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2012-2013 Ohio State University Application Thread
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I was deferred two years ago. Apparently they bring you back under review as each new interview group rolls in and compares you with that group. I eventually was rejected (deferred forever...then rejected near the end of the cycle), but don't take that as an indictment against your chances--I had major issues in my application that year.
Goodluck!! This is only the first wave of decisions! Plenty of time to be re-evaluated 🙂
EDIT: in regards to waitlist/etc. I don't think this is a waitlist--they simply have not made a decision yet on your app
We had a woman from admissions come talk to the seniors at my school last week... She said that many "extremely well qualified" applicants will be deferred and many of them will be accepted later. She was very positive about deferred applications. The fact that you have already interviewed at OSU says great things about your app, so I wouldn't panic being deferred this early in the cycle. Good luck!
thanks for the encouragement guys
OSU is def my top choice,
for the next wave of decisions!
I was so excited for both of you last night that I couldn't sleep at all! Congratulations! I hope to be receiving the same call a year from now!
Go Bucks! Although they gave me a scare on Saturday. I'm saying it now (well I say it every year so I'm bound to be right eventually) National champs next year.
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Interviewed today! 😍 Even though I go to school here, it's cool to see it from a different perspective. OSU has big things in store and I'd love to stay for another four years.
As a note to those interviewing after: they told us we would know on November 30th and that Dr. Capers will again be calling people on midnight!
As a note to those interviewing after: they told us we would know on November 30th and that Dr. Capers will again be calling people on midnight!
Great interview! As ^^ said, Dr. Capers will be letting people know the 29th/30th. Much longer wait than I'd care to have but I had a great time today!
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The schools website states that decisions are made 10 business days after interview. I'm interviewing Wednesday are you saying I have to wait till Nov 30 to receive an answer?
Got the call at 12:10 est, but no emails. Dr. Capers is the man.
Got an email today about a status change.
I have a question too. When we accept the offer of admission online, is that just saying that we don't wish to withdraw? It's not binding right, like we can still apply to other schools if we accept?
Today's interview survey email says that we'll be getting decisions in 2-3 weeks...Which conflicts pretty heavily with the Nov 29th/30th date they gave us at the interview
Oh cool. Yeah, definitely impressed by OSU. I hope I get a call in a couple weeks.
Had a great day interviewing here!!! OSU just tied my number one spot so I hope to hear from dr Capers soon so that I'll be able to make a decision..
Dr. Capers will be calling Oct 29, decisions will be posted on the 30. I think the above posters just confused the months or perhaps Mrs. Georgia accidentally gave the wrong info. Whatever the case may be, we should hear back in a couple of weeks!!! When I get home ill post some questions that were asked. Good luck to all of the applicants!
Dr. Capers will be calling Oct 29, decisions will be posted on the 30. I think the above posters just confused the months or perhaps Mrs. Georgia accidentally gave the wrong info. Whatever the case may be, we should hear back in a couple of weeks!!! When I get home ill post some questions that were asked. Good luck to all of the applicants!
Thanks. I'm curious about this question as well. Is accepting the offer of admission the same as "holding" an acceptance? Is it a commitment at this stage?
Okay, thanks for clearing that up!
No. I am living proof that it is a slow acceptance.
Mrs. Georgia stated that they get looked at every month or so when the adcom's look at the files and that many of them, like the above poster, get accepted eventually.
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i hope this is the case for me, too!
Do you, or anyone for that matter, how many applicants get an accepted call each round? like a rough number?
There were about 15 people at my interview, maybe two interviews a week, with 3 weeks each round (? guess) puts there about 90 students being looked at. How many do you think get a call out of these? Sry I'm just a very quantitative person...like to know my odds. I know no one will know the answer, speculation is appreciated.
Oh wow thats not very much. ok thanks for the info. One last question. On the status page there is an interview complete letter that says we can expect a decision 10 business days after our interview. For me, that day will be before Dr. Capers will be calling people. Should I expect there to be a status update before the calling or will that happen afterwards?
I submitted mine early/mid September and got my invite about a week and a half ago
Yup, she said Nov 29/30 which surprised me that it would take that long for a response post interview (I interviewed on the 15th as well). Oct 29th/30th sounds much more reasonable.
LOVED OSU. Hoping they loved me too.
Some of the questions I got:
A bunch of tell me about a time....
Where you were wrong and how did you handle it
a stressful time in your life
when you had to learn something on your own
If you weren't going into medicine what would you be doing?
How do you deal with constructive criticism?
Main things that they want to harp on are:
community service, leadership, well-rounded culturalism, etc.
Good luck to those who will interview in the future.👍
A bunch of tell me about a time....
Where you were wrong and how did you handle it
a stressful time in your life
when you had to learn something on your own
If you weren't going into medicine what would you be doing?
How do you deal with constructive criticism?
Main things that they want to harp on are:
community service, leadership, well-rounded culturalism, etc.
Good luck to those who will interview in the future.👍
from what i've read online....it seems the chances are still good...at least i hope so...i got an ii today for Feb! 🙂
Likewise! Any guesses on whether midnight on the 29th means Sunday night or Monday night?
Well they told us it that Dr. Capers will actually start at 7pm on the the 29th, but everyone should receive a status change on the 30th. We'll see, and good luck to you
I see. Thanks and you too!
Yep, if not at 7 it should at least be on the 29th. I didn't realize how close it is now - luckily there are Halloween festivities to take my mind off of things 😉
Extremely anxious!
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I'm not sure about the decision notifications for other interview dates, but I interviewed on 10/10, and they told us everyone from that group will be notified 10/29 - 10/30. Keeping my fingers crossed for good news! Good luck to everyone else awaiting a decision!
Nobody else has mentioned November - so I think it was an error on their part when I interviewed. In addition, the follow-up e-mail from OSU mentioned that we should be hearing back in 2 - 3 weeks.
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