Ohio State Med School

[spo0kman]

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As stated in another thread, I've been a firefighter/paramedic for the last 8 years. I work in a very busy urban department, and my clinical/diagnostic/gut feeling skills are very strong. I've finally decided its time to go to medical school. My current plan is to finish out my associates at Columbus State, which I can basically do for free thanks to free credit hours awarded to our department for allowing Paramedic Student riders, then I will go to Ohio State and finish out my pre-med bachelors, at which time I plan on going to Ohio State Med, and getting a residency locally. I have a wife/kids/house/family here, and don't really like the sound of moving.

I have always been a strong student in school, I am not the least bit concerned about my potential MCAT score, as I also tend to test extremely well, and I think once I get to the interview stage, my past work experience will speak for itself. My question is, for those of you out there that applied to Ohio State, how difficult did you find the process there.

Thanks in advance..

 

[relentless11]

Unless Ohio State has some linkage program that guarantee's admission into its respective med school, then I'd plan apply to more school's than that. People with spectacular grades often times do not get into the school they want. I think having a spectacular application only guarantees getting into A medical school, not neccessarily a specific one. This is why many threads have encouraged students to apply to at least 20.

In regards to residency, it is through a matching process. Limiting yourself to one residency is also not a good idea. The hospital and you both have to pick each other.

I understand that you have a family, but you have to understand that this process is essentially 50% you, and 50% shear luck. Sacrifices will have to be made, and you have a lot ahead of you including completing your bachelor's degree, and taking the MCAT. It is good that you are coming in now and asking these questions though. Hope that helps.

 

[spo0kman]

Eh, Kind of what I was expecting, but I was hoping that you would have said "oh no way OSU is super easy to get into, with your background you are a shoe in"..

It was a huge step for my wife to say I could finally go pre-med, so I reckon when the acceptance letter from eastern BFE college of medicine comes in we'll deal with it then 🙂

 

[efex101]

Well, although your qualifications are excellent NOBODY is a shoe-in anywhere sad to say...but true. Just do your best in pre-reqs, study hard for the MCAT w/o assuming that you are a good test taker (although I am sure you are)...the MCAT is like NO OTHER test you have previously taken so there is just no guarantee really. Once you have that under your belt then apply broadly and see what happens. Just like with medical school there is also NO guarantees with residency you apply broadly and hope to get into any of your top three. Good luck.

 

[relentless11]

Eh, Kind of what I was expecting, but I was hoping that you would have said "oh no way OSU is super easy to get into, with your background you are a shoe in"..

It was a huge step for my wife to say I could finally go pre-med, so I reckon when the acceptance letter from eastern BFE college of medicine comes in we'll deal with it then 🙂

Yea thats the sad reality of this route. Too few schools, and too many applicants. You might also want to look into DO schools too, which may expand the number of schools within your area.

Another option would be to live near the school you go to, while your family stays where they are at now. Of course not fun, but its possible to do that. One of the physicians i shadowed with went to Tulane, while her husband stayed back in California. However they did not have kids yet. Kids definately make it more complex. Good news is, you have quite a lot of time to think about it. You might also want to talk to the dean of admissions (or someone who is involved with admissions) at Ohio State School of Medicine when you have taken the MCAT. They can't make any special exceptions for your case, but they can provide you with more help on how to make your application more likely to succeed.

However since it is based on an admissions committee, the extent of these measures being effective is unknown, but at least you know you did everything you can.

 

[spo0kman]

While I'm not opposed to osteopathy (I'd like to think I'm a little more mature and past the whole sandbox fight over MD/DO).. I would like to end up in a surgical residency.. It would appear its much more difficult to match that as a DO.

At one time I knew of all the allopathic med schools in Ohio, but now all I can think of is NEOCOM and OSU.. are there others, and for that matter, what osteopathic schools are in Ohio..

 

[pingouin]

While I'm not opposed to osteopathy (I'd like to think I'm a little more mature and past the whole sandbox fight over MD/DO).. I would like to end up in a surgical residency.. It would appear its much more difficult to match that as a DO.

At one time I knew of all the allopathic med schools in Ohio, but now all I can think of is NEOCOM and OSU.. are there others, and for that matter, what osteopathic schools are in Ohio..

NEOCOM and OUCOM (Athens) are both osteopathic.

Allopathic are Wright State, UC, OSU, MUO (Toledo), CWRU, and Cleveland Clinic, I believe.

I have family insisting I can "get back" my OH residency by just using my mother's address... after 14 years of living away. 🙄 yeah, notsomuch.

 

[JamieMac]

While I'm not opposed to osteopathy (I'd like to think I'm a little more mature and past the whole sandbox fight over MD/DO).. I would like to end up in a surgical residency.. It would appear its much more difficult to match that as a DO.

I had this same concern, but based on many previous posts, getting into a surgical residency may be more of a thing of the past. I believe it will have more to do with your board scores than anything. Sure there are probably programs that have not "graduated" to this thinking, but from what I am hearing there are more doors are opening all of the time. It is likely that some of the uber competitive programs wouldn't give a DO a look. Not really sure.

Good luck.

 

[Hallm_7]

NEOCOM and OUCOM (Athens) are both osteopathic.

Allopathic are Wright State, UC, OSU, MUO (Toledo), CWRU, and Cleveland Clinic, I believe.

I have family insisting I can "get back" my OH residency by just using my mother's address... after 14 years of living away. 🙄 yeah, notsomuch.

NEOUCOM is not an osteopathic school (DO); it's an allopathic (MD). Other than that you are correct. NEOUCOM doesn't give all that many spots to regular applicants. A very large percentage of their matriculants are in a 7 year BA/MD program straight out of high school.

Cleveland Clinic just started their med school (Lerner SOM I think is what it's called). It's a little different than the others though. It's a five year program that incorporates mandatory research, and IIRC everyone gets a masters degree out of the process as well.

 

[makewon99]

My Profs Son had 3.7 gpa and a 38 mcat applied to 17 schools and only got in to osu and case western. Personally i have issue with osu my father went in sick and came out really sick there so i dont like it much. Also, my first class I took there the teacher told us to make sure we get all our papers in because all freshmen are stupid and give the teachers much needed laughs. Needless to say I dropped the class and start capital in the summer.

 

[pingouin]

NEOUCOM is not an osteopathic school (DO); it's an allopathic (MD). Other than that you are correct. NEOUCOM doesn't give all that many spots to regular applicants. A very large percentage of their matriculants are in a 7 year BA/MD program straight out of high school.

Cleveland Clinic just started their med school (Lerner SOM I think is what it's called). It's a little different than the others though. It's a five year program that incorporates mandatory research, and IIRC everyone gets a masters degree out of the process as well.

My bad- guess I really have been gone too long!

 

[spo0kman]

My Profs Son had 3.7 gpa and a 38 mcat applied to 17 schools and only got in to osu and case western. Personally i have issue with osu my father went in sick and came out really sick there so i dont like it much. Also, my first class I took there the teacher told us to make sure we get all our papers in because all freshmen are stupid and give the teachers much needed laughs. Needless to say I dropped the class and start capital in the summer.

I'm sorry about your father, I can tell you horror stories about each and every hospital here..