Texas A&m Class Of 2011

Twitch · Nov 15, 2006

Welcome to your new life in Aggieland! 🙂

I went to undergrad at A&M and I loved it there. Anyone else going to Texas A&M?

AFSmiley · Nov 15, 2006

Howdy, I'm here, I'm staying, I'm about as excited as can be.

Thanks and Gig 'em
JMP

Twitch · Nov 16, 2006

JMPeffer said:
Howdy, I'm here, I'm staying, I'm about as excited as can be.

Thanks and Gig 'em
JMP

Howdy! Do you know any of the MS1-4's there? I've got a ton of questions.

AFSmiley · Nov 16, 2006

Y_Marker said:
Howdy! Do you know any of the MS1-4's there? I've got a ton of questions.

Ya I know a couple. It might be better to shoot Filo an email and ask him for some student's emails.

WannaDoc · Nov 16, 2006

Y_Marker said:
Howdy! Do you know any of the MS1-4's there? I've got a ton of questions.

So are you officially going to A&M or are you still up in the air?

44466 · Nov 16, 2006

I will be attending A&M COM for sure. It's nice to meet you guys. Haha, I also went to A&M for undergrad.

AFSmiley · Nov 16, 2006

WannaDoc said:
So are you officially going to A&M or are you still up in the air?

Definitely going to A&M! If I were up in the air, I'd probably shy away from class threads right now....don't wanna build any false loyalties, ya know?

Twitch · Nov 17, 2006

WannaDoc said:
So are you officially going to A&M or are you still up in the air?

A&M is one of my top choices. Luckily, I found out today that I'll have choices.

So what's on everyone's minds? Can you tell I can't sleep tonight 🙂

AFSmiley · Nov 17, 2006

Y_Marker said:
So what's on everyone's minds?

Just thinking about how lucky we are, how glad I am we didn't have to wait till February, and the incredible weekend of College Football we have coming up.

twofish · Nov 25, 2006

Here I come!!!

Twitch · Nov 25, 2006

Anyone get any scholarship letters yet?

Say where is the book list / class list online?

Also we beat Texas!! 👍

Falco2525 · Nov 28, 2006

Has anyone gotten a letter of acceptance in the mail yet at all? I only got Filo's email...

Anastasis · Nov 28, 2006

Congrats, guys! A&M rocks! I loved ugrad there.

DrSwede · Nov 29, 2006

I'm sorry if my request doesn't belong here, so let me know if it doesn't and I'll edit it 🙂

For those of you who specifically chose A&M over TCOM, can you elaborate as to why? (aside from location)

Thanks!

Falco2525 · Nov 29, 2006

Bedpan Commando said:
I'm sorry if my request doesn't belong here, so let me know if it doesn't and I'll edit it 🙂

For those of you who specifically chose A&M over TCOM, can you elaborate as to why? (aside from location)

Thanks!

I think most would choose A&M over TCOM because of the MD degree over the DO degree

twofish · Nov 29, 2006

Congrats to all of us who got accepted! Will you guys choose the 2+2 (college station + temple) or 4 years in temple? I am trying to figure out which one fits me the best and would like to hear what you all think.
Thanks,

Twitch · Nov 29, 2006

twofish said:
Congrats to all of us who got accepted! Will you guys choose the 2+2 (college station + temple) or 4 years in temple? I am trying to figure out which one fits me the best and would like to hear what you all think.
Thanks,

If you're married and your spouse plans to work or you're thinking of buying a house a longer term option such as the 4 year @ Temple may be better suited so you don't have to pack up.

Otherwise, you'll have a great time @ College Station. I was there for undergrad and it was a great place.

jadrsun · Dec 2, 2006

I've been interviewed everywhere in Texas except Baylor which I didn't apply to....I got an interview invite from A&M a few weeks ago to interview this coming Thursday (12-7-06)...I want to know from some of you who chose A&M for med school next year...what exactly made you decide to go there....I actually called and emailed the school this past Friday and decided to cancel my interview because I just don't see any appeal in the school....I know that may sound arrogant or what not...however, I want to hear from those of you who accepted pre-match offers from A&M about your reasons for choosing this school. I've already received pre-match offers so all in all it would be a waste of time for me to interview there...

AFSmiley · Dec 4, 2006

I chose it because it is a good match for me. Ooooo where to begin............. I'm finishing up my Undergrad here at A&M, and my wife and I love College Station. Wonderful people, wonderful school, and all the comforts of suburbia in a big town (chain restaurants, a decent mall, cheap housing) without the traffic.

The small class size really appealed to me; I know I won't just be a random face in a crowd.

Sure there are schools in Texas with more research dollars, and better rankings, and blah blah blah, but numbers aren't everything. The values Filo and other members of the administration talk about with so much passion, are the same ones that drew me to medicine in the first place. Student involvement also seemed amazing. Despite being incredibly busy in medical school, students still find all sorts of ways to have a positive impact on the community; pretty neat.

Look forward to meeting some of you guys in the near future, JMP

AFSmiley · Dec 4, 2006

Falco2525 said:
I think most would choose A&M over TCOM because of the MD degree over the DO degree

I didn't. MD/DO, whatever, same job, as long as I'm a Doc. One thing in particular that pushed me towards A&M was that we got to get a feel for the clinical sites at the inerview day. I didn't get to see much of the clinical education at TCOM.

AFSmiley · Dec 4, 2006

Falco2525 said:
Has anyone gotten a letter of acceptance in the mail yet at all? I only got Filo's email...

I got an official letter the following week.

AFSmiley · Dec 5, 2006

Anybody going on th 20th? Looks like a pretty neat program.

twofish · Dec 6, 2006

JMPeffer said:
Anybody going on th 20th? Looks like a pretty neat program.

Hi JMPeffer, what program you are refering to ? thx
Since the acceptance letter, I so far have not received any additional info from A&M. Is it the same with everyone else?

AFSmiley · Dec 6, 2006

twofish said:
Hi JMPeffer, what program you are refering to ? thx
Since the acceptance letter, I so far have not received any additional info from A&M. Is it the same with everyone else?

I got a packet in the mail late last week about a "Round the wards" program Dec. 20th in Temple. We get breakfast, get to round three specialties of our choice with medical students, and then eat lunch and see a presentation. It looks cool, and it'd be a good way for the Mrs. to see Temple, but I'm not sure if I can go yet because of another family obligation that day.

sime0n · Dec 10, 2006

Bedpan Commando said:
I'm sorry if my request doesn't belong here, so let me know if it doesn't and I'll edit it 🙂

For those of you who specifically chose A&M over TCOM, can you elaborate as to why? (aside from location)

Thanks!

this is a tough one for me. im' still trying to decide between the two. my gf only got into tcom right now and we watn to stay together..but not fi ti's a big sacrifice in level of education,school, or career opportunities later

syduck · Dec 11, 2006

I also got into A&M and was trying to decide whether I should even interview at UNT. I heard they have a physician assistant school also.

AFSmiley · Dec 11, 2006

syduck said:
I also got into A&M and was trying to decide whether I should even interview at UNT. I heard they have a physician assistant school also.

Ya, TCOM has a PA school. Not sure how that affects your decision.....

sime0n · Dec 12, 2006

anyone know if they are sending out letters each week...or if there is a batch that comes out every few weeks. how many spots left?

44466 · Dec 12, 2006

Sime0n,

I have heard that a batch of letters will be sent out on Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 from another message board. Not sure if this information is accurate or not...

http://www.texags.com/main/forum.reply.asp?topic_id=716642&page=3&forum_id=17

Good Luck!

MullieWins · Dec 12, 2006

I was accepted today (12/12). Just got the email from Filo. It is my only offer, so I could be going here! Anyone here already at A&M for ugrad like me?

Twitch · Dec 12, 2006

MullieWins said:
I was accepted today (12/12). Just got the email from Filo. It is my only offer, so I could be going here! Anyone here already at A&M for ugrad like me?

Congrats MullieWins. I went there for undergrad some time back and loved it! I really like the cafeteria on the south side.

AFSmiley · Dec 12, 2006

MullieWins said:
I was accepted today (12/12). Just got the email from Filo. It is my only offer, so I could be going here! Anyone here already at A&M for ugrad like me?

Yup. I'm here in College Station.

aggiedoc31 · Dec 14, 2006

Hey, I'm an undergrad at A&M now, and looks like I'll be here for two more years. This was definately my first choice for medical school, I don't know how many times I've heard from physicians about how well A&M students do in residency and after.

syduck · Dec 17, 2006

hey all,
congrats again to everyone who got in. I also may be at A&M. I was also offered a place at SA, so was wondering if there are rankings between texas schools and A&M and SA specifically. I am originally from houston, and I loved the people and faculty at both. Also was wondering how USMLE scores compare? thanks all!

AFSmiley · Dec 18, 2006

syduck said:
hey all,
congrats again to everyone who got in. I also may be at A&M. I was also offered a place at SA, so was wondering if there are rankings between texas schools and A&M and SA specifically. I am originally from houston, and I loved the people and faculty at both. Also was wondering how USMLE scores compare? thanks all!

I don't think there's any published rankings that look at JUST Texas Medical Schools. I don't know about the USMLE comparisons, and I would recommend going to whichever school fits your personality more.

AFSmiley · Dec 19, 2006

For those of you going to the event on Wednesday, please post your experiences! I am going to my brother-in-law's commissioning ceremony for the Air Force, so I'm sitting this one out.

Happy Holidays,
JMP

twofish · Dec 19, 2006

JMPeffer said:
For those of you going to the event on Wednesday, please post your experiences! I am going to my brother-in-law's commissioning ceremony for the Air Force, so I'm sitting this one out.

Happy Holidays,
JMP

same here, I can't be there for the event, out of state now. Could anyone please post their experience. Thanks!!

sime0n · Dec 19, 2006

is 12/20 going to be the last Pre-match date for A&M? Does anyone know how many spots will be available for the match?

HOLDENc · Dec 19, 2006

12/20 will be the last day of pre-match offers and this is from the A&M staff themselves.

I don't know how many they are handing out but my guess is very few b/c they didn't hand out many last Wed/Tue.

Match day will certainly be their biggest day of offers b/c many who have already been offered will rescind their offer and then on match day itself A&M students will already be forced to rank schools so the whole process of offering a student-then the student declining the offer-then the trasferring of that offer to another applicant, will be eliminated.

My guess is they will have sent out 100-120 offers (total during the pre-match) by tommorrow. I figure that b/c they have 100 slots and they may have received about 20 declines already, so my guess is that they don't want to over-offer during the pre-match period.

In years past they have offered 250 to fill 80 slots so they will probably offer 300 of the 800 they interview meaning another 180 offer will be in between match day and the day before classes start.

Best of luck...

sime0n · Dec 20, 2006

is there a residency placement list on the web anywhere for 2006 or another recent year?

nevermind, easily found on the website

http://medicine.tamhsc.edu/studentaffairs/matchresults.html

Buji · Dec 27, 2006

Hi guys!! I am doing my last year at UT Austin right now and will definitely be attending A&M College of Medicine this Fall. Has anyone received anything regarding scholarship money? I look forward to meeting everyone!! Hopefully they will be holding another 'Round the Wards' like event after the match, so we can meet more of our classmates!

44466 · Jan 2, 2007

I haven't received any information about financial aid yet.

Anyone already know where they are living? I would recommend using this link for searching apartments/places to live:

http://aggiesearch.tamu.edu/

twofish · Jan 7, 2007

Nobody went to the round the wards event? Just wondering what it's like...

aggiedoc31 · Jan 7, 2007

I made it out to round the wards. I thought it was a good experience, I got to see what to expect in third and fourth year instead of sitting in a classroom hearing about what classes I'll be taking the first two years. Scott and White is an awesome hospital, especially the new one they are building that we get to do our clinicals in.

AFSmiley · Jan 7, 2007

aggiedoc31 said:
I made it out to round the wards. I thought it was a good experience, I got to see what to expect in third and fourth year instead of sitting in a classroom hearing about what classes I'll be taking the first two years. Scott and White is an awesome hospital, especially the new one they are building that we get to do our clinicals in.

Cool. I remember them saying there was a new Emergency Room being built. I didn't realize there was a whole new hospital going up, pretty exciting. I was down at the Texas Medical Center this past week for an interview at UT-H. That place is amazing also, but after weighing the positives and negatives, I am still convinced staying with TAMU is best for me.

aggiedoc31 · Jan 7, 2007

If you want to check out the new hospital here is the website http://www.sw.org/web/SW/patientsAn...construction/en_us/html/construction_cam.html

Anastasis · Jan 7, 2007

Y_Marker said:
Congrats MullieWins. I went there for undergrad some time back and loved it! I really like the cafeteria on the south side.

Seriously? The commons always seemed kinda nasty to me.

North Side forever! 😀

Twitch · Jan 8, 2007

Anastasis said:
Seriously? The commons always seemed kinda nasty to me.

North Side forever! 😀

I lived on the south side - underwood hall - coed dorm 👍
Though freebirds was over your neck of the woods mmmmm

DrSwede · Jan 9, 2007

Anyone know where I can find a list of the residency programs offered by TAMU?

AFSmiley · Jan 10, 2007

Bedpan Commando said:
Anyone know where I can find a list of the residency programs offered by TAMU?

Here's the link for Scott and White's Residency Programs

http://www.sw.org/web/SW/researchAndEducation/iwcontent/public/gme_admin/en_us/html/gme_admin.jsp

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