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definitely not what I wanted to hear but I guess it is what it is.
2011-2012 Oregon Health & Sciences University Application Thread
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definitely not what I wanted to hear but I guess it is what it is.
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as of right now, what do u think the % chance of getting an acceptance off hold is?
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Does the same go for need-based aid (scholarships) at OHSU?
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Almost everyone is going to be the same for need based because although they ask for parents income, it isn't factored into financial aid since everyone is considered independent for graduate education. So unless you have a trust fund or money specifically under your name, people will have roughly the same need. Its possible this could vary slightly if people have additional undergrad debt but I wouldn't expect much need-based aid or scholarships from OHSU or many public schools for that matter. Expect loans, and lots of loans.
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Interviewed today and was very impressed with the school. I would be thrilled to get an acceptance at OHSU. The tuition does make me a little nervous, but in the end, I don't think I've seen very many physicians panhandling, so it can be afforded.
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Withdrew my acceptance. Best of luck!
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Did they mention how many acceptances have already been given out by chance?
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They didn't give an exact number, but they said we were NOT interviewing for a wait list position because they keep spots open for people interviewing later in the year. Whether that means those spots can go to people who interviewed earlier in the year or they are specifically ONLY for those interviewing later is unclear to me.
On a side note, the MMI was not as bad as I expected it to be. It's kind of like speed dating.........not that I've ever tried speed dating lol.
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Yeah, most people get maybe $5k a year in scholarships. You don't apply and get them until the end of MS1. There are a handful of scholarships for Oregon student "leaders" and various other targeted groups that are significantly larger, but they are not something most people get.
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For any current OHSU med students, would you mind posting this year's Match List. Thanks!
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Reorganized the list and removed names - my apologies for any glaring spelling errors!
OHSU Match List 2012
Anesthesiology
Mayo School of Grad Med (Transitional at Legacy/Emanuel – OR)
Duke Univ Med Ctr – NC
U Wisconsin Hosp and Clinics
Oregon Health & Science Univ (Surg Prelim at OHSU)
U New Mexico SOM
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Emergency Medicine
U Utah Affil Hospitals
U Connecticut Health Ctr
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Oregon Health & Science Univ
U Arizona Affil Hospitals
U Arizona Affil Hospitals
U Arizona Affil Hospitals
Hennepin Co Med Ctr – MN
Dartmouth – Hitchcock Med Ctr – NH
NY Methodist Hospital – NY
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Univ of Chicago Med Ctr – IL
U Arizona Affil Hospitals
Mayo School of Grad Med Educ
U Iowa Hosps and Clinics
Family Medicine
McKay-Dee Hospital Ctr – UT
McKay-Dee Hospital Ctr – UT
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Contra Costa Reg Med Ctr – CA
Swedish Medical Ctr – WA
Methodist Hosp – Sacramento CA
UC Davis Med Ctr – CA
U Tennessee Grad SOM – Knoxville
Madigan Army Medical Center
Community Hospitals – IN
Swedish Medical Ctr – WA
U Utah Affil Hospitals
Family Medicine Res of Idaho
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Prov Milwaukie Hosp – OR
Exempla St Joseph Hosp – CO
St Marys Hospital – CO
Prov Milwaukie Hosp – OR
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Fam Med SW Washington
McKay-Dee Hospital Ctr - UT
General Surgery
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Rhode Island Hosp / Brown Univ
U New Mexico SOM
NY Hosp Med Ctr Queens
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Kaiser Permanente – Los Angeles
Maricopa Med Ctr – AZ
UIC / Metro Group Hosps - IL
Internal Medicine
Duke Univ Med Ctr – NC
U Utah Affil Hospitals
Mt Sinai Hospital NY
Massachusetts Gen Hosp
Prov Portland Med Ctr – OR
Oregon Health & Science Univ
U Michigan Hosps – Ann Arbor
Legacy Emanuel / Good Samaritan – OR
Dartmouth – Hitchcock Med Ctr – NH
U Michigan Hosps – Ann Arbor
Univ of Chicago Med Ctr – IL
Johns Hopkins Hosp – MD (urban health)
U Florida COM – Shands Hosp
Prov St Vincent Hosp – OR
NYP Hosp – Columbia Univ Med Ctr – NY
Legacy Emanuel / Good Samaritan – OR
U Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Legacy Emanuel / Good Samaritan – OR
Medicine – Emergency Med
Allegheny Gen Hosp – PA
Medicine – Prelim
Prov St Vincent Hosp - OR
Medicine – Primary
U Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
U Washington Affil Hosps
Dartmouth – Hitchcock Med Ctr – NH
Neurological Surgery
Hershey Med Ctr / Penn State – PA
Neurology
U Utah Affil Hospitals
Obstetrics-Gynecology
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Mtn Area Health Ed Ctr – NC
U Rochester / Strong Mem – NY
Brigham & Womens Hosp – MA
U New Mexico SOM
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Ophthalmology
Albert Einstein COM (Transitional at Legacy Emanuel - OR)
UC Irvine Med Ctr – CA (Med-Prelim at UC Irvine)
Orthopedic Surgery
U Washington Affil Hosps
Univ of Hawaii
UC San Francisco – CA
Grand Rapids Med Ed Partners – MI
U Washington Affil Hosps
Otolaryngology
U Iowa Hosp and Clinics
Pathology
U Washington Affil Hosps
U Arizona Affil Hosps
Pediatrics
Stanford Univ Progs – CA
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Stanford Univ Progs – CA
U Washington Affil Hosps
Yale – New Haven Hosp – CT
UC San Diego Med Ctr – CA
Harbor – UCLA Med Ctr – CA
Tufts Medical Ctr – MA
Kaiser Permanente – Los Angeles
U Colorado SOM – Denver
UVM / Fletcher Allen – VT
U Utah Affil Hospitals
U Utah Affil Hospitals
Phys Medicine & Rehab
Stanford Univ Progs – CA (Prelim at Prov Portland)
Plastic Surgery
Oregon Health & Science Univ
Psychiatry
CA Pacific Med Ctr
Univ of Hawaii
NYP Hosp – Weill Cornell Med Ctr - NY
Radiology-Diagnostic / IM
Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Radiology-Diagnostic
UC Davis Med Ctr – CA (Prelim at Prov Portland)
Stanford Univ Progs – CA (Prelim at Legacy Emanuel - OR)
Santa Barbara Cottage Hosp – CA (Prelim at St. Josephs – AZ)
U Southern CA (Transitional at Virginia Mason – WA)
Surgery – Prelim
Oregon Health & Science Univ
UCLA Medical Center – CA
Oregon Health & Science Univ
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looking at the match list, what is meant by "prelim"?
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Your questions are related, so I'll answer them together. 🙂
A Prelim is a preliminary year, and it is one of the options available to first year residents (aka interns). It is similar in some ways to a transitional year - both are single year programs that provide a broad introduction to medical practice. Some residencies require either a prelim or a transitional year before specialty training can begin (for example, optho and radiology).
On the match list I posted, I listed most students' prelim/transitional positions next to their specialty matches. Those students who are listed under "surgery-prelim" or "medicine-prelim" have no residency match to move on to after first year. In some cases, this may mean that they failed to match and found a prelim spot at the last minute. In others, it may mean that they chose to accept only a prelim spot because of life circumstances.
Aside from that, I don't know how many people failed to match (and I don't really know what the rate of not matching is at OHSU). For what it's worth, this was the class that I started med school with and I didn't notice any names glaringly missing from the list, so I'm assuming that most if not all of the students who didn't match are accounted for by those prelim-only spots.
Hope that makes sense. The process is a little counterintuitive...
Anyone know how many MD/MPH students have been accepted so far?? I interviewed 1/13/12 and my "8-10 weeks" is up tomorrow and still no word. Is that unusual or does it take longer for dual degree prospective students.
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Last year...
Total: 49.0%
IS: 58.6%
OOS: 42.3%
However, this year, they planned to interview fewer students(~480 vs 525 last yr). If the wait list movement is the same, then the numbers would be predicted to be even better:
Total: 53.5%
IS: 64.0%
OOS: 46.2%
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So on average 2/3 In State will be accepted. Chances are good : ) Thank you!!
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Just about... I wish Colorado were that good.... but at least I have a 50/50 chance at both! 😀 ...So a 75% chance I'll get into at least one of them.
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Where did you get these numbers? I know you can find out number of matriculants from MSAR, but how did you get total number accepted? Also, does anyone know if they are done giving interview invites?
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Calculated via US News 2013 data.
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Would you mind explaining some of your math? I don't doubt your work, but I am curious to see how the numbers were formed. I'd greatly appreciate it! If the new IS is really 64%, then I will be pretty happy!
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Last year's data:
Rate % = Accepted/Interviewed
This year's proposed data (with 480 interviewees):
Last year's rate % * (525/480) = this year
In other words, I used the ratio of interviewees between years. (There was a decrease in the number of interviews conducted this year due to the implementation of the MMI.) The class size is actually increasing slightly, but I made the assumption that this will have little effect on the number of people they ultimately accept. Of course, it could have some effect, but if it did, then it would actually make the percentages slightly larger....
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thanks!I'm sorry to hear that, but welcome to the club. If I didn't know any better, I'd say that we were the 99%.
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I'm pretty sure we are the 99% in that sense...or at least something over 50%. They said they were accepting fewer this year straight away (more holds) because they are unsure what the threshold will be for an acceptance....
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We are definitely the majority. I don't think it is as high as 99% since I think 6-7 people have posted about being accepted one of who also mentioned rejecting the offer, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is close to 80-90% are on hold. Luckily they are almost done interviewing (just the March 30th, and April 6th left) and hopefully in mid to late April there will be some more movement off the hold list.
Can anyone confirm that they only interviewed 480 people this year or is that just an approximation? Anyone else accepted plan on turning down OHSU?
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Do they really accept students directly off of hold in late April? I have this message after my hold "Applicants put on hold will remain on hold until May 15, when final decisions will be made". Sounds to me like there is absolutely no movement after you are on hold until May, when they set up an alternate list.
Though their message also states "The Admissions Committee will be discussing applicants through the beginning of May, which means that you will be notified of a final decision regarding your application no later than May 15, 2012". This kinda sounds like they will get back to us before may.
"At that point you will hear a decision of Accept, Alternate, or Refuse". Also sounds kinda like some people will be getting bad news in May.... I wish they would just reject the auto May rejections right away. The wait period is so difficult and then there's a chance that you will just get rejected right away!
For what it's worth, it looks like they made final decisions a little bit before May 15th last year (~May 10th). But that was on the old system. With the new MMI being way less subjective, maybe final decisions will come a lot sooner than that this year? After all, scores are likely submitted day of (since they evaluate you in the 4 minute period that you walk out of the room and read the next prompt). This is just hopeful speculation, of course.
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A couple people posted that who placed on hold and then were accepted a fee weeks later. That is why I am making an EDUCATED GUESS that people will start hearing in late April because they will be completely done with interviews and will know exactly how many spots they have left to give out and will be able to accept more people. That's just my thoughts though.
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I applied joint MD/MPH and it took ~6 wks post-interview to get an acceptance to the joint program. But if I remember correctly from my MPH interview is that the whole hold/waitlist process is slightly different for MD/MPH applicants than for those that apply just MD. Overall, I'm assuming though that at this point in the process maybe a couple spots for the joint program have been filled but not all.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who noticed the, I'm sure intentional, vagueness of OHSU's hold notice when they tell us that we absolutely, positively won't know our status until May 15th...unless they tell us our status before May 15th.
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I got an email first and then within 24 hrs my status had changed on the portal
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anyone have a more recent estimate of accepted students?
Probably 136 (or whatever the class size is supposed to be) because of the March 30th deadline. :-/
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The march 30th deadline is a SUGGESTION not a requirement. OHSU is still interviewing therefore I sincerely doubt all the spots have been filled.
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There have so far been 6 acceptances (against 21 holds and 1 rejection) posted in this thread. At this point last year there had been postings of 19 acceptances, 18 holds, and 2 rejections. It is of course a skewed sample, there's a new interview format, etc. so draw what conclusions you will...
I called the office just now and was told that there have been 90 offers/acceptances sent out so far. They finish interviewing this Friday Apr 6th. I am guessing majority of us on hold will probably not hear until May then. Yayyy...more waiting! :\
Thanks for calling and sharing! That actually sounds very encouraging. Since scores are submitted day of, then quite a few of us should be hearing back very soon after April 6th. Although you're probably right about the majority of us remaining in admissions purgatory til May 15th.
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So they've made 35% of their total anticipated offers for the year (based on last year's data). Nice! We're still in a good place then!
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So, we can all chant, "We are the 81%!"
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Interviewed 2/24. Also placed on hold today. Hoping for good news soon though. May 15 isn't too far away
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haha lets not forget they also rejected like botton 10%. So we're more like the 71%.
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This actually works out quite nicely mathematically with a 1:15 ratio, so we have about 6.7% of the OHSU interviewees posting in this thread.... That works out to 315 holds, 90 acceptances, 15 rejections and 420 total applicants reviewed (leaving 1/8 of the applicant pool yet to be reviewed -- in other words, the last couple of interview groups, including the last day, which is coming up soon).
The percentages so far would be:
Rejected: 4%
Hold Status: 75% -- so, "We are the 75%!"
Accepted: 21%
So this means...
Accepted: 90 (for class of 136)
Anticipated Offers: 269 (if last year holds true)
Anticipated Offers Left: 179
So, for those of us on hold, we probably have about a 57% chance of eventually being accepted. Not bad....
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