2010-2011 University of Oklahoma Application Thread

[just one]

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As far as I know everybody gets a secondary, maybe the email went to your spam folder. I would call (not email) Dotty and ask about the situation. What are your stats? If they are good and they allow you to submit due to their error, the non rolling admissions right now would work in your favor.

 

[kb1990]

Also did anyone choose the Tulsa track?

I just mailed back my acceptance forms yesterday and decided to choose the Tulsa track. So far is tasooner93 the only other person on here who has done the same? I'm excited about it. 🙂

 

[medapplicant88]

I just mailed back my acceptance forms yesterday and decided to choose the Tulsa track. So far is tasooner93 the only other person on here who has done the same? I'm excited about it. 🙂

I didn't give it much thought when I chose OKC. I have family here. A couple of people who chose Tulsa at the interview did so based on family close to the region. The interviewers even asked if I had family in Tulsa as to why I was considering it.

One lucky person will get that Merit Scholarship. And with my stats it wasn't going to be me for certain.

Has anyone had to go to Tulsa even if OKC was their choice? They did have that letter stating that it's possible that the OKC people could go to Tulsa.

 

[paramed88]

Anyone else get the "Thanks but no thanks" email today?

I'm always shocked at how harsh med schools word things. "I'm afraid an interview will not be offered to you"

Oh well.

 

[2015Doc]

I just mailed back my acceptance forms yesterday and decided to choose the Tulsa track. So far is tasooner93 the only other person on here who has done the same? I'm excited about it. 🙂

I am taking the Tulsa track as well. I used to live in Tulsa many years ago and like the city. However, I am picked this track because I like the mentality of public service that this track seems to focus on.

 

[megrs]

I just mailed back my acceptance forms yesterday and decided to choose the Tulsa track. So far is tasooner93 the only other person on here who has done the same? I'm excited about it. 🙂

I want to mail my acceptance forms today, but I'm still on the fence about Tulsa vs. OKC. I wish I was able to visit Tulsa before deciding...

 

[medapplicant88]

I want to mail my acceptance forms today, but I'm still on the fence about Tulsa vs. OKC. I wish I was able to visit Tulsa before deciding...

Tulsa does have a lot of incentives to going. Besides financial they have a summer before year 1 where you can get some clinical exposure.

Too bad one can't punt the decision until after year one or year two. Especially if OKC gets boring, or the Thunder decide to relocate like the Hornets probably will from New Orleans to another city. But I guess they probably need to know early on about whose headed to Tulsa.

Meredith was mentioning that people could setup shadowing at the Bedlam clinic during the period where people are making decisions.

It's a tough choice.

 

[OUdoc]

Does anybody know how to set up our desire to learn password on ouhsc? I just want to check it out

 

[medapplicant88]

Does anybody know how to set up our desire to learn password on ouhsc? I just want to check it out

I don't think we have access to D2L yet, but you can still access Hippocrates and watch a lecture. I actually saw MS2 orientation to pharmacology which was kind of neat. I wonder if every class starts out with the professor mentioning this is the most information you have to learn.

The IT people send you instructions on setting up your email account which gives you access to hippocrates

 

[biff87]

I don't think we have access to D2L yet, but you can still access Hippocrates and watch a lecture. I actually saw MS2 orientation to pharmacology which was kind of neat. I wonder if every class starts out with the professor mentioning this is the most information you have to learn.

The IT people send you instructions on setting up your email account which gives you access to hippocrates

Thanks for the info medapplicant88! I was accepted in the Nov. 19 round and have sent in my materials, did you already receive this information from IT? Were you in the Oct. or Nov. round of acceptances?

 

[Puppet Master]

I don't think we have access to D2L yet, but you can still access Hippocrates and watch a lecture. I actually saw MS2 orientation to pharmacology which was kind of neat. I wonder if every class starts out with the professor mentioning this is the most information you have to learn.

The IT people send you instructions on setting up your email account which gives you access to hippocrates

I wish we could see the MS1 courses - it looks like you need d2l access for those.

Does anyone know if we can get our course schedule for MS1?

 

[medapplicant88]

Thanks for the info medapplicant88! I was accepted in the Nov. 19 round and have sent in my materials, did you already receive this information from IT? Were you in the Oct. or Nov. round of acceptances?

I was November. I sent in my acceptance the day afterwards (only because otherwise I probably would've sent it two weeks and 1 day later) and about a week later the OU IT people sent the email to activate the account which gives me a newly minted OUHSC.edu email and the hippocrates login

 

[medapplicant88]

I wish we could see the MS1 courses - it looks like you need d2l access for those.

Does anyone know if we can get our course schedule for MS1?

The hippocrates page has the schedules for MS1 and MS2 there in the middle it says class calendars and you can click on the PDF enter in your ID and you can take a look at it.

I would upload it, but I'm sure there's a reason its password protected. Don't want to reveal any trade secrets lol.

The schedules are for current students not future students

Oops, It's not password protected. there goes my joke. I thought I had to enter a password but I just checked and it didn't ask for a password. The lectures though you have to login.

Unfortunately the schedule gets updated so the entire fall is gone until december. Oh well.

 

[kb1990]

I didn't give it much thought when I chose OKC. I have family here. A couple of people who chose Tulsa at the interview did so based on family close to the region. The interviewers even asked if I had family in Tulsa as to why I was considering it.

One lucky person will get that Merit Scholarship. And with my stats it wasn't going to be me for certain.

Has anyone had to go to Tulsa even if OKC was their choice? They did have that letter stating that it's possible that the OKC people could go to Tulsa.

Do you know anything about the specifics of the merit scholarship? Like what exactly it's based on or what it entails? I couldn't find very much information about it.

I am taking the Tulsa track as well. I used to live in Tulsa many years ago and like the city. However, I am picked this track because I like the mentality of public service that this track seems to focus on.

I also like the approach of the Tulsa track. That's the main reason why I decided to do the SCM versus the OKC track.

I want to mail my acceptance forms today, but I'm still on the fence about Tulsa vs. OKC. I wish I was able to visit Tulsa before deciding...

I understand the feeling. I had the same delay in mailing my forms in. I just could't quite bring myself to check one of the boxes right away.

 

[medapplicant88]

Do you know anything about the specifics of the merit scholarship? Like what exactly it's based on or what it entails? I couldn't find very much information about it.

Sorry, I don't. It might not be limited to one person. I think that they mentioned that it can vary.

The only other thing I remember was that it was limited to October and November Interviewees.

of the 120 or so that have been accepted 20 or 30 might've chosen Tulsa. So the number of people for it is pretty low.

Honestly I saw your stats from earlier and not to mention the october interviewees whose OU interview scores were high twelves. I realized I had zero chance. But pretty cool to win that thing. I think Wash U in St. Louis does a merit based scholarship too.

My sGPA isn't even on the scale in the MSAR

 

[nI7hwe]

I don't think we have access to D2L yet, but you can still access Hippocrates and watch a lecture. I actually saw MS2 orientation to pharmacology which was kind of neat. I wonder if every class starts out with the professor mentioning this is the most information you have to learn.

The IT people send you instructions on setting up your email account which gives you access to hippocrates

hey, this might be a dumb question, but what is hippocrates and D2L, and how do you log in to those? I was late the day of my interview (i gave them advance notice) because I was flying in from a foreign country from study abroad the day of, lol. It was the only day the travel agent could book for me apparently...and they understood. I'm so excited to go here! 🙂

 

[just one]

D2l will not show anything for you since it is class specific and they generally post materials as the class proceeds. You can watch the ms1 lectures from hippocrates

The MS1 classes will be labeled MCS, DDT, PPS, Clin Med or CM (I can't remember and can't look at the moment). The MS2 classes would be pretty useless for you guys since it is the old curriculum.

Also your schedule is not made because our class is the guinea pigs and they will be tweaking the curriculum

 

[medapplicant88]

hey, this might be a dumb question, but what is hippocrates and D2L, and how do you log in to those? I was late the day of my interview (i gave them advance notice) because I was flying in from a foreign country from study abroad the day of, lol. It was the only day the travel agent could book for me apparently...and they understood. I'm so excited to go here! 🙂

http://hippocrates.ouhsc.edu/

Hippocrates is like the academic resource for medical students and pa students for OU. Has stuff like lecture recordings, grades, class schedule. Just a lot of resources including some powerpoints about Match and Residency and powerpoint on USMLE.

D2L (Desire to Learn) is where you can view classes and I guess notes associated it with it, grades. I think D2L is replacing Hippocrates.

The IT people send a couple emails detailing the process by which you can setup a login for the hippocrates (but more importantly the email account).

I didn't really pay attention to the tour. Couldn't help think that my life was on the line there.

The lecture recordings are neat. You can speed people up slow them down etc.

 

[medapplicant88]

I feel like I've partly turned this thread into a discussion about the school instead of applying to school.

Anyone have questions about their interviews. Personally I have nothing to offer, However, a Harvard expert has really put together something really neat. For interview tips, I really recommend http://toppremed.com/

Some of the early episodes might have to search you tube.

the one guy who does his own show really helps with interview. Not all the shows are for interviews but you can kind of see the ones that you wonder about.

There was this one short video about euthanasia how to answer that question? Kind of how I found out about the website.

Here's one of his non video exerpts
On the Pre Med Show, episode 2, we discussed the 4 characteristics medical schools are looking for . Here are 4 more traits that make medical schools get excited about an applicant:

Maturity: experience + perseverance + resilience
A Desire to Serve the Underserved: With topics like disparities, insuring the uninsured, and medicine in rural areas continuing to dominate health care discussions, it is no surprise that med schools want people who want to serve in underserved areas
Experience Teaching: As a physician, you will teach every day. Yes, EVERY DAY. That's even if you don't come into contact with medical students or undergrads. You will teach patients, nurses, other physicans, nurses aids, respiratory therapists, EKG technicians. The list continues. Whether a teacher, tutor, mentor, or gave lectures to a youth group, medical schools covet those with at least some teaching under their belt.
Communication Skills: Medicine is a profession of effective communication. In order to teach, you must communicate. Preferably, well. If you communicate effectively, you will make life much easier for your colleagues, your staff, your patients, and most importantly, yourself.

he has one that kind of gives you an idea of how to answer why medicine
episode 87.

this episode also is really good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6P4E5unQiw

and episode 29 is also pretty good.

Best prep is being peppered with questions by someone. There's a fine balance between preparation and memorizing rehearsed answers.

 

[OUdoc]

I couldnt find the MS1 videos on hippocrates

 

[medapplicant88]

I couldnt find the MS1 videos on hippocrates

I think there some MS1 videos but maybe their MSII

Hippocrates --> Lecture Recordings --> Enter Login Information --> Click on a folder on the right like (INDT 8124 HS) it says MS1 2010. Additionally they have Clinical Medicine I, Patients Physicians Society; Molecular and Cellular Systems; Disease, Diagnosis & Therapy

Lecture Recordings has a "NEW!" label next to it towards the top.

 

[just one]

From Hippocrates, click on lecture recordings. Log in and the classes ending in MCS, DDT, HS, PPS, and CM are ms1 courses. I just checked it and they are there

 

[kb1990]

I want to mail my acceptance forms today, but I'm still on the fence about Tulsa vs. OKC. I wish I was able to visit Tulsa before deciding...

So I'm just curious, but which track did you wind up choosing?

 

[medapplicant88]

Just a random fact but stanford gives their students an ipad for school does ou give anything like that

 

[megrs]

So I'm just curious, but which track did you wind up choosing?

I ended up selecting the OKC Track. The Tulsa track was tempting, but incentive ($$) wise I wasn't convinced. A Tulsa scholarship was only good for money up to in-state tuition and requires those years given back to OK, but I'm out of state. That's not the only reason, but I got a really good feeling from OKC and have never been to Tulsa. I think I could be happy either way, so I just made a decision and went with it! 🙂

 

[medapplicant88]

Besides my ipad question does anyone know if textbooks are changed yearly

 

[medapplicant88]

In the faq they did say that if someone becomes interested in com medicine that if there is some availability of spots that there is a chance to switch tracks.

 

[tech2doc]

Just a random fact but stanford gives their students an ipad for school does ou give anything like that

No they don't. But I'm an MS2 right now and have an iPad and love it! I put all my syllabi on there in pdf format and study right from the iPad. There are plenty of apps for taking notes, highlighting and doing other annotations on pdfs. I wish OU would have given us an iPad, but unfortunately they don't. I think the only thing close to that is they give their IM residents an iPod touch with Epocrates access.

 

[just one]

No they don't. But I'm an MS2 right now and have an iPad and love it! I put all my syllabi on there in pdf format and study right from the iPad. There are plenty of apps for taking notes, highlighting and doing other annotations on pdfs. I wish OU would have given us an iPad, but unfortunately they don't. I think the only thing close to that is they give their IM residents an iPod touch with Epocrates access.

Which iPad apps do you use for class? And I agree, nothing is ever given away FREE

 

[megrs]

And I agree, nothing is ever given away FREE

A friend of mine was so delighted when she started last year: "They gave us free ipads!!!" I was like...aw, you're so cute. 🙂

 

[gracielou982]

I'm sorry you have to wait, but I'm sure you'll get good news in a few months! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you! 🙂

EDIT: I feel like there are a lot of people who had October interviews who never told us the results. Did you guys all get good news?

I was a November interviewee and got deferred as well. :/ Pretty bummed, but I was wondering... are they doing rolling acceptances right now? or are they waiting to send out any more acceptance letters until after the final board meeting in february?

 

[medapplicant88]

I was a November interviewee and got deferred as well. :/ Pretty bummed, but I was wondering... are they doing rolling acceptances right now? or are they waiting to send out any more acceptance letters until after the final board meeting in february?

I think acceptances are after the board meeting. That meeting still gives me nightmares. However I'm not really sure if OU met its rolling cycle total yet. Meaning if January interviewers have a chance at immediate acceptance or if they are all deferred or rejected like the last cycle until after the board meeting at which point its accepted waitlisted or rejected.

Anyone know how many interview dates in January total?

I remember in my deferred letter they asked for an updated transcript. But I'm not sure if thats still the case this time.

So I'm replying without really knowing anything. Dont' know why I'm replying.

As for Ipads, they would've been nice, but Ipads are overrated anyway.

 

[Baconbits9000]

Hey guys, this is my fifth time reapplying to OU-Med. I interview in February. It doesn't sound like I have much hope, huh? I've done everything OU has asked in previous workshops. I'd assume the class is pretty much already filled. I was rejected outright last year after having been waitlisted the year before. It's been a rough ride.

 

[medapplicant88]

Hey guys, this is my fifth time reapplying to OU-Med. I interview in February. It doesn't sound like I have much hope, huh? I've done everything OU has asked in previous workshops. I'd assume the class is pretty much already filled. I was rejected outright last year after having been waitlisted the year before. It's been a rough ride.

Five is tough. What are your stats? Did you apply elsewhere? OSU? They leave a certain number of spots for January and February so class is not filled yet. But there are more people now competing for fewer slots.

For Jan and Feb especially but any interview date, you really need to ace the interview (even an average interview won't do it as I've come to find out the hard way). It really seems like from the workshop last year from January and February its searching for good doctors. So you need to really impress upon the interviewers the qualities that would make you a good fit.

You need someone like a friend to interview you. I've heard that interviewers form an instant picture of you in the first five minutes of an interview. So you really need pretty good answers for either one of two standard intitial interview questions "Why do you want to be a doctor?" and "Tell me about yourself"

Also you need to be prepared for a more critical interview. My personal opinion was that Oct and Nov are generally less stressful than January. Although that could be different interviewers.

If you have some questionable grades or less stellar MCAT score, you really need to take personal responsibility for that.

You really need to look at this interview as like a sell job. You are basically selling your qualifications to the school. So make sure that you have answers to questions that stress your strengths. That's really important.

At some point however not to be too down, but a school doesn't find you a good fit. Although OU doesn't have a stop at # of cycles to apply, I've seen other medical schools say no more than like two or three applications to our schools. Other options include DO which is MD equivalent. PA, Nurse Practitioner. There are options that I was considering too.

 

[medapplicant88]

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[mtmed]

So I'm a little confused. I'm a National Merit OU undergrad (oos) married to an Oklahoman with a 33Q, 3.75 Summa Cum Laude, and I haven't gotten so much as a "yeah you suck" email from OU. What is the deal?? Anyone have any insight?

 

[just one]

OOS probably biggest explanation. You should contact Dotty and ask if your application is complete and if there is anything they need from you.

 

[khoang]

Odd, even if you're OOS, being married to an Oklahoman should be considered pretty significant ties, and I know people with even less sig. ties than you and lower scores were accepted... Did you get everything submitted on time? Definitely email Dottie, I'd say something went wrong in the application process. gl!

 

[khoang]

Does anybody know how they organize the modules? Someone told me it's alphabetical, but that somehow there's always one module where everyone in it is married??

 

[just one]

Not alphabetical, but I don't know the selection process. I also do not know of a whole module being married. I think someone is giving you baseless info.

 

[medapplicant88]

Hopefully someone in the module has a family member or they themselves love to cook and bring food I don't even know what I could contribute to the module. I don't have any strengths just glad they didn't ask that in the interview.

Regarding the person who is out of state with stellar stats. I think maybe something went wrong with your application because the Facebook page says they send emails notifying all those who applied and if you didn't get anything your app could have gotten lost. If your out of state and accepted elsewhere it might be financially better to go elsewhere. Because out of state tuition are huge like Harvard level tuition.

 

[beyondbethany]

So I'm a little confused. I'm a National Merit OU undergrad (oos) married to an Oklahoman with a 33Q, 3.75 Summa Cum Laude, and I haven't gotten so much as a "yeah you suck" email from OU. What is the deal?? Anyone have any insight?

Are you currently living in OK? I would think that you might qualify as being in-state if you married a current resident and resided in the state recently. But you do fit the bill for having significant ties having gone to OU and married an Oklahoman. I think medapplicant may be right, your application may have been screwed up somehow. By meeting the minimum requirements, you should have been sent a secondary. And if you would have completed the secondary before the deadline, your stats would have put you in the desirable Oct and Nov interview groups. I would definitely call and check on that. If that is the case that really sucks, but it would be worth it to reapply.

Does anybody know how they organize the modules? Someone told me it's alphabetical, but that somehow there's always one module where everyone in it is married??

It is done randomly (supposedly). I'm a second year and none of our modules are married-only or single-only, there is a pretty good distribution. However, I have heard that students who are accepted into the Tulsa track will be placed in designated "Tulsa mods" so they will have strong relationships with those classmates when they make the trek up there for 3rd and 4th year. I'm not sure if that is actually going to happen, and I personally think it is a bad idea.

 

[kb1990]

and I personally think it is a bad idea.

I'm just curious, why do you think that would be a bad idea?

 

[beyondbethany]

I'm just curious, why do you think that would be a bad idea?

IMO...I think it has the potential to be divisive. It could artificially create two groups within the class. The mod is your core social unit during the first two years - most students build their strongest relationships within the group. I just think it would be a shame for the 40 Tulsa students to head off as third years without having the opportunity to get close to a large segment of their class. With the Tulsa program being so small, they will still have the opportunity to build strong relationships with the other Tulsa students during their last two years.

 

[OUOUOU]

I COMPLETELY AGREE!! I was accepted to the Tulsa tract, and think it would be a shame to isolated from the other students. If I would have known that, it may have affected my decision in accepting the Tulsa slot.

 

[OUOUOU]

Also, when should I start figuring out housing info? And does anyone have any information about the mini-med school day they talked about for sometime in April?

 

[beyondbethany]

I COMPLETELY AGREE!! I was accepted to the Tulsa tract, and think it would be a shame to isolated from the other students. If I would have known that, it may have affected my decision in accepting the Tulsa slot.

I don't think that is a set thing, more of a proposal at this point. It wasn't an issue in past years because students were not accepted into a separate Tulsa track when they started, they just chose to go there for their clinical years. Things are changing as the SCM develops, I would ask admissions or student services if this is true.

Also, when should I start figuring out housing info? And does anyone have any information about the mini-med school day they talked about for sometime in April?

If you really want to live in the university village, apply now. I tried to apply for my first year and ended up way down the list, like 41st on a list for 15 available apartments. Otherwise, you have some time. And don't limit yourself to the few (expensive) apartment complexes that most student end up in, there are a lot of options.

 

[OUOUOU]

what's the deal on the mini-med school day?

 

[medapplicant88]

what's the deal on the mini-med school day?

They'll probably have it in April like last year. It will definitely be after all the spots are filled 160 ish spots after the February Executive Decision Day.

 

[kb1990]

Hey, I just thought that I'd let all the accepted students know that one of our future classmates has created a facebook group for our class. It's the "University of Oklahoma College of Medicine - Class of 2015" group. If you can't find it, just message me!