2015-2016 University of Texas - Houston Application Thread

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Got my II yesterday for 11/6!! Complete 5/13, under review 6/25.
 
Y'all, I had my interview here last week, and neither of my interviewers were MDs. Whaddup with that? I guess it doesn't take a doctorate in medicine to figure out if a candidate has personal skills, but still doe.
 
Just to clarify- I can accept the offer and still accept offers to other schools up till like January right? There is no deposit to hold my spot or anything until then?
 
rolyat323 said:
Just to clarify- I can accept the offer and still accept offers to other schools up till like January right? There is no deposit to hold my spot or anything until then?
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My buddy that got accepted to multiple schools last year said he accepted more than one offer. We can make our final decision later.
 
"On or before April 30*, each school or program permit ALL applicants (except for EDP applicants): a. A minimum two-week time period for their response to the acceptance offer. b. To hold acceptance offers or a wait list position from any other schools or programs without penalty (i.e. withholding funding support)." - AAMC Wensite

"Applicants may hold multiple offers of acceptance from the TMDSAS medical schools as well as other non-TMDSAS schools such as Baylor College of Medicine. By May 15 of the matriculation year (April 15 for schools whose first day of class is on or before July 30), each applicant who has received an offer of acceptance from more than one school must choose the specific school at which the applicant prefers to enroll and withdraw his or her application from all other schools from which acceptance offers have been received." - TMDSAS Website

So you can hold multiple acceptances until mid to the end of April. Also in February schools where you are accepted to can see where else you have been accepted.
 
ilnt15 said:
Accepted via email! Interviewed 9/11. OOS. Incredibly grateful for early news. Best of luck everyone!
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People are getting pre-matches already? I thought the earliest you could get those was November 15th? Was that just for UTHSCSA?
 
For anyone with an interview tomorrow, 10/21, where and what time do we have to be there? It's not letting me log onto my account and it's too late to call.
 
TexasHopeful1237 said:
For anyone with an interview tomorrow, 10/21, where and what time do we have to be there? It's not letting me log onto my account and it's too late to call.
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The same thing happened to me right before my interview day. Check-in begins at 7:30.
 
@texan2414 have you gotten any interviews yet? I'm applying next cycle with nearly identical stats so i'm rooting for you!!!
 
As a Houston native, a little discouraged to have not heard anything beyond 'under review' from here; not because I think I particularly deserve it, but because I really wanted it. Are the 6th, 13th, and 18th the last remaining dates available? If so, I'm a little relieved because I can stop checking my inbox day after day hahaha.

The info on their site seems to be at least a 1+ years old.
 
JBL15TX said:
As a Houston native, a little discouraged to have not heard anything beyond 'under review' from here; not because I think I particularly deserve it, but because I really wanted it. Are the 6th, 13th, and 18th the last remaining dates available? If so, I'm a little relieved because I can stop checking my inbox day after day hahaha.

The info on their site seems to be at least a 1+ years old.
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No, they interview all the way into January
 
JBL15TX said:
As a Houston native, a little discouraged to have not heard anything beyond 'under review' from here; not because I think I particularly deserve it, but because I really wanted it. Are the 6th, 13th, and 18th the last remaining dates available? If so, I'm a little relieved because I can stop checking my inbox day after day hahaha.

The info on their site seems to be at least a 1+ years old.
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I posted this way back on the thread, but for you and everyone else new to it here is a schedule. Currently an MS1 at this amazing school so anyone feel free to ask me questions - I'll try the best I can to answer them!
 

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I believe that of all the med schools in Texas, UTH offers the best overall atmosphere to learn. The faculty are amazing and everyone is super interested in seeing all of the students succeed. For example, the class above me told the faculty that attending a particular mandatory lab wasn't a great use of their time and it wasn't helping them learn. So for my class, they made the lab optional. And they do stuff like that across the board. Also, the student community here is amazing. I personally think that the UTH students are some of the most personable people I have ever met. There is always something going on if you need a study break. Additionally, everyone is super collaborative. Any and all resources are freely shared and everyone is willing to take a moment to explain a concept that you may be struggling with. Not to mention, we are also in the middle of the largest medical center in the world, so our clinical education is superb. I could go on and on about how amazing I think my school is. You're gonna get a great education no matter where you go. For me, the decision came down to where I thought I would be happiest at the end of four years of medical school and I would 100% go back and choose UTH all over again.
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Sorry if this has been addressed already, but does UTH rank students besides for AOA? For example, if someone is in the bottom quartile will that show up on residency applications?
And secondly, how many hours a week are you actually in class or a lab a week? Thank you for answering questions!
 
JBL15TX said:
As a Houston native, a little discouraged to have not heard anything beyond 'under review' from here; not because I think I particularly deserve it, but because I really wanted it. Are the 6th, 13th, and 18th the last remaining dates available? If so, I'm a little relieved because I can stop checking my inbox day after day hahaha.

The info on their site seems to be at least a 1+ years old.
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In the same EXACT shoes. This is my second time applying and I basically tailored my primary app for UTH haha. I'd be mildly bummed about not getting an interview but with my stats UTH and BCM are long shots anyway D:
 
herewegofrogs said:
I posted this way back on the thread, but for you and everyone else new to it here is a schedule. Currently an MS1 at this amazing school so anyone feel free to ask me questions - I'll try the best I can to answer them!
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Same question for you @herewegofrogs 🙂

"Sorry if this has been addressed already, but does UTH rank students besides for AOA? For example, if someone is in the bottom quartile will that show up on residency applications?
And secondly, how many hours a week are you actually in class or a lab a week? Thank you for answering questions!"
 
riley2021 said:
Same question for you @herewegofrogs 🙂

"Sorry if this has been addressed already, but does UTH rank students besides for AOA? For example, if someone is in the bottom quartile will that show up on residency applications?
And secondly, how many hours a week are you actually in class or a lab a week? Thank you for answering questions!"
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Before I answer, my only caveat is that what I say applies to me, but I am not certain what will and will not apply to your class and after due to the new curriculum. However, currently, I know that there is absolutely no internal rankings. My source for the following info is from my master advisory faculty, who happens to be Dr. Bousaubin (the faculty sponsor for UTH's AOA chapter)... so I assume what he says is true in regard to this topic haha.

1) How one gets AOA is based on the number of classes one "honors," and different classes are weighted differently. But what ends up happening is that if you hit a threshold number of hours "honored" you are eligible to apply for AOA, and then from there it is based on grades, research, involvement, favorable rotation evals, etc.

This link contains a ppt which should explain it fully: https://med.uth.edu/admissions/curr...ions/alpha-omega-alpha-honor-medical-society/

Dr. Bousaubin says that because we do not rank, what ends up happening when letter of rec/dean's letters are written they approximate (based on grades, involvement, rotation evals...similar to AOA) where they would EXPECT you to be in a broad sense. AKA, "John Doe is a wonderful student who does X, Y, and Z and is considered to be a student in the top quartile of the class" or "top half of the class." They don't give a specific percentile or rank number, but do somewhat allude to your overall competitiveness.

2) How many hours a week in class/lab varies WIDELY depending on your learning style. For example, some people like going to class and will go to everything between 8-noon. Some people don't like class and would rather stream, so plenty of people literally don't go to class and just stay on top of material at their own pace by streaming lectures somewhere else at whatever time behooves them. Also, labs aren't mandatory (with some exceptions), so some don't go to Histo lab in the afternoons. But everyone goes to anatomy lab 1st semester because it'd be crazy not to. 1st semester, because of gross anatomy dissections in the afternoon, is by far the most time consuming as far as class + lab hours (so I'm told), so if you go to all the classes (8-12) and labs (1-2pm for histo or 1-4ish for anatomy) I suppose you could be in class/lab for like 8 hours a day at max. Not all days are like this (AKA non-anatomy dissection days). But, again, I know people who literally haven't sat in a lecture hall since the first week of school. You really have a lot of freedom based on YOUR learning style, which you'll figure out after trial-and-error and older student advice. Again, note that I'm not sure how much "mandatory" class or lab time will change with the new curriculum, though I assume it will be comparable.

Sorry for the novel, but I hope that helps! My best advice, though, is not to worry about the pre-clinical curriculum when deciding medical schools...they all teach the same thing and lead you to the same test: USMLE. What is TRULY important (any faculty or older student will tell you this) is what kind of rotation opportunities you have, how the school does in match, etc. Grades and most everything before taking the USMLE test is borderline not important in the eyes of residency directors (one reason why so many schools are switching to pass/fail curriculums!). What IS important, is USMLE score + Rotation Evaluations. That was hard for me to accept, being a type-A, "I have to be number 1 and get the highest grades"-mentality person, but it really is the truth. Go where you're gonna be happy and have awesome rotation opportunities (does it get better than the Texas Medical Center?!). Hope that helped!
 
herewegofrogs said:
Before I answer, my only caveat is that what I say applies to me, but I am not certain what will and will not apply to your class and after due to the new curriculum. However, currently, I know that there is absolutely no internal rankings. My source for the following info is from my master advisory faculty, who happens to be Dr. Bousaubin (the faculty sponsor for UTH's AOA chapter)... so I assume what he says is true in regard to this topic haha.

1) How one gets AOA is based on the number of classes one "honors," and different classes are weighted differently. But what ends up happening is that if you hit a threshold number of hours "honored" you are eligible to apply for AOA, and then from there it is based on grades, research, involvement, favorable rotation evals, etc.

This link contains a ppt which should explain it fully: https://med.uth.edu/admissions/curr...ions/alpha-omega-alpha-honor-medical-society/

Dr. Bousaubin says that because we do not rank, what ends up happening when letter of rec/dean's letters are written they approximate (based on grades, involvement, rotation evals...similar to AOA) where they would EXPECT you to be in a broad sense. AKA, "John Doe is a wonderful student who does X, Y, and Z and is considered to be a student in the top quartile of the class" or "top half of the class." They don't give a specific percentile or rank number, but do somewhat allude to your overall competitiveness.

2) How many hours a week in class/lab varies WIDELY depending on your learning style. For example, some people like going to class and will go to everything between 8-noon. Some people don't like class and would rather stream, so plenty of people literally don't go to class and just stay on top of material at their own pace by streaming lectures somewhere else at whatever time behooves them. Also, labs aren't mandatory (with some exceptions), so some don't go to Histo lab in the afternoons. But everyone goes to anatomy lab 1st semester because it'd be crazy not to. 1st semester, because of gross anatomy dissections in the afternoon, is by far the most time consuming as far as class + lab hours (so I'm told), so if you go to all the classes (8-12) and labs (1-2pm for histo or 1-4ish for anatomy) I suppose you could be in class/lab for like 8 hours a day at max. Not all days are like this (AKA non-anatomy dissection days). But, again, I know people who literally haven't sat in a lecture hall since the first week of school. You really have a lot of freedom based on YOUR learning style, which you'll figure out after trial-and-error and older student advice. Again, note that I'm not sure how much "mandatory" class or lab time will change with the new curriculum, though I assume it will be comparable.

Sorry for the novel, but I hope that helps! My best advice, though, is not to worry about the pre-clinical curriculum when deciding medical schools...they all teach the same thing and lead you to the same test: USMLE. What is TRULY important (any faculty or older student will tell you this) is what kind of rotation opportunities you have, how the school does in match, etc. Grades and most everything before taking the USMLE test is borderline not important in the eyes of residency directors (one reason why so many schools are switching to pass/fail curriculums!). What IS important, is USMLE score + Rotation Evaluations. That was hard for me to accept, being a type-A, "I have to be number 1 and get the highest grades"-mentality person, but it really is the truth. Go where you're gonna be happy and have awesome rotation opportunities (does it get better than the Texas Medical Center?!). Hope that helped!
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Awesome. Thanks for the response!
 
herewegofrogs said:
Before I answer, my only caveat is that what I say applies to me, but I am not certain what will and will not apply to your class and after due to the new curriculum. However, currently, I know that there is absolutely no internal rankings. My source for the following info is from my master advisory faculty, who happens to be Dr. Bousaubin (the faculty sponsor for UTH's AOA chapter)... so I assume what he says is true in regard to this topic haha.

1) How one gets AOA is based on the number of classes one "honors," and different classes are weighted differently. But what ends up happening is that if you hit a threshold number of hours "honored" you are eligible to apply for AOA, and then from there it is based on grades, research, involvement, favorable rotation evals, etc.

This link contains a ppt which should explain it fully: https://med.uth.edu/admissions/curr...ions/alpha-omega-alpha-honor-medical-society/

Dr. Bousaubin says that because we do not rank, what ends up happening when letter of rec/dean's letters are written they approximate (based on grades, involvement, rotation evals...similar to AOA) where they would EXPECT you to be in a broad sense. AKA, "John Doe is a wonderful student who does X, Y, and Z and is considered to be a student in the top quartile of the class" or "top half of the class." They don't give a specific percentile or rank number, but do somewhat allude to your overall competitiveness.

2) How many hours a week in class/lab varies WIDELY depending on your learning style. For example, some people like going to class and will go to everything between 8-noon. Some people don't like class and would rather stream, so plenty of people literally don't go to class and just stay on top of material at their own pace by streaming lectures somewhere else at whatever time behooves them. Also, labs aren't mandatory (with some exceptions), so some don't go to Histo lab in the afternoons. But everyone goes to anatomy lab 1st semester because it'd be crazy not to. 1st semester, because of gross anatomy dissections in the afternoon, is by far the most time consuming as far as class + lab hours (so I'm told), so if you go to all the classes (8-12) and labs (1-2pm for histo or 1-4ish for anatomy) I suppose you could be in class/lab for like 8 hours a day at max. Not all days are like this (AKA non-anatomy dissection days). But, again, I know people who literally haven't sat in a lecture hall since the first week of school. You really have a lot of freedom based on YOUR learning style, which you'll figure out after trial-and-error and older student advice. Again, note that I'm not sure how much "mandatory" class or lab time will change with the new curriculum, though I assume it will be comparable.

Sorry for the novel, but I hope that helps! My best advice, though, is not to worry about the pre-clinical curriculum when deciding medical schools...they all teach the same thing and lead you to the same test: USMLE. What is TRULY important (any faculty or older student will tell you this) is what kind of rotation opportunities you have, how the school does in match, etc. Grades and most everything before taking the USMLE test is borderline not important in the eyes of residency directors (one reason why so many schools are switching to pass/fail curriculums!). What IS important, is USMLE score + Rotation Evaluations. That was hard for me to accept, being a type-A, "I have to be number 1 and get the highest grades"-mentality person, but it really is the truth. Go where you're gonna be happy and have awesome rotation opportunities (does it get better than the Texas Medical Center?!). Hope that helped!
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Hey everyone! Just another MS1 who just wants to second everything stated above about UTH. It's an amazing school that I could talk about for days! For those still waiting for an II, keep the faith. I didn't get an II here until mid-December and interviewed in January and got in! Several of my classmates interviewed around the same time as well. As always, feel free to ask questions if you have any. I know I had a ton when I was in your shoes.
 
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