Who to send a letter on intent to at OSUCOM?

[danzman]

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Hey, I am stuck on the waitlist at OSUCOM for the second time. Now that the March 15th deposit deadline has passed, I figured it was a good time to write a letter of intent but I had a question. Who should I send it to? I would like to send it to the dean of admissions, but I am not sure who that is exactly. Should I just send it to the admissions dept and hope for the best, or to Leah Haines? Any thoughts? Thanks

Dan Z Man

 

[RockfordWF]

Hey, I am stuck on the waitlist at OSUCOM for the second time. Now that the March 15th deposit deadline has passed, I figured it was a good time to write a letter of intent but I had a question. Who should I send it to? I would like to send it to the dean of admissions, but I am not sure who that is exactly. Should I just send it to the admissions dept and hope for the best, or to Leah Haines? Any thoughts? Thanks

Dan Z Man

Leah Haines
Director of Admissions and Registrar

There is no Dean of Admissions --> she's the captain of the ship

good luck

 

[DadOf2Boys]

Leah Haines
Director of Admissions and Registrar

There is no Dean of Admissions --> she's the captain of the ship

good luck

Dont just write a letter, call Leah as often as you can. I was on the waitlist from Nov-Jan and I tried to call about once every few weeks or so. I am pretty sure they keep track of how many times you contact them-a way to see who is really interested. (All within reason of course.)

Also, if you have any transcripts that have grades that were not on your application, you can send those (and call to make sure they got them.)

Had I not been accepted when I was, I was already thinking about shadowing a bit more to get additional clinical experience (something I was pretty weak on with my application), ask another professor for a letter of recommendation, anything I can think of to show that they could do worse than offer me an acceptance.

I work for an executive recruiting firm (headhunters) and one thing my boss says is:
All else equal, an employer will hire the person who shows the most interest in the position.

I believe that this very much applies to med school applicants as well.

my $.02