2012-2013 Oregon Health and Science University Application Thread

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bluepotato said:
Congratulations!! Can I ask when you sent your secondary? I'm still waiting for a complete status 🙄
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If you don't meet a mission group it will be a while. As an IS it only took about a week to get complete for me.
 
Just found out today that I was placed on hold after my interview at OHSU. Anyone knows around what percentage of interviewees are placed in this hold pool? And what are their chances traditionally? Thanks guys!
 
garrettni said:
Just found out today that I was placed on hold after my interview at OHSU. Anyone knows around what percentage of interviewees are placed in this hold pool? And what are their chances traditionally? Thanks guys!
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A lot.
Pretty good.

When did you interview?
 
exitonly29 said:
If you don't meet a mission group it will be a while. As an IS it only took about a week to get complete for me.
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I'm IS also and it's been three weeks since I submitted my secondary. Soooo... 😕
 
garrettni said:
Just found out today that I was placed on hold after my interview at OHSU. Anyone knows around what percentage of interviewees are placed in this hold pool? And what are their chances traditionally? Thanks guys!
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DAPI said:
A lot.
Pretty good.

When did you interview?
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What he said.

Almost everyone is put into the hold pool until March/May. Only the top of the top.interviews are outright accepted. Go back to post number 481 and DAPI made a really clear explanation of how OHSU works. The only thing is, I think that he set the acceptance level way too low, or almost nobody makes the acceptance cutoff mark.

I believe that the school has to offer acceptances to equal the entering class (144 in this case) in March. Everyone else gets a number on the wait list. Everyone that has multiple acceptances have until mid May to cancel all but one of their acceptances. That is when the wait list starts moving in earnest.

Good luck. If you really want OHSU you will wait it out. Otherwise, take it as a sign to move on. I know that I will probably will be waiting it out.

dsoz
 
bluepotato said:
All right, so that was almost 3 weeks. I submitted on October 26th. Hopefully I'll be complete sometime next week!
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OHSU is one of those schools you just can't put a timeline on. My buddy took six weeks to mark complete, I took only nine days.
 
askamsky51 said:
OHSU is one of those schools you just can't put a timeline on. My buddy took six weeks to mark complete, I took only nine days.
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+1

If you look through the thread you will see there is a huge variance in how long it takes.
 
DAPI said:
+1

If you look through the thread you will see there is a huge variance in how long it takes.
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When I applied here, they were the slowest admissions process. Try not to stress too hard about it.
 
dsoz said:
What he said.

Almost everyone is put into the hold pool until March/May. Only the top of the top.interviews are outright accepted. Go back to post number 481 and DAPI made a really clear explanation of how OHSU works. The only thing is, I think that he set the acceptance level way too low, or almost nobody makes the acceptance cutoff mark.

I believe that the school has to offer acceptances to equal the entering class (144 in this case) in March. Everyone else gets a number on the wait list. Everyone that has multiple acceptances have until mid May to cancel all but one of their acceptances. That is when the wait list starts moving in earnest.

Good luck. If you really want OHSU you will wait it out. Otherwise, take it as a sign to move on. I know that I will probably will be waiting it out.

dsoz
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Thanks guys! Oh boy...GERD relapse plus I need to put down my deposit for DOs now. I interviewed at OHSU on Oct 26th.
 
garrettni said:
Thanks guys! Oh boy...GERD relapse plus I need to put down my deposit for DOs now. I interviewed at OHSU on Oct 26th.
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Interesting... dsoz and I also interview on the 26th and have no decisions posted...
 
I think it varies person to person, my friend interviewed the same day I did and he hasn't heard back either.
 
garrettni said:
Thanks guys! Oh boy...GERD relapse plus I need to put down my deposit for DOs now. I interviewed at OHSU on Oct 26th.
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OK, I know who you are now. We interviewed at other schools together as well. I finally matched your face with your screen name. I don't remember, were you in the morning interview rotation?

Which school needs the deposit? Western isn't until December. LECOM may be due if you were accepted right away. Did you get an acceptance at another school? If so, then congratulations!

I figure that I am just going to put down a deposit for either Western or Nova, then if I get into OHSU then I would need to make a decision.

I am truly sorry that you were put in the holding pool.

Now I am nervous about my decision. :scared: I hope they don't put off my application until later.

dsoz
 
askamsky51 said:
OHSU is one of those schools you just can't put a timeline on. My buddy took six weeks to mark complete, I took only nine days.
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Argh, I hope it doesn't take six weeks for me. I know there's no way I'll have an admissions decision by the time I need to put down a deposit at another school in December but I'd like to at least know whether I have an II by then :scared:
 
dsoz said:
OK, I know who you are now. We interviewed at other schools together as well. I finally matched your face with your screen name. I don't remember, were you in the morning interview rotation?

Which school needs the deposit? Western isn't until December. LECOM may be due if you were accepted right away. Did you get an acceptance at another school? If so, then congratulations!

I figure that I am just going to put down a deposit for either Western or Nova, then if I get into OHSU then I would need to make a decision.

I am truly sorry that you were put in the holding pool.

Now I am nervous about my decision. :scared: I hope they don't put off my application until later.

dsoz
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Aha, weren't you going to interview at U of A as well? I got accepted to Des Moines, COMPNW and waitlisted at LECOM and EVMS.
 
bluepotato said:
Argh, I hope it doesn't take six weeks for me. I know there's no way I'll have an admissions decision by the time I need to put down a deposit at another school in December but I'd like to at least know whether I have an II by then :scared:
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A lot of schools have refundable deposits until May 15th. Just something to keep in mind.
 
garrettni said:
Aha, weren't you going to interview at U of A as well? I got accepted to Des Moines, COMPNW and waitlisted at LECOM and EVMS.
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I interviewed in Phoenix right after Lebanon. I am in the post-interview hold pool there. I don't have high hopes to get out of that pool now. They usually have a wait list movement of about six people, compared to the nearly 100 people that OHSU goes through. They accept more people all along so fewer people make other plans. Like right now, if I get put on hold at OHSU I would need to plan on selling/renting out my house, pack all my stuff and possibly move across the country. All of which I don't want to start doing in May. Some of that stuff needs to be planned starting NOW! If I make detailed plans to move to another state, it would not be easy to cancel all of those plans at the last minute.

Which school did you like more Des Moines or COMP? If you don't get in here, which one would you choose. You can PM me so this thread is not cluttered with a private conversation.

mybubbles627 said:
A lot of schools have refundable deposits until May 15th. Just something to keep in mind.
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DO deposits are non-refundable. And they are fairly steep. COMP is $1000 in December and a second $1000 in either Feb. or March. If OHSU puts us on hold, then the deposit to a different school needs to be paid. Then in May when OHSU decides to accept a bunch of people, the $2000 is thrown away. That is money that I could use to get a good laptop, get some books, pay for food/gas for my family, or just use as "fun money" to treat my wife to something special when she gets depressed from the rain.

dsoz
 
dsoz said:
DO deposits are non-refundable. And they are fairly steep. COMP is $1000 in December and a second $1000 in either Feb. or March. If OHSU puts us on hold, then the deposit to a different school needs to be paid. Then in May when OHSU decides to accept a bunch of people, the $2000 is thrown away. That is money that I could use to get a good laptop, get some books, pay for food/gas for my family, or just use as "fun money" to treat my wife to something special when she gets depressed from the rain.
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^^This. I still haven't heard back from any of the MD schools I applied to but I did get into COMP NW and it's one of my top choices so I'm going to have to just send in the acceptance deposit now and then make decisions later on if I'm lucky enough to get in anywhere else. It sucks - 2k is a lot of money.
 
Interviewing next week, first interview and looks like it might be the only one ahhh
 
exitonly29 said:
Interviewing next week, first interview and looks like it might be the only one ahhh
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Good luck, hope it goes well for you

Looks like I'm finally complete, woohoo!! Now back to waiting 🙄
 
DAPI said:
If you look through the thread you will see there is a huge variance in how long it takes.
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I also wonder how much being a reapplicant factors into this, thinking that perhaps they don't have to re-validate your entire application and they can just verify the delta? Two years ago, it took 16 days. Last year, 7 days. This year, 4 days. 😎

Next year I expect to be marked complete within 10 minutes of submitting my secondary. :meanie:
 
Dianyla said:
I also wonder how much being a reapplicant factors into this, thinking that perhaps they don't have to re-validate your entire application and they can just verify the delta? Two years ago, it took 16 days. Last year, 7 days. This year, 4 days. 😎

Next year I expect to be marked complete within 10 minutes of submitting my secondary. :meanie:
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I honestly doubt you'll have another year. 🙂 I think you'll be matriculating instead.
 
Guero said:
I honestly doubt you'll have another year. 🙂 I think you'll be matriculating instead.
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Aw, thanks.

We'll see how many more data points I have to add to the sample size...
 
Dianyla said:
Aw, thanks.

We'll see how many more data points I have to add to the sample size...
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What're the current stats on your apps? (Feel free to PM me or just say you're too bashful to share at this point.) I'm really curious. I'm rooting for ya.
 
Guero said:
What're the current stats on your apps? (Feel free to PM me or just say you're too bashful to share at this point.) I'm really curious. I'm rooting for ya.
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Nah, I don't mind. My stats (in my mdpps) aren't the problem. I had a very bad interview there two years ago and, despite performing well last year it was still not enough 'good data' to overcome the stain of the previous year's misadventures. So, we'll see if they invite me back for a third interview. :xf:
 
Dianyla said:
Nah, I don't mind. My stats (in my mdpps) aren't the problem. I had a very bad interview there two years ago and, despite performing well last year it was still not enough 'good data' to overcome the stain of the previous year's misadventures. So, we'll see if they invite me back for a third interview. :xf:
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Sorry, what I meant by "stats" is that none of your schools is listed. I was curious to where you applied, the status of your interviews, etc.

I'm sorry to hear you had such a bad interview. I hope it goes a million times better this year!


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Dianyla said:
Nah, I don't mind. My stats (in my mdpps) aren't the problem. I had a very bad interview there two years ago and, despite performing well last year it was still not enough 'good data' to overcome the stain of the previous year's misadventures. So, we'll see if they invite me back for a third interview. :xf:
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Ohsu does seen to like reapplicants last years class was 38 percent reapplicants that's pretty good
 
I finished the secondary in late July, and I still haven't heard anything. I'm OOS with a 3.71 and 35. Should I be worried?

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sustinamith said:
I finished the secondary in late July, and I still haven't heard anything. I'm OOS with a 3.71 and 35. Should I be worried?

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If you have not even been marked complete that seems strange. If you have been marked complete and are just waiting for and interview invite, no. OHSU likes to take their sweet time.
 
sustinamith said:
I finished the secondary in late July, and I still haven't heard anything. I'm OOS with a 3.71 and 35. Should I be worried?

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Both OHSU and Colorado like to take their time making sure they are finding people with the right fit, so I wouldn't sweat too much yet. I know that's easier said than done, but do what you can to not let it get to you, as it's still early for them.
 
And not to mention ~90% of the applicants (OOS) are applying for about 25-30% of the class spots so it's much more competitive to get an interview OOS
 
I'm about to hit 6 weeks after completion. Hoping for something from the home team soon...
 
i'm interviewing this week, on friday.

excited to see everyone there and good luck to you all. :xf:
 
rachelkj said:
I'm about to hit 6 weeks after completion. Hoping for something from the home team soon...
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If you're applying MD/MPH, it's the MPH side that's holding up your II. The director of admissions was in a car accident and they had to reorganize. I was also starting to get worried, then I just sent in an "In the Area" email. A very nice woman in admissions explained the whole thing.

Even if the MD side has decided to interview you, you might not get your invite until a bit later. Hold tight, I'm sure you got this one in the bag. 🙂
 
cherahla said:
If you're applying MD/MPH, it's the MPH side that's holding up your II. The director of admissions was in a car accident and they had to reorganize. I was also starting to get worried, then I just sent in an "In the Area" email. A very nice woman in admissions explained the whole thing.

Even if the MD side has decided to interview you, you might not get your invite until a bit later. Hold tight, I'm sure you got this one in the bag. 🙂
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You live in Oregon, yet you sent an in the area email anyways? 😕
 
psychkub said:
I'll be there on Wednesday! I'm soooo nervous!
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exitonly29 said:
Join the club. It's my first interview and only I've receivied yet
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Relax. The whole day is really chill. If you are nervous, you won't act naturally and they want to see if you are someone that they want to spend the next four years working with. Not only that but their students represent the school for the rest of their careers. Are you the type of person that they want to represent their school? If you are nervous at an interview, you don't show your true personality. Be confident (but not cocky), be humorous (but not silly), be helpful (but not a d-bag), be the person that you would want to have as your doctor.

Take my advice with a grain of salt. I still have not heard back from my interview day on 10/26. But for me it was my fifth interview this cycle, and my last one. I have two acceptances, and I will be going to one of them if OHSU does not pan out.

Good luck to all that are interviewing this week. 🙂 Just don't take my spot. 😛

dsoz
 
dsoz said:
Relax. The whole day is really chill. If you are nervous, you won't act naturally and they want to see if you are someone that they want to spend the next four years working with. Not only that but their students represent the school for the rest of their careers. Are you the type of person that they want to represent their school? If you are nervous at an interview, you don't show your true personality. Be confident (but not cocky), be humorous (but not silly), be helpful (but not a d-bag), be the person that you would want to have as your doctor.

Take my advice with a grain of salt. I still have not heard back from my interview day on 10/26. But for me it was my fifth interview this cycle, and my last one. I have two acceptances, and I will be going to one of them if OHSU does not pan out.

Good luck to all that are interviewing this week. 🙂 Just don't take my spot. 😛

dsoz
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This actually made me even more nervous!

😛
 
DAPI said:
You live in Oregon, yet you sent an in the area email anyways? 😕
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I'm from Oregon, but I'm doing a stint in another state currently. Only coming home for Christmas.
 
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