Dear Applicant,

We place an extremely high importance on selecting applicants for residency who will excel during their time at Ohio State and who will get the greatest amount of benefit out of the opportunity to train at our program.  Part of our approach to selecting applicants who will excel here is interviewing a small number of applicants, but putting a great deal of effort into understanding those applicants very well.  In order to assist us in selecting applicants to interview, we ask that in addition to submitting your ERAS application you also answer the following questions via e-mail.  

The SUBJECT of your e-mail should be "APPLICANT RESPONSE: Firstname Lastname, ERAS Number ########" (please replace the appropriate fields with your information).

Please send responses to beata.sandefur@osumc.edu by October 15, 2010.  Our interview date for the 2010-2011 application season is Friday, January 21, 2011.

QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED:

1. What do you know about our program that makes you want to train here?  How did you learn this information?

2. What characteristics about a residency program are most important to you and why?

3. If you trained here, what effect would you have on our residency program?  What makes you think this?