2010-2011 Texas Tech (Lubbock) Application Thread

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Awesome! Maybe we will get to meet during our interview! I also just bought my plane ticket, and then I promptly filled out the form to stay with a student host... Include your arrival and departure times so they can come and get you. I am only staying on Thursday night, but it did say that if you needed a place to stay for more than one night you could request it! I mean, you are coming in from another state, so staying longer would be somewhat expected... Maybe you could stay with a student host on Thursday night and then a hotel on Fri and Sat night? And if you are staying that long, maybe rent a car for a few of the days? Not sure how public transportation works out there...

Is anyone definitely going to the coffee social the night before the interview? I really really want to go to it... Not sure how I am going to get there. Hopefully my student host will be going too... 🙂 It says they can arrange travel for you... Maybe all of us can go and hang out! It might take the some of the stress away...
I was hoping to go to that coffee social. I don't land until 530 though =( and i was hoping my student host would go with me as well. It would be fun to all meet up and hang out!
 
That flight time is perfectly fine. It only takes a few minutes to get through security in the Lubbock airport (people arrive for flights 30-45 minutes max before they leave). Also, the student ambassadors will ask that morning who has the earliest flight and we will get you to the airport on time. Your interviews will be over by 3:30pm, student panel usually ends by 4:15pm or 4:30pm at the latest. Even if you had to leave before the panel it would be okay, they're done "judging you" by the time panel comes around....no doctors or ADCOMs are usually even present for the student panel. It will absolutely NOT reflect badly on your interview.

You will not be the first or last with that flight time out on interview day. I know it's nerve wracking, but I promise that you will be fine with that time.


I'm a Student Ambassador and shuttle driver for interview days, so I'm very comfortable with the process. We have at least a few people each week going to Austin or Houston who leave at that time. We always check flight schedules on interview mornings, as well.

P.S. Don't stay in a hotel! Stay with a student. It's free, you have free transportation to the school and you'll learn more about what it's REALLY like here.


I kind of have the same dilemma too. I have interview on the 17th and I'm staying with a student. The latest flight I can find back to houston is on interview day at 4:25pm. Is that too soon? my only other option is to email my student host and ask if I can stay one more night and leave saturday morning. I dont know!
 
I kind of have the same dilemma too. I have interview on the 17th and I'm staying with a student. The latest flight I can find back to houston is on interview day at 4:25pm. Is that too soon? my only other option is to email my student host and ask if I can stay one more night and leave saturday morning. I dont know!

4:25 will be cutting it a little close. If your interview doesn't end until 3:30pm and it runs over any at all you're gonna risk missing your flight. You would definitely miss the entire student panel. It's up to you how rushed you want to feel that day. Anything at or after 5 is usually fine, but I'd be scared to do 4:25pm. Where are you flying to that doesn't have a later time than that?

If you need to stay an extra night email the housing coordinator, don't ask your student directly. It's puts us in a bad position if we need to say no for some reason. The housing coordinator will work with you and make sure you have a place to stay if you absolutely need to stay two nights. You may be staying with 2 different students, though. It does happen occasionally (albeit, not too often) that someone can't get a flight out late enough and ends up staying Friday as well, so it can be taken care of.
 
Still stuck in "no status found" does that just mean on "hold" or "under review"...? Or should I contact them?

Is anyone elses saying that?
 
Still stuck in "no status found" does that just mean on "hold" or "under review"...? Or should I contact them?

Is anyone elses saying that?

Mine still says no status found, and I got an interview invite earlier this week! The merlin is messed up, I called a few weeks ago and they told me not to worry about it. If you get an interview, they will email you... I know it sucks, but nothing will be fixed if you call either. You could call and just ask if your status is complete though...
 
aright well I feel slightly relieved, I guess...

I will probably just wait and see...

When did your app get transmitted?
 
aright well I feel slightly relieved, I guess...

I will probably just wait and see...

When did your app get transmitted?

Submitted to the schools by TMDSAS on June 1st, secondary done a week before that, and LORs sent on July 21th. I was probably complete around July 25thish... So I guess it took about a month for them to review my stuff and send me the invite.
 
has anyone heard from their student hosts yet? i have yet to hear from mine and my interview is this coming friday.
 
has anyone heard from their student hosts yet? i have yet to hear from mine and my interview is this coming friday.

Yea, my interview is next friday as well, got the invite on 8/5, I emailed them about student housing the next day, got an email with my host's email address on the 8th, and I already have been in contact.

If your timeline looks like mine, I would suggest you see what is going on because you only have less than a week left.
 
has anyone heard from their student hosts yet? i have yet to hear from mine and my interview is this coming friday.

My interview is in about 3 weeks, but I got the email about my student host. Wasn't sure who should do the emailing first though! I guess I will email her, she is probably busy and won't have time to contact me. Plus, I am the one coming out there, so she shouldn't have to be the one to coordinate with me, I should be coordinating with her. Right? Did anyones student host email them first??
 
My interview is in about 3 weeks, but I got the email about my student host. Wasn't sure who should do the emailing first though! I guess I will email her, she is probably busy and won't have time to contact me. Plus, I am the one coming out there, so she shouldn't have to be the one to coordinate with me, I should be coordinating with her. Right? Did anyones student host email them first??
I emailed my student host first. She emailed me back the next day!
 
has anyone heard from their student hosts yet? i have yet to hear from mine and my interview is this coming friday.

Hey Maesizzle, chances are your host is a second year since the 1st years have a test on Friday they aren't hosting this week. Anyway, we just had an exam, so our housing coordinator (who is also a second year) was a little behind schedule with assignments. I am hosting this week and didn't find out contact info until the end of last week. I talked to my interviewee on Friday, so I bet your host will contact you soon. If you haven't heard from them by Tuesday you should email the housing coordinator back so she can get it taken care of!

And if you have their email you are more than welcome to contact your student host first. 🙂 We do the best we can, but sometimes things get hectic!
 
Finally after the long wait I got an interview invite by email this morning! Anyone else? Check your spam!


Does someone who already interviewed know a good but cheap hotel nearby campus? Thanks!
 
Finally after the long wait I got an interview invite by email this morning! Anyone else? Check your spam!


Does someone who already interviewed know a good but cheap hotel nearby campus? Thanks!

My interview is next week... But I would say don't get a hotel and do the student host thing! I asked for and received the info on my student host a few days after getting the invite. She is great and I think its going to be much better than staying at a hotel because I will be able to ask her a ton of questions... 🙂
 
Finally after the long wait I got an interview invite by email this morning! Anyone else? Check your spam!


Does someone who already interviewed know a good but cheap hotel nearby campus? Thanks!

Congrats! Would you mind sharing when you were transmitted? I've been waiting anxiously these past few weeks :3
 
Congrats asneakyrocker and everyone else getting interviews! I also got the long awaited email this morning, interviewing 9/24 🙂 tmdsas transmitted 7/29
 
Received an invite today - application processed last week. (waited to do secondaries..) they're a quick school.
 
My interview is next week... But I would say don't get a hotel and do the student host thing! I asked for and received the info on my student host a few days after getting the invite. She is great and I think its going to be much better than staying at a hotel because I will be able to ask her a ton of questions... 🙂

Noshie must be really smart - she gives great advice. 🙂

Student Host >> Hotel
 
haha ok so I guess student host it is...
I wonder if I'll get a cute girl as my host... lol I'm jk

anyways my app was transmitted 7/13 and my secondary was complete from before on 6/20 I believe...

so its been more than a month and half wait for me...

good luck to you guys waiting!
 
Those of y'all interviewing on September 17 will get to see the campus on a busy weekend. The Raiders are playing at home against UT that Saturday.
 
Noshie must be really smart - she gives great advice. 🙂

I know right... :laugh: I should be a life coach or something. You know, if medicine doesn't work out... :scared:
 
I know right... :laugh: I should be a life coach or something. You know, if medicine doesn't work out... :scared:

From the way your MDApps looks, I don't think it'll be too much of a problem. 😀 Medicine seems to be a definite possibility for you.
 
This question goes to any current student:

I understand that Tech has three locations for their clinical rotations (lubbock, odyssa, and amarillo) for 3rd and 4th year. When do the accepted students choose? Does each city specialize in any specific fields? What is the buzz (ie living environment and lifestyle) taking place in each city?
 
This question goes to any current student:

I understand that Tech has three locations for their clinical rotations (lubbock, odyssa, and amarillo) for 3rd and 4th year. When do the accepted students choose? Does each city specialize in any specific fields? What is the buzz (ie living environment and lifestyle) taking place in each city?

Once accepted you will get info then list your top 2 choices and you will find out usually around early-June where you will be. There is also an appeals process to attempt to change your site (happens 2nd semester of MSII).

Each city has its own unique features. Lubbock is a college town, more residents than the other locations but is the only Level 1 trauma center and you don't have to move again. Amarillo has less residents is known for good OB/GYN and Surgery Rotations and Odessa is the smallest site but the teaching is suppose to be good due to a smaller amount of students going there.

I think the living envrionment is similiar at all sites (you are in mid-sized cities in West Texas) if you like the college town then Lubbock, Amarillo is close to Palo Dura Canyon for hiking,camping, haven't been to Odessa in years so not too sure on it. People like Odessa since it is closest to Austin/SA/etc where many have family/friends.

If you are accepted you will get info on each site (reviews, living info, etc) mailed out with your forms. Also, I believe they give tourist pamplets out at the interviews (they did when I interviewed and I am a MSII)

Hope that answers your questions.
 
One week until my interview! I am so excited for this... 🙂 Who else is interviewing on 9/10?

So far I see Beets and princessBP... How will I know you guys when I see you? Haha.

And does anyone know how many people usually interview on a single day? How big is the group?
 
One week until my interview! I am so excited for this... 🙂 Who else is interviewing on 9/10?

So far I see Beets and princessBP... How will I know you guys when I see you? Haha.

And does anyone know how many people usually interview on a single day? How big is the group?

There were about 50 in the group when I interviewed on the 20th.
 
I'm pretty pumped about the upcoming interview on Friday the 10th! However, I'm not so much looking forward to wearing a full suit in Texas heat...Haha. Hopefully most of what we do will be indoors, but if we have a walking tour of the campus I might have to ditch the jacket and roll up the sleeves for that... Haha.

Noshie, I'm sure we're bound to bump into each other at the coffee social if you can make it for that. There probably aren't too many other people coming in from Maryland, so that will narrow it down in terms of being able to find me. 😛
 
I'm pretty pumped about the upcoming interview on Friday the 10th! However, I'm not so much looking forward to wearing a full suit in Texas heat...Haha. Hopefully most of what we do will be indoors

Good news- pretty much the whole tour is inside.
 
I'm also interviewing on 9/10!

I wonder if the questions will be similar to TT El Paso's. I hope not, because El Paso's questions were horrifying to say the least.

I guess I'll see a lot of you guys there though!
 
I'm also interviewing on 9/10!

I wonder if the questions will be similar to TT El Paso's. I hope not, because El Paso's questions were horrifying to say the least.

I guess I'll see a lot of you guys there though!


Hey I'm actually interviewing at TT El Paso in a couple of weeks. How were their questions horrifying?
 
Hey I'm actually interviewing at TT El Paso in a couple of weeks. How were their questions horrifying?

Most of my questions were scenarios.

The worst one was this one about a pregnant girl/abortion. A 13 year old girl gets pregnant, and you're her OBGYN. She is completely against having an abortion, and her parents want her to have an abortion. As their doctor, what would you do?

I won't tell you what I answered because I don't honestly know what the right answer is.
 
One week until my interview! I am so excited for this... 🙂 Who else is interviewing on 9/10?

So far I see Beets and princessBP... How will I know you guys when I see you? Haha.

And does anyone know how many people usually interview on a single day? How big is the group?


I will be at the coffee social too!! but idk how you would identify me. I am staying with a girl named Rosa (hopefully she will take me to the social) and on the day of the interview I will be wearing a black suit which isn't helpful...but with a teal shirt underneath! and my hair is long and brown. if that helps at all. haha how will i know you?
 
I will be at the coffee social too!! but idk how you would identify me. I am staying with a girl named Rosa (hopefully she will take me to the social) and on the day of the interview I will be wearing a black suit which isn't helpful...but with a teal shirt underneath! and my hair is long and brown. if that helps at all. haha how will i know you?

I was going to wear a teal shirt too!!! Haha. My hair is shoulder length and brown with blond highlights. But with 50 people there I am not sure if we will be in smaller groups.

I am not sure if I am going to go to the social. I really really want to, but the med student I am staying with has a kid and a husband... And I am not renting a car so I am unsure if she will take me to the social or if I should even bug her to do it since she is so busy and has to think of her kid too... But maybe I will mention it and see. She may want a break!
 
hey all, congrats to those who got interviews so far. for those of us who are slackin' and still doing secondaries...how long were your answers to each of the secondary prompts. To me they seem like short answers but I've always been under the impression that using up most of the allotted space is smart. And they don't really give you a max or min character limit. Mine are pretty short and sweet and I'm wondering if I need to go into a lot more detail? Help?
 
hey all, congrats to those who got interviews so far. for those of us who are slackin' and still doing secondaries...how long were your answers to each of the secondary prompts. To me they seem like short answers but I've always been under the impression that using up most of the allotted space is smart. And they don't really give you a max or min character limit. Mine are pretty short and sweet and I'm wondering if I need to go into a lot more detail? Help?

My hometown essay was ~150 words. My other 2 were around 250.
 
Once accepted you will get info then list your top 2 choices and you will find out usually around early-June where you will be. There is also an appeals process to attempt to change your site (happens 2nd semester of MSII).
If you are accepted you will get info on each site (reviews, living info, etc) mailed out with your forms. Also, I believe they give tourist pamplets out at the interviews (they did when I interviewed and I am a MSII)

Hope that answers your questions.

This question goes to any current student:

I understand that Tech has three locations for their clinical rotations (lubbock, odyssa, and amarillo) for 3rd and 4th year. When do the accepted students choose?

Unfortunately, this is not exactly how the campus choice works anymore. When we were accepted this is how we did ours - ranked and found out in June. Currently, the process is under review and there are a few options up in the air that the board is considering. One of which that seems to be in the front line is a "first come, first serve" process where you choose your campus before you're accepted and find out when you're accepted what campus you'll be at. The benefits of this are obvious - if you have a preferred campus you know immediately upon acceptance if you will be assigned to that one. This would mean pre-match offers also have a higher chance of getting their first choice. Other options are keeping the process as is (doesn't sound like this will happen) and going to a total lottery. As soon as I hear concretely I will tell you guys what the decided method for your class will be. Bear in mind, though - you will most definitely know your assigned campus prior to beginning your first year of school.

And does anyone know how many people usually interview on a single day? How big is the group?

This year our interview groups range from 35 to 75 interviewees. I expect this group to be ~50ish. That's just a guess, though -we aren't given exact numbers.

I'm pretty pumped about the upcoming interview on Friday the 10th! However, I'm not so much looking forward to wearing a full suit in Texas heat...Haha. Hopefully most of what we do will be indoors, but if we have a walking tour of the campus I might have to ditch the jacket and roll up the sleeves for that... Haha.

You're in luck - you never go outside after you get in the building for the interview day! 🙂 And as a bonus, they keep it about -15 degrees in here and I always have to take a jacket to class, even in the warm months. 🙂 However, it actually does get a little warm in the morning during the meet & greet - but nobody there will "judging you" for your acceptance....so I always try to encourage people to take their jackets off if they are hot or uncomfortable. You definitely don't want to sweat in your suit and smell for your interviews. 😀 Glad you're exctied to come to TTUHSC, we are definitely excited to have you!

I am staying with a girl named Rosa (hopefully she will take me to the social)

Is she a first year?? If so - you are in for a treat. She is super, super sweet!! She stayed with one of my good friends for her interview last year, then for spring training when she got accepted. She is a really great girl. 👍 I think she will definitely take you to the social!

But with 50 people there I am not sure if we will be in smaller groups.

I am not sure if I am going to go to the social. I really really want to, but the med student I am staying with has a kid and a husband... And I am not renting a car so I am unsure if she will take me to the social or if I should even bug her to do it since she is so busy and has to think of her kid too... But maybe I will mention it and see. She may want a break!

The only time you are split into small groups is for the tours.

And, lots of us have husbands (and some have kids). I am willing to bet she will be more than happy to accompany you to the social. If not, we will arrange someone to come get you! DEFINITELY you should ask them - people host to be helpful to the students, not to keep them from doing things they want to do!! Email whoever you're staying with and ask them if they can go to the social, if not send me a message and I'll be more than happy to come get you (I have to attend some of the socials anyway)! If it's a second year you are staying with I already know who it is and am sure she will be more than happy to go with you or find someone to take you!!
 
Unfortunately, this is not exactly how the campus choice works anymore. When we were accepted this is how we did ours - ranked and found out in June. Currently, the process is under review and there are a few options up in the air that the board is considering. One of which that seems to be in the front line is a "first come, first serve" process where you choose your campus before you're accepted and find out when you're accepted what campus you'll be at. The benefits of this are obvious - if you have a preferred campus you know immediately upon acceptance if you will be assigned to that one. This would mean pre-match offers also have a higher chance of getting their first choice. Other options are keeping the process as is (doesn't sound like this will happen) and going to a total lottery. As soon as I hear concretely I will tell you guys what the decided method for your class will be. Bear in mind, though - you will most definitely know your assigned campus prior to beginning your first year of school.

Thanks for adding this- I hadn't heard it was changing and didn't mean to give old info. I like the idea to do it first-come first-serve not so much the total lottery (I had significant reasoning for wanting Amarillo and wouldn't have wanted to end up somewhere else)... again sorry everyone for giving info that wasn't current.
 
Any Out of State applicants get interviews yet? If so, when? What was it like for you? How friendly is texas tech to OOS as far as granting interviews, not necessarily acceptances?
 
I was transmitted yesterday and immediately submitted my secondary afterwards, how long did you all have to wait until your application was complete? Do they email you or do you have to check on merlin?
 
Any Out of State applicants get interviews yet? If so, when? What was it like for you? How friendly is texas tech to OOS as far as granting interviews, not necessarily acceptances?

I hope you get another answer on this from someone currently applying but I am an OOS student here and I can tell you that if you have a strong tie to the state that you made sure to include in your application getting an interview is possible (though not easy)- to get an interview without ties usually requires amazing stats. Once you get the interview your chances are around 1 in 3-4 that you will get accepted. But not that many OOS students will be interviewed since a max of 10% of the class can be OOS and at Tech it usually is closer to 5% or so.
 
received an invite a couple weeks ago...
interviewing on 9/24
 
I had my interview yesterday! There was a ton of students there, they really increased the amount of interviewees this year from what they told us. There were around 70-75 people.

I LOVED TECH. I loved everything about it... Everything. I stayed with a student host, and she was amazing and gave me so much advice. She was a first year, so she really knew what I was going through since it was fresh on her mind... When we first got in early in the morning we went into the student lounge area, which was beautiful and seemed like a very relaxing place. Only students are allowed in there normally from what I heard, since only student badges can get you in. They had game tables and nice chairs everywhere. Then they had a small amount of snacks, like cheese sticks and crackers, but my advice is to eat breakfast before you go!

Then they took us to the room where they gave us our assigned schedule, the one telling us who we were interviewing with later on, and they did orientation and had a bunch of people talk to us about Tech... The dean, financial aid, curriculum, etc. That lasted from 10am until 1120am, so it was just short enough to not get too boring. Then we did the tours... The tour was ok, we didn't have to do much walking which was great. We went into the new sim lab, which had its grand opening yesterday! It was so freaking cool. I could have never even imagined a place like this if I wanted to. The "patients" were so real. They were blinking and breathing, even the little baby ones. It was amazing. Seriously, the best part of Tech. Then they had other things in the sim lab, like a 3D room where you could do an anatomy thing on the screen and see it in 3D with the cool glasses. It was cool because you can remove and add things to the body so you can visualize things better. For now, the sim lab is not required really, more so it is a reserve it and use it type of thing. But by the time next year roles around I am sure they will add this somewhere as a mandatory thing. It was like a mini hospital in there. It had an ER, OR, there was a lady that gives birth, there were doctors offices... It was just so real.

Then we went to lunch, they had BBQ. It was good. After that it was interview time! So, the way they do interviews for such a large group is interesting. Each interviewer that day had 4 interviews to do. The interviews are roughly at like 1:30pm, 2pm, 2:30pm, and 3pm. If you have the first interview at 1:30 then you also have one at 2:30. That gives you a 30 min break in between interviews. My interviews were with a PhD Urologist/immunologist, and then the other one was with a 4th year med student. Many people got med students as interviewers, some people got both MDs, or one MD one PhD. They seemed to really match me up with the right people for my interviews, which I really appreciated. I had a lot in common with them. The first interview I was really scared for, PhDs can be tough and interrogating. But she was great, and it felt like a wonderful interview. Very conversational. We talked about a lot of random things. My second interview with the student was not to be taken lightly. At first I was thinking, well, it’s a student so they will be a little easier. But not really, he asked just as many hard questions as the PhD. Apparently they are trained for this. But he was super nice too and we had so much in common, so we bonded a bit. Both of my interviews were low stress...

I looked at the feedback page for questions before I went, but I really think that it was useless because all of the questions were pretty easy. I mean, just talking about yourself is not something that you should rehearse. It needs to be conversational to be successful at Tech I think. They seem to really just want real genuine people there. Many of the interviewees I met had already been on around 2-3 interviews in Texas already, but a few of us had only a few in Tx and this was our first one. It was really laid back all day, and my favorite part was the vibe that Tech gave off, they really cared about their students and they want everyone to succeed. The students had the same attitude. They are really like a family there. Also, Tech believes in you interviewing them just as much as they interview you. So they go all out to make you feel comfortable. As the day went on, my nerves went away, and by the time I got to the interview, I was just really excited about it instead of dreading it...

Overall, great day, great experience, and I would definitely have this as my top choice school. I felt at home when I was there, and I almost didn’t want to leave!
 
Oh and both of my interviews were closed file... Forgot to mention that... But I ended up telling them my MCAT scores and GPA anyway because I felt that it really would tell them alot about my persistence and dedication... They had everything but my scores though when I walked in.
 
Hii I am new to this thread. I am interviewing here on 9/17..is anyone else interviewing on this day? Super excited!! 🙂
 
Oh and both of my interviews were closed file... Forgot to mention that... But I ended up telling them my MCAT scores and GPA anyway because I felt that it really would tell them alot about my persistence and dedication... They had everything but my scores though when I walked in.

I didn't know our interviews were closed file! They were open when I was interviewing. Thanks for posting. 🙂
 
thanks for the input noshie and good luck to you...

did you end up attending the social? how was it? and did they tell you anything about how many offers they make compared to the # of interviewees? or any other such stats? I'll be there 10/1
 
I didn't know our interviews were closed file! They were open when I was interviewing. Thanks for posting. 🙂

You know, I would have never known it was closed file until I actually asked them if it was... 🙂 Maybe I shouldn't have asked, but I wanted to know if they saw my grades before I started talking about it. I mean, I said something to my first interviewer about having taken the MCAT 5 times and she said she didn't realize that, so thats when I asked her if she didn't have my grades in my file... I wonder if they actually do closed file for people like me that have crazy grades... Just to allow the interviewers to not judge me. I guess if you have good grades then it could be open file and it wouldn't matter... I kind of think they did it on purpose for me.

thanks for the input noshie and good luck to you...

did you end up attending the social? how was it? and did they tell you anything about how many offers they make compared to the # of interviewees? or any other such stats? I'll be there 10/1

I went to the J&B Coffee with my student host and another interviewee and her student host, but when we got there we looked around and didn't see anyone! So we left for dinner. The next day I found out that they had a room in the back of the coffee shop or something where everyone was at! I had no idea! So I missed the social... It was ok though because I went to a ladies and chocolate thing that a bunch of the second years did for the first years the day before the interview, so I did get a chance to talk to a bunch of students and ask questions.

As for the interview to acceptance ratio, they didn't say anything official at the interview... But a few of the students told me it's about 600-700 interviews with around 300 acceptances... So probably around 50% of the people you interview with will get an acceptance. Good luck on your interview! I am sure you will love it there!
 
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