May I ask what your other scores were (alferec)? Those are 3 of the schools that I have applied to, any advice? Can I ask why you chose SCCO over SUNY & Berkeley? How was the interview process with each? I would really appreciate any input you can give me. Thanks!
I don't remember the exact scores of each section, but I got a 330 AA and a 350 TS. You must note that despite my average OAT scores and average GPA (3.4 cum), I probably got in because I have strong ECs (Army ROTC, many hours of volunteering, etc.).
I chose SCCO primarily because of the location. Also, SCCO consistently produces excellent clinicians. We also have an awesome clinic - you'll see exactly what I mean when you come for interviews. Berkeley has a great program too but the city is just not for me, and the facilities are
nothing compared to SCCO. And SUNY was simply just too far (it was my third choice).
The interview process for each:
- SCCO: I had the traditional "ask-question-then-answer-it" inteview. Somewhat tough, but I came prepared so it wasn't nearly as bad as I expected it to be.
- Both SUNY and Berkeley were very informal. Pretty much a conversation with a few interview-type questions sprinkled here and there. Note that my SUNY interview was done by Dr. Johnston, who came to my school, and may be different from the in-school interview at SUNY (I believe they have a panel interview there).
I just took mine this past Tuesday and I did decent on the QR (320)...and I'm not good at math either. I used OAT achiever (got a 290 on the first QR and then a 330 on the second QR) as well as the Kaplan QR practice for timing and finding new ways to calculate things faster. Just answer what you can first and if you can't answer it fast, put an answer and move on to the stuff you can do since you can go back to the questions you had a hard time on anyway if you have more time. Between now and then, maybe you can practice breaking down word problems (which were the hardest for me) and reviewing geometry stuff? (that's what I did) I hope this helps somewhat. ^_^;
