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stallion2133 said:
Stats: High GPA, Average MCAT. My app was transmitted the day they opened their application and the interview invite came via email which just said that there was an update to my application status. They gave me 3 dates all within the next week and a half (seems like T/TH are their interview days). And lastly, I think they sent out invites today because today is the first day UH opened up again after the flooding earlier this week.
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First, congrats! Second, sorry to add to the list of questions, but when you say average MCAT do you mean for applicants or matriculants?
 
Anyone else hear back? Seems like only one person here reported they got an II. Perhaps it was a small batch?
 
pivaaat! said:
Anyone else hear back? Seems like only one person here reported they got an II. Perhaps it was a small batch?
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I also got the II yesterday, it was just an email that said to check the status online btw, the II itself was not within the body of the email. I was matched to my previous top choice in Texas and have out of state offers that I have not yet decided on. I am very intrigued by UH, and if I do end up being accepted, it would be a very tough call (no, it is not jus the gift of free tuition, the small class size and the newness of the school are all big factors, also there seems to be an unbelievable amount of energy going into the program to make it successful). Oddly enough, my app was not very primary focused (though it is definitely something I am interested in), nearly all of my shadowing was done with surgeons of some kind or another. My gpa is on the lower end and my MCAT is 520+.
 
Does(F)AlwaysEqual(M)(A) said:
I also got the II yesterday, it was just an email that said to check the status online btw, the II itself was not within the body of the email. I was matched to my previous top choice in Texas and have out of state offers that I have not yet decided on. I am very intrigued by UH, and if I do end up being accepted, it would be a very tough call (no, it is not jus the gift of free tuition, the small class size and the newness of the school are all big factors, also there seems to be an unbelievable amount of energy going into the program to make it successful). Oddly enough, my app was not very primary focused (though it is definitely something I am interested in), nearly all of my shadowing was done with surgeons of some kind or another. My gpa is on the lower end and my MCAT is 520+.
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Congratulations!
 
Does(F)AlwaysEqual(M)(A) said:
I also got the II yesterday, it was just an email that said to check the status online btw, the II itself was not within the body of the email. I was matched to my previous top choice in Texas and have out of state offers that I have not yet decided on. I am very intrigued by UH, and if I do end up being accepted, it would be a very tough call (no, it is not jus the gift of free tuition, the small class size and the newness of the school are all big factors, also there seems to be an unbelievable amount of energy going into the program to make it successful). Oddly enough, my app was not very primary focused (though it is definitely something I am interested in), nearly all of my shadowing was done with surgeons of some kind or another. My gpa is on the lower end and my MCAT is 520+.
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How low gpa wise? 3.0-3.2? 3.2-3.5? Congrats on the interview and nice MCAT!
 
wysdoc said:
twice a day is plenty!
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Just got the secondary. Does it only ask us to read through agreements and policies? I didn't see any writing section
 
Do you think it matters if I sent the email to submit my primary today? I just received the email that this school was added this morning and am worried if my chance has already been completely shot
 
Okay, so my interview was yesterday, Thursday, March 5th, for me. They told us that our group was the first interview being conducted and that they would stop sometime in April. It was also mentioned that decisions would come out in more than one wave.

We did sign an NDA (and even if we didn't, there are certain details that you should not divulge). What follows then are just general facts that you may or may not already know, and may or may not find useful, as well as just my overall thoughts on the school and the interview day.

Interview size: About 16 of us, split into two groups.

Thursday: Started at about 1 pm and went to around 5 pm. Please note that the Tuesday cohorts will start in the morning and end around noon.

Interview style: MMI (do your research on MMIs, this was a well done, organized MMI, and practicing for any MMI should help. They even tell you all about it before you start. And the interview invite itself mentions that the interview is MMI). I cannot give any details about the MMI itself, other than It was genuinely fun.

Parking: Welcome Center, right across from the COM. Tickets are validated, so it's free.

Location: Right across from the welcome center, COM starts on the 6th floor of the pharmacy/optometry building called HSB2. Easy to find. You'll hang out with your group for a while until they take you up to the main waiting room, which serves as your base; you'll get your packet here, listen to presentations, etc. Pretty standard.

The facilities: You will be told that a new building is planned for the school, with groundbreaking sometime in May and scheduled to finish in 2022-3. But, since that is not done yet, I will just talk about the CURRENT status. I went in thinking the facilities would be shared with other departments or that there would be a feeling of "borrowed space" or material. This was not the case. The facilities all felt brand new, and during the tour it was mentioned that the layout of each floor (the COM occupies several floors) was specified by the COM leadership for specific needs and purposes. I thought the spaces looked tremendous and were thoughtfully designed, lots of wood and glass. Also, the COM sits pretty high up on the building and the building itself must be on some natural elevation that is hard to tell from outside, but from inside the view is very commanding over the Houston landscape. Lots and lots of sunlight everywhere. There are private and shared study spaces and a nice, spacious, break room with ping pong, foosball, fridges, microwaves and the usual stuff you'd expect in a break room, what makes it stand out is again the fact that an entire side is made of large glass windows with a superb view. There is even space for therapy, etc., o and lots of lockers for students to use.
The Anatomy lab is smaller (no windows), but given that there are only 30 students in the first class, I think it will do just fine. Anatomy will be full dissection style.

Other stuff: Informative financial aid presentation, they mentioned the full coverage of tuition (this is not the same as a full COA coverage, you still have to pay for your room & board as well as food etc, but your tuition is entirely covered. A generous gift of 100k is applied to every student's account, split over the four years). There is also an MD/MPH and MD/MBA in the works.
My interview group was fairly equally split between girls and boys; there was a good bit of diversity in terms of backgrounds etc. Some of the students seemed to have already matched to another Texas school or even had offers from outside, while others had no other offers at all.
Yes, the school is REALLY primary care focused, and they really do mean to improve the health of the community from day 1. They are not just talking about producing physicians that practice primary care in Houston, but even as a student, they seem to want to involve you in their clinics every single week.

Overall: Impressed.

PS Forgot one VERY important thing.
FOOD: Lots of snacks, water, and lemonade (?), provided in the main room. There is no lunch, and unfortunately no coffee. They do get you through everything pretty efficiently though, so I thought the snacks sufficed for me.
 
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Does(F)AlwaysEqual(M)(A) said:
Okay, so my interview was yesterday, Thursday, March 5th, for me. They told us that our group was the first interview being conducted and that they would stop sometime in April. It was also mentioned that decisions would come out in more than one wave.

We did sign an NDA (and even if we didn't, there are certain details that you should not divulge). What follows then are just general facts that you may or may not already know, and may or may not find useful, as well as just my overall thoughts on the school and the interview day.

Interview size: About 16 of us, split into two groups.

Thursday: Started at about 1 pm and went to around 5 pm. Please note that the Tuesday cohorts will start in the morning and end around noon.

Interview style: MMI (do your research on MMIs, this was a well done, organized MMI, and practicing for any MMI should help. They even tell you all about it before you start. And the interview invite itself mentions that the interview is MMI). I cannot give any details about the MMI itself, other than It was genuinely fun.

Parking: Welcome Center, right across from the COM. Tickets are validated, so it's free.

Location: Right across from the welcome center, COM starts on the 6th floor of the pharmacy/optometry building called HSB2. Easy to find. You'll hang out with your group for a while until they take you up to the main waiting room, which serves as your base; you'll get your packet here, listen to presentations, etc. Pretty standard.

The facilities: You will be told that a new building is planned for the school, with groundbreaking sometime in May and scheduled to finish in 2022-3. But, since that is not done yet, I will just talk about the CURRENT status. I went in thinking the facilities would be shared with other departments or that there would be a feeling of "borrowed space" or material. This was not the case. The facilities all felt brand new, and during the tour it was mentioned that the layout of each floor (the COM occupies several floors) was specified by the COM leadership for specific needs and purposes. I thought the spaces looked tremendous and were thoughtfully designed, lots of wood and glass. Also, the COM sits pretty high up on the building and the building itself must be on some natural elevation that is hard to tell from outside, but from inside the view is very commanding over the Houston landscape. Lots and lots of sunlight everywhere. There are private and shared study spaces and a nice, spacious, break room with ping pong, foosball, fridges, microwaves and the usual stuff you'd expect in a break room, what makes it stand out is again the fact that an entire side is made of large glass windows with a superb view. There is even space for therapy, etc., o and lots of lockers for students to use.
The Anatomy lab is smaller (no windows), but given that there are only 30 students in the first class, I think it will do just fine. Anatomy will be full dissection style.

Other stuff: Informative financial aid presentation, they mentioned the full coverage of tuition (this is not the same as a full COA coverage, you still have to pay for your room & board as well as food etc, but your tuition is entirely covered. A generous gift of 100k is applied to every student's account, split over the four years). There is also an MD/MPH and MD/MBA in the works.
My interview group was fairly equally split between girls and boys; there was a good bit of diversity in terms of backgrounds etc. Some of the students seemed to have already matched to another Texas school or even had offers from outside, while others had no other offers at all.
Yes, the school is REALLY primary care focused, and they really do mean to improve the health of the community from day 1. They are not just talking about producing physicians that practice primary care in Houston, but even as a student, they seem to want to involve you in their clinics every single week.

Overall: Impressed.

PS Forgot one VERY important thing.
FOOD: Lots of snacks, water, and lemonade (?), provided in the main room. There is no lunch, and unfortunately no coffee. They do get you through everything pretty efficiently though, so I thought the snacks sufficed for me.
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Thank you and congratulations on having interviewed. It’s an achievement in itself. Any idea of how interviewees are being selected?
 
beeks10 said:
II this afternoon as well. Super surprised. Nontraditional lm 63. Mcat 506 to be very transparent. So i am a very low stat applicant in tmdsas. All dates were Tuesday/thursday every week until first week of April
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Congratulations, you have a foot in the door! When was your secondary application complete?
 
beeks10 said:
Submitted 2/19. Application complete 2/20
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Thank you. I would love to interview at this school. I don’t have super high stats, near average, but my application comes through in expressing my interest in primary care and extracurriculars support that. Hope to hear something soon. Congrats again!
 
I submitted my application on the 19th....yet it still says they haven’t received my letters of recommendation and is therefore incomplete. I have already emailed them to tell them...no reply. Any thoughts on what I should do?
 
Does(F)AlwaysEqual(M)(A) said:
Okay, so my interview was yesterday, Thursday, March 5th, for me. They told us that our group was the first interview being conducted and that they would stop sometime in April. It was also mentioned that decisions would come out in more than one wave.

We did sign an NDA (and even if we didn't, there are certain details that you should not divulge). What follows then are just general facts that you may or may not already know, and may or may not find useful, as well as just my overall thoughts on the school and the interview day.

Interview size: About 16 of us, split into two groups.

Thursday: Started at about 1 pm and went to around 5 pm. Please note that the Tuesday cohorts will start in the morning and end around noon.

Interview style: MMI (do your research on MMIs, this was a well done, organized MMI, and practicing for any MMI should help. They even tell you all about it before you start. And the interview invite itself mentions that the interview is MMI). I cannot give any details about the MMI itself, other than It was genuinely fun.

Parking: Welcome Center, right across from the COM. Tickets are validated, so it's free.

Location: Right across from the welcome center, COM starts on the 6th floor of the pharmacy/optometry building called HSB2. Easy to find. You'll hang out with your group for a while until they take you up to the main waiting room, which serves as your base; you'll get your packet here, listen to presentations, etc. Pretty standard.

The facilities: You will be told that a new building is planned for the school, with groundbreaking sometime in May and scheduled to finish in 2022-3. But, since that is not done yet, I will just talk about the CURRENT status. I went in thinking the facilities would be shared with other departments or that there would be a feeling of "borrowed space" or material. This was not the case. The facilities all felt brand new, and during the tour it was mentioned that the layout of each floor (the COM occupies several floors) was specified by the COM leadership for specific needs and purposes. I thought the spaces looked tremendous and were thoughtfully designed, lots of wood and glass. Also, the COM sits pretty high up on the building and the building itself must be on some natural elevation that is hard to tell from outside, but from inside the view is very commanding over the Houston landscape. Lots and lots of sunlight everywhere. There are private and shared study spaces and a nice, spacious, break room with ping pong, foosball, fridges, microwaves and the usual stuff you'd expect in a break room, what makes it stand out is again the fact that an entire side is made of large glass windows with a superb view. There is even space for therapy, etc., o and lots of lockers for students to use.
The Anatomy lab is smaller (no windows), but given that there are only 30 students in the first class, I think it will do just fine. Anatomy will be full dissection style.

Other stuff: Informative financial aid presentation, they mentioned the full coverage of tuition (this is not the same as a full COA coverage, you still have to pay for your room & board as well as food etc, but your tuition is entirely covered. A generous gift of 100k is applied to every student's account, split over the four years). There is also an MD/MPH and MD/MBA in the works.
My interview group was fairly equally split between girls and boys; there was a good bit of diversity in terms of backgrounds etc. Some of the students seemed to have already matched to another Texas school or even had offers from outside, while others had no other offers at all.
Yes, the school is REALLY primary care focused, and they really do mean to improve the health of the community from day 1. They are not just talking about producing physicians that practice primary care in Houston, but even as a student, they seem to want to involve you in their clinics every single week.

Overall: Impressed.

PS Forgot one VERY important thing.
FOOD: Lots of snacks, water, and lemonade (?), provided in the main room. There is no lunch, and unfortunately no coffee. They do get you through everything pretty efficiently though, so I thought the snacks sufficed for me.
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Do they get to do their rotations at MD Anderson?
 
Should we be expecting for interview invitations to be sent for another four weeks?
 
livingtheDOlife said:
Congrats that’s awesome!! If you don’t mind me asking, what dates were you given to pick from?
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There are currently 4 dates available in March and early April. 3 of them are Tuesdays, it isn't surprising that most students would prefer the afternoon interview!
 
Wolvvs said:
Do you happen to know where the clerkship sites will be? I didn't see anything on their website but I could have missed it.
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I had to do some searching and this is not easy to find, probably partly because they are 2 years from having MS3 students and may not have clerkship sites nailed down yet.
This article about 39 residents starting their residencies in area HCA hospitals is the closest to a clue. Probably the clerkship sites will utilize these same hospitals. There is also mention of a primary care clinic on the UH campus which will probably be used as an outpatient rotation site.
University of Houston, HCA Houston Healthcare Take Major Step to Address Physician Shortage - TMC News

Back to your first question about MD Anderson, as far as I know it doesn't have medical residency slots, just Heme/Onc fellowship slots. I also don't know whether med students can request to do an elective rotation there, and if so, from which med schools.
 
wysdoc said:
I had to do some searching and this is not easy to find, probably partly because they are 2 years from having MS3 students and may not have clerkship sites nailed down yet.
This article about 39 residents starting their residencies in area HCA hospitals is the closest to a clue. Probably the clerkship sites will utilize these same hospitals. There is also mention of a primary care clinic on the UH campus which will probably be used as an outpatient rotation site.
University of Houston, HCA Houston Healthcare Take Major Step to Address Physician Shortage - TMC News

Back to your first question about MD Anderson, as far as I know it doesn't have medical residency slots, just Heme/Onc fellowship slots. I also don't know whether med students can request to do an elective rotation there, and if so, from which med schools.
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Thanks so much wysdoc! That makes a lot of sense, if that's the case then they're giving these programs ~2.5 years to establish themselves before taking on medical students. I wonder how it's going to work with surgery though, as there won't be any residents in their fourth or fifth years by that point.

To answer 1Luv's question about MD Anderson, here's their website: Rotations to MD Anderson It looks like outside of the 4 schools listed everyone would need to apply as a visiting student through UT Houston. I guess we'll see if that changes, but even for the affiliate medical schools, they make it sound really difficult to rotate there.
 
wysdoc said:
I had to do some searching and this is not easy to find, probably partly because they are 2 years from having MS3 students and may not have clerkship sites nailed down yet.
This article about 39 residents starting their residencies in area HCA hospitals is the closest to a clue. Probably the clerkship sites will utilize these same hospitals. There is also mention of a primary care clinic on the UH campus which will probably be used as an outpatient rotation site.
University of Houston, HCA Houston Healthcare Take Major Step to Address Physician Shortage - TMC News

Back to your first question about MD Anderson, as far as I know it doesn't have medical residency slots, just Heme/Onc fellowship slots. I also don't know whether med students can request to do an elective rotation there, and if so, from which med schools.
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This.

They explicitly mentioned the HCA as their main partner. Some students will even work at the clinic right there in UH, the Lone Star Circle of Care. They also said that they do not plan to involve the students much in the medical center, but rather clinics around town that are outside of the medical center. That said, they mentioned that new partnerships and relationships were in the works and were being added as they went (such as plans to have partnerships with other surgical centers etc).

On another note, I forgot to mention, but most of the faculty seemed to be veterans from other medical schools such as Baylor, A&M, or even schools outside of Texas. So, it seemed like this wasn't their first rodeo, so to speak.
 
pivaaat! said:
Did they mention if there was an actual screen for the secondary, and also how many people they plan on interviewing?
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They didn't give any real cutoffs for the secondary.

Based on current availability, it looks like there are about 12 interview days (Tues/Thurs 3/3-4/9) with about 16 people per day according to another user. So 192 interview slots for 30 spaces in the final class, if they accept ~60 people which I think is pretty standard that puts them at a post-II acceptance rate of ~30%, which is low but reasonable. That's mostly my guesses but I would be surprised if they were doing something drastically different.
 
Wolvvs said:
They didn't give any real cutoffs for the secondary.

Based on current availability, it looks like there are about 12 interview days (Tues/Thurs 3/3-4/9) with about 16 people per day according to another user. So 192 interview slots for 30 spaces in the final class, if they accept ~60 people which I think is pretty standard that puts them at a post-II acceptance rate of ~30%, which is low but reasonable. That's mostly my guesses but I would be surprised if they were doing something drastically different.
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There are actually only 30 spots. Interviews started March 5th (Thur) and will probably end April 2nd (Tue; if we assume it ends the first week of April). This would mean there are 9 interview dates with 16 people at most per interview. So there’d be 144 Interviewees at most. Considering the 30 available spots we have a 20.8% post II Acceptance Rate. I got an II last weekend for this upcoming Thursday! Good luck to everybody!
 
Montoya1805 said:
There are actually only 30 spots. Interviews started March 5th (Thur) and will probably end April 2nd (Tue; if we assume it ends the first week of April). This would mean there are 9 interview dates with 16 people at most per interview. So there’d be 144 Interviewees at most. Considering the 30 available spots we have a 20.8% post II Acceptance Rate. I got an II last weekend for this upcoming Thursday! Good luck to everybody!
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Not everyone who gets accepted will be matriculating
 
pdl2015 said:
They probably need only accept like 35 applicants. The general rule of thumb is thrown out the window for free tuition.
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I agree, also at this late stage in the app cycle they are not going to “make 60 offers”. They will likely make 30 then more one by one if people decline.
A prompt decision will be expected from those offered admission.
 
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