Oklahoma Anyone? part 01

[Dr Turninkoff]

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Is the 10k for just the first year or all four years?

For everyone who is currently attending OU Med school: How are you paying for it? Scholarships, grants, loans, jobs, rich parents, etc?

just the first year. since OU is a state school, i can't imagine that they have a tremendous amount of non-need based aid to give out. i'm sure that there is more money to be had after submission of the fin. aid applications in the spring. i'm sure some of the guys that are there now can enlighten you more than i can. good luck.

 

[pbehzad]

just the first year. since OU is a state school, i can't imagine that they have a tremendous amount of non-need based aid to give out. i'm sure that there is more money to be had after submission of the fin. aid applications in the spring. i'm sure some of the guys that are there now can enlighten you more than i can. good luck.

Dr. Turn, congrats on the acceptance and the scholarship. i'm hoping that the scholarship is renewable, assuming you make a certain gpa, but as you said I dont know how much non-need based scholarship OU has. I was hoping to call up the finaid office sometime to see if the scholarship is renewable, cause that would be too good to pass up.

congrats to those who recently received interview invites.

 

[oudoc08]

well, i'm part of the club. the big red envelope was a nice touch. good luck everyone with interviews. a word of advice; if you think your interview didn't go as great as everyone else's, don't worry. i wasn't sure how mine went (everyone else told me how easy their interviewers were...mine weren't) and they still gave me the 10k scholarship like pbehzad. so keep your heads up and enjoy the free lunch!

Congratulations! I know what a relief it is to know you're finally in. Enjoy your time before school.
T

 

[Dr Turninkoff]

Does anyone have a link to the OU match list from last year? Also, for any current OU students; how hard is it to get approval for off-campus rotations? Thanks in advance.

 

[RachelD]

For those of you who have interviewed, where there many women wearing pant suits? It's going to be cold and I'd rather wear pants than a skirt.

 

[centig]

I saw at least 3 with pants. I'm a guy so I don't know the rules on that sort of thing but I did see girls with pants.

 

[oudoc08]

bump, since this was like 15 pages back. Neuro on mon. I'm so excited.

 

[ad_sharp]

bump, since this was like 15 pages back. Neuro on mon. I'm so excited.

Oh yeah.......it's gonna suck.

 

[ad_sharp]

Does anyone have a link to the OU match list from last year? Also, for any current OU students; how hard is it to get approval for off-campus rotations? Thanks in advance.

I don't think that it's hard at all (from what I hear through the grape vine). I've talked to several ms3's and 4's who have done them.

As far as match lists go-I don't think last year's is online anywhere that I've aware of. There's one posted in our mod. I can try to post a few matches when I get back for school, or you can tell me what residencies you're interested in, and I'll let you know where people matched.

 

[Dr Turninkoff]

I don't think that it's hard at all (from what I hear through the grape vine). I've talked to several ms3's and 4's who have done them.

As far as match lists go-I don't think last year's is online anywhere that I've aware of. There's one posted in our mod. I can try to post a few matches when I get back for school, or you can tell me what residencies you're interested in, and I'll let you know where people matched.

I guess really the question I'm asking is whether or not it's easy for people to match out of state. That's why I was wondering about doing off-campus rotations. Do people interested in a specific geographic area try to do a rotation there to make contacts? I'm not sure if that's the route I'm interested in taking, but I have concerns about OU's relative geographic isolation. What do you think?

 

[Amxcvbcv]

Less than two weeks until my interview.

Any last minute advice? 😛

 

[Dr Turninkoff]

Less than two weeks until my interview.

Any last minute advice? 😛

yeah, even if you think it's going badly, it's probably not. that was my experience. good luck.

 

[oudoc08]

I guess really the question I'm asking is whether or not it's easy for people to match out of state. That's why I was wondering about doing off-campus rotations. Do people interested in a specific geographic area try to do a rotation there to make contacts? I'm not sure if that's the route I'm interested in taking, but I have concerns about OU's relative geographic isolation. What do you think?

Don't quote me on this, because it's been awhile since I saw the list, but I'd say around half of OU's match list was out of state. Yale, Vandy, Columbia, you name it, they're there. Depending on the residency in question, it can be very important to do away rotations. Some residency programs will not interview you unless you've done an audition there. OU is no different than any other school in that respect, and thus many of the MS3/MS4's do aways at programs they are interested in. This is especially true if there is not a residency program in your area of interest at OU (ex. Emergency medicine). Then it becomes imperative to obtain LOR's at those rotations. Geography isn't important in this concern, as again, students are encouraged to explore those opportunities. Some students even opt to do rotations overseas. In any case, OU, from what I hear, is very helpful in assisting students in their specific endeavors.

 

[ad_sharp]

Don't quote me on this, because it's been awhile since I saw the list, but I'd say around half of OU's match list was out of state. Yale, Vandy, Columbia, you name it, they're there. Depending on the residency in question, it can be very important to do away rotations. Some residency programs will not interview you unless you've done an audition there. OU is no different than any other school in that respect, and thus many of the MS3/MS4's do aways at programs they are interested in. This is especially true if there is not a residency program in your area of interest at OU (ex. Emergency medicine). Then it becomes imperative to obtain LOR's at those rotations. Geography isn't important in this concern, as again, students are encouraged to explore those opportunities. Some students even opt to do rotations overseas. In any case, OU, from what I hear, is very helpful in assisting students in their specific endeavors.

Ditto on this. Once again, I don't know the exact number of people who went out of state on last year's list. However, I can remember that there was a lot of people who went just about everywhere.

 

[RachelD]

This thread is dead so I'll ask a weird question.
For those of you who recently interviewed.... will we be sitting in a chair in front of the three interviewers with a table in front of the interviewers? Are we in a chair kinda all by ourselves in the middle of the room? I'm still torn between the pant suit and the skirt suit and this could make a difference.

 

[oudoc08]

This thread is dead so I'll ask a weird question.
For those of you who recently interviewed.... will we be sitting in a chair in front of the three interviewers with a table in front of the interviewers? Are we in a chair kinda all by ourselves in the middle of the room? I'm still torn between the pant suit and the skirt suit and this could make a difference.

My interview last year was sitting at a large round table w/ the three interviewers sitting around it. Each of us had about 1/4 of the table rather than them all being across from me. Relatively casual.

BTW, from an earlier post, I also noticed today that last year, people matched in ER at Mayo and Vanderbilt. Rather impressive I'd say, especially since OU has no ER program itself for students to get LOR's from.

 

[ad_sharp]

My interview last year was sitting at a large round table w/ the three interviewers sitting around it. Each of us had about 1/4 of the table rather than them all being across from me. Relatively casual.

BTW, from an earlier post, I also noticed today that last year, people matched in ER at Mayo and Vanderbilt. Rather impressive I'd say, especially since OU has no ER program itself for students to get LOR's from.

Mine was the same way.

 

[MechE]

How long did your actual interviews last?

 

[ad_sharp]

How long did your actual interviews last?

Around 15 min. I was the first back by at least twenty minutes. I couldn't figure out if that was a good or bad thing-It just made me nervous.

 

[oudoc08]

How long did your actual interviews last?

Mine was 30-45 min.

 

[oudoc08]

Hey sharp,
Remember my cool ortho rotation last semester? Well, I just thought I'd rub it in that my ER rotation this semester is WAY better! I spent 7a-3p there today, and on top of being busy as hell, my attending after like an hour, handed me a chart, and said, "Ok, this one's yours. Go to it." I got to go see the patient, do H&P, formulate an assesment and plan, then present it to the doc. Got to see probably 10 patients the whole day all by my little self. It ruled. Got to work a code upstairs on the floor since the ER doc is the code team leader, and all sorts of cool stuff.

Hey by the way, I have unofficially become a home schooler. After being stuck in my apartment for two days, and finding out how well written the syllabi are (for the most part) and how well the books I have cover the rest, I'm thinking I'm just coming to class for neuro lab, PBL's, IMPS, PCM, and tests. For example, yesterday, I covered not only all the stuff from yesterday, but all the stuff from today as well, leaving today free to do my ER gig.

Lata sucka!

 

[Napoleon1801]

Do any of you first year guys know what all the elected officials of the med student body are out of curiousity?

i.e. president, notegroup chairman, treasurer, etc...

 

[ad_sharp]

Do any of you first year guys know what all the elected officials of the med student body are out of curiousity?

i.e. president, notegroup chairman, treasurer, etc...

pres, vp, secretary, philanthropy chair, exam review committee chair, notegroup chair (paid), curriculum review

I think that's it. OUdoc, let me know if you know of any others.

 

[oudoc08]

pres, vp, secretary, philanthropy chair, exam review committee chair, notegroup chair (paid), curriculum review

I think that's it. OUdoc, let me know if you know of any others.

Social chair (4). I don't think we have an official treasurer do we?

 

[ad_sharp]

Social chair (4). I don't think we have an official treasurer do we?

I think that the sec or the pres does that, but I'm not sure.

 

[oudoc08]

I think that the sec or the pres does that, but I'm not sure.

Sharp, did you get a neuro atlas? Do you know when Ratcliffe's stops carrying books for this sem? I'm not really planning on coming back to OKC until next weekend, but I'm feeling like I need something for Neuro and I don't know whether to wait or order it online.

Lata

 

[eggdrpsoop]

anyone have an interview at OU on the 20th of Jan?

 

[Scarletbegonias]

Hey Abe,

I understand your anxiety about the whole formula thing, but try not to put too much stock in it. As long as you meet their basic criteria (3.0+GPA 8.0 MCAT) you will most likely get an interview. Also, don't worry too much about when you interview. Although it does help to interview in the first batch, it's no guarantee you'll get in. I interviewed on the very last day of interviews and got in (with absolutely no connections). I know of people who interviewed the first day with stellar stats and got rejected. I think this supports the theory that it's not all numbers....but I'm sure you already know that!

Good Luck!

🙂

Well, from my personal experience I don't agree that meeting the basic criteria will get you an interview. My gpa is 3.68 and my mcat score was 26Q in April and 24N in August (they probably took the August score for their formula). I'm an Oklahoma resident and OU student. I'm an honors college student, I work in a supervising position at an on-campus job(where I've worked for over three years), I have volunteering experience in an ER and other experiences. I'm also Native American. I did not receive an interview. My letter said to improve my mcat score and/or gpa to be considered in the future. I think this was probably a competitive class, but I checked md applicants and someone from Tabor College with a 3.32 gpa and 26 mcat score received an interview( an Oklahoma resident). I'm curious to find out what the deal is. So I'm going to talk to the pre-med advisors to see what they say. Good luck everyone in this application process. Don't apply to schools that use these silly formulas if you have stats like me. The rest of your app won't be considered. Most likely, if I need to re-apply next year, I will NOT re-apply to OU. I haven't been too happy with the application process there.

 

[Napoleon1801]

So I'm going to talk to the pre-med advisors to see what they say.

The pre-med advisors down at OU Norman really aren't that helpful and don't seem to be all that knowledgeable from my experience. If you want straight answers I'd talk directly to OUHSC and/or go to the reapplicants seminar. I'm not sure if Nancy and Donna even know what they're doing at times really. I've only had one person at OU Norman give me pretty good advice and that was over at the Honors college, nearly everyone else is looking to get rid of you so they can process the next warm body. Sorry you've had such a rough time of it and I know reapplying sucks, (been there done that) but if your most recent MCAT score gets back up to 27 (my score actually) you stand a good chance of getting an interview for the next year. If I were you, I'd take another shot at it in the spring and maybe again in the fall if need be if studying over the summer helps out.

 

[Scarletbegonias]

The pre-med advisors down at OU Norman really aren't that helpful and don't seem to be all that knowledgeable from my experience. If you want straight answers I'd talk directly to OUHSC and/or go to the reapplicants seminar. I'm not sure if Nancy and Donna even know what they're doing at times really. I've only had one person at OU Norman give me pretty good advice and that was over at the Honors college, nearly everyone else is looking to get rid of you so they can process the next warm body. Sorry you've had such a rough time of it and I know reapplying sucks, (been there done that) but if your most recent MCAT score gets back up to 27 (my score actually) you stand a good chance of getting an interview for the next year. If I were you, I'd take another shot at it in the spring and maybe again in the fall if need be if studying over the summer helps out.

I don't think I will take it again. It's too expensive. I can't come up with the money by April. Anyway, OU is not the only place I applied to this year. If I do reapply next year it will be to all DO schools.

 

[OSUdoc08]

I don't think I will take it again. It's too expensive. I can't come up with the money by April. Anyway, OU is not the only place I applied to this year. If I do reapply next year it will be to all DO schools.

It's a small price to pay. Boards are way more expensive, as is everything else related to your future medical education. It's completely worth it to retake it.

If you want to apply to OSU-COM or any other D.O. schools, it's not too late to send in your application, especially if you get it done before the end of January.

 

[Scarletbegonias]

It's a small price to pay. Boards are way more expensive, as is everything else related to your future medical education. It's completely worth it to retake it.

If you want to apply to OSU-COM or any other D.O. schools, it's not too late to send in your application, especially if you get it done before the end of January.

It's not that I wouldn't pay it (although there is a big difference between boards and the MCAT). It's that I don't have the money. I applied to OSU COM. I'm waiting for AACOMAS to finish processing my application. They have the rest of my stuff. Hopefully I will hear from them in the near future.

 

[Ginz20]

Well, from my personal experience I don't agree that meeting the basic criteria will get you an interview. My gpa is 3.68 and my mcat score was 26Q in April and 24N in August (they probably took the August score for their formula). I'm an Oklahoma resident and OU student. I'm an honors college student, I work in a supervising position at an on-campus job(where I've worked for over three years), I have volunteering experience in an ER and other experiences. I'm also Native American. I did not receive an interview. My letter said to improve my mcat score and/or gpa to be considered in the future. I think this was probably a competitive class, but I checked md applicants and someone from Tabor College with a 3.32 gpa and 26 mcat score received an interview( an Oklahoma resident). I'm curious to find out what the deal is. So I'm going to talk to the pre-med advisors to see what they say. Good luck everyone in this application process. Don't apply to schools that use these silly formulas if you have stats like me. The rest of your app won't be considered. Most likely, if I need to re-apply next year, I will NOT re-apply to OU. I haven't been too happy with the application process there.

I am sure that many of the other posters on this board will probably agree, but numbers are numbers only. It may sound cheesy, but there are many factors to ones application outside of your GPA and MCAT. If that were the only thing that mattered, schools would only need your name, SS #, GPA, and MCAT to base decision on. As we all know this process is much more in depth than that. SDN leads applicants to believe that stats are the only factor in schools decisions. Thus if you don’t have them don’t apply, and if you do you are guaranteed acceptance. Mine stats aren’t great, but I have an interview at OU (I still have not heard from OSU-COM, only proving this process is unique) in February. I attribute this interview to the fact that my application includes things like playing college football, being a resident assistant, founding a campus ministry, and triple majoring in biology, chemistry and biochemistry. Not to mention that I after completion of my degree, I was a college football coach on a nationally ranked team and I am currently working at the OU Health Science Center doing biomedical research in the department of biochemistry. Don’t get me wrong the numbers have to be there (I could very easily be rejected because of my meager MCAT and GPA), but there is more to an applicant than GPA and MCAT. Also, from being on OUHSC campus it appears that OU likes students that have some life experience after undergrad. Also, Tabor College is a great academic school – ranked by US News and World Report as one of the top private schools in the Midwest.

 

[Smitty3L]

Okay, so I just got back from my interview, for the ladies the skirt to pant ratio was about 8 to 4, in favor of pants. Overall the day was pretty relaxed, good lunch. I got there at 8:30 and was in my car on my way home at 2:30. My interview was tough. Only one other person I talked had a tough interview. He had the same guy interview him so it must just be his style.

Hey Dr. Turninkoff do you remember who interviewed you?

 

[Amxcvbcv]

Okay, so I just got back from my interview, for the ladies the skirt to pant ratio was about 8 to 4, in favor of pants. Overall the day was pretty relaxed, good lunch. I got there at 8:30 and was in my car on my way home at 2:30. My interview was tough. Only one other person I talked had a tough interview. He had the same guy interview him so it must just be his style.

Hey Dr. Turninkoff do you remember who interviewed you?

I was there today too. Went pretty well for me. I'm going to decompress this afternoon/evening, then post my thoughts on the feedback forum.

Good luck to everyone! 🙂

Here are some stats for you:

As of today they have issued 69 acceptance letters for 150 spots. Prior to today, they had interviewed 108 people, and they will have interviewed 270 total when it's all over.

She also said that about 1/2 the people on the waitlist will get in.

 

[Scarletbegonias]

SDN has not led me to believe that numbers are the only criteria that schools go by. It is what I know of OU's admission process that has led me to believe that. I'm pretty informed about it (out of necessity) and the rest of my application and letters of recommendation are noteworthy(what I listed in that post were not my only qualifications), as I have been invited to interview at other schools. I know why OU didn't invite me. My mcat score is too low. I realize that, and if I wanted to re-apply to OU, I would have to raise it (what it says in their letter to me).

 

[ad_sharp]

Okay, so I just got back from my interview, for the ladies the skirt to pant ratio was about 8 to 4, in favor of pants. Overall the day was pretty relaxed, good lunch. I got there at 8:30 and was in my car on my way home at 2:30. My interview was tough. Only one other person I talked had a tough interview. He had the same guy interview him so it must just be his style.

Hey Dr. Turninkoff do you remember who interviewed you?

I wouldn't worry about it at all. One of my best friends who is here with me had a rough interview that sounds very similar to the post that you put up on interview feedback (that was you, right?). Maybe you guys had the same interviewer. He insisted after his interview that there would be no way that he could be accepted. Much to his suprise, an acceptance letter came about a week later. It's really hard to know how you did (at least for me). The only thing that I really remember about my interview is that I forgot what question I was answering in the middle of the answer at one point. Sleep deprivation and stress will do funny things to you. They know that you're human, and they're probably just trying to test you out.

 

[ad_sharp]

Sharp, did you get a neuro atlas? Do you know when Ratcliffe's stops carrying books for this sem? I'm not really planning on coming back to OKC until next weekend, but I'm feeling like I need something for Neuro and I don't know whether to wait or order it online.

Lata

Just got the old FA check. I'll probably be buying the Haines atlas tommorrow. Today's lecture (Blair's) was incredible. I was wondering when neuro would get really tough-I think I found it. AKbarali came by the mod today for a tutoring session. We worked all of his practice problems. His stuff seems easy from the syllabus, but his questions are really tough. Have you read the section on Channelopathies? I'm still trying to get my head around it-just plain scary.

 

[oudoc08]

Just got the old FA check. I'll probably be buying the Haines atlas tommorrow. Today's lecture (Blair's) was incredible. I was wondering when neuro would get really tough-I think I found it. AKbarali came by the mod today for a tutoring session. We worked all of his practice problems. His stuff seems easy from the syllabus, but his questions are really tough. Have you read the section on Channelopathies? I'm still trying to get my head around it-just plain scary.

Which of Blairs lecs are you talking about? This whole homeschooling thing rocks. I have so much more free time, and its a good thing, cuz we're in the process of selling our house. Actually it was only on the market for 3 days before we signed a contract on it. So now, sometime in the next two months, we've got to move. I'm trying to take neuro and phys in stride, but it's tough. I'm diggin phys. cuz the stuff we're covering now (Cardio) is right up my alley. It's paramed school all over. (as will be the respiratory system) I'm not sure about neuro though. It seemed not too terrible at first, but now 😱 . What's w/ the myasthenia gravis and neuropathy lecs yesterday? There's nothing in the syllabus that I could find, or online. Oh well, hope the notegroup person doesn't screw it up.
Histo isn't as bad as I thought it would be though. I had it in undergrad and thought it was a joke, but it's more similar than I thought. Anything to make more time for neuro is a good thing.

And what up w/ HB? Is that really even a class this sem? Maybe once a week? What a joke.

 

[JohnnyOU]

<-----GREEN WITH ENVY

...I hate you guys 😛

 

[Napoleon1801]

So who all is up to bat on the 19th for interviews? We SDN people ought to all meet up and spread rumors to freak everyone else out on their interviews!

 

[oudoc08]

Congrats to those accepted, and best wishes to those who are still anxiously awaiting, I know it sucks, but hang in there.

Sharp, since I'm staying home, I'm printing off my own notegroups, and stuffing them in my binder w/ all my other test block material. Only I've got a problem. How is it possible that we don't even really have HB this semester (if having only one class since the beg. of school doesn't qualify it, then I don't know what does), and yet my 4" 3 ring binder is completely full of just 1st test block material for Neuro, phys and histo? I'm going to have to get separate folders for each subj. I guess, cuz with all the notegroups that will be done in the next two weeks, theres no way it's all going to fit.
Although I do like this material better than last semester, theres definetely more of it.
Bring it on, baby!

 

[ad_sharp]

Congrats to those accepted, and best wishes to those who are still anxiously awaiting, I know it sucks, but hang in there.

Sharp, since I'm staying home, I'm printing off my own notegroups, and stuffing them in my binder w/ all my other test block material. Only I've got a problem. How is it possible that we don't even really have HB this semester (if having only one class since the beg. of school doesn't qualify it, then I don't know what does), and yet my 4" 3 ring binder is completely full of just 1st test block material for Neuro, phys and histo? I'm going to have to get separate folders for each subj. I guess, cuz with all the notegroups that will be done in the next two weeks, theres no way it's all going to fit.
Although I do like this material better than last semester, theres definetely more of it.
Bring it on, baby!

Oh yeah......craploads of it. I've got to get some Neuro done tommorrow because I'm still like two days behind. HB is a joke this semester. I think that last semester was, by far, the majority of the class. We've got the histo to make up for it though. I've got to be at Mercy at 6:30 in the morining-going to watch a facelift. Haven't seen one of those yet. It should be fun. Anes is pretty cool. I think that I might seriously consider it. See ya soon.

-sharp

 

[oudoc08]

I just wasted two hours of my life watching what may be perhaps one of the stupidest movies of my entire life. Day After Tomorrow. It was a terrible soap opera wrapped up in a piecemeal disaster plot that not only didn't make any sense, was completely devoid of any worthwhile acting, but took a cheap shot at the Bush administration, painting the VP, who looked eerily similar to Cheney, as someone who defiantly won't recognize his reality when surrounded by a world gone chaotic. It was Hollywood's *****ic attempt to paint the administration as a enemy to our environment, as well as to try to convince everyone that our "fragile" little planet is just shy of nearly imploding upon itself. Give me a break. The only ones clapping were the Greenpeace geeks in the front row.
How bad was it? Let's just say, I would have rather sat through two hours of Dr. Lindsey's lectures. Sharp, Word and Gil know what I'm screamin', and those going to OU next year will find out soon enough.

I'd throw the damn video in the trash, but it's a rental.
👎 👎 👎 👎

Maybe I'll do it anyway.

 

[ad_sharp]

I just wasted two hours of my life watching what may be perhaps one of the stupidest movies of my entire life. Day After Tomorrow. It was a terrible soap opera wrapped up in a piecemeal disaster plot that not only didn't make any sense, was completely devoid of any worthwhile acting, but took a cheap shot at the Bush administration, painting the VP, who looked eerily similar to Cheney, as someone who defiantly won't recognize his reality when surrounded by a world gone chaotic. It was Hollywood's *****ic attempt to paint the administration as a enemy to our environment, as well as to try to convince everyone that our "fragile" little planet is just shy of nearly imploding upon itself. Give me a break. The only ones clapping were the Greenpeace geeks in the front row.
How bad was it? Let's just say, I would have rather sat through two hours of Dr. Lindsey's lectures. Sharp, Word and Gil know what I'm screamin', and those going to OU next year will find out soon enough.

I'd throw the damn video in the trash, but it's a rental.
👎 👎 👎 👎

Maybe I'll do it anyway.

Better watch out for those three giant, australia-sized, hurricanes that suck the fridged cold from the stratosphere to freeze everything. If you want a real laugh, you should watch the special features where they all keep saying, "the best thing about all this is that it's based on real science." It's probably the same science behind ionic braclets and shoe magnets-gotta get me somma those.......

 

[oudoc08]

Better watch out for those three giant, australia-sized, hurricanes that suck the fridged cold from the stratosphere to freeze everything. If you want a real laugh, you should watch the special features where they all keep saying, "the best thing about all this is that it's based on real science." It's probably the same science behind ionic braclets and shoe magnets-gotta get me somma those.......

real science,huh 🙄 Our "poor, fragile little planet". 🙄
I'm sure they failed to include the fact that some of the earth's larger volcanic eruptions have spewed more toxic gases into the air than the entire earth's human population produced over the last century. Something tells me that it wasn't mentioned that perhaps that there have been frequent global warming and cooling cycles in earth's history independent of any life inhabitation, and we are predictably on an upswing?


But yet somehow, Cheney is somehow driving our poor planet into total destruction because he allows us to burn those darn fossil fuels instead of developing carrot-powered running shoes. It wouldn't surprise me that some nutjob is going to come up with some theory that somehow our inhabitance affects the earth's magnetic fields, causing tectonic activity, and thus somehow those damn gas-guzzlilng American's must have caused the tsunami in Indonesia.

When are people going to wake up and realize that we live in an unstable world. A world which has always been unstable, and will always continue to be unstable. It is downright arrogant to think that we as a people have as much influence on the overall scheme of things, as some left-wing nutjobs would have you to believe, but yet that was exactly the in-your-face penetrating theme of this movie.

Your SUV caused an ice age. Now wonder those Hollywood idiots have such inflated egos. They all believe they have the power to annhilate the world.

BTW, I would watch that part of the movie, but my DVD player threatened to stop working forever, if I ever got near it with that crap again.

 

[als12179]

Just wondering if anyone brought a notebook or anything to take notes with or anything else to the interview with them?

 

[Smitty3L]

Just wondering if anyone brought a notebook or anything to take notes with or anything else to the interview with them?

I brought a padfolio with me, but I had nothing to write down in it. If you want to bring something with you, they will lock it up in a room for you so that you don't have to lug around campus when you go on the tour.

 

[MechE]

The interview letter told us to bring a comfortable pair of waking shoes for the campus tour. For those of you who have already interviewed: Did you wear dress shoes for the interview and change into tennis shoes or did you just wear tennis shoes? And if you changed shoes did you carry them in a backpack or leave them in your car or what?

Good luck to everyone else whose interviewing tomorrow. I'll see you all there!

 

[Smitty3L]

The interview letter told us to bring a comfortable pair of waking shoes for the campus tour. For those of you who have already interviewed: Did you wear dress shoes for the interview and change into tennis shoes or did you just wear tennis shoes? And if you changed shoes did you carry them in a backpack or leave them in your car or what?

Good luck to everyone else whose interviewing tomorrow. I'll see you all there!

I wore my dress shoes, and I think everyone else I toured with did also. I was wearing 2.5" heels and did fine, although there is quite a bit of walking.