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doc toothache said:
The wait was punishment. SA does not like to be snubbed, once interviews are given, even by superstars. It is one of few schools that do not appear to mind cutting their noses to spite their faces.
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I am obviously no superstar... I just could not make it to the first interview date.

When someone can't make it, then they can't make it..

If they wanted to punish me, I would have preferred a spanking. rawr
 
An excerpt from an e-mail I just received from Dr. Pierpont (UTDB-Houston) concerning the admissions process in regards to Hurricane Ike--

"With fewer sessions having been completed, we will be making significantly fewer offers than we have made in recent years on December 1, 2008. Please be assured that our process will run its full course in time and we will extend all of those offers that we would have made otherwise."

1. For those waiting on Houston, this should come as a breath of fresh air. 😎

2. Does anyone else think this could result in Baylor and San Antonio filling up most of their next class with the first round of offers? Just a prediction.
 
GoFrogs said:
An excerpt from an e-mail I just received from Dr. Pierpont (UTDB-Houston) concerning the admissions process in regards to Hurricane Ike--

"With fewer sessions having been completed, we will be making significantly fewer offers than we have made in recent years on December 1, 2008. Please be assured that our process will run its full course in time and we will extend all of those offers that we would have made otherwise."

1. For those waiting on Houston, this should come as a breath of fresh air. 😎

2. Does anyone else think this could result in Baylor and San Antonio filling up most of their next class with the first round of offers? Just a prediction.
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I Got same email. 🙂
 
i think baylor doesn't like my major and I! 🙁
 
How many of you CAN'T STAND Texas Tech or all the people on their bandwagon? Just thought I would throw it out there since some of you are bound to feel this way. Man, Texas has one bad game in their ridiculously difficult schedule and Tech wins in the last seconds because one rookie d-back forgot how to tackle (and one how to catch a tipped ball) and all of a sudden they're the second best team in the country. I can't wait for OU to destroy Tech in Norman, Oklahoma. When that happens hopefully Texas will be the highest ranked Big 12 south team in the BCS and play in the conference championship, Mike Leach will get deported back to Mars, and Micheal Crabtree will finally fail that steroids test. Oh yeah, and scheduling 2 of your teams 3 most difficult games as home, night games, using officiating crews that OBVIOUSLY call the game in your favor, and winning them does not make you a great team Texas Tech. We'll be sure and return the favor next year in Austin. Hook 'Em.
 
I got the same email. The wait is KILLING me. 19 days left...
 
I just received this email from Houston:

Your application has been reviewed by the Admissions Committee and will
be up for an interview in January 2009. Currently the December
interviews have already been scheduled.

Does this mean I have an interview? Do I contact them now to schedule? Anyone else that has interviewed at Houston receive a similar email?
 
Sounds like you've got an interview in January. Is that the whole email?
 
DDSAg09 said:
Sounds like you've got an interview in January. Is that the whole email?
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Yes, that was it. I called them and they informed me that they will contact me some time in December to schedule! 🙂 My first interview...woo hoo!
 
GoFrogs said:
An excerpt from an e-mail I just received from Dr. Pierpont (UTDB-Houston) concerning the admissions process in regards to Hurricane Ike--

"With fewer sessions having been completed, we will be making significantly fewer offers than we have made in recent years on December 1, 2008. Please be assured that our process will run its full course in time and we will extend all of those offers that we would have made otherwise."

1. For those waiting on Houston, this should come as a breath of fresh air. 😎

2. Does anyone else think this could result in Baylor and San Antonio filling up most of their next class with the first round of offers? Just a prediction.
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I wonder how many acceptances are gonna be released on dec 1st.
 
PTbecomingDDS said:
hopefully not too many as I will be interviewing in Jan!
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i had interview last week so i hoped they send out enough acceptances to accept me though haha

GOOD LUCK ON UR INTERVIEW!!! :luck:
 
kkikkokka said:
i had interview last week so i hoped they send out enough acceptances to accept me though haha

GOOD LUCK ON UR INTERVIEW!!! :luck:
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Thanks!

How was your interview? What kind of questions did they ask? Just curious...there is probably a forum for this already but any help would be appreciated.
 
DROCKINDAHOUSE said:
How many of you CAN'T STAND Texas Tech or all the people on their bandwagon? Just thought I would throw it out there since some of you are bound to feel this way. Man, Texas has one bad game in their ridiculously difficult schedule and Tech wins in the last seconds because one rookie d-back forgot how to tackle (and one how to catch a tipped ball) and all of a sudden they're the second best team in the country. I can't wait for OU to destroy Tech in Norman, Oklahoma. When that happens hopefully Texas will be the highest ranked Big 12 south team in the BCS and play in the conference championship, Mike Leach will get deported back to Mars, and Micheal Crabtree will finally fail that steroids test. Oh yeah, and scheduling 2 of your teams 3 most difficult games as home, night games, using officiating crews that OBVIOUSLY call the game in your favor, and winning them does not make you a great team Texas Tech. We'll be sure and return the favor next year in Austin. Hook 'Em.
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Hook 'Em is correct. Houston early december interview btw.
 
PTbecomingDDS said:
Thanks!

How was your interview? What kind of questions did they ask? Just curious...there is probably a forum for this already but any help would be appreciated.
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it was good, it all depends on who you get for ur interviewer, but it seems like all interviewers are pretty nice!
oh and you should go over all the questions people posted on interview feedback...all the questions that were asked during my interview were from there...Make sure you have good answers for ethic question!! i think almost everyone got the question. good luck!👍
 
kkikkokka said:
it was good, it all depends on who you get for ur interviewer, but it seems like all interviewers are pretty nice!
oh and you should go over all the questions people posted on interview feedback...all the questions that were asked during my interview were from there...Make sure you have good answers for ethic question!! i think almost everyone got the question. good luck!👍
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Thanks. I had a hard time finding the interview feedback but eventually did. It is definitely helpful...thanks for the help!
 
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all of you who already have or will be interviewing at houston on a Monday (there are only monday and some friday dates) I saw you (or will see you). Creepy eh?:laugh:
 
SA interview on Nov 17.

I got a call just now and apparently they sent out a letter but I have never received it.
luckily they call you if you do not reply by the deadline so they called me and told me that they will send a copy of the letter to my email.

everyone make sure to check your mails more carefully (especially if you're living with 6 other people like me....)
 
DCRedskinsRule said:
all of you who already have or will be interviewing at houston on a Monday (there are only monday and some friday dates) I saw you (or will see you). Creepy eh?:laugh:
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So I shouldn't wear any cowboy stuff I take it? LOL :laugh:
 
DCRedskinsRule said:
all of you who already have or will be interviewing at houston on a Monday (there are only monday and some friday dates) I saw you (or will see you). Creepy eh?:laugh:
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Guess what DCCowboysRule, I saw you too last year, creepy eh?
 
i got an interview from columbia, but not houston or baylor. what is going on here.
 
bjpenn said:
i got an interview from columbia, but not houston or baylor. what is going on here.
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that means Texas schools are better than Colombia and becoming new IVY schools. :laugh::laugh:
Congrat. for your interview and good luck 👍
 
What's your source on 30%? That seems awful low to me even considering Houston's situation.
 
that's what Dr. Pierpont said at our interview this past week. he said they weren't ready yet due to Ike setting them back
 
Ok, I understand now, I thought you were talking about all three schools.
 
It was the same 2 years ago -- Houston plans to send enough acceptances to only fill 30% of their class on December 1st. With that being said, some of the same 30% will also be accepted to Baylor and/or San Antonio, and so they will have to make a decision, thus opening a spot up at whatever school they decide not to attend.
 
mamelons said:
It was the same 2 years ago -- Houston plans to send enough acceptances to only fill 30% of their class on December 1st. With that being said, some of the same 30% will also be accepted to Baylor and/or San Antonio, and so they will have to make a decision, thus opening a spot up at whatever school they decide not to attend.
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What you are suggesting is, that by Dec. 1, Houston will only send out about 25 acceptances which, while possible, seems to be very much on the low side even taking the delay into account. [Based on the predent info, the same number of applicants (20) interviewed during the same time period. Keeping in mind that the reliability of the info from predents is questionable since it does not represent a random sample of those interview by the school.]
 
No -- what I mean is that Houston will send out enough acceptances to fill 30% of their class. This does not mean that they only send out 25 acceptances. They will send out enough acceptances to fill 25 spots. Not everyone they accept on December 1st will choose to go to Houston. Schools always do this. They have done it for years -- they send out the number of acceptances they believe it will take to fill however many spots they want to fill on December 1st.

Hypothetical scenario -- let's say Houston has 100 spots in their class. They want to send out enough acceptance to fill 30% of their class, so 30 spots. They do not just send out 30 acceptances, they might send out 50 (I don't know how many) -- but let's say they send out 50. They know from previous years experience and trends that not all 50 will choose to go to Houston because they have acceptances elsewhere. With this scenario, they predict that 15-20 will not choose to attend Houston, so then they have filled roughly 30% of their class with December 1st acceptances. It will fluctuate from year to year at every school, but nothing so dramatic that they will have over-filled their class.

San Antonio sends out around 120 acceptances on December 1st every year. They only have room for 95 students in the class. They know from experience that not all 120 students will choose to go there. Not even 95 of these students will choose to go there. They might fill 70% of their class, I don't know. Some students will hold a spot until accepted somewhere else, others will be accepted to multiple schools on December 1st, and choose to go somewhere else.
 
mamelons said:
No -- what I mean is that Houston will send out enough acceptances to fill 30% of their class. This does not mean that they only send out 25 acceptances. They will send out enough acceptances to fill 25 spots. Not everyone they accept on December 1st will choose to go to Houston. Schools always do this. They have done it for years -- they send out the number of acceptances they believe it will take to fill however many spots they want to fill on December 1st.

Hypothetical scenario -- let's say Houston has 100 spots in their class. They want to send out enough acceptance to fill 30% of their class, so 30 spots. They do not just send out 30 acceptances, they might send out 50 (I don't know how many) -- but let's say they send out 50. They know from previous years experience and trends that not all 50 will choose to go to Houston because they have acceptances elsewhere. With this scenario, they predict that 15-20 will not choose to attend Houston, so then they have filled roughly 30% of their class with December 1st acceptances. It will fluctuate from year to year at every school, but nothing so dramatic that they will have over-filled their class.

San Antonio sends out around 120 acceptances on December 1st every year. They only have room for 95 students in the class. They know from experience that not all 120 students will choose to go there. Not even 95 of these students will choose to go there. They might fill 70% of their class, I don't know. Some students will hold a spot until accepted somewhere else, others will be accepted to multiple schools on December 1st, and choose to go somewhere else.
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making sense now THANKS =)
 
FYI, if I remember correctly, Dr. Pierpont said at my interview it usually takes about 170 offers to fill the class.
 
DDSAg09 said:
FYI, if I remember correctly, Dr. Pierpont said at my interview it usually takes about 170 offers to fill the class.
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170 is actually not that many considering that 1000+ people apply each cycle... :scared:
 
Is it up to 1000+ now for all 3 schools? I know when I applied a few years ago, San Antonio was right at 1000, Baylor was around 1100, and Houston was around 900.
 
EDIT: nvm

Anyone have any idea how the Texas schools handle their scholarship offers and what kind of stats typically obtain one?
 
I like how everyone argues and seems to know how it REALLY works. I would guess that the argument is due to anxiety and that we, as PRE-dental students, should be inclined to believe those that have actually been there. Oh, and DDSAg is right. Dr. Pierpont did state, during the interview, that approx. 170 offers are needed to fill the class.
 
iverson3504 said:
EDIT: nvm

Anyone have any idea how the Texas schools handle their scholarship offers and what kind of stats typically obtain one?
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Unless Houston has changed in the past 2 years, they offer scholarships in the summer right before school starts. Dr. Pierpont said something along the lines of not wanting students to choose the school just because of a scholarship, but because they really want to be there.

Baylor and San Antonio offer them with acceptance letters. I was offered a scholarship at both schools -- $2500 at Baylor and $5000 at San Antonio. These were both merit-based scholarships based on my undergraduate grades and extracurricular involvement.
 
mamelons said:
Unless Houston has changed in the past 2 years, they offer scholarships in the summer right before school starts. Dr. Pierpont said something along the lines of not wanting students to choose the school just because of a scholarship, but because they really want to be there.

Baylor and San Antonio offer them with acceptance letters. I was offered a scholarship at both schools -- $2500 at Baylor and $5000 at San Antonio. These were both merit-based scholarships based on my undergraduate grades and extracurricular involvement.
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Proof that San Antonio is THE place to be?
 
Haha -- yeah I guess so.

It did play a small role in my decision, but it was by no means the determining factor.
 
😱 so houston sends out only about 50 acceptances on Dec 1st.....????????????????????????????????? man that's little...
 
I think I remember Houston saying that they don't give out many scholarships compared to the other schools, but I could be mistaken....
 
kkikkokka said:
😱 so houston sends out only about 50 acceptances on Dec 1st.....????????????????????????????????? man that's little...
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read closely what I wrote -- it gave a hypothetical scenario

I don't know how many acceptances they send out, I don't think anyone does, all anyone knows is that they plan to send out enough acceptances every year to fill 30% of their class on December

furthermore, some people will be accepted to multiple schools on December 1st -- I was accepted to all 3 schools on December 1st, and sent in a declination letter to one of the schools within a week... as the schools receive declination letters they send out more acceptances, hence rolling admission... so even if you are not accepted on December 1st, you might be accepted by December 12th or so if someone already sends in a declination letter, it's not set up where only so many people get offers of admission December 1st, and then there are no more offers sent out until January 15th

However, if you are accepted on December 1st, you have until sometime in January to make a decision/put down a deposit -- a school cannot rush you in that respect, but if you are accepted to multiple schools, (school A, B, and C) and you send in your declination letter to school A, B before the "deadline" to make a decision, once those schools receive your letter, they usually send out another acceptance to someone, they don't have to wait until January 15th or whenever it is
 
mamelons said:
read closely what I wrote -- it gave a hypothetical scenario

I don't know how many acceptances they send out, I don't think anyone does, all anyone knows is that they plan to send out enough acceptances every year to fill 30% of their class on December

furthermore, some people will be accepted to multiple schools on December 1st -- I was accepted to all 3 schools on December 1st, and sent in a declination letter to one of the schools within a week... as the schools receive declination letters they send out more acceptances, hence rolling admission... so even if you are not accepted on December 1st, you might be accepted by December 12th or so if someone already sends in a declination letter, it's not set up where only so many people get offers of admission December 1st, and then there are no more offers sent out until January 15th

However, if you are accepted on December 1st, you have until sometime in January to make a decision/put down a deposit -- a school cannot rush you in that respect, but if you are accepted to multiple schools, (school A, B, and C) and you send in your declination letter to school A, B before the "deadline" to make a decision, once those schools receive your letter, they usually send out another acceptance to someone, they don't have to wait until January 15th or whenever it is
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sorry maybe i misunderstood....
someone up there said they usually accept 170 people to fill up the class,,,so i did a little calculation,,,and thought maybe they only accept 50 people to fill up 30% of the class.....???? maybe or maybe not...
ah,,,hahaha who cares right...=) hope we all get in!!!!!! :luck:
 
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