osucom?

[Doctor Bagel]

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i hope i'm using the right notation (all these coms are confusing to a newbie like me), but i mean oklahoma state. who here goes there and do you like it? is it a friendly place for non-traditional students?

what are the admission odds for out-of-state students? i'm from oklahoma, so i do have very strong ties to the state, but i didn't attend either college or grad school there and now live halfway across the country. i'm sure i'd have to pay out-of-state tuition (which is the same amt is in-state-tuition for my state medical school). anyway, any thoughts?

 

[smashley]

Hi. I am currently an MS-2 at OSU. I like it a lot. It is rigorous, but the competition between classmates isn't cut-throat. I think there is a lot of cameraderie within my class. People are often emailing out study guides that they have made, notes they have typed, etc.

As for being nontrad-friendly, I would say OSU definitely is. Last night we had a halloween carnival for the students' families. Lots of people have kids, so there were many little costumed wee ones running around.
However, I am a traditional student, so maybe Dr. Mom or Idiopathic would be better suited to comment in this area.

When will you be applying?
Where are you from and where are you living now?
Good luck with the application/admissions process! 😎

--smash

 

[Doctor Bagel]

thanks for the reply, smash!

next year would be the earliest i would apply because i still have some things to catch up on. i have most of my prereqs, except physics and another bio class. i'm taking physics now, so that'll be out of the way by the end of this year. i'm also probably going to take the mcat next summer. of course, i need to shadow a do and do some more volunteering, so there's still a lot of stuff to do on top of working full time.

i'm from stillwater but live in oregon now.

 

[DrMom]

Originally posted by exlawgrrl

what are the admission odds for out-of-state students? i'm from oklahoma, so i do have very strong ties to the state, but i didn't attend either college or grad school there and now live halfway across the country. i'm sure i'd have to pay out-of-state tuition (which is the same amt is in-state-tuition for my state medical school). anyway, any thoughts?

If you were only gone for college/grad school, I believe you qualify for in-state. The best thing for you to do is call the admissions office & talk to them.

I agree with everything smashley said. It is a good atmosphere. We have lots of non-trads: when our class started, our average age was 26-27. There are quite a few with spouses/kids.

Good luck! 😀

 

[Doctor Bagel]

thanks, drmom

i think i am going to call the admissions office. i've lived in oregon for more than a year while not in school, so i think that blows my in-state chances. i'm just hoping that they'll take my ties to the state into consideration when looking at my application instead of viewing me as just some random oregonian applying for admission.

 

[Idiopathic]

They will, but as for tuition, it depends a lot on whether you paid in-state or out-of-state tuition @ your undergrad institution. If you paid out-of-state tuition, you may have a leg to stand on. As one who attends OSU and pays out of state tuition, I can vouch for how hard it is toget them to approve the in-state designation (read: doesnt happen). I dont mean to discourage you, since price should not be the motivating factor. The school is fantastic for me, and I think that most of our studentd feel this way. We have a pretty smart group that is pretty excited about the future. Good luck,

 

[Doctor Bagel]

idiopathic, thanks for your reply. yeah, i'm pretty much assuming that i won't get instate unless i move to oklahoma and establish residency prior to starting school. i went to a private undergrad but would have paid out of state tuition if it were a state school, and i paid instate tuition for grad school because it was part of my scholarship package. however, i wasn't categorized as a resident and would have had to pay out of state tuition for any other academic program. this whole living and working fulltime in another state for a year, though, i think is going to be the sticking point where i won't get instate.

since the instate tuition at ohsu (the only school where i would qualify for instate status) is already about the same as the out-of-state at osucom, i'm already assuming i'll have to borrow that much for school. you're right that the cost shouldn't be the only deciding factor so long as you know you'll have the earning potential to repay the loans, which isn't always a guarantee with some academic programs, but that's another topic.

 

[DrMom]

Since you have some time while you take classes & the MCAT, you could consider moving back to re-establish residency.