2020-2021 Oakland (Beaumont)

[drmeter]

pre-II R today

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[Med20212025]

Anyone else still waiting on pre-II decision?

 

[Smareo]

Anyone else still waiting on pre-II decision?

+1

 

[Anon_medgirl]

+1

+2

 

[mcatcrusher1212]

Is anyone on here an in state applicant and already accepted to OUWB?

 

[viralhiker]

Is anyone on here an in state applicant and already accepted to OUWB?

Yeah, I am. I’m sure there are many others in this thread.

 

[Tacocalifornia]

any prospective students want to connect on facebook?

 

[Med School 123]

Does anyone know if orientation and the white coat ceremony will happen in person this year?

 

[FIFAKhalifa]

Yeah, I am. I’m sure there are many others in this thread.

+1

 

[Just_Daikon]

any prospective students want to connect on facebook?

down haha also open to connecting with others

 

[lsamerson]

Also still waiting no II and no R. Secondary submitted early august IS.

 

[golfnerd]

pre-II R just now

 

[TabbyTuxy]

Pre-II R just now. IS, complete in July. LM 70

 

[Anon_medgirl]

Pre-II R. IS.

 

[stemich]

Pre-II R just now!

 

[poetbro]

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.

 

[hopefuldoc_123]

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.

I heard back in about 3 weeks.

Edit: I interviewed back in November if that information is helpful

 

[throwawayhelp]

any prospective students want to connect on facebook?

me!

 

[throwawayhelp]

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.

like 2-3 weeks maybe?

 

[throwawayhelp]

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!

 

[DavPreMed]

Post-II R. Interviewed 3/4. I didn’t know they did rejections, I thought they had multiple tiers of waitlists but I guess I was wrong. Pretty upset, I thought I did really well.

 

[Olikv21]

Accepted! Interviewed 3/4 and received the call today.

 

[Med School 123]

can any accepted students speak on scholarships you've been awarded from Oakland? Are all scholarships either half or full tuition?

 

[Med_For_Life]

can any accepted students speak on scholarships you've been awarded from Oakland? Are all scholarships either half or full tuition?

I think they do quarter as well, I still haven’t heard back regarding scholarship :/

 

[HotMagicalDrinks]

I think they do quarter as well, I still haven’t heard back regarding scholarship :/

According to their most recent newsletter, financial aid award letters will be going on the first week of April, so I don't think anyone has heard back about scholarships. 😉

 

[Med_For_Life]

According to their most recent newsletter, financial aid award letters will be going on the first week of April, so I don't think anyone has heard back about scholarships. 😉

They call people for the merit ones, people have already heard back

 

[HotMagicalDrinks]

They call people for the merit ones, people have already heard back

Oh, I must have misunderstood, then. Thanks!

 

[ohyoudoubleyoubee]

scholarships can be 1/4th (~14), half (~28k) or full
can be either financial and/or merit

 

[MsMercedes]

I saw 113 OUWB M4’s matched. Does that mean their match rate is 90% roughly considering their class size is usually 125?

 

[livelypenguin]

Have any accepted students been able to use the choose your medical school tool through AAMC?

 

[Tacocalifornia]

I saw 113 OUWB M4’s matched. Does that mean their match rate is 90% roughly considering their class size is usually 125?

can anyone fact check this?

 

[throwawayhelp]

I saw 113 OUWB M4’s matched. Does that mean their match rate is 90% roughly considering their class size is usually 125?

some may have dropped/ took a year off? idk that seems low for them

 

[Tacocalifornia]

some may have dropped/ took a year off? idk that seems low for them

i just checked last years match, and it stated that 110 m4's matched. on this site (2020 Match In Michigan | News | Michigan Academy of Family Physicians), it says that ouwb had a 99% match rate for 2020. I'm not sure how accurate these sources are, but yeah

 

[Med_For_Life]

i just checked last years match, and it stated that 110 m4's matched. on this site (2020 Match In Michigan | News | Michigan Academy of Family Physicians), it says that ouwb had a 99% match rate for 2020. I'm not sure how accurate these sources are, but yeah

Maybe their class size was smaller

 

[viralhiker]

Their match looks pretty competitive this year!

 

[CaptainJackSparrow14]

I saw 113 OUWB M4’s matched. Does that mean their match rate is 90% roughly considering their class size is usually 125?

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.

 

[livelypenguin]

Are any admitted students able to use the choose your medical school tool on AMCAS?

 

[petey13]

Are any admitted students able to use the choose your medical school tool on AMCAS?

Yes I was able to but I think it may have taken a week or two for it to show up

 

[Med_For_Life]

Anyone heard about scholarships recently?

 

[Tacocalifornia]

Anyone heard about scholarships recently?

Have financial aid offers come out? I received a merit scholarship back in like october

 

[Med_For_Life]

Have financial aid offers come out? I received a merit scholarship back in like october

I was mainly referring to merit, worried I won't get one; we can see our financial aid on our SAIL account though

 

[Just_Daikon]

I was mainly referring to merit, worried I won't get one; we can see our financial aid on our SAIL account though

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? :/

 

[viralhiker]

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?

 

[Rheopecty]

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?

Well...you see how averages actually work is:
Daddy paid for everything: 0-very minimal Debt
Middle-class sucks: $350-400k Debt

Average: 200k. AAMC needs to start reporting medians for this metric to ever be relevant.

 

[Med_For_Life]

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?

That’s what I was wondering lol

 

[99016811]

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.

 

[Med_For_Life]

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.

Quarter is better than nothing!

 

[Med_For_Life]

Is there a group-me for admitted students? Would love to get to know and chat with you all!

check the portal, there is an FB page

 

[HotMagicalDrinks]

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!

 

[CaptainJackSparrow14]

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!

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.