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They definitely said at the tour last weekend that they removed the cap this year. The admissions person later said it was to give more OOS students a chance. It’s also why they increased the number of interviews.
I sure hope this is the case. I can't understand why they would remove the cap on OOS entirely if they wanted to raise OOS by 5-10%. MSAR shows that less than 10% of matriculants (16/176) were OOS last cycle, so HSC could just accept more OOS without removing the 25% cap. The fact that they removed the cap altogether makes me suspect that they will end up taking way more OOS.
Colorado - CU’s in state preference is negligible at best and it’s the only MD school. I’m sure there are other states where this also happens.
That's interesting..cause USnews said they accepted 20 out of 23 OOS who interviewed last cycle. So post II acceptance rate going down i'm guessing.
Read back through - depends on your score
Read back through the thread - 60% is interview, everything else is 40%. One person on here got in with a 506. I know people with much higher MCATs who haven’t received an offer and interviewed before other people who have. MCAT clearly only gets you so far.
Really thought it was a state law in Oklahoma for the 25% cap thing, but it looks like I’m wrong. I thought most state schools had in-state bias haha
Prior to the flyer that’s on the “Class of 2028 profile” section of the website, the “Class of 2027 profile” mentioned that the reagent has a mandatory 75% in-state entering class. So it is state law. For the class of 2027, they had 160 of the 176 students be in-state. I’m assuming they’re interviewing more OOS students to fill the additional 25 seats this year because not all of the in-state interviewees are good enough.
What was your MCAT?
Someone should ask at the next tour bec at the last one, they specifically said that the 75% no longer applied starting this year. As did the admissions person speaking to people individually at the end who said OOS applicants had a better chance of getting in now.
Yeah I'm also shocked the 25% cap wasn't an actual law. Also, I think most state schools do have in-state bias; Colorado is the only one that I know of that has more OOS people than in-state (103 OOS, 78 IS). Some of them are even more heavily biased than OU; MSAR shows that Arkansas has 171 IS and 4 OOS.
I was guestimating next week because on Cycletrack, last year people said they were admitted the first week of November. However, I have no clue. I also don't even know what my score is.
How do you find out about your score?
Some people in here suggested that the staff at their tour day were telling applicants their scores.
Admin was telling people their scores at the more recent tour dates. Other than that you can try emailing ([email protected]), calling, or going to their physical office, but there's no guarantee they'll tell you.
has anyone tried emailing or calling admissions about their score? did they end up telling you or no?
I have not heard of them doing this. seems very weird to do so. must be a new thing. i def wouldn't email them
I emailed an admissions faculty member and they definitely did not tell students their rankings on the tour day nor will they tell you if you ask them. There's misinformation being spread on this forum.
The last interview date is December 11th.
The plot thickens…
The second wave of acceptances could possible be in one or two weeks
Also interviewing in January so Dec. is def not the end!
There was a student that was accepted that interviewed in October, they were a PhD student that was related to faculty at the OUHSC. Aside from that, I haven’t heard anyone else.
Not sure, but our time will come brother.
Not true. The admissions person specifically told me my score, as she did several others who were there. Said that she wanted to be “as transparent as possible.” She had the computer in her hand to look up people’s score and tell them. So, the misinformation is coming from admissions now, or maybe they’re just shocked anyone was doing that because most of us were. Though a glimmer of transparency in this process was a breath of fresh air.
At the tour, because they’re more than doubling the number they interview this year, they said they’re extending interviews into January now.
Did you get above an 85?
Yea, I want to support this claim. There were others in the thread talking about this too so it's def not misinformation. Not sure what the email to admission said but if we want to get technical, we were only given our scores in a vacuum; there was no mention of where we "ranked" in relation to other interviewees.
There should have been white coats scattered around outside, by the roundabout and parking garage.
mixed info about what
Mixed info about whether or not admin told people their scores at the tours. Some people claim that they got their scores, while others claim that admin never did that.
