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To all those at interviewed at OSU last week, did they give you any indication of when you should expect to hear about acceptances? I interview tomorrow at 2:00. :scared: How did it go? Was the office easy to find?
 
Take a deep breath! You'll be fine. The office is very easy to find. It's straight ahead when you walk in the VMAB building. Review your zoonoses!
 
I had my interview on Monday. Here is the run-down on how they do things. I interviewed with a doctor on the admissions committee, so he knows what he's talking about!

The committe meets every Tuesday to discuss the last weeks interviews. You are graded on a point system for grades, test scores, letters, experience and your interview. The highest (like way highest) points will get a acceptance letter within that first few weeks after they interview. Those who do poorly will get a rejection letter in that first few weeks. Those of us in the middle (the majority) have to wait it out. He said that as they interview more applicants, that "cut-off" point value for who gets in will change and as it goes down, they will accept more people that have already interviewed and have been waiting. So, if you're in that middle ground, it could be until March that you hear. They will be done interviewing in Feb. with all decsions out by March.

I hope that answers a lot of questions. They asked me if I had any questions about their process and I was like "hell yeah I do...talk away!". He was very helpful. And, for those of you who interviewed last year, that mean lady at the desk is gone! haha.
 
When did everyone send in their supplementals? I am out of state and I have not yet heard anything. I do not want to come off the wrong way, but there isn't a part of my application that would prevent me from getting an interview, so I'm just wondering. I submitted my supplemental on 10/5. Thanks!
 
I am not sure how they are doing things this year. Last year after I did the supplemental I hadn't heard anything until late January and then interviewed in January and found out same day (as I was leaving the building) that I was accepted. So dont panic if you haven't heard anything yet.
 
I don't know anything about this years statistics, but I know last year they had 999 total applications. I would assume that the majority are OOS, and I would expect that that number would have increased this year. The nice thing is that they interview everyone that meets a certain number of points based on their GPA and GRE.
 
I was told by a member of the admission committee in my interview that they had over 800 applicants...so I'm assuming between 800 and 900. He didn't give me a breakdown, but there's always more OOS than IS. I submitted my application 9/27 and got my supplemental the first week of October.
 
There were 874 applicants per OSU. I'm not sure if those were OOS and IS, or just OOS. I wonder how many receive supplementals and how many receive interviews???
 
I'm biting my nails...I applied for the second time...I raised my GRE, which they said to do. My GPA was higher and I had a fantastic vet assistant job in surgery the last 10 months. Got my supplemental Oct 3. I was expecting an interview early - especially since ri23 said they were starting with OOS and reapps. Now I'm really nervous that I won't get an interview!
Winkle 1983, what was your interview like?? Can you give us sample questions? Thanks
 
I'm biting my nails...I applied for the second time...I raised my GRE, which they said to do. My GPA was higher and I had a fantastic vet assistant job in surgery the last 10 months. Got my supplemental Oct 3. I was expecting an interview early - especially since ri23 said they were starting with OOS and reapps. Now I'm really nervous that I won't get an interview!
Winkle 1983, what was your interview like?? Can you give us sample questions? Thanks

I'm applying for the first time this year, but I got my supplemental in on October 5th and I'm out of state. I have a very competitive GPA/GRE and a decent amount of vet/animal experience (700 vet hours, 1500 animal hours) and have yet to hear from them. My friend who is also applying (and got her supplemental in around the same time) said she received a call from them last week saying they didn't get two of her recommendations and she should resend them - they also indicated she would hear about an interview within the next two weeks. So I wouldn't fret - they're just taking their time (as well they should) going through everything and hopefully you'll hear from them soon!
 
Don't worry if you haven't gotten an interview yet. Right now it seems as though a lot of the people they are interviewing are OOS, reapps, and OSU students (this is just from observation). I really wouldn't get too worried!
 
what are the questions? and are you one on one or in a group during your interview?????
 
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