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Nah. The package you get from OSU. Dana said I should expect mine in mid-March, but my FAFSA SAR was recieved the first week of January.
 
I have already turned everything in, and Dana told me not to worry about anything else until May. So, I do not think there is a big hurry if you already have your fafsa in.
 
I have already submitted my fasfa in Jan and I am trying to find housing in Tulsa for June. So I guess I should be getting that Fincial Aid Package soon.

Thanks for all the help.
 
okay so I contacted Tulsa Housing Auth. and I mention that I will be going to OSU-COM in august and that my income is very low etc....and they said the waitlist is 2-5 years for Section 8 housing.

OSUdoc08 how did you get a place lined up so early?

also I have tried to email Dana twice this week but no reponse yet.

any ideas?
 
thanks, for the record fast response Dr. Mom
 
Hey, sorry that I disappeared for a while. I have been in the process of buying a house. I found one around 15th and Harvard. I can't wait to move to Tulsa. I assume the dinner(s) are still on for later this month and next. I'll try to keep in better contact. I still haven't ran into anyone around OKC that will be in our class, but the pre-med advisors said that there are quite a few accepted from OU.
 
You dont actually get "section 8 housing." You get a regular apartment, then get the Housing Authority to approve a reduced rate for the apartment, as if it were section 8. There are only for certain complexes, and you must have your financial aid package to show the housing authority as proof.

This is according to Dana. She isn't very good about email, but she is good about phone calls.
 
Hey everyone, seems like we all got busy. I've been working on my house this spring break. We're trying to get is ready to put on the market.

Hope everthing is going good for you all.
 
Hello all, just thought I would drop in and say hello...

Hello...hehe
 
I was taking a patient into the ER at the Texas Osteopathic Hospital in Ft. Worth, which is part of TCOM. I overheard an MS-4 taking my patient mention to her classmate that she is moving to Tulsa in August. I told her that I was moving there the same time she was. She is starting her 5-year OB/GYN residency at Tulsa Regional, so I'll probably run into her again during my rotations. She said she wanted to go to Tulsa because it is the largest Osteopathic hospital in the U.S. I've never been told this, but it's a good fact to know.

Well, see everyone on Easter weekend.
 
Shoot, I live in Tulsa and did not know that....I worked at TRMC for a couple of months, Please, oh, Please do not get your hopes set too high. As for xray, and the other depts that I frequently went to, everything was a little bit, how do you say,,,,,"older". Yes, that is a good term without offense, "older". It does have some fairly new stuff in the ER, but as for radiology, and surgery,,,,,, wow..... I'll give it that though, it is a bigger hospital. It is nothing like St. Francis, 1100 plus beds, not including the surrounding facilities, but about the same size as Hillcrest,,, approx..500 beds. I believe it is larger than Hillcrest, but this is the normal operating capacity. Columbia use to own both Hillcrest and TRMC. When Columbia began to break up, TRMC was thought to be shutting down. It was left running in limbo for a couple of years, with Hillcrest either buying it or running it,,,not quit sure, before OSU stepped in. OSU has only had it for a couple of years, even though that is where most of their students went for rotations...
 
TRMC, while old, has some good medicine within its walls. TRMC will never be shut down, primarily because the other hospitals in town won't let it-- reason being that TRMC sucks up a TON of indigent care, and if TRMC goes, guess who gets those patients then? Yes, TRMC is St. Francis', St. John's, Hillcrest's and Southcrest's best friend.

Also, the scuttlebutt around the hospital is that Hillcrest, the current owner of TRMC, is looking to free up some cash. TRMC is actually a fairly financially secure hosptital, and i heard (though i haven't seen any numbers to back it up) that one year it was the only hospital in the Hillcrest system to turn a profit. Once you see the numbers of patients that goes through there, it's not too hard to believe. They recently renovated/remodeled a floor for cardiac patients-- pretty sweet setup. Anyway, rumors have it that Integris and maybe Omni (not sure about Omni, but Integris for sure) are looking to purchase TRMC from Hillcrest. Needless to say, the residents and staff are excited about it, because 1) Integris runs a nice hospital and 2) Hillcrest abuses the **** outta the IM folks.
 
The newest thing that I heard at work was that Hillcrest is being bid on..... some group is trying to buy the hospital and all of its subsids. Yes, TRMC is the dumping ground of the Tulsa area, and is really the only place in town where these pts. can get decent treatment....TRMC where the ER becomes the family practice for those with out insurance.... Yes, it is finacially stable now, because of their huge volume of pts. w/o ins, they have both state and federal funding....
 
Hello Everyone!

I just wanted to introduce myself...I'm Savannah and I will be one of your classmates at OSU COM!

I am from Oklahoma City and I graduated from OKlahoma State University in 2000. I currently live in Idaho. I will miss it up here, but I am so excited to move to Tulsa and start school.

I look forward to meeting you all!
 
Congratulations! See ya this fall.

Nathan
 
Since some new people have shown up (congratulations, btw 🙂), I want to re-iterate that all of you are welcome to get ahold of me if you have any questions about the school or Tulsa.
 
also, dont forget about Dinner this friday the 9th....

You are Invited! Everyone of you

Chimi's @ Peoria and 15th at 6pm

Congratulations

DrDad
 
Got room for me and Dr. Crash? Who do I need to talk to? Dr. Mom?
 
Thanks for the invite, DrDad.

I hear Chimi's is good, but I don't know if it warrants a last minute trip from Idaho!

I'll have to catch up with everyone in July!
 
yeah we have room for anyone that would like to attend

DrDad
 
Hey guys and girls,

I guess I'm the new OSU guy in town (although I was accepted in November). I'd like to attend the get-together, but alas, I go to school in OH, so I won't be able to make it. I will, however, be able to make the dinners this summer, since I'll be home on May 19th. Anyways, thanks for the invite, and I look forward to meeting you all.

-Corey
 
it is a good point that Corey makes.... lets look toward a dinner on June 4th this year or so....

Let me know what you think

DrDad
 
Sounds good to me...what does everyone else say?



-Corey
 
Where would everybody want to eat? How about...Chinese?


-Corey
 
I may put in an appearance, just to welcome you guys. Feel blessed, should I choose to attend. (DrMom can attest to how absolutely freaking awesome I am).

😀
 
When would that be just so we can know when to be prepared for a good ole fashioned blessing Idiopathic?
 
It seemed the dinner turned out really well....
 
Hey, being as this reputation this is new and cool.... lets give each other really good reps so that we are well liked... what do yall think
 
Well I got my white coat fitted this weekend. They apparently want you to go to the bookstore to get it done, but haven't actually told anyone, so stop by and do it when you are around there. Get it bigger than you think, because you will have alot of stuff in your pockets and sometimes wear bulky clothes underneath.
 
OSUdoc08 said:
Well I got my white coat fitted this weekend. They apparently want you to go to the bookstore to get it done, but haven't actually told anyone, so stop by and do it when you are around there. Get it bigger than you think, because you will have alot of stuff in your pockets and sometimes wear bulky clothes underneath.
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You definitely want it a little bit big. I actually have 2 different sizes so that I have a regular one and another that fits over sweaters. (Don't get a second one yet...you don't need it until rotations).

If you can't get into the bookstore, you should be able to call in your size. Check with student affairs.
 
yeaah they are really nice there too
 
🙁

Background: In my lab, most of us have been accepted to med school. So there is a lot of chatter about such things.

This is the conversation I overheard that reminded me once again why I'll be a D.O.

Girl 1: "What specialty do you want to go into?"
Girl 2: "I think infectious disease or women's health, something like that. I just can't see my self being..."
Girl 1: "A regular family doctor?"
Girl 2: "Yeah"
Girl 1: "I mean, why even go to med school?"

Makes me angry, but it's reality. It's also funny how when everyone is waiting to get in, you feel connected, but once people get accepted at out of state schools, their attitude comes back.

🙁 Just had to get that off my chest.
 
OSUdoc08 said:
Well I got my white coat fitted this weekend. They apparently want you to go to the bookstore to get it done, but haven't actually told anyone, so stop by and do it when you are around there. Get it bigger than you think, because you will have alot of stuff in your pockets and sometimes wear bulky clothes underneath.
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Where they going to tell us about this? Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but I haven't received anything about coat fitting...although, I don't know if they'll have one to fit my huge biceps... 😀
 
and by "where" I mean "were." This language...sigh...
 
They haven't told anyone yet. I just happened to be in the bookstore, and the woman working there asked me if I wanted to get my white coat fitted since I was in town. (She sure knows alot for me just walking in the store.) She also said everyone will be notified soon, but that anyone can come in and get it done now. 😀
 
DrCoreyOSU said:
Where they going to tell us about this? Maybe I'm just out of the loop, but I haven't received anything about coat fitting...although, I don't know if they'll have one to fit my huge biceps... 😀
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My class wasn't asked for this info until mid-way through summer. OSUdoc08 is just ahead of the game 😉
 
Almost everyone that came to admitted student day was told about it and then fitted on the spot.
 
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