Those of you who don't know, I was raised in an OU household, of which I am not ashamed at all. My favorite state school team was the Sooners, prior to my employment at OSU. Now my two favorite teams are OU and OSU. Yeah, there is a lot more orange in my closet than red (at least on my side) primarily out of loyalty to my employing campus.
With that having been said, who would have expected to see the University of Oklahoma logo presented at the top of one of my blog posts? Well, it is being done by a very proud papa of a high school senior that has completed all of the requirements to apply for an early admissions to a Masters of Occupational Therapy program at OUHSC. Yes, I said Masters program. Occupational Therapy is a field Sarah has been interested in for quite a while. Recently she found that OUHSC has an early admittance program to the MOT program for high school seniors, depending upon their GPA, test scores and having confirmed observation time (shadowing) with a practicing OT. She has the grades and test scores, and recently completed all the required hoop-jumping to get her shadowing hours completed. She submitted all of her paperwork for the early admissions yesterday.
Admittance to the program holds a spot for her once she has completed her bachelor's degree, which doesn't have to be completed at OU. Being that OT is a growing field, and the graduate placement rate is almost 100%, the program is growing increasingly difficult to enter. Her taking the initiative now, as a high school senior, will pay off huge dividends in the future. In short, she won't have to spend her senior year in college worrying about gaining admissions to a graduate program!
No, it isn't guaranteed that she will be accepted into the program, but that isn't a major concern (who is stupid enough to deny/reject my daughter? It would just be their loss!). I am just amazed at how well she has squared away her plans for the future.
Extra Info:
My dad was an Alumni of OU Medical Center.
Just to show the level of OU involvement by my family, here is the ring-tone that plays when my mom calls my cell phone:
which can be interesting when she calls during normal business hours!
However, I do have to have a little OU humor somewhere, so here it is:
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