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To people who got accepted: how long did you wait after your interview before you got the news? I had my interview last week but don't remember them saying anything about when we'd hear back.
 
poetbro said:
To people who got accepted: how long did you wait after your interview before you got the news? I had my interview last week but don't remember them saying anything about when we'd hear back.
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I heard back in about 3 weeks.

Edit: I interviewed back in November if that information is helpful
 
poetbro said:
To people who got accepted: how long did you wait after your interview before you got the news? I had my interview last week but don't remember them saying anything about when we'd hear back.
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like 2-3 weeks maybe?
 
if any accepted students wanna chat plz message me so i can get ur contact info! this cycle is beating the crap out of me (6 WL) and this is my only acceptance. i’m from florida so i’m trying really hard to get excited about this school despite the distance/ weather lol and could use some friends that are considering ouwb too!
 
can any accepted students speak on scholarships you've been awarded from Oakland? Are all scholarships either half or full tuition?
 
I saw 113 OUWB M4’s matched. Does that mean their match rate is 90% roughly considering their class size is usually 125?
 
MsMercedes said:
I saw 113 OUWB M4’s matched. Does that mean their match rate is 90% roughly considering their class size is usually 125?
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Although we started with around 125, some students completely dropped, others joined the class below, some are taking a year off to do research, and I believe some did not match. That number also includes students from the class above that took a year off to do research and now matched this year, etc.
 
Med_For_Life said:
I was mainly referring to merit, worried I won't get one; we can see our financial aid on our SAIL account though
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thank you for the info! Also did not receive any merit aid(financial aid is currently all loans) so we can go into debt with loans together? :/
 
Wow. Looking back and forth between my financial aid offer and EFC is making my head spin. If their average student indebtedness is $220k, who in the world is getting these scholarships?
 
For whatever reason, when I heard 'financial aid' I was assuming it was like another form of scholarship. So I checked my SAIL account and nope, it's just federal loans. I did receive a quarter tuition scholarship from OUWB back in the fall, fortunately, but that hardly makes a dent when you take into account the cost of living and private school tuition. Cheers.
 
99016811 said:
For whatever reason, when I heard 'financial aid' I was assuming it was like another form of scholarship. So I checked my SAIL account and nope, it's just federal loans. I did receive a quarter tuition scholarship from OUWB back in the fall, fortunately, but that hardly makes a dent when you take into account the cost of living and private school tuition. Cheers.
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Quarter is better than nothing!
 
Could any current students explain a little bit about clinical exposure in year 1? Is it only standardized patients, or do M1s also get to go to actual clinics and see real patients? Thanks in advance! 🙂
 
HotMagicalDrinks said:
Could any current students explain a little bit about clinical exposure in year 1? Is it only standardized patients, or do M1s also get to go to actual clinics and see real patients? Thanks in advance! 🙂
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It is mainly standardized patient encounters. There may be an opportunity here or there to see "real" patients but the APM course will prepare you for appropriate history and physical exam skills before you are thrown into clinical experiences. As a fourth year, I can say I did not feel robbed of any experience by seeing standardized patients before real patients.
 
CaptainJackSparrow14 said:
It is mainly standardized patient encounters. There may be an opportunity here or there to see "real" patients but the APM course will prepare you for appropriate history and physical exam skills before you are thrown into clinical experiences. As a fourth year, I can say I did not feel robbed of any experience by seeing standardized patients before real patients.
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Awesome. Thank you so much for the information! I really appreciate your insights. 😊
 
This is actually one of my biggest pet peeves when schools advertise "patient experience on day one" or whatever. You have absolutely no training in either physical exam skills, interview skills, or fundamental medical knowledge to really even provide any help.

I distinctly remember herpity derping my way through APM standardized patients and realized I had so much work to do before even interacting with a real patient ahahaha. Agree with CaptainJack, did not feel robbed of any experience.
 
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