Hey folks!
Sorry I haven't really been checking this, but I'll try to come back periodically
. I'm an M1 this year at UTHSC. I went through the application process in 2011, was accepted before Thanksgiving (and some people were accepted before then! fast turnaround for some), and then deferred my acceptance for one year.
UT is slow to start sending secondaries because the Admissions office throws together a very intense orientation week for M1 students. This year it was from Aug 12, so August 19th was their first day in the office working on admissions things for incoming students, which helps explain their delay. I know this might not help your frustrations, but at least you can know why
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Secondaries will continue to trickle out over the next several months, depending on when you applied and how competitive your application is. There does indeed seem to be screening involved in sending secondaries, but it's not a computer throwing out low GPAs/low MCATs. They decide who they'd like to interview based on your primary (obviously, since the secondary has no additional essays). It seems to me as though usually, a person who receives a secondary will *most likely* receive an interview, sooner or later.
I'm trying to remember other questions I had at this point in the process and turning up a blank. If you have questions, feel free to post and I'll answer them. I've only had 3 weeks of class (first exam on Monday!! uhhh just doing some early morning procrastination on here, ha), but I really love UT for a variety of reasons (faculty, classmates, Memphis, just to name a few) and am happy to help out incoming students.
Welp, off to study/anatomy lab/volunteering at Clinica Esperanza! Seriously, it's a great life - congrats to you all for making it to this point and applying to medical school! Best of luck!
Toodle-oo!
Stewabeet