Have you received them yet? I still havent received a UTMB secondary and I transmitted June 1
I received UTMB on 6/11 and Sam Houston on 6/12.
Probably more applicable to people in a position to serve or contribute to a community, like physicians.
We had the same prompt last year. I talked about service to my family. Service doesn’t strictly mean community service. That’s a very narrow view of the word.
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I don't think so. But the good news is that DO interview season stretches much longer than MD interview season. You will have the chance to be seen
would this still apply to SHSU and TCOM since they’re under TMDSAS and not AACOMAS?
Yes, although TCOM tends to act a little earlier
they may be looking for something specific, i could be wrong though? like a particular activity or experience.
I don't have anything worthwile to say.... I just don't want it to be blank
Is this an optional essay? So I graduated in 2018 then pursued a masters in 2020. During those 2 years I was working. Would that be considered a gap?
Do you think they will let me add on to the question? I am afraid they may deny me the ability to do that
Well if they don't let me, is my chances for this school over? Can't believe it didn't save... I actually had something written but it didn't save
I disagree with the answer above. The question asks about gaps with neither education nor employment. You should be okay.
I am a bit confused cause the only gap I have is from Fall of 2017 to Summer 2018. But this was after I graduated college, I was just doing my pre-med courses. Do you think I should mention that?
If you were either working or enrolled in classes, there's no gap. I'll give you an example of an actual gap: "I had to withdraw from school one semester for medical reasons. During that time, I wasn't in classes, nor was I working, because I was having medical care. There's a gap from February - July. I went back to work in August." That's all they're really asking.
I read somewhere (I think it was from the admissions section of their handbook) that there are no cutoffs and we should gauge the competitiveness of our applications by looking at both TMDSAS and AACOMAS statistics. While this is vague, we can assume if we have averages somewhere in the middle, we will be fine.
Perfect.Thanks for the clarification!
Sweet! Thanks for the clarification!
Classes actually start August 10th
I would say focus on issues that are prevalent in underserved Texas communities and then focus in on how you see a physician mitigating those issues. This school is really looking for students to stay in Texas and serve the local communities.
You would be surprised by how much of Texas is considered underserved. You can even luck out and write about your own city (not that living in the underserved zone is a good thing) but it is not as complex as it sounds. Most of all, be honest because adcoms can smell lies because they give a very pungent odor.
They said in the courage session a few weeks back that they were hoping to send them very "soon" and would as soon as they fixed technical issues. Hopefully this week they will start since its the last week of August.
Current student here. I'm not sure whether SHSUCOM follows the 90% rule but like the person above said they highly prefer students who want to serve rural TX. Out of the 75 in our current class, not more than 2 or 3 are OOS, and they are from states neighboring Texas. So just keep in mind if you can see yourself practicing in Texas in the future and if your application reflects that when you decide whether or not to apply!
