<p>Do any of you know about the Ohio State Program? Is it a nice program? Is there a small cohesive group with a supportive environment, or are the students just swallowed up in the huge university and left to the meat-grinder?</p>
<p>Its a GREAT program! Small group(~15) that lives in honors housing together. Amazing opportunities for research and volunteering. Top med school.</p>
<p>It seems like a nice program with passionate people running it. It’s called the Biomedical Sciences Major. Their focus is a well-rounded education to prepare you for medical school. Their goal is not to accelerate you like some other programs, but rather to thoroughly prepare you.
I received my acceptance letter to the program a couple weeks ago, so I’m happy 
If you have any questions about the application process or interviews, let me know.</p>
<p>Congratulations Philip1209 !</p>
<p>What are the chances for OOS in this prog? What kind of stats will get you interview?</p>
<p>i hate to call shenanigans on philip1209, but acceptances for this year’s program don’t come out until april 15. also, there is no such thing as a “biomedical sciences” major at osu. perhaps philip only received the letter inviting him to an interview and is assuming an acceptance?</p>
<p>currybiskit, in case you didn’t know, you have to be a national merit semi-finalist to apply and must achieve finalist status to enroll. i don’t know how being OOS would affect you.</p>
<p>Thanks, Currybiskit! My guess is that an ACT over 30, interest in the sciences and experience in research will get you an interview. A good essay makes a big difference. What is OOS?</p>
<p>As to Jollyrancher1, The “Undergraduate Major in Biomedical Science at OSU” can be found here:[Biomedical</a> Science - Biomedical Sciences Program](<a href=“http://medicine.osu.edu/bms/]Biomedical”>Biomedical Science Undergraduate | Ohio State College of Medicine)
April 15 ostensibly is the final date they will contact you by, much in the same way WashU states that they will send acceptance letters by April 1, even though letters arrived eighteen days prior to that. The interview I had for the BMS major was back in February, and my unequivocal acceptance letter arrived last week. I can’t make you believe me, but rest assured that I have no motivation to lie, and if you have a compelling reason to doubt what I am saying I may scan the acceptance letter for your edification.</p>
<p>OOS= Out of state applicant.</p>
<p>They offer OOS students interviews and spots in the med program.</p>
<p>I think we have a misunderstanding. If i interpreted the OP correctly, i assumed he/she was talking about the Early Admissions Pathway at Ohio State, which is a bs/md program.<br>
the eap website: [Early</a> Admission Pathway](<a href=“http://medicine.osu.edu/futurestudents/admissions/eap/index.cfm]Early”>http://medicine.osu.edu/futurestudents/admissions/eap/index.cfm). </p>
<p>My counfusion stemmed from the fact that the admissions portion of the website: [EAP</a> Eligibility](<a href=“http://medicine.osu.edu/futurestudents/admissions/eap/eapeligibility/index.cfm]EAP”>http://medicine.osu.edu/futurestudents/admissions/eap/eapeligibility/index.cfm) reads that “Competitive candidates will be invited to campus to interview in early April. Interviewed candidates will be notified of the EAP admission decision no later than April 15.”
I didn’t see how you could have been offered a spot in the program before the interview date.</p>
<p>I think the “Biomedical Sciences” major is entirely separate from the EAP, although I apologize for saying that it does not exist. And there is certainly no need to prove your acceptance. :)</p>
<p>Philip1209, “Biomedical Sciences Major” is NOT Ohio State combined bs/md program. It is a different program, which also reguires interview, etc. but it does not include automatic admission to Med. School. Ohio State have combined program with one of reguirements being NMF to be accepted.</p>
<p>Do any of you know if Ohio State’s bs-md program is binding to their medical school? Or can you apply elsewhere to medical school without losing your spot?</p>
<p>^Ask them, but keep in mind that OSU Med. school is very highly ranked.</p>
<p>^^you can apply out to a different medical school, but seeing that Ohio State is ranked pretty high, I’m not sure why you would want to.</p>