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At my interview, they said upwards of 40 people in the class of around 200 are off of the deferred list... and that is not even including those who were offered a spot after being deferred and didn't accept!! The cycle is not even close to being over and you guys had relatively early interviews which means your app will be reviewed every time the adcoms meet! Don't give up hope! :)
 
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Half of all applicants interviewed get an acceptance, roughly. Being deferred is irrelevant since there's no separate deferred list. Everyone who interviews is eligible for an acceptance at each decision date
 
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Hey! Can someone please provide a little more insight or advice for the student interview?
I understand that the faculty interview is more traditional questions.
Is the student interview more conversational or will they be asking you traditional questions as well? What are the differences between the two interviews (if there are any)?
 
Celdurant said:
Half of all applicants interviewed get an acceptance, roughly. Being deferred is irrelevant since there's separate deferred list. Everyone who interviews is eligible for an acceptance at each decision date
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Are you saying that half of all applicants interviewed get an acceptance including those that first are deferred and gain an acceptance later on?
 
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Yoncé said:
Hey! Can someone please provide a little more insight or advice for the student interview?
I understand that the faculty interview is more traditional questions.
Is the student interview more conversational or will they be asking you traditional questions as well? What are the differences between the two interviews (if there are any)?
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At least for me the student interview was similar to the faculty interview. It appeared both had a list of questions that they wanted to ask, and at times, I was asked to elaborate on some certain parts of my application.
 
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Are you saying that half of all applicants interviewed get an acceptance including those that first are deferred and gain an acceptance later on?
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Yes. I'm saying regardless of whether you are immediately accepted or you are "deferred", it's irrelevant. There is a finite pool of people who are interviewed here. Of that finite pool, about half, give or take, will receive an acceptance, just based on the numbers needed to fill a class. This is well demonstrated in the stats from our class profile.

https://medicine.osu.edu/admissions/md/brochures-fact-sheets/Documents/Entering Class Profile.pdf

https://medicine.osu.edu/students/admissions/Class Profile/Class Profile.pdf
 
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Hoping for the safety of all those at Ohio State as well as hoping that those at the hospital will be able to help any who are injured.
 
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Apparent 1 person dead and 8 injured. Possibly more than 2 shooters. I'm in lock down at. WTF is going on...
 
Gurkhali said:
Apparent 1 person dead and 8 injured. Possibly more than 2 shooters. I'm in lock down at. WTF is going on...
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I saw that there was 1 dead, but that was the (or one possible?) suspect. 7 of 8 are stable with 1 in critical condition.
 
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This may be a silly question in this moment but I fly out early tomorrow (for Wednesday II) and now my family is hounding me to call the office. My view is that they are very on top of their game, and will email us if necessary. What would you guys do?
 
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This may be a silly question in this moment but I fly out early tomorrow (for Wednesday II) and now my family is hounding me to call the office. My view is that they are very on top of their game, and will email us if necessary. What would you guys do?
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I think you are okay... scene seems to be clear! Keep up with the news but I think we will find more out in the next hour or so
 
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I was just wondering if there was an accepted students/class of 2021 Facebook page for this school?
 
Anybody have any idea when would be a good time to send an update as a deferred applicant?
 
Just a general question for those of you thinking about sending updates.

What exactly are you going to include?

I want to send something too, but I haven't gotten my transcript for this semester, and haven't had anything notable research wise.

Or is the update more of a letter of intent?
Seeing everyone talk about sending update letters on here is making me feel like they're somewhat expected or mandatory. Or is this not the case?


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cavs007 said:
Just a general question for those of you thinking about sending updates.

What exactly are you going to include?

I want to send something too, but I haven't gotten my transcript for this semester, and haven't had anything notable research wise.

Or is the update more of a letter of intent?
Seeing everyone talk about sending update letters on here is making me feel like they're somewhat expected or mandatory. Or is this not the case?


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I would wait till you get your grades!
 
cavs007 said:
Just a general question for those of you thinking about sending updates.

What exactly are you going to include?

I want to send something too, but I haven't gotten my transcript for this semester, and haven't had anything notable research wise.

Or is the update more of a letter of intent?
Seeing everyone talk about sending update letters on here is making me feel like they're somewhat expected or mandatory. Or is this not the case?


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I was accepted to present my research at a conference.
 
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Congrats on your research invite! And thanks guys. I was trying to get a better feel for what these updates are all about


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cavs007 said:
Congrats on your research invite! And thanks guys. I was trying to get a better feel for what these updates are all about


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I'm thinking about just sending an update that I've accepted a full-time MCAT tutor position and then a quick reminder of everything else I'm doing during my gap year - still debating sending it or not
 
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I'm thinking about just sending an update that I've accepted a full-time MCAT tutor position and then a quick reminder of everything else I'm doing during my gap year - still debating sending it or not
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Ah ok very cool. Thanks for sharing!


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Does anyone know if OSU interviews mainly in state residents early in the cycle and OOS applicants later in the cycle?
 
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Does anyone know if OSU interviews mainly in state residents early in the cycle and OOS applicants later in the cycle?
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Pretty sure it's the opposite. I think it's so people from OOS don't have to travel once the weather gets cold.


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Still holding out for an II, complete early Aug IS. It's gettin cold OSU, I hope you got II ready!
 
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deferred :/ anybody know how many students get accepted after being deferred?
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Hey man I am trying to figure out the same. I got deferred october 17th and still nothing :/ trying to stay hopeful
 
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Hey man I am trying to figure out the same. I got deferred october 17th and still nothing :/ trying to stay hopeful
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Someone earlier said that ~40 people in their class last year came from the deferred list. So at least 40 plus the number of students who were offered a spot off the deferred list and turned them down. Just a waiting game now.
 
Futuredoc112 said:
Hey guys! I am a 505 MCAT, 3.67 GPA, 3.55 science, traditional. I was wondering if anyone with similar scores have received an interview? I know I am below average on my score, but I can dream :) let me know what you think or if you have any advice for me
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I was accepted with a 509 MCAT, 3.69 cGPA , 3.5 sGPA, traditional, URM, and OOS. I definitely feel that you still have a chance. They appeared to really value EC's and experiences so even with slightly lower stats you still definitely have a chance :)
 
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Hi! Just wanted to make sure of something...if we havent received a II but our app is complete...the right side of the page where it says "Current Action" should have nothing below it, correct?
 
Complete mid July and silence. Does this school reject or do they do silent rejections


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A question for current students: do you guys typically pay for textbooks (digital and hard copy), borrow materials from other students, or are there no textbooks required?
 
Late decision to apply and late secondary submission (11/13). Haven't heard anything thus far, but expected. Hopefully this late submission won't harm me terribly! Praying for an II soon...
 
To those who've received IIs - did you a receive an e-mail or was there a change in your portal?
 
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JUST GOT A CALL THAT I WAS ACCEPTED!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTE DREAM!!!!!!! listened to the voicemail like 5 times to make sure it wasn't a mistake! was initially deferred so don't give up hope everyone!!!!!!!!
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Has your information on vitals been updated yet.
 
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Also deferred. Does anyone know when the next meeting is? I did not know if they would meet on the 19th because it is so close to the holidays.. maybe a recent interviewee could shed some light?
 
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Also deferred. Does anyone know when the next meeting is? I did not know if they would meet on the 19th because it is so close to the holidays.. maybe a recent interviewee could shed some light?
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I interviewed on 11/30 and we find out 12/15.
 
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Just out of curiosity, was anyone interviewing while campus was on lockdown last week? I am an OSU student (not so) patiently waiting for an interview and feel awful for those who possibly interviewed during that crisis. I can assure you, OSU is a wonderful place and that will hopefully never happen again!
 
OSUndisputed said:
Just out of curiosity, was anyone interviewing while campus was on lockdown last week? I am an OSU student (not so) patiently waiting for an interview and feel awful for those who possibly interviewed during that crisis. I can assure you, OSU is a wonderful place and that will hopefully never happen again!
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The interview was two days after, 11/30.. so no one was. (Edit: False... didn't realize Monday was an option)
 
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Just out of curiosity, was anyone interviewing while campus was on lockdown last week? I am an OSU student (not so) patiently waiting for an interview and feel awful for those who possibly interviewed during that crisis. I can assure you, OSU is a wonderful place and that will hopefully never happen again!
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+1. I don't even go to OSU so I have no incentive to mislead. I just grew up in Columbus and went out of state for undergrad. But I can confirm that occurrence was a HUGE anomaly.


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The interview was two days after, 11/30.. so no one was.
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Generally they have interviews Mondays and Wednesdays, I just hope no one had to deal with that.
 
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OSUndisputed said:
Just out of curiosity, was anyone interviewing while campus was on lockdown last week? I am an OSU student (not so) patiently waiting for an interview and feel awful for those who possibly interviewed during that crisis. I can assure you, OSU is a wonderful place and that will hopefully never happen again!
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I interviewed that day and was accepted last night via phone call. The admissions office staff along with Dean Capers did a phenomenal job making sure we felt safe. At least for me, it only raised my perception of OSU.
 
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