2009-2010 University of Oklahoma Application Thread

[edgarallan]

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I am a 3 time legacy of the college of medicine with a 3.9 gpa and 28 on the mcat. Does OU put much emphasis on legacies?

 

[Phlame217]

Not that I know of for achieving an interview. One you get an interview, though, it may have weight as to wait-list or acceptance. Theres nothing I have heard of though.

 

[womp]

I am a 3 time legacy of the college of medicine with a 3.9 gpa and 28 on the mcat. Does OU put much emphasis on legacies?

I'm sure you'll be fine. You have a 12 interview score.

 

[Knitress]

Someone at my school got an interview invite on Friday , really high stats (30+ and close to 4.0)

Thanks, just one. I want to throw up now from sheer nerves.

You know this means I'll be wandering the halls wondering who got the invite, right?

 

[womp]

I want to throw up now from sheer nerves.

Did you apply broadly or just in Oklahoma?

I'm wondering if there will be more invites for Oct interviews, or if they've already been sent out and we're looking towards November instead.

 

[kdogg]

hey guys! just noticed that the first interview invites went out. ah yes now the fun starts.
usually they do the invites in waves- so that should be it for october. usually the november invites find out beginning of november and all january and february invites receive notice in december, usually before finals. also if you are not awarded an interview, you will receive a letter.

any questions-just ask. might be not immediate response- ya know test block and all. enjoy undergrad 🙂

 

[Knitress]

Did you apply broadly or just in Oklahoma?

I'm wondering if there will be more invites for Oct interviews, or if they've already been sent out and we're looking towards November instead.

Just to OU, actually. If we moved next year, my husband would lose a lot of his work towards his degree.

Nothing yet. Guess we're looking at a possible November interview?

 

[womp]

hey guys! just noticed that the first interview invites went out. ah yes now the fun starts.
usually they do the invites in waves- so that should be it for october. usually the november invites find out beginning of november and all january and february invites receive notice in december, usually before finals. also if you are not awarded an interview, you will receive a letter.

any questions-just ask. might be not immediate response- ya know test block and all. enjoy undergrad 🙂

Boo. It seems no one on SDN got the October invites.

Perhaps Friday was a test batch and more are to come this week?
Hmm, last year people were getting Oct invites around 9/30...

 

[Knitress]

Boo. It seems no one on SDN got the October invites.

After reading SDN, I find this hard to believe... but I suppose it's possible.

(Although my pre-med advisor said it would take about a 3.7 GPA/27 MCAT to get an October interview, and a lot of our stats are higher. So I'm confused. Maybe our cycle is really stiff competition. )

 

[tech2doc]

Hey guys. I'm a first year at OU right now. I just talked to Dotty (admissions director). She said interview invites have NOT gone out yet. They have a meeting at the end of the week to select the first round of interviews. Those invites will go out at the first of next week.

 

[Knitress]

Hey guys. I'm a first year at OU right now. I just talked to Dotty (admissions director). She said interview invites have NOT gone out yet. They have a meeting at the end of the week to select the first round of interviews. Those invites will go out at the first of next week.

Phew! Thanks so much!

 

[just one]

Hey guys. I'm a first year at OU right now. I just talked to Dotty (admissions director). She said interview invites have NOT gone out yet. They have a meeting at the end of the week to select the first round of interviews. Those invites will go out at the first of next week.

Interesting, I know the person at my school who "supposedly" got an interview, I'll have to call him out and report back

 

[WhatsNext]

Interesting, I know the person at my school who "supposedly" got an interview, I'll have to call him out and report back

This should be interesting. I don't understand why someone would fabricate such a story. In any case, I guess the October interviewees will be notified next week. Don't know if I'll be in that crowd or not, but it's nice to see the process is in action.

 

[WhatsNext]

After reading SDN, I find this hard to believe... but I suppose it's possible.

(Although my pre-med advisor said it would take about a 3.7 GPA/27 MCAT to get an October interview, and a lot of our stats are higher. So I'm confused. Maybe our cycle is really stiff competition. )

Knitress, I checked out your MDApps and you go to the same undergrad that I do. Our advisor actually told us it was about 3.7 and a 9.7 MCAT average to expect an October interview. It seems like just a minor difference, but it's huge in terms of the interview score. I'm not even sure if we can count on those numbers 100% since it really just depends on the applicant pool. But, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. I just wanted to clarify for the purposes of this thread.

 

[Phlame217]

Well atleast I can quit worrying about OU this week.

 

[tech2doc]

Knitress, I checked out your MDApps and you go to the same undergrad that I do. Our advisor actually told us it was about 3.7 and a 9.7 MCAT average to expect an October interview. It seems like just a minor difference, but it's huge in terms of the interview score. I'm not even sure if we can count on those numbers 100% since it really just depends on the applicant pool. But, you shouldn't have anything to worry about. I just wanted to clarify for the purposes of this thread.

Your advisor probably said that because those were about the average scores for my class (29 MCAT, 3.76 GPA). Normally, the first interviews are those applicants that have at or above the previous class's average.

 

[Knitress]

Our advisor actually told us it was about 3.7 and a 9.7 MCAT average

Nice. I'm a math major, but I can't do arithmetic to save my life. Even had her email open when I posted that. 29-ish it is!

 

[womp]

Your advisor probably said that because those were about the average scores for my class (29 MCAT, 3.76 GPA). Normally, the first interviews are those applicants that have at or above the previous class's average.

For both stats independently or just higher in the combination (interview score)?

 

[Phlame217]

They take the avg gpa and Mcat and use those to develope the cut off from the formula

 

[ouLUSH]

If you are a nonresident of Oklahoma but have close ties to our state, please indicate below and document these ties in the space provided. Only nonresidents with ties are required to complete this portion of the supplemental application. (Examples: born in OK, attended school in OK, family living in OK)


ok, in-state people, on this part of the application, did you just put "NO" or did you leave the whole thing blank without clicking 'yes or no'?

 

[just one]

If you are a nonresident of Oklahoma but have close ties to our state, please indicate below and document these ties in the space provided. Only nonresidents with ties are required to complete this portion of the supplemental application. (Examples: born in OK, attended school in OK, family living in OK)


ok, in-state people, on this part of the application, did you just put "NO" or did you leave the whole thing blank without clicking 'yes or no'?

left blank, I think.

 

[Phlame217]

left blank

 

[Knitress]

I left it blank. But not before agonizing over whether OU would automatically delete my app for it...

 

[WhatsNext]

I'll add one for good measure. I selected "No" because I am not a non-resident, then left the space blank - sans agony. 😉

"Only nonresidents with ties are required to complete this portion of the supplemental application."

 

[womp]

Any news guys? Today or tomorrow!

 

[ou10]

Do they send out invites via e-mail?? Either way no news for me yet!

 

[Knitress]

Nothing yet.

 

[Phlame217]

Nothing yet here either, should be via e-mail though unless they changed it this year.

 

[Phlame217]

Just got a email from dotty...




"We will start sending our interview offers later this week and that process will last through November"

nothing today.

 

[womp]

Just got a email from dotty...




"We will start sending our interview offers later this week and that process will last through November"

nothing today.

Thanks!

 

[ou10]

Just got a email from dotty...




"We will start sending our interview offers later this week and that process will last through November"

nothing today.

Bummer...I'm tired of waiting!!!

 

[Phlame217]

I am tired too bu I am guessing that it mean they'll start Wednesday or thursday and go through Friday for first round atleast

 

[Knitress]

I didn't get anything. Of course, my email server would be acting up right about now, so this probably just means I need to go have an, er, word with the IT people at my school, right?

 

[Phlame217]

I didn't get anything. Of course, my email server would be acting up right about now, so this probably just means I need to go have an, er, word with the IT people at my school, right?

well im at uco too... i just have my uco account forwarded to my gmail so i can get and handle everything from my phone.

 

[NormaMD]

Ah! Interview Invite!!!

So excited because I am OOS, but have strong states ties!

 

[Knitress]

I got a first-day interview! I'm so excited!!!!! 😀

Also, I got the email while I was in one of the school's computer lab. I may have gotten a little overly excited about it. Got a few weird looks, but oh well.

 

[NormaMD]

Does it matter when you interview at OU? I either have to go on Oct. 21st, which will be difficult, or I have to push it to January...

 

[just one]

Does it matter when you interview at OU? I either have to go on Oct. 21st, which will be difficult, or I have to push it to January...

If you interview in January you are competing for a lot less available spots. I heard they accept an extremely high percentage of 1 round interviews, and diminishes from there

 

[Knitress]

Does it matter when you interview at OU? I either have to go on Oct. 21st, which will be difficult, or I have to push it to January...

OU has rolling admissions. Take the October interview.

 

[NormaMD]

If you interview in January you are competing for a lot less available spots. I heard they accept an extremely high percentage of 1 round interviews, and diminishes from there

OU has rolling admissions. Take the October interview.

Thanks for the advice. I took the October spot.

 

[womp]

Sadness, no email yet... 🙁 OOS, interview score 12.7...

 

[Phlame217]

No email here sigh...

 

[edgarallan]

I got a first-day interview! I'm so excited!!!!! 😀

Also, I got the email while I was in one of the school's computer lab. I may have gotten a little overly excited about it. Got a few weird looks, but oh well.

Knitress..What do your stats look like?...just wondering to see how I compare, and congratulations!

 

[Knitress]

10 PS, 12 VR, 14 BS, Q (36Q) on the MCAT.
Science GPA: 3.75
Overall GPA: 3.78

Thanks!

 

[WhatsNext]

Congratulations and best wishes to all on this thread who have received interview invites! I hope to include myself in that category soon.

 

[ou10]

No invite for me either...maybe tomorrow! haha

 

[Phlame217]

whats everyone's stats? maybe we can get a trend to predict offers.

 

[ou10]

whats everyone's stats? maybe we can get a trend to predict offers.

MCAT:
Verbal-9, Phys-10, Bio-10...29
average-9.67

GPA:
science-3.61
overall-3.84

OU score of 12ish

No invite as of 9-29!

 

[MonsterAddict]

Got an invite today. Gpa:3.8 Mcat:33

 

[Phlame217]

congrats, me MCAT 27 (9 avg) GPA 3.97 = 11.94 score