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[wysdoc]

TCU/UNT prospective medical school is still in the "candidate" stage of its accreditation process. A report from the LCME must upgrade it from candidate to "preliminary accreditation" status before the school may solicit applications for an entering class. Last I heard, the LCME had planned a visit in June 2018 and depending on its assessment of the school's plans and progress could make a ruling on the school by October 2018.
For now just watch for news about whether the status changes, maybe in time for a late entry into applications for 2018-2019 season. 3 years ago Dell Med and UTRGV made such an entry into the system in fall and had a truncated application season to seat a class.
As far as the estimated MCAT score, who knows? Texas average is 509, with Baylor at 517, Dell 512, and UTSW 514.

 

[wysdoc]

@wysdoc Out of curiosity what were the stats like for Dell and UTRGV's inaugural classes? I guess i'm more curious to know how feasible it is for TCU to think they'll have stats on par with UTSW for their first class or am i underestimating them. I was told they expected to basically have 4.0 students from Rice and other top regional schools as "their kind of students"

in 2016 the average TMDSAS MCAT was 501.5 for applicants and 507.2 for matriculants. I'll see if I can track down the figures for Dell and UTRGV. That was also the year that some took the "old" MCAT and some took the new one, figures were 27.8 applicant and 29.9 matriculant.

I think it is wishful on their part to get an inaugural class with those kinds of stats, but Dell kind of did so it will depend on how attractive they make their school to applicants.

 

[Goro]

Hi y'all

I had an advising meeting today and was told by my advisor who was part of the curriculum building team for the new TCU medical school in Ft. Worth that she heard from the schools dean himself that they were projecting/ hoping for an average MCAT in the 512-515 range. I'm a TCU grad attending the UNTHSC MedSci program and was planning on applying but don't know what to do know. I have a 507 MCAT with a 3.5 GPA so i figured i'd be competitive for the new medical school but that no longer appears to be the case. Anyone care to comment on this. I personally was thinking average MCAT of 507 with a 3.7 GPA for their initial class. I should also mention that i was planning on applying to only TCU and UNTHSC's TCOM for TX schools but should i just avoid TCU altogether if i'm not really what they are looking for?

Wow! Talk about wishful thinking! There are only so many qualified candidates in TX, and of that field, only so many in the MCAT range that the Dena is hoping for.

Applicants are also a bit more leery of a brand new school.

Hence, don't worry about what the Dean wants right now.

I could understand Dell starting off well right off the bat because it's in Austin. If it were in, say, Lubbock, their stats would be a lot lower.

 

[wysdoc]

Wow! Talk about wishful thinking! There are only so many qualified candidates in TX, and of that field, only so many in the MCAT range that the Dena is hoping for.

Applicants are also a bit more leery of a brand new school.

Hence, don't worry about what the Dean wants right now.

I could understand Dell starting off well right off the bat because it's in Austin. If it were in, say, Lubbock, their stats would be a lot lower.

I agree. Also Dell’s endowment is crazy rich, and that plus the Austin vibe made the school attractive. They did take quite a few non-traditional students and creative types in their inaugural class.

 

[dodolol21]

Just talked to another student who said she heard the same from a different advisor here. Honestly don't know what to make of that. Its nuts that a brand new medical school is expecting to have stats on par with UTSW and Baylor in their first year. Either way not gonna waste my time applying if i'm not even remotely competitive. Also from what i've been told a ton of the UNTHSC's TCOM professors are working at both schools which will also be sharing facilities (its basically TCOM but you get an MD at the end).

I would go ahead and apply. I highly doubt TCU will be able to capture many students of the 4.0 / 90%+ MCAT caliber. Other than those who live closeby, or have another reason to go to TCU, I don’t see anyone picking TCU over UTMB, San Antonio, McGovern, Dell, UTSW, or Baylor.

UT Dell is also not a comparable example considering their location, endowment, and affiliation with one of top public undergrads in Texas. I think what happened with UTRGV is more likely, and if you look at their matriculating avgs on MSAR, both GPA and MCAT are quite low. GPA <3.5 and MCAT <505 if I recall correctly. TCU will probably be above that, but nothing close to what their claiming.

Just my opinion.

 

[SpoiledMilk]

LOL! $55K a year in tuition. That and the expectation of UTSW-type metrics students in their inaugural class. LOL!