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From what they explained yesterday in person, it all seems like it comes down to your score-- 90 and above is an acceptance and after this round of interviews it moves down to an 85 and above. They seemed like they were trying to keep it as open as they could for later interviews but idk
They didn’t give any specifics on that. They did say 60% of the score is your interview and 40% is the rest.
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lowlysurgeon11
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Depends. What are your stats?
As someone who got a call last week, I had a lower MCAT (506) so was worried but apparently that isn’t a huge factor since I did get the call! I had high clinical and volunteer hours tho and felt good abt my interview so those probably were weighted heavier
Interview is 60%
At the tour, they said they’d had 10 in the past but this year they increased it to 18 and are now doing interviews through January. They had specific numbers and there were several members from admissions there so can’t imagine that’s incorrect.
Might depend on your score - once they have that for you, it’s clearly all that matters and you’re on a list of ranked people. They did say people usually hear within a month if it’s a direct acceptance, though maybe if your score is high enough, you’ll hear sooner. 90 and above get offers, 85 and up will start getting offers two weeks from now. After that, 80 and up MAY be waitlisted. Rejections will start going out in late December and/or January.
Congrats! Are you in state or out of state?
Also says it here. The admissions person with whom we spoke said they were interviewing 615. Admissions
Der_Ubermensch1
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Seems like they're calling the above 90 pointers and emailing the rest of us.
I think it's a call for anyone accepted, it's just that if you're below 90 points, they're taking longer to get back
I wore slacks and a dress up shirt as a male. I saw females also wear dress pants like slacks and a dress blouse.
How many people do you figure they have accepted by now?
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iconicapp123
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Has anyone who interviewed at OU Tulsa heard back?
In state!
Quick question - If I am only interested in Tulsa track, is it still the case that you have to be accepted to OU COM first to get into OU Tulsa track?
iconicapp123
Full Member
Yes! You have to be accepted to OU COM.
Oklahoma does rolling admissions, so yes.
Der_Ubermensch1
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If you think you scored above a 90 overall then yes, you could've been in the 85-80 point range and just haven't received a call yet.
They were telling people their scores at the in-person tours, but I would be cautious about asking through email because it just seems unprofessional.
Thank you. It's hard to say, I thought the interview went well, but I have no idea how that translates to the score. Also, do you or anyone else know the typical acceptance release schedule? Once a month? Once every couple of weeks?
Thank you!
LtApplication Person
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Last year’s data on cycle tracker sees to suggest that there may be another round on November
Last cycle the first two waves were on October 12th and November 1st. This cycle the first wave was on October 16th and I'm sure there'll be at least one more in November.
The admissions lady said 85-90 would likely get calls in a couple of weeks (from last weekend’s tour). She also said that a couple of weeks after that, 80-84 might start getting waitlist notifications but they won’t be getting offers of admission right now. And because they’ve increased their interviews so drastically, they may not all get waitlisted. She was pretty clear about the number scale and how that works. That saying about you’re just a number is real. 🤣
To add to this, it sounded like the couple of weeks period should be right around when the current wave of interview dates are over.
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rootsmagoo
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So who has the cajones to find out their number first? The wait is killing me.
iconicapp123
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Does ou med make all the calls in one day? Or did they call people throughout the whole week
I believe they make them all in one day, based on last year's SDN.
MythicalSims
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It's nerve-wracking not knowing my score, haha. I know my MCAT is on the lower side(505), but I felt extremely well during my interview, and I have a lot of clinical hours and volunteer work and whatnot. I don't know, man. This process is so stressful.
Der_Ubermensch1
Full Member
Relax, OU has a mandatory 75% in-state class and a historically 90% in-state class. We'll be fine.
At the in person tour day, I think they mentioned that the 25% cap on out of state students was removed.
They did say the interview carried greater weight than just the stats (about 60/40) so I'm sure you'll be fine!
MythicalSims
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how can they remove that cap?? Isn't that like a state law? Also, OU is in the interest of producing more Oklahoma doctors right?
Der_Ubermensch1
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Yeah, I don't think that's correct.
I think the 25% cap might have been just a recommendation by the state regents and not an actual law. I'm pretty sure the HSC admissions website used to mention the 25% cap but I can't find it anywhere now, so I think it might actually just have been removed.
fluppy
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I don’t believe they’ve removed the cap, it is still mentioned in the OUCOM interest tour slides they emailed out. My guess with the whole doubling the interviews given is to capture a wider range of OS applicants. I don’t think / hope it will affect IS applicants too much. Just speculation though…
luckylucy132
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I’m OOS and haven’t heard back yet. I interviewed 9/12. I know someone who toured last week though and they were also told that the OOS cap was being removed though too and they seemed to suggest they’d be admitting more OOS. I’m not sure though.
I'm looking at the most recent slides they emailed out, I see that they did remove it. Do we have different ones?
same i was told they removed the cap and are admitting a lot more OOS. i interviewed october 16, probably won't hear back for another few weeks or so
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fluppy
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I guess so, does that mean they decided to change it recently?
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You might be looking at one of the older slides they accidently emailed out.
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LtApplication Person
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OU College of Medicine Policy This is the policy for admissions which states 25% is the maximum for out of state
The document you linked was last reviewed in 2021 (it says it on the bottom of the page). The image Khazan sent is from a tour this year so it's likely more accurate.
Also, the document you linked says that "College of Medicine (COM) Admissions Board ... Will adhere to all published AAMC and AMCAS® admissions policies and procedures" even though they violated AAMC traffic rules last year by giving out acceptances on October 12th, which is before when AAMC allows; I don't think the document really matters.
It would suck for the in-state students if this is true. I saw in the earlier tours that they would accept a maximum of 25% out of state but this doesn’t look to be the case anymore.
