2015-2016 Ohio State University Application Thread

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from last year's prompt:
Ohio State University

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr made the following statement: "Of all the injustices in the world, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." Describe how you would like to contribute to ensuring quality healthcare for all people. (250 words or less)

The Ohio State University College of Medicine's mission is to "improve people's lives through innovation in research, education and patient care." Briefly describe how you aspire to further this mission, in whole or in part, as a medical student or as an alumnus of this College. (250 words or less)
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what do you guys think? that first question is kind of a doozy imo
 
DrHart said:
from last year's prompt:
Ohio State University

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr made the following statement: "Of all the injustices in the world, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." Describe how you would like to contribute to ensuring quality healthcare for all people. (250 words or less)

The Ohio State University College of Medicine's mission is to "improve people's lives through innovation in research, education and patient care." Briefly describe how you aspire to further this mission, in whole or in part, as a medical student or as an alumnus of this College. (250 words or less)
______

what do you guys think? that first question is kind of a doozy imo
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Has anyone researched if they change this question yearly? It is a doozy, harder if you already talked about this equality in PS.
 
Rainbow Zebra said:
Has anyone researched if they change this question yearly? It is a doozy, harder if you already talked about this equality in PS.
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That was the prompt I believe for the 13-14 and 14-15 cycles. The 12-13 cycle had this prompt:

In your own words, define altruism and provide an example (or two) of when you exhibited altruistic behavior. (600 words or less)
Articulate your understanding of social justice versus advocacy for social justice. (600 words or less)
Describe one or more experiences where you collaborated or worked as part of a team with people of different racial, ethnic and/or socioeconomic backgrounds and/or belief systems than your own. What impact did this experience(s) have on you? (600 words or less)

Their website says they change the prompt occasionally.
 
DrHart said:
That was the prompt I believe for the 13-14 and 14-15 cycles. The 12-13 cycle had this prompt:

In your own words, define altruism and provide an example (or two) of when you exhibited altruistic behavior. (600 words or less)
Articulate your understanding of social justice versus advocacy for social justice. (600 words or less)
Describe one or more experiences where you collaborated or worked as part of a team with people of different racial, ethnic and/or socioeconomic backgrounds and/or belief systems than your own. What impact did this experience(s) have on you? (600 words or less)

Their website says they change the prompt occasionally.
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Thanks for looking into this. I may hold off on pre-writing this one. Have about 20 others I can focus on for now. Cheers
 
Got any applicants from Texas? Ohio State is one of my very few OOS schools that I am strongly interested in applying to in addition to my in-state TX schools. I know someone who goes to Ohio State Medical School and heard many great things!
 
Does anybody know if I can still be considered for an interview if I don't meet the anatomy requirement? Would I just have to take it before I matriculated or do I need it to even be considered?
 
tiger330 said:
Does anybody know if I can still be considered for an interview if I don't meet the anatomy requirement? Would I just have to take it before I matriculated or do I need it to even be considered?
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The anatomy requirement must be met for you to matriculate. You can apply without it - as long as you take it before classes start I don't think it's an issue!
 
tiger330 said:
Does anybody know if I can still be considered for an interview if I don't meet the anatomy requirement? Would I just have to take it before I matriculated or do I need it to even be considered?
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For this year's incoming M1s, the school is offering a FREE online anatomy course that will satisfy the requirement. The course takes about 35-40 hours to complete. Not sure if this is offered every year.
 
doc_mcd94 said:
I'm a buckeye and I am also applying to U of M. I am hoping they will like the opportunity to possibly change a buckeye into a wolverine but then I see that Michigan only accepted four students from Ohio last year 😵
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As long as you are willing to sing the Michigan Fight Song at graduation (as the Dean mentioned during last year's white coat ceremony), all worthy souls are considered. Hail to the Victors, and Best wishes to you.
 
VanNostrand MD said:
For this year's incoming M1s, the school is offering a FREE online anatomy course that will satisfy the requirement. The course takes about 35-40 hours to complete. Not sure if this is offered every year.
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This year was the first year that course was offered, so it was kind of a pilot. I don't think we've received word if the anatomy department will continue to offer it, but I can't see why they wouldn't.
 
Really liking OSU, will be applying! That being said, I have minimal connections to the state (besides being from the Midwest).

Any input on how much this might be held against me?
 
AnophelesGambiae said:
Really liking OSU, will be applying! That being said, I have minimal connections to the state (besides being from the Midwest).

Any input on how much this might be held against me?
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Incoming M1 here. I was an OOS applicant from the west coast with no ties to the state of Ohio aside from a single family member whom I never visited (no mention of them on my application). My first time in the Midwest was for my interview. Good luck!
 
autograph collection said:
Incoming M1 here. I was an OOS applicant from the west coast with no ties to the state of Ohio aside from a single family member whom I never visited (no mention of them on my application). My first time in the Midwest was for my interview. Good luck!
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Could I ask your stats? Why you chose Ohio State?
 
taco152 said:
Could I ask your stats? Why you chose Ohio State?
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Sure, I'll private message you.

If anyone else has any questions about the application process, the school, or my experience feel free to shoot me a private message - I'd be happy to answer your questions!
 
AnophelesGambiae said:
Really liking OSU, will be applying! That being said, I have minimal connections to the state (besides being from the Midwest).

Any input on how much this might be held against me?
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There's no in-state bias here and you don't need ties to the state to have a chance here. My class was split 107 IS, 85 OOS, which is a 55 to 45% split. A large chunk of people here, myself included, had no ties to Ohio before getting in. I'm not even from the Midwest, and never had been to the Midwest.
 
Celdurant said:
There's no in-state bias here and you don't need ties to the state to have a chance here. My class was split 107 IS, 85 OOS, which is a 55 to 45% split. A large chunk of people here, myself included, had no ties to Ohio before getting in. I'm not even from the Midwest, and never had been to the Midwest.
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Technically there is an in-state bias because only ~20% of applications are from Ohio residents, yet they make up >50% of the class. You're very right though, you don't need to have ties to get in & they do take more OOS than the other Ohio schools.
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DrHart said:
The anatomy requirement must be met for you to matriculate. You can apply without it - as long as you take it before classes start I don't think it's an issue!
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So just to clarify: I can apply without anatomy and having already completed undergrad, and I shouldn't have an issue? It wouldn't need to be addressed until acceptance, correct?
 
evansh said:
So just to clarify: I can apply without anatomy and having already completed undergrad, and I shouldn't have an issue? It wouldn't need to be addressed until acceptance, correct?
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From what I've heard this is correct. But you will have to take it before classes start.
 
DrHart said:
Technically there is an in-state bias because only ~20% of applications are from Ohio residents, yet they make up >50% of the class. You're very right though, you don't need to have ties to get in & they do take more OOS than the other Ohio schools.
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Just out of curiosity where is that graphic from?
 
Hey! Good luck to everyone applying this year!

I'm an entering MS1 to OSU, and so while I can't tell you too much about the culture or detailed school stuff just yet, I can tell you about the application/interview process specific to OSU. Just ask if you have questions!
 
DrHart said:
Technically there is an in-state bias because only ~20% of applications are from Ohio residents, yet they make up >50% of the class. You're very right though, you don't need to have ties to get in & they do take more OOS than the other Ohio schools.
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This isn't necessarily the case. These are matriculant data. It is more likely for IS to matriculate once accepted than an OOS. There could be a lot of reasons why Ohio could have the highest percentage of OOS; one of which being its prestige. But this figure doesn't state that they accept a higher percentage OOS. Either way, OOS applicants are welcome in Ohio.
 
dextertrip said:
This isn't necessarily the case. These are matriculant data. It is more likely for IS to matriculate once accepted than an OOS. There could be a lot of reasons why Ohio could have the highest percentage of OOS; one of which being its prestige. But this figure doesn't state that they accept a higher percentage OOS. Either way, OOS applicants are welcome in Ohio.
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I see what you're saying but still definitely an IS bias. That obviously doesn't make it impossible for OOS applicants to get in though. I think U of M probably has one of the lowest IS biases for a public school but they are still 50/50 split on that. If 50 percent of your class is from in state and you are on the higher end of public schools, there is definitely a bias for in state applicants.
 
DrHart said:
Technically there is an in-state bias because only ~20% of applications are from Ohio residents, yet they make up >50% of the class. You're very right though, you don't need to have ties to get in & they do take more OOS than the other Ohio schools.
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Good point. If I was being very precise, I would say that there isn't an instate bias that results in a drastically lopsided class distribution due to any particular instate quota that must be met. It's only naturally for OOS applicant numbers to dwarf in state applicants due to the relative pools of applicants, but where people decide to matriculate does distort the data enough to prevent certain other conclusions from being drawn.

Edit: I think the distinction that needs to be made is the presence of hard bias, such as most Texas school have by law or that seen at many public schools, and soft bias, which you could say drives 50/50% classes at schools despite greater OOS applicant numbers.
 
Got an email inviting me to make an OSU account. However, I'm not sure if this is the formal secondary invitation or just instructions on how to make an account.
 
I remember seeing a similar discussion on last years thread for OSU. Maybe we can find some info there.
 
I just got the email too, glad I am not the only one.
 
Still waiting for the secondaries to be released. Also was invited to make an account
 
Just received the email inviting me to make an account but it also had the link to the secondary in it. Essays are the same as last year.
 
Received that second email too but oddly my login doesn't work...
 
radish2 said:
Here are the old secondaries:
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr made the following statement: "Of all the injustices in the world, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane." Describe how you would like to contribute to ensuring quality healthcare for all people. (250 words or less)
  • The Ohio State University College of Medicine's mission is to "improve people's lives through innovation in research, education and patient care." Briefly describe how you aspire to further this mission, in whole or in part, as a medical student or as an alumnus of this College. (250 words or less)
Can anyone rephrase the second question for me? Is this question talking about innovating through all 3 of these? For example, do I need to talk about what kind of change I'm going to bring to this school and to the way we practice medicine? or is it talking more about what your future plans are?
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My interpretation is "innovation in research, innovation in education, and innovation in patient care." Therefore, I'd use what you have already done to support statements of what you are going to do in the future to innovate in one or more of the above categories.
 
After making a payment, did anyone get sent back to their secondary page (where they can still make changes and submit again)?

Unsure if this is just the standard, or if some error occurred during submission for me.
 
I wouldn't mind the break before they send them out.
 
Nvmd, submission went through fine. Noticed another issue however. All the apostrophe's in my text were changed to question marks. Even used notepad instead of word as they suggested.

*sigh* there goes my application, worked hard on these essays too 🙁
 
Got the "make an account" email and the "here is the actual secondary link" email earlier today. Woo more secondaries!
 
AnophelesGambiae said:
Nvmd, submission went through fine. Noticed another issue however. All the apostrophe's in my text were changed to question marks. Even used notepad instead of word as they suggested.

*sigh* there goes my application, worked hard on these essays too 🙁
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Don't worry! I'm a re applicant this year. I did the same thing you did and freaked out about it for a while. I still got an interview and I'm still on the wait list!
 
mazarine said:
Got the "make an account" email and the "here is the actual secondary link" email earlier today. Woo more secondaries!
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Yes this Spartan also rec'd the Ohio secondaries.

"Oh, yeah. Oooh, ahhh, that's how it always starts. Then later there's running and um, screaming."
I'm at the running and screaming phase with all the secondaries to complete, and the rehashing of my classes. Sigh.
 
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