I looked at start class info on Oklahoma's DO program; it stated the average gpa was around 3.00 and an MCAT of 27, this seems like a "too good to be true" situation. Afterall, have a below average gpa (for med school) and below average MCAT but still become a doctor? Are the statistics being misrepresented ie lower standards but very small class, out of date stats, is the program just bad (#143 ranking according to start class again).
Is Oklahoma State to good to be true?
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unreliable source of data. Startclass for some reason never put up accurate stats for DO programs.
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Start class isn’t informative. Hopefully someday DO schools will have a version of the MSAR but until then you have to use their sites. OK State says competitive applicants have 3.6 core and science gpa on their admissions page.
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If you are not Oklahoma residents or having a spouse with Oklahoma resident, do not bother to apply. They are heavily in-state preference
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Our averages this last year were a 3.6 GPA and a 501 MCAT. The class was 92% in state, and of those OOS students only 5 (I believe) didn’t go to UG in OK, and of those 5 only 1 wasn’t from a neighboring state.
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That is some crazy in-state ties and biases. Glad I didn't waste a 100 bucks or whwatever applying here last year.
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Yeah it actually was kind of a different year for us, the classes ahead of us all had a healthy number of OOS like 15%. Somehow I won the lottery lol.
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Their lower scores are a reflection of their IS applicants that have poor background. If you're an outsider, they will expect more from you to balance out their averages
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