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I will take an R over the complete silence any day. At this point in time, I’ve just lost all hope; don’t drag out the agony, it’s cruel.
I will take an R over the complete silence any day. At this point in time, I’ve just lost all hope; don’t drag out the agony, it’s cruel.
When will they get back to you guys on that ?
I believe their next meeting is Jan 16th, so hopefully sometime next week??When should December interviewees expect to hear back?
Called in, they said if you haven’t received anything, it’s because they haven’t read your file yet. They don’t usually do the ‘pending pile’ where they’re unsure about you (this is what the lady on the phone said) she also said once they’ve made a decision, they email you automatically.
Hey guys, quick update!
Today is match day for ophthalmology applicants - it's one of a few specialties that have a separate matching system from everyone else who will match in March. In the current M4 class, 7 people applied to ophthalmology and I heard from some classmates that all 7 matched today! Ophtho is crazy competitive so we are really excited for them.
Disclaimer: This hasn't been confirmed "officially" by the administration but I will let you know if I hear anything different.
This makes me want to go to OUWB ;w; All I need is an interview invite and acceptance lolWe have matched very well in ophtho over the past few years! Dean Folberg is an ophthalmologist (and pathologist) and OUWB is the only school I'm aware of that has a mandatory ophtho rotation. It's only a week long and I'm not going into anything remotely similar to ophtho, but I still found it pretty cool and useful. So I think that generates a lot of interest in the specialty.
Hey guys, quick update!
Today is match day for ophthalmology applicants - it's one of a few specialties that have a separate matching system from everyone else who will match in March. In the current M4 class, 7 people applied to ophthalmology and I heard from some classmates that all 7 matched today! Ophtho is crazy competitive so we are really excited for them.
Disclaimer: This hasn't been confirmed "officially" by the administration but I will let you know if I hear anything different.
Does anyone know if this school accepts updates?
Hey guys, quick update!
Today is match day for ophthalmology applicants - it's one of a few specialties that have a separate matching system from everyone else who will match in March. In the current M4 class, 7 people applied to ophthalmology and I heard from some classmates that all 7 matched today! Ophtho is crazy competitive so we are really excited for them.
Disclaimer: This hasn't been confirmed "officially" by the administration but I will let you know if I hear anything different.
That's amazing to hear! If you don't mind, will you share your clinical experience at OUWB and its pros and cons? thanksWe have matched very well in ophtho over the past few years! Dean Folberg is an ophthalmologist (and pathologist) and OUWB is the only school I'm aware of that has a mandatory ophtho rotation. It's only a week long and I'm not going into anything remotely similar to ophtho, but I still found it pretty cool and useful. So I think that generates a lot of interest in the specialty.
Sure!
So the bulk of our clinical experience is at Beaumont-Royal Oak, the biggest hospital in Michigan. It's over 1,000 beds, with >100 in the ED alone. It's a level 1 trauma center, has a level 3 (the highest level) NICU, PICU, multiple surgical ICUs, a medical ICU, and a cardiac ICU. It has residency programs in just about every specialty you can imagine.
We also spend some time at Beaumont-Troy, a ~500 bed community hospital. There are only family medicine residents there, and we spend time there on our FM rotation as well as neurology, anesthesia, EM, and in some cases an IM subspecialty.
You might spend a couple days to a couple weeks at Beaumont-Grosse Pointe, a smaller community hospital where there is also an FM residency.
As a learner, I've been very happy with my clinical rotations. Being at Beaumont-Royal Oak we get to see a lot of high acuity and unique cases that you wouldn't see elsewhere. Beaumont has been a teaching hospital for a long time before OUWB existed. The attendings and residents generally do a great job of teaching. There are, of course, some residents and attendings who are, uh, challenging to work with lol. But they are in the minority and in the cases where it's been really extreme the clerkship directors have been receptive to feedback and have intervened in appropriate ways. I really only had 1-2 people that were very tough to work with and I don't think it's worse or more common at Beaumont than anywhere else.
On most rotations, you will have a fair amount of responsibility. In the hospital, you'll be expected to see consults and admissions, round on "your" patients every morning, scrub into surgeries, write notes, present your patients to the team, etc. In clinics, you'll likely be seeing patients on your own, presenting to the attending, and then wrapping up the visit together with the attending. There are some rotations and attendings who will have you basically just shadow. In my experience this has been limited and typically when it's appropriate, e.g. more sensitive things like psych visits, peds (nervous parents & don't want the kid to start crying before the doc actually does the exam), OBGYN stuff, etc.
You'll have certain procedures, skills, and types of cases to get checked off on each rotation, and usually have daily or weekly didactics (lectures) from attendings and residents in that specialty. Each rotation will end with a national standardized shelf exam and an OSCE (a clinical skills exam).
Required rotations include:
M3: IM (8 wks), surgery (8 wks), peds (8 wks), FM (6 wks), neuro (4 wks), psych (6 wks), OBGYN (6 wks), ophtho (1 wk), research time (1 wk).
M4: sub-internship (4 wks, can do in IM, surgery, peds, FM, or I think EM?), EM (4 wks), anesthesia/pain (2 wks), diagnostic medicine (radiology + pathology, 2 wks). You have 16 weeks of elective time which you can use for away rotations or electives at Beaumont. You have 12 weeks of built in "vacation" time which most people use for interview season, "dedicated" time to study for or take Step 2 CK & CS, or schedule additional electives or away rotations specific to their specialty of interest.
I didn't hear anything today, but praying tomorrow holds good news!Did anyone hear anything today?
II today! Complete 7/25, OOS
II today! Complete 7/25, OOS
Lol I really hope not. The last interview date is March 8th, so I’d like to think they haven’t filled all the interview spots till then already. Maybe those who got IIs can fill us in on how many open days they saw on their portal?Do y’all think that was the last wave of interview invites?
A few more updates!
2) Dean Folberg announced today that he will be stepping down as head of the medical school. Not sure if you guys had a chance to meet him on your interview day. I don't have any details as to the reason, but he has been in the position for 10+ years since the school started and will be staying on as a faculty member. It sounds like there will be a national search for a new dean. Dean Folberg obviously has been a huge influence in shaping the unique culture of the school, and has done a really wonderful job of hiring assistant/associate deans, faculty, and staff who believe in OUWB's mission. I'm sad he'll be leaving the role, but I'm confident they will make sure his replacement is someone who will continue the good work he's been doing. I don't have any more info on this right now but here is an article that was published about it.
Stats?Got in an II yesterday! Complete 8/10
Parking is free.Is there a fee to park on campus at OUWB? Also is zipcar available in the area and for students who are out of state, do they usually just buy a car in Michigan or ship their cars across country ?
last year, a lot of tier 1 were accepted and some of tier 2. So i deduce that all of tier 1 was accepted since they accepted off tier 2. as for this cycle, i only saw 1 person got off the waitlist so far. things wil start moving mid april
Can someone talk about what the daily class and lab schedule is like? Thanks
Is there a fee to park on campus at OUWB? Also is zipcar available in the area and for students who are out of state, do they usually just buy a car in Michigan or ship their cars across country ?
Anyone hear anything?
+1 no II no rejection complete mid-August. Quite confused on how they stratify applications and why they take so long to review applications submitted early/on time
Sorry if this has already been answered but does this school send you a decision immediately after reviewing your application? Or do they wait till the end to reject who they don’t want
Ahh that makes a lot sense given the negative degrees with the weather. Did they post that info anywhere?adcom meets this wednesday. The university was closed last week due to the cold