2012-2013 Ohio State University Application Thread

[DAPI]

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I also waited for all this to be sorted out first, but I feel for you. If I were you I'd probably call and let them know that you answered the original question.

And you'd think that if a school changes a question they'd at least notify people in some capacity just in case they don't notice it.

Seriously. This just seems like a fiasco IMO. They should at least have a big red warning or something at the top of the application or next to the question. I mean, as I get secondaries, I take the prompts and write them in a word document so do not have to log in each time to see them. If it were not for this thread, I probably would not notice till I went to submit if I would have noticed it at all.

 

[stolen_biscuit]

if you dont mind me asking, have you already submitted and if so, if you check your secondary does it have the original question or the newly updated question?

Ugh. I submitted last week (and subsequently got the email about throwing the question out), but now I am getting a log in error.

 

[iBear]

Wow. I feel like this is seriously going to screw up everyone who has already submitted (me included). I wonder how they're going to play this, especially since there have already been interview invites, no? 😕 Ugh.

 

[imcanadaian]

Hey everyone, I submitted my app before the email (and was one of the first ones to post about it here) and I just checked my secondary. The question DID CHANGE:

"Articulate your understanding of social justice. How have you advocated or how would you advocate for social justice. (600 words or less)"

-this is way more clear than the original question...much more personal and not so theoretical...
-obviously, my answer doesn't answer the question completely now that it's changed...really hoping OSU stands by their word and disregards my answer to this question since I submitted early before they figured it out

#OSUFAIL

 

[stolen_biscuit]

I talked to admissions this morning. They are aware that only those applying after today will have the reworded question. Since they know when we submitted (and consequently which question we had), they are going to keep that in mind when reviewing apps.

 

[12221989]

Whew! Thanks for calling craftyconquerer and posting their message. appreciate it.

 

[eggs13]

whew! Thanks for calling craftyconquerer and posting their message. Appreciate it.

+1

 

[prindlks]

Did you guys have verified primaries before you received secondary invites?

 

[12221989]

Did you guys have verified primaries before you received secondary invites?

Yes

 

[DAPI]

Just got the following email regarding the social justice question:

Dear Applicant,

We are excited that you are working on your secondary application to the College of Medicine at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. This is to let you know that in an effort to provide clarification in the second essay we changed the wording of this essay. We hope you will find this helpful.

We look forward to receiving your secondary application.

Best Regards,

So it looks like they are taking the necessary action to make applicants aware.

 

[eggs13]

i submitted yesterday, but have received no email saying they have received my secondary/my application is complete. on the status page, it still says "awaiting submission of secondary"

did it take you guys a couple of days to be marked complete?

 

[imcanadaian]

i submitted yesterday, but have received no email saying they have received my secondary/my application is complete. on the status page, it still says "awaiting submission of secondary"

did it take you guys a couple of days to be marked complete?

Yeah it takes a few days.

 

[12221989]

It has been 5 days and mine just says: Submitted.
Does it then change to complete?

 

[abruzz75]

Just got the following email regarding the social justice question:



So it looks like they are taking the necessary action to make applicants aware.

I'm still waiting for any communication like this...it's times like these that make me happy to have SDN.

 

[12221989]

I'm still waiting for any communication like this...it's times like these that make me happy to have SDN.

👍

 

[GlobalDoctora]

Just got the following email regarding the social justice question:



So it looks like they are taking the necessary action to make applicants aware.

Well I submitted the application this morning and didn't notice they changed it until I read it here I'm upset.😕 Luckily, I ended up answering their question as to how I have advocated it but I wish I would have known because I did write a lot about what social advocacy is to me. Blah.

 

[naixin]

Got this email.



We have received your Autumn 2013 AMCAS application information. To apply to The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Please access Ohio State's self-service website to complete a supplemental application.
You will need an Ohio State Username and password to access the supplemental application. For many new applicants, you may not yet have or you may not know your username and password. To establish your Ohio State Username, please visit my.osu.edu and request an activation code. If you do not know or have forgotten your Ohio State Username, click on the ‘Forgot username?' link below the login box in the Current Student section. If you have problems accessing your information, please call 614-688-HELP (4357).
After you have your Ohio State Username and password, please complete the supplemental application. Note: Only applicants who have U.S. citizenship, U.S. permanent residency, refugee status, or political asylee in hand at the time of application are considered for admission.
An $80 fee is assessed upon submission of your supplemental application to the College of Medicine. You may use Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express to pay the fee.
Your supplemental application will be processed within three to five days of submission. At this point you may view our admissions requirements and track your application status at the College of Medicine Admissions website http://medicine.osu.edu/students/admissions/requirements/pages/applicationstatus.aspx
Thank you again for your application.


clicked on the supplemental application, logged in, went in the self-service, did not see any supplemental application, what's wrong?

 

[psychmdhopeful]

Does anybody know what we are supposed to do if we received the AMCAS fee waiver? Their instructions seem to indicate they want us to mail a copy to them...we can't forward them the email AMCAS sent us?

 

[5lippy]

hope another round of II's come out soon!

 

[LPpostbacc]

has anyone, who is complete, been able to log onto the medstar site?

 

[eggs13]

my secondary is marked received on the med star site...does this mean im complete?

and I was just able to log in a minute ago to check this

 

[brandonh4]

Does anybody know what we are supposed to do if we received the AMCAS fee waiver? Their instructions seem to indicate they want us to mail a copy to them...we can't forward them the email AMCAS sent us?

I emailed it:

Edit: I take it back. I seem to recall the instructions saying they will just verify the Fee Waiver. I submitted 3 days ago, and it still says Pending Fee waiver. Anyone else know more?

 

[LPpostbacc]

my secondary is marked received on the med star site...does this mean im complete?

and I was just able to log in a minute ago to check this

i can't login to the medstar site. where are people logging in who do? under ohio state users or applicants? (technically, i thought we had osu user ids)

 

[jrut73]

i can't login to the medstar site. where are people logging in who do? under ohio state users or applicants? (technically, i thought we had osu user ids)

This should be helpful for all those wanting to check status. It has instructions, be careful to follow them. Log in as an applicant. And cross your fingers!

http://medicine.osu.edu/students/admissions/requirements/pages/applicationstatus.aspx

 

[doctorluv19]

So in one of the essays I submitted all the hyphens got turned into question marks for some reason. This wasn't the case when I looked over it before submitting. Should I email them and correct it.....?

 

[zheng]

So in one of the essays I submitted all the hyphens got turned into question marks for some reason. This wasn't the case when I looked over it before submitting. Should I email them and correct it.....?

Same... I feel so dumb haha... Apparently we should have copy pasted our essay into textedit/notepad before we copied it into the application and not directly from microsoft word 🙁

 

[brandonh4]

Same... I feel so dumb haha... Apparently we should have copy pasted our essay into textedit/notepad before we copied it into the application and not directly from microsoft word 🙁

Yah, I had this problem too. Adcom said same thing. Don't feel too bad.

 

[zheng]

Yah, I had this problem too. Adcom said same thing. Don't feel too bad.

Thank makes me feel a lot better, thanks for the reply! 👍

 

[12221989]

Has anybody received a complete email or had their online status change from "Submitted" to "Complete"?

Also, I never received an email about the change in the social justice question so I'm checking to make sure my app is not lost in an abyss.

Thanks

 

[eggs13]

Has anybody received a complete email or had their online status change from "Submitted" to "Complete"?

Also, I never received an email about the change in the social justice question so I'm checking to make sure my app is not lost in an abyss.

Thanks

from what I read on their website, you do not get a complete email and they dont change your status from "secondary received" to "complete"

quote from website:

Complete Application File - consists of your AMCAS application, the Ohio State secondary application, valid MCAT scores, and at least two academic reference letters. We do not notify you when your application is complete nor does your application status change to "complete".

 

[12221989]

from what I read on their website, you do not get a complete email and they dont change your status from "secondary received" to "complete"

quote from website:

Complete Application File - consists of your AMCAS application, the Ohio State secondary application, valid MCAT scores, and at least two academic reference letters. We do not notify you when your application is complete nor does your application status change to "complete".

Hey Buckeye,
Thanks for posting! Somehow I missed that when checking.
Good luck,

 

[typicalindian]

FINALLY finished the secondary. The essays took me nearly all day to complete, but I think they came out OK. Now I'm just hoping that it pays off lol.

 

[IncognitoGuy]

Finished this beast today. Hoping for some home school love! 😉

 

[Fuska2012]

I am SO glad I read this thread... thanks everyone for some really helpful posts!

 

[MD22412]

Hey can someone explain to me please, what is meant by a required community service component? Does anyone understand the curricular changes that have undergone for this class of OSUCM?

Also, for Social justice essay, what they mean by advocate social justice. Do they want us to be a Gandhi?

 

[Arbor Vitae]

This should be helpful for all those wanting to check status. It has instructions, be careful to follow them. Log in as an applicant. And cross your fingers!

http://medicine.osu.edu/students/admissions/requirements/pages/applicationstatus.aspx

How are you accessing that page? It keeps telling me my password is wrong although I'm using their formula.

Is anybody able to access the MedStar site? It is annoying the **** out of me trying to log in. I'm following their stupid instructions but nothing is working.

 

[GiraffeMode]

mine worked when i used the link and followed the directions.

 

[Arbor Vitae]

Is AAMC ID and AMCAS ID the same thing? I'm trying to follow their directions for logging in to the medSTAR page but I keep getting a username/password error.

 

[Frazier]

Is AAMC ID and AMCAS ID the same thing? I'm trying to follow their directions for logging in to the medSTAR page but I keep getting a username/password error.

yes, they are the same ID number.

 

[stolen_biscuit]

Is AAMC ID and AMCAS ID the same thing? I'm trying to follow their directions for logging in to the medSTAR page but I keep getting a username/password error.

They are the same. I actually retried an insane number of times before realizing the 2nd part is the LAST letter of your last name. I know it's in bold and italics, but I still put the first letter of my last name no less than 10 times! So triple-check the formula - surely I'm not the only one. 😀

 

[Arbor Vitae]

They are the same. I actually retried an insane number of times before realizing the 2nd part is the LAST letter of your last name. I know it's in bold and italics, but I still put the first letter of my last name no less than 10 times! So triple-check the formula - surely I'm not the only one. 😀

LOL that was my problem too. I kept reading first letter from the wording in that sentence.

 

[tiedyeddog]

They are the same. I actually retried an insane number of times before realizing the 2nd part is the LAST letter of your last name. I know it's in bold and italics, but I still put the first letter of my last name no less than 10 times! So triple-check the formula - surely I'm not the only one. 😀

Haha, when I applied two cycles ago I had the same problem. I had to call the Admissions office because I swore it was broke, lol.

 

[Arbor Vitae]

Haha, when I applied two cycles ago I had the same problem. I had to call the Admissions office because I swore it was broke, lol.

ahahaha, I emailed them too. I swear the way they wrote that password sentence is an optical illusion that makes your brain read "first letter" even though the "last letter" is bolded. I read it and tried a million times, but it wasn't until they emailed me back that I read it correctly.

 

[LPpostbacc]

ahahaha, I emailed them too. I swear the way they wrote that password sentence is an optical illusion that makes your brain read "first letter" even though the "last letter" is bolded. I read it and tried a million times, but it wasn't until they emailed me back that I read it correctly.

Lol. Same here.

 

[stolen_biscuit]

ahahaha, I emailed them too. I swear the way they wrote that password sentence is an optical illusion that makes your brain read "first letter" even though the "last letter" is bolded. I read it and tried a million times, but it wasn't until they emailed me back that I read it correctly.

I also emailed...and figured it out minutes later (after days of trying off and on! ). They said it's quite common - definitely agree with the illusion!

 

[pfaction]

We are notifying you that we received your secondary application. In order for your application to be complete, please keep the following in mind:

 

[BigBlueBear]

Sorry if this has already been answered, but I don't want to read 6 pages to find it 🙂

I just added OSU to my AMCAS, and they sent me the activation email, but no supplemental application. Will they send this to me at a later time? Or is it available to me now and I just have to find it?

Thanks!

 

[GiraffeMode]

I'm pretty sure the email with the secondary link came a day after the activation email for me

 

[mrbrowncanmoo]

Interview invite today! Anyone else? They sent me a status update email and I had to log in (using the AAMC ID, letters of name, etc., formula) and the interview invite was there!

They assigned me a date. Anyone know if they are open to rescheduling? Just curious to get a consensus before I try to call...

 

[tyrionlannister]

Interview invite today! Anyone else? They sent me a status update email and I had to log in (using the AAMC ID, letters of name, etc., formula) and the interview invite was there!

They assigned me a date. Anyone know if they are open to rescheduling? Just curious to get a consensus before I try to call...

IS or OOS? Do you mind sharing what range your stats are in?