2009-2010 Ohio State Application Thread

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So I had my interview a few days ago, and OSU seemed like a pretty cool place. I think it would be a very nice place to spend four years for med school.

Current students all seemed pretty relaxed. Big class obviously, so there were some weirdos, but also some cool people. I definitely think I could find a nice group of friends to spend time with, which is important to me.

Columbus seems like a very "pleasant" place to live. Maybe not the most exciting, but pretty big, pretty safe, fair bit of exciting things happening, nice people. Rent is extremely cheap also. Plus for OOS students, you can get instate tuition after the first year, so that'll lower the price tag significantly.

Lots of stuff going on on campus. They seem to be pouring money in to med school and said that they predict they will be a top 20 research school by 2014, IIRC. Overall I feel like they have pretty much everything going on here, from global health to research to volunteer work, etc. It seems like it's just a matter of students have the initiative to go out there and take advantage of the plethora of resources available. That's the key point that stuck with me.

Overall it was a very nice school. I don't have any top choice, at least until I get in somewhere, but OSU would definitely be a happy/productive place for med school.
 
KMFDM said:
So I had my interview a few days ago, and OSU seemed like a pretty cool place. I think it would be a very nice place to spend four years for med school.

Current students all seemed pretty relaxed. Big class obviously, so there were some weirdos, but also some cool people. I definitely think I could find a nice group of friends to spend time with, which is important to me.

Columbus seems like a very "pleasant" place to live. Maybe not the most exciting, but pretty big, pretty safe, fair bit of exciting things happening, nice people. Rent is extremely cheap also. Plus for OOS students, you can get instate tuition after the first year, so that'll lower the price tag significantly.

Lots of stuff going on on campus. They seem to be pouring money in to med school and said that they predict they will be a top 20 research school by 2014, IIRC. Overall I feel like they have pretty much everything going on here, from global health to research to volunteer work, etc. It seems like it's just a matter of students have the initiative to go out there and take advantage of the plethora of resources available. That's the key point that stuck with me.

Overall it was a very nice school. I don't have any top choice, at least until I get in somewhere, but OSU would definitely be a happy/productive place for med school.
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Well, they're almost there.😀
 
KMFDM said:
So I had my interview a few days ago, and OSU seemed like a pretty cool place. I think it would be a very nice place to spend four years for med school.

Current students all seemed pretty relaxed. Big class obviously, so there were some weirdos, but also some cool people. I definitely think I could find a nice group of friends to spend time with, which is important to me.

Columbus seems like a very "pleasant" place to live. Maybe not the most exciting, but pretty big, pretty safe, fair bit of exciting things happening, nice people. Rent is extremely cheap also. Plus for OOS students, you can get instate tuition after the first year, so that'll lower the price tag significantly.

Lots of stuff going on on campus. They seem to be pouring money in to med school and said that they predict they will be a top 20 research school by 2014, IIRC. Overall I feel like they have pretty much everything going on here, from global health to research to volunteer work, etc. It seems like it's just a matter of students have the initiative to go out there and take advantage of the plethora of resources available. That's the key point that stuck with me.

Overall it was a very nice school. I don't have any top choice, at least until I get in somewhere, but OSU would definitely be a happy/productive place for med school.
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Hmmm... I'm sure I probably met you, I just can't figure out who you were.
 
Oooh. Invite. OOS, rec'd 9/11

excited since my GPA is kinda like 👎
 
yay interview invite this morning. i am soooo happy🙂. i am oos and was complete early august. does anyone know how often they interview? is it more than once a week? also is it easy to reschedule within a week of the date that i was given?
 
gbarod said:
yay interview invite this morning. i am soooo happy🙂. i am oos and was complete early august. does anyone know how often they interview? is it more than once a week? also is it easy to reschedule within a week of the date that i was given?
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I just called this morning to reschedule and was asked what day I wanted to change to. I was able to get one within two weeks of my original scheduled interview. They interview on Mon & Wed, I know I just left a spot open in early Dec.
 
BowserMD said:
I just called this morning to reschedule and was asked what day I wanted to change to. I was able to get one within two weeks of my original scheduled interview. They interview on Mon & Wed, I know I just left a spot open in early Dec.
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Dang, they fill up fast.
 
BowserMD said:
I just called this morning to reschedule and was asked what day I wanted to change to. I was able to get one within two weeks of my original scheduled interview. They interview on Mon & Wed, I know I just left a spot open in early Dec.
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I received an interview invite yesterday as well (I forget when exactly I was complete... like 9/3 maybe?) Currently the interview's set for Dec 2nd... but that's a Wednesday and I can't do Wednesdays (or Thursdays if I have to fly).

So I called them up to reschedule - and as bowserMD said - they only interview M & W. Apparently the person you want to talk to is Sharon. She isn't around today (I don't know if she isn't around all thursdays or not, so don't ask me). But The other person I spoke to on the phone (Mary Ann) was just plain awesome. My first official interaction with OSU and it was very positive! If 90%+ of the people there are like that, I'm definitely putting this school on the top of my list.

BTW: If you want to reschedule, the recommendation is not to fiddle around with the options online. Just call them. Or, you can just set it to "reschedule my interview" and click submit. It won't actually do anything online apparently - it'll just alert Sharon to call/contact you.

/happydance
 
Sentinel said:
My first official interaction with OSU and it was very positive! If 90%+ of the people there are like that, I'm definitely putting this school on the top of my list.
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My experience with everyone there, with the exception of my faculty interviewer (although it seems that I was the odd man out when comparing my notes with the other interviewees that day) was extremely positive. 👍
 
Latetotheparty said:
My experience with everyone there, with the exception of my faculty interviewer (although it seems that I was the odd man out when comparing my notes with the other interviewees that day) was extremely positive. 👍
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Glad you liked it. Wish mine was sooner.
 
Latetotheparty said:
My experience with everyone there, with the exception of my faculty interviewer (although it seems that I was the odd man out when comparing my notes with the other interviewees that day) was extremely positive. 👍
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I found my faculty interview to be meh, too. I also felt like the odd man out with the other people. Maybe we had the same person.
 
I actually got a call from a faculty member the other night around 9:30 which I thought was extremely strange. He was calling to congratulate me on the interview and chatted a bit, asked what I was doing this semester. I was totally caught off guard and honestly my first thought was "someone broke into OSU's computer system and is scamming applicants!" I stumbled around a bit with the conversation so I'm sure he thought I was incredibly awkward. Ha. I checked the number and it was legitimately from Ohio State. Has this happened to anyone else? He was extremely friendly and I hope I didn't make a bad impression.
 
not so calm now said:
I actually got a call from a faculty member the other night around 9:30 which I thought was extremely strange. He was calling to congratulate me on the interview and chatted a bit, asked what I was doing this semester. I was totally caught off guard and honestly my first thought was "someone broke into OSU's computer system and is scamming applicants!" I stumbled around a bit with the conversation so I'm sure he thought I was incredibly awkward. Ha. I checked the number and it was legitimately from Ohio State. Has this happened to anyone else? He was extremely friendly and I hope I didn't make a bad impression.
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What did he say his name was?
 
not so calm now said:
I actually got a call from a faculty member the other night around 9:30 which I thought was extremely strange. He was calling to congratulate me on the interview and chatted a bit, asked what I was doing this semester. I was totally caught off guard and honestly my first thought was "someone broke into OSU's computer system and is scamming applicants!" I stumbled around a bit with the conversation so I'm sure he thought I was incredibly awkward. Ha. I checked the number and it was legitimately from Ohio State. Has this happened to anyone else? He was extremely friendly and I hope I didn't make a bad impression.
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Dude, check a few pages back, I did the EXACT same thing. I was actually taking a nap then(it was 9:30 for me as well) so I was REALLY dazed. It took me a while to realize that I'm on the phone with a dean from OSU!
 
My call was in the morning. I wonder why they switched to evening calls?
 
Hey how come I never got a call??? Anybody else invited & not get a call?
 
housemd? said:
Hey how come I never got a call??? Anybody else invited & not get a call?
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I never got a pre-interview call last year... I was subsequently deferred (=rejected) post-interview. (In-state male)

Good luck
 
BlueElmo said:
Odd. They call everyone who gets an invite.:shrug:

Perhaps you missed the call?
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Checked my cell #, AMCAS application has the right #. My cell phone doesn't show a missed call from Ohio. I'll call the admission office Monday, & make sure everything is ok with my application!
 
Maybe the dean got sick of calling up hundreds of people, and said screw it.:laugh:
But I wouldn't worry too much about it though.
 
housemd? said:
Checked my cell #, AMCAS application has the right #. My cell phone doesn't show a missed call from Ohio. I'll call the admission office Monday, & make sure everything is ok with my application!
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You know, it's possible that Dean Franco just really hates you 😛
 
yeah, nobody called me either. 🙁
before or after.......
 
wow, that is so strange! I can't remember the name of the Dean, but it was definitely a man. I was just so in shock. I wanted to ask him, "how do I know you're legit???" in a mean tone, but I just stumbled around, "ahhh, oh, thanks for calling, um, just working and going to school, thanks"
 
dingyibvs said:
You know, it's possible that Dean Franco just really hates you 😛
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Thanks brother. That's all I need at this time.

I know you are kidding -- or even if you are not, I'll take it that way.

I was invited 4-5 days back. I am not really sweating it, as my iphone acts weird all the time, so I might have missed the call & it might not show. I'll call Monday & we'll go from there.

Good luck all.
 
There is a "Dean Franco" at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine... (and Case Western)
 
osumc2014 said:
Anyone hear that ProjectONE was approved?

http://medicalcenter.osu.edu/viewer/press/Pages/index.aspx?NewsID=5095

Ohio State is well on its way to be one of the best medical centers in the country 😀
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Thanks for putting that link. Its awesome to hear that news.

On the other hand, what surprises me is -- they are looking for collecting only 75 milliion as donations etc.. Oakland University -- a not so well know university raised 110 million from alumni donations (and no, Oakland is not in the ivy league category by any means). Given the rich history & reputation of OSU, I would have thought OSU would have had no problems raising about 250 million in donations!
 
I talked with Sharron in the admissions office -- the first thing that strikes me is how polite & courteous the admission office is. But more importantly, I mentioned not receiving/missing a call from dean Capers after the interview invite & she replied that -- dean was out for a few days & she has left a list of names with him recently. So some of us might be receiving calls now.
Then I asked her, if I did miss the call, was it a big deal & she said, that it wasn't. Dean Capers is probably not keeping track of the conversation he has had with the students & he just wants to say hello & that he is happy that we will be visiting the school.
I think its great of the dean to call & the admission office staff is great.
 
Yeah, I definitely thought they were nice people. The dean himself is super nice too.
 
housemd? said:
I talked with Sharron in the admissions office -- the first thing that strikes me is how polite & courteous the admission office is. But more importantly, I mentioned not receiving/missing a call from dean Capers after the interview invite & she replied that -- dean was out for a few days & she has left a list of names with him recently. So some of us might be receiving calls now.
Then I asked her, if I did miss the call, was it a big deal & she said, that it wasn't. Dean Capers is probably not keeping track of the conversation he has had with the students & he just wants to say hello & that he is happy that we will be visiting the school.
I think its great of the dean to call & the admission office staff is great.
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awww, yay! i wasn't putting too much stock in the fact i hadn't received a call.... but any reassurance would be nice at this point...
 
not yet receiving a call is definately a better position than missing the call 🙁...but Dean Capers did leave a very nice message
 
Hey I was just wondering if there is anyone out there who has received an interview with an MCAT score below 30? I guess i could just toss them the 80 bucks and pray?
 
Ohio State was a great interview. I liked how involved the Deans were to come and talk to us about the mission of the school. And they consider the screening fairly rigorous, so if you have an interview, "feel special".
 
rockaction said:
Ohio State was a great interview. I liked how involved the Deans were to come and talk to us about the mission of the school. And they consider the screening fairly rigorous, so if you have an interview, "feel special".
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Screen as in numbers screen or the entire application screen?
 
WildcatS11 said:
Basically, he said they were looking for very certain characteristics in applicants. He mentioned a commitment to service a few times, that's definitely a big deal at this school.
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Great. Wish I could interview sooner.
 
housemd? said:
Interview invite this morning -- 12/9. OOS. Completed 9/8. 🙂
My first interview invite. I think I am still in shock. It will take some time to sink in!!
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Interview Invite for early January. OOS. Complete 9/23. I love this school. I am very excited!!
 
A Q for OOS'ers: How are you guys planning on getting to campus from the airport? Seems like cab fares are ~$30 bucks 👎thumbdown 🙁
 
noshowl said:
A Q for OOS'ers: How are you guys planning on getting to campus from the airport? Seems like cab fares are ~$30 bucks 👎thumbdown 🙁
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I'm probably using the public transportation or taxi.
 
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