, but does anyone know if they prefer emailed or mailed updates? I thought I read somewhere that they prefer email, but I can't find that anywhere now. Any ideas?
Thanks!
The faculty interviewer had access to my GPA and MCAT last year so I don't think it's blind. The student interview is though I think, at least from my experience
They told us that this was the first year they are doing completely blind for the interviewers.
Mine was not completely blind. My faculty interviewer had everything but my numbers, and the student had a few of my activities.
how easy is it to find housing close to school come June/July?
Last year I know both interviewers had my EC's, and I think the faculty interviewer had my course history, personal history, and GPA/MCAT stuff. I have no idea about this year?ya they are blind to numbers...who are the med 1's on this board?
My friends who go to OSU here for grad schools say people start looking for housing EARLY, e.g. some start in January. My friends and I are from Seattle where people don't really start looking til Spring quarter...so they didn't find a ton of choices left last year and the year before that. They relied mostly on Craigslist. .
Yeah, housing here is weird. If you want to live near campus, the best places open up around January and are gone by late February. If you would be ok living in Hilliard, Clintonville, Grove City or somewhere farther away then it doesn't really matter.
Craiglists is a good resource. I've found places by walking around off campus and writing done phone numbers on "for-rent signs" (which stay up all the time at some apartments, if they have units or not open....) and the off-campus student services site has a great apartment list.
Actually, I have been wondering how leases and stuff are going to work out for this upcoming year. This will be the whole university's switch to semesters, so for the first time undergrads are coming in mid-August instead of mid-September (It doesn't effect the medical school, we always start the first week of august.) So leases might be weird this first year of semesters, who knows?
Pretty sure rankings are based on research funding only. Class profile also plays a role?Does anybody know whether OSU this year will slightly favor people with higher MCATs/GPA than in previous years due to their recent drop in research ranking from #27 to #38? Are they aiming for better candidates number-wise in order to boost their ranking?
YesClass profile also plays a role?
yeah MCAT and GPA play a decent role in the rankings. According to USNews:
Mean MCAT Score (.13 in the research medical school model, .0975 in the primary-care medical school model) The mean composite Medical College Admission Test score of the 2010 entering class.
Mean Undergraduate GPA (.06 in the research medical school model, .045 in the primary-care medical school model) The mean undergraduate grade-point average of the 2010 entering class.
Acceptance Rate (.01 in the research medical school model, .0075 in the primary-care medical school model) The proportion of applicants to the 2010 entering class who were offered admission.
Does anybody know whether OSU this year will slightly favor people with higher MCATs/GPA than in previous years due to their recent drop in research ranking from #27 to #38? Are they aiming for better candidates number-wise in order to boost their ranking?
Don't consider yourself done yet. There is still hope.Should I consider myself done here? Secondary was complete at the end of August and I have yet to hear anything. 35 MCAT, GPA around a 3.80. lots of research, decent clinical experience. Out of state.
Class profile along with residency PD's evaluations do count.Pretty sure rankings are based on research funding only. Class profile also plays a role?
yeah MCAT and GPA play a decent role in the rankings. According to USNews:
Mean MCAT Score ...
I just want to say that the ranking does include MCAT scores and GPA. Just to be clear, however, OSU's drop in rankings was not caused by a drop in matriculant GPAs and MCATs and any other metric concerned with medical students or medical education. The drop concerned a change in the metric for research funding. I believe it was a change from sheer amount of award money to a metric that took in money received per faculty member. Could be wrong, but either way, the drop was not caused by a drop in medical student quality or a quality in education. It purely had to do with research funding in the COM.
i interviewed here a few weeks ago, and think it's a great school!
pros: curriculum, people seem nice, clinical sites, rep
cons: if you fail more than 3 exams, you're out. i'm verrrry hesitant about this.
regardless, i look forward to hearing back.
The chances of this happening is 0. They will warn you and tell you to have a leave of absence (a few students did this last year) after you failed your 2nd test, then you just repeat the part of 1st year you failed and hopefully by then you won't fail anymore. Really the goal of medical school is to succeed, you shouldn't worry about failing as much as learning a study strategy that works for you.
i completely get what you're saying, but i dont like that level of stress (i.e. will this exam be the one that finishes me? )--especially compared to other schools where you have to fail entire courses and then some to be required a year off or repeat. i won't let this one factor decide between schools, but it is certainly a consideration that i thought would be valuable for applicants on here to see.