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Any word on secondaries? It seems late but I haven't seen an update. I think that I pass the minimum requirements with MCAT: 513 and GPA:3.73. Did I just not get a secondary? Thanks for any input.
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qbohn said:
Any word on secondaries? It seems late but I haven't seen an update. I think that I pass the minimum requirements with MCAT: 513 and GPA:3.73. Did I just not get a secondary? Thanks for any input.
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Secondaries have not been released yet.
 
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Hi All - my name is Dr. Tara Cunningham and I am the associate dean for admissions and student diversity at the School of Medicine. We are excited for the 2020 Admission Cycle and will begin sending supplemental applications after our final step of testing is complete. As some may already know, we are a high-tech supplemental that will require your submission of unique audio-based responses in lieu of written essays. We experienced a few issues with MAC users last cycle and want to make extra sure these issues are resolved with our programmer. The supplemental will take about 45-minutes to complete and once submitted, the final review for an interview invitation will occur. Our first interview day is Monday, Sept 9 and in total, we have 12 interview days that will end in early-March. We interview on Monday's and the day starts around 8a and ends around 4p. Acceptance offers are sent on October 15 and approximately every two weeks thereafter through mid-March. We are a rolling admission and will have outright acceptance offers still to give through Mid-March. Alternates for the class are identified at the end of the season and the list is unranked. We pulled very few students from the alternate list last year (fewer than a 10).

Happy to answer any questions or as always, contact our office at [email protected].
 
Kirby Smart said:
So TCU does a weird timed secondary right?
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Our secondary asks for 5 responses to mission-specific questions important to the selection of our next class. You will have the opportunity to submit audio-recorded responses so that we can literally hear your story. They are timed; however, they are not weird 😉
 
SOM Admissions said:
Our secondary asks for 5 responses to mission-specific questions important to the selection of our next class. You will have the opportunity to submit audio-recorded responses so that we can literally hear your story. They are timed; however, they are not weird 😉
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Hi Dr. Cunningham, thanks for taking the time to be so active on the forums. Quick question-- is it only audio? Or video as well?
 
imbesrs said:
Hi Dr. Cunningham, thanks for taking the time to be so active on the forums. Quick question-- is it only audio? Or video as well?
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Audio-only - this makes for a more comfortable environment for applicants and helps you just be yourself without worry about how you look. what's in the background, etc.
 
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SOM Admissions said:
Audio-only - this makes for a more comfortable environment for applicants and helps you just be yourself without worry about how you look. what's in the background, etc.
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Hi Dr. Cunningham, thank you for the complete answers. For the audio questions, are the prompts already there when we log onto the portal, so we have time to plan out our answer, or is it a scenario where we have to click to reveal the prompt and immediately answer?
 
speedracer347 said:
Hi Dr. Cunningham, thank you for the complete answers. For the audio questions, are the prompts already there when we log onto the portal, so we have time to plan out our answer, or is it a scenario where we have to click to reveal the prompt and immediately answer?
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You'll have a little prep time and plenty of "practices" before you record your first one.
 
SOM Admissions said:
Hi All - my name is Dr. Tara Cunningham and I am the associate dean for admissions and student diversity at the School of Medicine. We are excited for the 2020 Admission Cycle and will begin sending supplemental applications after our final step of testing is complete. As some may already know, we are a high-tech supplemental that will require your submission of unique audio-based responses in lieu of written essays. We experienced a few issues with MAC users last cycle and want to make extra sure these issues are resolved with our programmer. The supplemental will take about 45-minutes to complete and once submitted, the final review for an interview invitation will occur. Our first interview day is Monday, Sept 9 and in total, we have 12 interview days that will end in early-March. We interview on Monday's and the day starts around 8a and ends around 4p. Acceptance offers are sent on October 15 and approximately every two weeks thereafter through mid-March. We are a rolling admission and will have outright acceptance offers still to give through Mid-March. Alternates for the class are identified at the end of the season and the list is unranked. We pulled very few students from the alternate list last year (fewer than a 10).

Happy to answer any questions or as always, contact our office at [email protected].
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Thank you for taking the time to answer our questions! I don't know if you're allowed to answer this, but do you know the number of applicants, interviews, and acceptances for last year's cycle?
 
speedracer347 said:
Wow what a quick response, thank you! Do you guys expect class size to increase for this coming cycle?
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I think their website said they had no plans to increase. Also im curious how much that first year free tuition played a role for the inaugural class and if the yield will be lower this year. Regardless would love to spend the next 4 in texas and this would be the only way I do it.
 
imbesrs said:
I think their website said they had no plans to increase. Also im curious how much that first year free tuition played a role for the inaugural class and if the yield will be lower this year. Regardless would love to spend the next 4 in texas and this would be the only way I do it.
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I believe if I'm not mistaken they opened their application in like November or something? So If I had to guess there will probably be well above 1400 applicants this year since presumably more applicants this cycle are aware of the school.
 
Kirby Smart said:
I believe if I'm not mistaken they opened their application in like November or something? So If I had to guess there will probably be well above 1400 applicants this year since presumably more applicants this cycle are aware of the school.
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Oh wow. Thats awesome for those kids who heard about it. Boutta be on google every day searching "New US Medical School opening"
 
I hope this wasn’t already asked but do they screen for secondaries other than meeting minimum requirements?
 
imbesrs said:

How to Apply | Burnett School of Medicine at TCU | Fort Worth, Texas

mdschool.tcu.edu mdschool.tcu.edu

The blurb under "screening" changed since I last saw it I think. It used to have a 500/3.0 screen I'm pretty sure but it seems much more in depth now.

@SOM Admissions Will applicants who don't pass the screen be given a rejection letter? (Rather than being ghosted/silence)
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I didn't notice a change on the website. It says 498 and 3.0 and that everyone with these stats will receive a secondary. The screening section seems to be talking about post secondary submission...

BUT I wonder if applicants are receiving secondaries based on interview preference since their first interviews are supposed to be September 9th. @SOM Admissions is this the case?
 
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Hi all,

No changes have been made to our supplemental requirements - 40th percentile MCAT (498 this year) and a 3.0 combined GPA.
 
imbesrs said:

How to Apply | Burnett School of Medicine at TCU | Fort Worth, Texas

mdschool.tcu.edu mdschool.tcu.edu

The blurb under "screening" changed since I last saw it I think. It used to have a 500/3.0 screen I'm pretty sure but it seems much more in depth now.

@SOM Admissions Will applicants who don't pass the screen be given a rejection letter? (Rather than being ghosted/silence)
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No changes have been made to our supplemental application - 40th percentile MCAT (498 this year) and a 3.0 combined GPA - or to the screening information on the website.

Anyone that does not move forward at any step along the way will be notified.
 
Postbackhelp021819 said:
Are secondaries going out in waves or sent based on preference from the initial screening process? Thank you!
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The first and very small round of supplemental invites were sent by receive date and "local" to maximize invites for the Sept 9th interview day. All others will be invited over the next week by receive date. There is no reason at all to read anymore into the order of our supplemental application requests - we start small to ensure we are not overwhelming our servers. That's it.
 
SOM Admissions said:
The first and very small round of supplemental invites were sent by receive date and "local" to maximize invites for the Sept 9th interview day. All others will be invited over the next week by receive date. There is no reason at all to read anymore into the order of our supplemental application requests - we start small to ensure we are not overwhelming our servers. That's it.
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That is what I figured. Thank you
 
Dr. Cunningham, do you mind expanding on the screening process for an interview invitation? Is an application evaluated by numerous people, are screeners blind to certain parts of the application? Reading the information about the process on the website, I was wondering if you could tell us more about the evaluation process? Thank you in advance.
 
pivaaat! said:
Dr. Cunningham, do you mind expanding on the screening process for an interview invitation? Is an application evaluated by numerous people, are screeners blind to certain parts of the application? Reading the information about the process on the website, I was wondering if you could tell us more about the evaluation process? Thank you in advance.
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Each level is conducted separately and involves only the information needed to inform the level. Each level cascades into a final assessment of the applicant for an interview. Some information is reserved for post-interview reviews.
 
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