Do I fit into OHSU's mission groups?

[Whatwethinkwebecome]

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Hello, I am new to SDN.

I will be applying to OHSU this coming cycle and am curious whether or not I fit into a mission group.

I am married and my husband is in the military, so we are not currently living in Oregon. We both have drivers licenses in OR, vote in OR, file taxes in OR, own vehicles in OR. My husband was born in OR, lived there all of his life prior to joining the military. He graduated high school and college in OR. I have never officially lived in OR. My GPA is just under 3.7 and I have not taken my MCAT (practice tests give me hope for 510+).

Would I be considered OR heritage?

What qualifies "persons from all socioeconomic, racial, ethnic, religious, and educational backgrounds and from persons from groups underrepresented in medicine." as mentioned on OHSU's website?

 

[Goro]

By my read, you're not an Oregonian. Hence, I can't recommen applying there.

But there's always Western-OR.

 

[ScreenName23]

If you get a high enough MCAT you could sneak into their high stats mission group—good luck (this is sincere by the way, kill the MCAT and go for their high stats group!!)! Otherwise doesn’t look like it because you won’t qualify as a current resident and Oregon heritage only applies if you yourself did high school there.

 

[Campana]

OHSU has all sorts of special language on residency for military - you might qualify:

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/education/st...es/upload/Residency-Policy-2-10-010_Final.pdf

I'm not sure if this is current, so you could always contact them to ask too.

 

[ayebaebae]

You would most likely not be considered OR heritage 🙁
However, I would recommend speaking to an admissions representative. They are super helpful especially with all fo the confusing language included in those mission groups.