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Thanks! I couldn't remember if it was January or February that they told us 👍
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I spoke to the OSU Office of Admissions last week and was told they are about half way through their review process and interviews go into March 🙂
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Maybe a dumb question, but when you say "review process," do you mean initial review of applications to decide who gets interviews?
That was how I interpreted it. They were able to tell me the date that my file was forwarded to a faculty member for review.
Is the faculty review the one what is right before an II/R? I just got an email back about an inquiry from a while ago and they said Im currently in faculty review.
Yes, I believe so. I think our files are forwarded to a faculty member for review at some point after completion (mine was forwarded many weeks after my complete date) and then a decision is made about an interview, but I think this faculty review can also take many weeks.
I have an update about an abstract and hopefully my PI sends my LOR soon. I may update them today just in case they are close to a decision.
I know that there are 2 interviews: 1 with a faculty member and 1 with a student. Does anyone know how long each interview lasts?
Just thinking the same thing...
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My interview was early this month and was interview day 2- out of 50. I only got my invite 2 weeks before so I think that OSU is still going. Hope that helps! (If you want to stalk, the dean posts interview group pictures on his twitter lol)
I know they send IIs for 2 weeks at a time. And I called cuz of a LOR added and she said thry send IIs through march and you hear back within 2 weeks post interview. Do you know what day of the week you got your II? I know the committee meets every 2 weeks so Im assuming thats for both acceptances and IIs but seems like there has been little movement here recently....but Ohio schools like Toledo, OSU, Wright all run late.
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Yup! I was invited 2 weeks ago to interview tomorrow. I was complete 7/18 and submitted two updates prior to my invitation. This is tied for my top choice, I'm super excited!
Also, good luck to my fellow interviewees tomorrow! I've heard it's an enjoyable, laid back interview day and I can't wait.
Is the decision date they give us accurate? My date is three weeks post interview, but my vitals says I will here two weeks post interview
As far as ive seen and heard, its usually 3 weeks but maybe they have a 1 week buffer just in case
I hope they can't see how many times I've logged into vitals to check for an II lol
the date they give you on your interview day should be accurate, but mine was 2 weeks after the interview! they also say they continuously review applications every two weeks, this is the first I have heard about 3 so kind of odd....
Just got an II this afternoon! So excited since tOSU is my top choice.
If anyone has information about how they do their interviews and what interview day was like, please let me know!
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If anyone has information about how they do their interviews and what interview day was like, please let me know!
Lizzy M 73.6. I'm an instate resident and completed secondary in late August.
No still waiting
For what dates? Do they give you 2 week chunks to choose from or just 1 week?
It seems to me that primarily IS people have seen movement off the list while OOS have remained on it for the most part.
Random question, but does anyone know when our FAFSA should be in for OSU?
+1 Still waiting OOS
In my case, they are letting me interview a bit earlier because someone presumably gave up their interview slot, but normally I think it is at least 2 weeks notice and you get to choose a day during that 2 week block.
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decided that I’ll be tweeting and tagging the osucom twitter and insta every day until they make a decision.. #downinthedms
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there haven't been any acceptance on here in a while. could that mean they have not sent out acceptances since december?
I think people just haven't been posting them on SDN. They usually give out admissions decisions like 2 weeks after you interview, and they interview every week.
Any recent in-state II with low to average MCAT scores for OSU? 🙂
Is updating about an accepted second author international abstract worth it? Or is it not signifant enough? Its for the Canadian association of neuroscience (I'm not Canadian), I would add more about volunteering etc but idk if it's important enough
I'm OOS, was deferred and got accepted mid-January.
If you have both the accepted abstract and volunteering then yes, especially if you haven't updated them yet. It shows them you're actively doing stuff to make yourself a more attractive applicant while simultaneously showing continued interest.
I've actually updated them twice, in september and early January. In total, since my submission in July, I updated them on continued volunteering with 3 places, a new volunteering teaching role, 2 second author review articles, one international abstract in france, additional 2000+hrs of research since I work full time, a new grade in post bac classes as I graduated etc.,
I just don't know if this holds any weight since I've updated on a lot of research stuff.
In that case I don't think you need to. Obviously I'm not a premed advisor but if you've done 2 updates and 1 wasn't even a month ago, I don't know if a smaller one only weeks later about an abstract is worth it. I submitted a large update in August and late December, and while I have started working on a lot of new research since my December update (new projects and another paper got submitted), I won't do another update for at least a few weeks, that is if I have enough content to make it a meaningful one.
Anyone else just get that "we cannot tell you anything about your application status but hope you find this helpful" email???
Just had a slight heart attack for nothing nbd
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Yes I did. Complete 8/10. Has anyone IS been rejected pre-II yet?
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Same. Complete 8/9 btw. Would love an interview here -_-
I just got off the phone with admissions and they said that the email is more of a way to let people know that they're roughly halfway through the cycle. Also, if you give them your AMCAS number, they're pretty open about what stage of the process you're in (like when your app got sent to faculty review/when the faculty decision score should be coming back)!
They said I was in faculty review but I didnt know what step of the process that was. I thought it was the first step still.
Tbh I forgot I was still in the running here until I got that email
