2019-2020 University of Houston

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im_angxious said:
Agreed, their yield will probably be very low compared to number of applicants.

(Disclaimer: this next paragraph is not at all a bash on applicants)

Given that the application/secondary is free I assume a lot of people who did not match or get OOS acceptances will be applying as a last resort option. I think just in Texas alone there’s ~4000 applicants who don’t matriculate. I bet a lot of them will throw their hat in, and I don’t see anyway the school interviews anymore than ~300 applicants. That’s around a 2-3% yield depending on total applicants
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On top of that, plenty of applicants that already matched will also apply. Who the hell would turn down free med school? Especially those truly interested in primary care. I’d love the chance to come to UH, but I’m also stoked that this could double the typical waitlist movement seen through the rest of the TMDSAS system.

Bottom line, there will be no shortage of supremely qualified applicants to interview.
 
Thinking they will be sending most the interview invited this week if they plan on doing all the interviews through March and April. Good luck everyone who applied, amazing opportunity at this school.
 
Nontrad1887 said:
Thinking they will be sending most the interview invited this week if they plan on doing all the interviews through March and April. Good luck everyone who applied, amazing opportunity at this school.
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It's speculation, but I don't think they'll be sending "most of the interview invites this week". That's way too much frontloaded work in the first week. They'll probably do it in bunches knowing they don't need to give much heads up notice those last few interviews for anyone actually wanting to attend them and get a spot. It's 3 hours drive max for the vast majority of their applicants and anyone they offer will go if given a weeks' advance notice, which would be the shortest interval in my opinion.
 
pdl2015 said:
It's speculation, but I don't think they'll be sending "most of the interview invites this week". That's way too much frontloaded work in the first week. They'll probably do it in bunches knowing they don't need to give much heads up notice those last few interviews for anyone actually wanting to attend them and get a spot. It's 3 hours drive max for the vast majority of their applicants and anyone they offer will go if given a weeks' advance notice, which would be the shortest interval in my opinion.
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You are probably correct, but it sucks for those of us who are OOS and have to fly. I will gladly spend the money for airfare for a golden opportunity such as this
 
Has anyone come to a decision on whether or not they will be sending an update letter? When I emailed the adcom they said they will not be able to accept letters. I was still thinking of uploading one via the document upload just in case, but I don’t want it to come off in a bad light.
 
im_angxious said:
Has anyone come to a decision on whether or not they will be sending an update letter? When I emailed the adcom they said they will not be able to accept letters. I was still thinking of uploading one via the document upload just in case, but I don’t want it to come off in a bad light.
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If they told you not to, I wouldn’t. Think about how many apps they are having to review in a short amount of time. They are likely swamped and don’t want new information coming in as well to sort through.
 
im_angxious said:
Has anyone come to a decision on whether or not they will be sending an update letter? When I emailed the adcom they said they will not be able to accept letters. I was still thinking of uploading one via the document upload just in case, but I don’t want it to come off in a bad light.
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I will not send an update letter. The first reason being that I filled in a TMDSAS section with planned activities (I forgot if that was a standalone section or subsection within another). The second reason being that I don’t see a few months of work (from the time TMDSAS was due until now), being as significant as it may be now, as changing my application and influencing the decision of the admissions committee to offer me an I teeview, substantially. The third reason being simply that yeah, I don’t want to run the risk of annoying them and coming off in a bad light. They only have a few weeks to make everything happen. I think they’d rather deal with what they have already. Sure, you can upload a document on the secondary portal, but I don’t know if it’ll be read.
 
Do you think they really won't take 2020 MCAT scores? I just retook and did substantially better. I wish they would consider it since they became accredited so late
 
specterMD said:
Do you think they really won't take 2020 MCAT scores? I just retook and did substantially better. I wish they would consider it since they became accredited so late
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Send TMDSAS a message and see if you can send them the score. Then it will be in your app.
 
specterMD said:
Do you think they really won't take 2020 MCAT scores? I just retook and did substantially better. I wish they would consider it since they became accredited so late
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I definitely read somewhere on their website that scores in 2020 won’t be accepted.

Can’t find it on the site. But it wouldn’t hurt to call and ask.
 
specterMD said:
Do you think they really won't take 2020 MCAT scores? I just retook and did substantially better. I wish they would consider it since they became accredited so late
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Your score must be what was on your "active" TMDSAS 2019-2020 application, which closed for submission in October 2019. Therefore, no scores from 2020.
You could mention it at an interview, if invited. But just once! The interview is about seeing if you are a relatable person who can hold a conversation and if you fit their mission.
 
I wonder how they look at MCAT scores. Is it only the last score, do they look at the highest score, or do they look at all the subscores
 
specterMD said:
Do you think they really won't take 2020 MCAT scores? I just retook and did substantially better. I wish they would consider it since they became accredited so late
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A late (recent) MCAT score would be the equivalent of updated course grades, transcripts, etc. Congratulations on the improved score, but it would be unfair to have it factored into this cycle's application given everyone else's are from prior to the cycle deadline. As @wysdoc said though, finding a way to mention it in an interview if invited would be a great update!
 
pdl2015 said:
A late (recent) MCAT score would be the equivalent of updated course grades, transcripts, etc. Congratulations on the improved score, but it would be unfair to have it factored into this cycle's application given everyone else's are from prior to the cycle deadline. As @wysdoc said though, finding a way to mention it in an interview if invited would be a great update!
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TMDSAS lets you update your grades and transcripts though... At least I did at the end of the semester and they updated my grades on my app to reflect that. I understand why they wouldn't consider 2020 MCATs though.
 
patchadams2 said:
I wonder how they look at MCAT scores. Is it only the last score, do they look at the highest score, or do they look at all the subscores
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I believe most schools look at all subscores that are within their permissible time window (but that's not to say taking the test twice and scoring similar results is going to resonate any better than just 1 set of scores). If there is improvement between attempts, that is selling point as well. Substantially lower subscores may be red flags, even if additional attempts yield higher overall scores.


DarklingThrush said:
TMDSAS lets you update your grades and transcripts though... At least I did at the end of the semester and they updated my grades on my app to reflect that. I understand why they wouldn't consider 2020 MCATs though.
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But Fall 2019 grades are finalized before 2020 MCAT attempts. Even then, it is my understanding is that you can update TMDSAS with those Fall 2019 grades, but they've already transmitted your application to schools by October 15th at the latest. Your GPA remains the same, and subjectively a school's reviewer might look at your updated transcripts if you have them. (I might be totally wrong about this).
 
pdl2015 said:
I believe most schools look at all subscores that are within their permissible time window (but that's not to say taking the test twice and scoring similar results is going to resonate any better than just 1 set of scores). If there is improvement between attempts, that is selling point as well. Substantially lower subscores may be red flags, even if additional attempts yield higher overall scores.




But Fall 2019 grades are finalized before 2020 MCAT attempts. Even then, it is my understanding is that you can update TMDSAS with those Fall 2019 grades, but they've already transmitted your application to schools by October 15th at the latest. Your GPA remains the same, and subjectively a school's reviewer might look at your updated transcripts if you have them. (I might be totally wrong about this).
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Except Houston I guess? Since our app didn't get transmitted to them until last week??
 
DarklingThrush said:
Except Houston I guess? Since our app didn't get transmitted to them until last week??
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Yeah, but they just copy pasta'd whatever your application was at the time it was transmitted to other schools (at least that's my understanding). They don't go re-verify any new grades, recalculate your GPA, then re-transmit a new application for you.
 
I’m wondering if they might wait until they close the primary app to send out interview invites.
 
im_angxious said:
March 6th, I cant say for sure if that’s what they’re doing, but they might have a “probably interview” pile and they’re just waiting to see everyone’s app
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I would be surprised if they waited until the deadline to send interviews, considering they’re on a tight schedule. If invites do go out after the 6th, it’s more likely that it took that long to get through apps and not because they were waiting to evaluate everyone before sending them out. But all of this is speculation, of course.
 
pdl2015 said:
Yeah, but they just copy pasta'd whatever your application was at the time it was transmitted to other schools (at least that's my understanding). They don't go re-verify any new grades, recalculate your GPA, then re-transmit a new application for you.
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My TMDSAS GPA was recalculated after I put in my Fall 2019 grades.
 
Did anyone find out if there is a screen for the secondary or is it an auto-invite?
 
im_angxious said:
UH closed early Thursday and won’t be open today. Looks like we won’t hear anything this week
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Yeah there was some big water pipe accident in Houston and a lot of facilities and schools are closed rn, hopefully it gets fixed soon and doesn’t roll over to next week
 
sun_flower580 said:
Yeah there was some big water pipe accident in Houston and a lot of facilities and schools are closed rn, hopefully it gets fixed soon and doesn’t roll over to next week
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The water line supplied/supplies 50% of Houston, I'm pretty confident it's already been repaired!
 
unwrittenrx said:
The water line supplied/supplies 50% of Houston, I'm pretty confident it's already been repaired!
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Well it also flooded a lot of the roads and people houses so I’m not really sure but yeah it’s a big deal so I’m sure they r working super quickly to get that fixed. I know my little siblings are happy that their schools got canceled today hahaha
 
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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