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Wild that a few minutes over Zoom where they ask simple questions determines 60% of whether or not you'll become a doctor, while MCAT score, GPA, and years of medical experience, research, and volunteering only account for 40%.
Especially since they've outright denied that they even told people their rankings on tour dates.
Spot on. Admissions' gaslighting about this is seriously concerning, and that's taking into account a whole lot of other stuff to be disturbed by! Again, feels like there was a hostile takeover of this medical school suddenly in this cycle. This isn't a game either. It impacts applicants' lives and livelihoods and theoretically, the well being of Oklahomans in general. I hope they get their act together ASAP.
This was a huge red flag for me as well. Students couldn't speak to the changes as their curriculum was different, and the faculty present at the tour did not seem like they knew much about it either. It did feel pretty bush league.
I wish it was just the grapevine distorting things. The most egregious thing admin did was telling some people their scores and lying about it later, but secretly lifting the cap on OOS residents and changing the timeline of acceptances repeatedly is also up there.
Congrats!!! What was your interview date?
Congrats! Your LM it would be really appreciated as we're all so in the dark this cycle.
Obviously it did stand out, you're a stud no matter how big your imposter syndrome is!!! That's awesome, congratulations future doctor. Let yourself be proud of yourself =) I'm projecting hard bc I'm trying to do the same thing and its too relatable 😂
Thanks for the info. You're clearly awesome and they don't even deserve you! As for madness, that they have plenty of, nevertheless.
I believe it’s 201? Up 12ish from last year if I recall correctly… someone correct me if I’m wrong.
Yup it's 201
Last year there was a big wave on December 11th, the Monday of finals week, so I was hoping for today as well even though Aida already said we won't hear until February unless we have a 90+ score 😢
They'd rather scrape the barrel for the 90+ applicants (who'd probably take an A somewhere else) this far into the cycle than give out acceptances to the students who would be more than willing to attend OU.
I was told that MD school should be my only option if I'm accepted to an MD...but OU being the only MD in-state school in Oklahoma has me rethinking that ideology completely. I have had an A at OSU in Tulsa for 4 months. I was in their first round of interviews, and they have always treated me with respect and like family since I first attended one of their events 2 years ago (fun fact: OU med never did recruitment days as OSUcom did). I would love to stay in OKC because it is where I'm from, and I have family members who aren't doing great health-wise, but I also want to attend a medical school that truly wants me and is completely honest and transparent about their application cycle processes.
A whole bunch from what I've heard, unfortunately.
People with a 90+ score heard back within 2 weeks of their interview or on October 16th if they interviewed in August or September. Aida recently said that anyone without a 90+ will hear back by February. People who interviewed today were told that they'll hear back in late January so I think we're all just gonna have to wait. Absolutely brutal for the people who interviewed in August.
n=1 but I heard someone from admissions tell another applicant this exact thing on my tour date
The "new curriculum" undermines the value of joint mods, since they've combined upperclassmen and lowerclassmen together. If upperclassmen can't guide us through our didactic semesters, this throws everything off. I'm sure the past medical students have passed on so much study material (Anki decks, study guides, etc.) that will be rendered completely useless because they've decided, out of nowhere, to implement something new. On my tour date, all questions about this "new curriculum" were shot down by the current med students because they had no idea what changed.
This is what is frustrating to me too. I was told at my tour date and at my interview date that it would be 2-4 weeks and then we’d hear. It’s been 13 weeks now for me, and each tour date seems to be told something different regarding timeline, OOS acceptances, and more. I’m at the point where I have to start putting down deposits on my DO acceptances if I want to hold my spot, and I thought I’d for sure have heard from OU by now (one way or the other) to help with that decision.
When did you interview
Yes, the call was from a 405 number from Oklahoma City
I heard that someone with a 506 got in the first round. I also have a 508.
I got a call from a 405 number around 6pm. My caller ID actually said University of Oklahoma. Odd that it was so late in the day.
There's no way for any of us to know. It also looks like Aida outright lied about only 90+ scores hearing back before February. I'm really glad people are hearing back earlier than expected, but having admin straight up lie to us feels like a slap in the face.
Can't be 85+, unless they just haven't gotten to all of those people
They likely haven't gotten to everyone. They must have started accepting < 90 scores because the people who got accepted interviewed a while ago and scores can't change after the interview.
That's what I thought too, but that means they either just called a very small number of people, or are going out of order, which is weird. But ig nothing is certain.
Do you happen to know your score? If yours is 85+ that helps me feel better that maybe you’re right that they haven’t called everybody in this range yet.
Yea, I was just a bit below 90
Did you just ask them? Because I am curious to see what mine was as well.
Was told on a tour date, didn't expect them to tell me my score
Same boat here, didn’t think I was that bad of an interviewer, maybe I’m wrong. This whole process has me questioning everything.
