I'm applying OOS to the MD/PhD program (which means that was my OOS justification essay). I made it past that hurdle and got sent my secondary today! Terribly exciting.
On the other hand, they've started bringing out the hoops for me to jump through. Forget arguing ties to Mizzou, they want me to prove I'm a US citizen by sending them a photocopy of my passport!
(I was born out of the country, but went to elementary/middle/high school and college in the US..) OK, I guess I can understand that, but I bet they wouldn't have even checked if I didn't have a tongue-tying twelve-letter last name.
Next, they noticed I'm in grad school (finishing a Master's degree in Biotechnology this December). Thus, "[t]he Admissions Committee requests ... a letter from your major graduate advisor stating his/her knowledge of your application to the Fall 2011 Entering Class." Because I must be finishing before August 2011 in order to be considered for admission. (Thankfully, not that hard a thing to arrange..)
Finally, they decided that "
t appears that you have not met the prerequisite course requirement of eight hours of organic chemistry with lab." either prove I'm taking the accursed class, or argue that they were incorrect in their interpretation... (I chose the latter, since my school is on the quarter instead of the semester system, which naturally complicates things.. But seriously, I graduated with a Minor in Chemistry. I have indeed survived the required organic chem hell.)
Ah.. I'll probably spend all Monday on this mess. Wish me luck?