Since Ellie yelled at me in another post
I thought I'd share what will (hopefully) happen fro you guys. If I remember correctly, OSU sends out their interview invites in a few waves over a few days to like a week or 2. It's been a while. If you check the invite list for the class of 2014 you can see when we all got interviews. Anyway, you get to chose when you interview and then you wait for this lovely interview.So you know what to expect, here is what the interview day is like:
Arrive on campus at..8? I think? Either 8 or 9, but I think it's 8. WEAR A SUIT. Please. Seriously. You will not believe what some people will wear. You will either have your interview in the AM or PM.
If it's in the AM, you wait in the grand hummel lounge until a person comes and calls you name. There may be some student ambassadors in the lounge that you can talk to. Utilize them. Seriously. Ask them for the low down on the school, ask them ANYTHING, and you will get a real answer as opposed to the admins who may sugar coat things. When your interviewer calls your name, you will go upstairs with them into a student study room and interview. You can see the old interviews in interview feedback at the top of SDN. USE THAT ****. Those old questions are great to practice with. Thats it for the interview, really. Then, when its over, you go back downstairs and wait till lunch, which is provided by the school. Then you switch with the people who did the other stuff in the AM.
During the afternoon, you will go into Dunlap (thats the first year classroom) and have some lectures on financing vet school, stats wtc.. and then there is an hour of Q&A with student ambassadors. Do not be afraid to ask questions. We know OSU interviews first out of all the vet schools, so its hard to compare, but think of questions that may be important to you- how expensive is living, how much hands on experience do you get with animals, what clubs or summer opportunities do you offer, how does you class get along (big family or super competitive school, THAT WILL CHANGE AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS), how is parking, is it possible to have a pet, how do you like the curriculum etc... All these things you dont actually think about that will make the next 4 years good or bad. Then you take a tour of the school and thats it! You are free to go.
Interviews this year are the 10th (the day after our last finals), 11th, 13-17th (maybe the 16th actually). Don't be nervous. Be calm, confident and know your answers as to why you want to do this, what your experiences taught you, why did you get a bad grade in ____ class etc and you will be fine.
Any questions, feel free to ask. Good luck to everyone!