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Dr. Henderson (or any other readers),
As a resident of Oklahoma going to a Texas university, I realize that my best chance at getting accepted to med school is at University of Oklahoma, the only MD program in the state, since they favor state residents and 90% of their acceptees are Oklahomans. I am considering applying throught the Early Admission program (next year) to OU, since getting in anywhere is the primary goal for me.
However, I recently looked at OU's med school admission statistics website and became concerned. For the academic year 1998-1999, there were only 173 state residents that applied there. Of those 173, 150 were accepted. If this is not a misprint, that says to me that OU must be one of the easiest med schools in the country to get accepted to, IF you are a state resident (1000 nonresidents applied, of which 20 where accepted). My concern is that I could be selling myself short by applying EDP, since if they accept me I will be obligated to go there. I consider myself to be slightly above average from other premeds, my stats are listed below:
GPA: 3.85
Major: Electrical Engineering
MCAT: Total: 31, Verbal: 11, PS: 11, Bio, 9,
Writing: R
Do you think that OU is not a quality med school, or is their education comparable to many MD programs in the country? Should I apply EDP, or just apply there normal decision along with alot of other schools? Getting accepted anywhere is the major thing I want to think of, so if OU is my only shot then I'll be happy with that. Let me know what you think.
[This message has been edited by medicalstudent.net (edited 11-08-1999).]
As a resident of Oklahoma going to a Texas university, I realize that my best chance at getting accepted to med school is at University of Oklahoma, the only MD program in the state, since they favor state residents and 90% of their acceptees are Oklahomans. I am considering applying throught the Early Admission program (next year) to OU, since getting in anywhere is the primary goal for me.
However, I recently looked at OU's med school admission statistics website and became concerned. For the academic year 1998-1999, there were only 173 state residents that applied there. Of those 173, 150 were accepted. If this is not a misprint, that says to me that OU must be one of the easiest med schools in the country to get accepted to, IF you are a state resident (1000 nonresidents applied, of which 20 where accepted). My concern is that I could be selling myself short by applying EDP, since if they accept me I will be obligated to go there. I consider myself to be slightly above average from other premeds, my stats are listed below:
GPA: 3.85
Major: Electrical Engineering
MCAT: Total: 31, Verbal: 11, PS: 11, Bio, 9,
Writing: R
Do you think that OU is not a quality med school, or is their education comparable to many MD programs in the country? Should I apply EDP, or just apply there normal decision along with alot of other schools? Getting accepted anywhere is the major thing I want to think of, so if OU is my only shot then I'll be happy with that. Let me know what you think.
[This message has been edited by medicalstudent.net (edited 11-08-1999).]
