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Yes it was!! I haven't been accepted though, so I thought it was odd. Perhaps they just sent it to everyone who submitted a FAFSA?
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2016-2017 Oregon Health & Sciences University Application Thread
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That's what I suspect.
Yes! I think the admissions liason should be adding y'all. 🙂
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You're right--the Portland housing market is tough. People kind of live all over the place, but I would say a majority live in SW or inner SE. There seem to be quite a few places in SW near campus that people share apartments in and pay about $700 each. Honestly there is a huge range of what people pay in rent, from $250 (if you live in the Co-Op, which is basically a dorm for health professions students that a lucky few of you might be able to get a room in) to $2000 (if you live in a fancy-schmancy one bedroom apartment in one of the buildings on the South Waterfront). If you want your own apartment, in general you should expect to pay at least $850 a month. If you are willing to share a big house, that number will drop to about $500.
I live in Milwaukie/Oak Grove, which is in deep SE. We wanted to buy a house, so that's where we could get a decent house within our budget. If you want to find a cheap house to buy or a cheap room to rent, I would recommend looking in the Milwaukie area near a MAX orange line stop. The orange line stops directly outside of the CLSB, which is where you will have classes for the first two years. It takes like 22 minutes from the far South end of the orange line (my stop) to the CLSB, which is totally doable! I actually really enjoy the time to just sit and listen to podcasts.
My main advice would be: figure out your budget, then start looking for places all over Portland. If you are depending entirely on loans, I think you get like $20,000 of loan allotment per year for personal expenses including rent/transportation/food. Use google maps to figure out how long it will take you to get to the CLSB from whatever address you are looking at via walking, biking, or public transportation. Parking on the South Waterfront is very limited and costs at least $6 a day, but can be a lot more if you don't get a spot in that lot, so I wouldn't recommend planning on driving to school unless you factor that into your budget.
Once you all are on the facebook page, upperclassmen will likely start posting housing they have available, so stay tuned for that as well.
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Congratulations!!!
Has anyone been accepted from the hold pool? Can any current students comment on how this has gone in the past? I've read through last year's thread, but I'm still feeling suuuuper anxious about my chances of getting in after being thrown in the hold pool 11/22...
Same. There was movement off the hold pool by the this time last year. I am not holding my breath for news before April, and with the number of acceptances already being handed out, not feeling optimistic at all of my chances of acceptance either. Does not seem like they are abiding by the 20/80/20 rule they supposedly go by.
I only counted 6 so far - maybe just over double that for people that aren't on SDN (unless someone on the FB group wants to disclose how many people are in the group so far). So that would put about 10% already accepted. So maybe it will hold up. Who knows...but they did say their yield was around 50-55% so...
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From my very unofficial and quick count: Out of the 30 people in the Facebook group, roughly 22 look to be newly admitted students. The others look as though they are current students at OHSU.
Not a med student but I do research there. Rent is ridiculous. My gf and I pay $1840 a month for a one bedroom on the SW waterfront near the tram. It's a really nice place but on the high end of what you can expect for rent in Portland. The convenience of the location is worth the expense since I float around between the hill, CHH, and CLSB. With the tram being free, you don't have to deal with the head ache of parking anywhere on campus. OHSU heavily subsidizes trimet passes. Many apartments in that area have great move-in specials for OHSU students and employees. I'd say that the vast majority of tenants in my building work or go to school at OHSU. If anyone has specific housing questions I'd be happy to help answer them.
How did you find the Facebook group??
A link to it was buried somewhere in one of the acceptance emails.
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Nope. I'm definitely more interested in another school that I've been accepted to, but want to wait for the financial aid packages. Not to say that I didn't like OHSU, just I LOVED the other one and I've been looking to get out of Portland for a while. I like Portland and OHSU, but I'm just looking for a change.
I am personally
I haven't been accepted yet, but I do know someone who has been accepted and they were pretty interested in another school they had been accepted to elsewhere in the country.
Are we allowed to take notes during our 2min prep for the MMI here?
Yes.
Thank you!
Same here! I interviewed 10/19, and nothing. I called today and spoke with someone in admissions. She said that, " the interviewer must be present in the committee meeting, and one interviewer has been particularly hard to schedule this season." I am just hoping it doesn't stretch out until after the holidays.
Congrats! When were you marked complete?
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Early October.
For what dates are they currently scheduling the interviews?
Who was your interviewer?
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FWIW it took me almost 10 weeks to receive a decision and my interviewer was part of the admissions office. Hold fast, friend.
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... were they a Rad?
Complete 9/30 and II today! I still haven't received an email, but my portal says "an interview deadline of 1/06/2017" Did they really only give me a week to interview, or is this just a "let them know my date BY 1/06/2017"??
That's the deadline for choosing an interview date. They'll be more descriptive in the email. Congrats!
Thanks! Is it normal to not have received the email yet? The nail biting never ends 😛
Congrats!! Stats? Hoping to get one too 🙂
I'm IS, 3.89 cGPA, 503 MCAT, first time applicant. Lots of clinical experience and some strong research experience. I hope you get one soon!
I think so. I didn't check my portal before getting the email, but at my interview they said the portal is updated before any emails go out in the case of IIs and acceptances.
Good luck on your interview!! Thanks 🙂
Any other IS/mission group people at 12+ weeks to hear about an II or pre-II rejection? I'm at 14 weeks and anxious to hear back
Don't lose hope! I submitted my secondary July 10th, waited until October 3rd to get invited to interview, and was accepted last month! Seems to me like OHSU just operates a little slower than other schools.
Yes! Was accepted last night!
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That is amazing congrats! That seems super fast for OHSU. Has anyone heard anything that interviewed on 11/18?
!!!!!! what! has this always been a status? are you IS?
i was complete early September, mission group, OOS, and have yet to hear anything (including the above status).
I am IS.. feel upset because don't know what does this means...
I was placed in that pool last year which didn't result in an II. My guess is they wait until they are most of the way through the cycle, and if they feel unhappy about their interview pool or need to interview more people, they pull them off that list. Just a guess though
