Geoff -
Oddly enough, I have been a Michigan fan my entire life (with the exception of hockey where we BGSU Falcons loathed and despised the maize and blue). My husband is a lifelong Buckeye fan and OSU grad who is convinced I claim to like Michigan to spite him. 
One thing I have learned so far that I would like to pass on to all you future med students - find out how the school you choose to attend will be doing most of its communication with you and if you don’t get something with deadlines in the mail, call and ASK. Ohio State does all of its communication by e-mail and via their website. The only thing they actually send by snail mail is an acceptance letter with invoice for the $25 fee and your financial aid reward package (required to be mailed by law, I think).
Having done most of my post-bacc work at OSU, I knew about the online only thing, and quickly found all the necessary material. However, I am gathering from my postings on SDN that many people do not realize this. One person posted something to the effect of “So - we don’t really have anything due until orientation, right?” There are actually several deadlines for HIPPA training, health forms and etc. due by July 1. Personally, I think they should include a letter with the acceptance letter telling students that they need to get online and do this stuff.
I registered for classes a couple of weeks ago (as soon as the system would let me). Last night, I noticed that only 35-40 people total had registered for M1 classes. Knowing how anal pre-med/med students are, I have to believe that a great many students have not yet realized that they have to register themselves for classes.
Moving on from the rant . . . I had my physical today for medical school. THAT was quite a pain. Having moved ~ 2 years ago, I don’t have a local family doctor (and actually, my family doc retired in the meantime). I had my husband ask if they could schedule me for my physical. They could - in AUGUST!!! 
So - I called the student health center at OSU. They won’t do it unless you were enrolled at OSU spring quarter. Starting to get desperate, I wondered if an occupational health place (similar to where I had to get my drug screen for work) would be able to do. I called Monday, got the appointment for two days later.
The physical forms for OSU were a bit more demanding than the physical forms for MCO (the school I was going to attend before getting into OSU). We have to have tetanus within ten years, proof of the MMR series or a titre, chicken pox titre, 2 step mantoux, and Hep B series followed by a titre. Fortunately, I had already had the Hep B series and had proof of my MMR. The MMR titre cost was $263. As it was, the cost for the physcial, tetanus, hep B and chicken pox titres, and TB testing totaled $292!! 
I’m going to try and submit it to insurance as they claim to cover routine physicals, but most people say that insurance will NOT cover these costs.
As if I wasn’t feeling poor enough, I read a previously missed link in the orientation materials about the laptop we are required to have. I knew we were required to have a laptop, but I thought I could use the one I already have. Unfortunately, if you don’t show them your laptop meets or exceeds their minimum requirements, you are billed for the one they have chosen and receive it the first week of classes. Although it is in the student budget, that was $1500 out of my first quarter loan money that I wasn’t planning to spend in that way.
Finally, adding to my financial misery this week, the ordering period for new OSU students has opened up for football tickets. As you can imagine, these are hot items at OSU, and, Buckeye fan that he is, my husband wanted me to get my allotted 2 season tickets.
I think I’ve probably gone overboard for my first post. I will detail the curriculum options (which I am debating) and use of technology at OSU in a future post.
Amy
MS-1 to be 