2020-2021 UT Houston ( McGovern)

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Does anyone know how/when McGovern sends out scholarship offers/notifications to accepted students? I've been lucky enough to get a few pre-match offers and debt burden is super important to me!
 
Mean Green Raider said:
Does anyone know how/when McGovern sends out scholarship offers/notifications to accepted students? I've been lucky enough to get a few pre-match offers and debt burden is super important to me!
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According to last year's thread, I think there is a scholarship application that's sent out in early April.
 
I interviewed 10/23 and got an acceptance yesterday
boombambop said:
Anyone with a mid October interview date pre-match?
Haven’t seen anyone bt 10/9-10/23 post about it here which I thought was odd given how many people with November dates pre-matched
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Interviewing 1/8, do you think there is a chance to receive a prematch before ranking on 2/19?
 
Neon-turtle98 said:
Interviewing 1/8, do you think there is a chance to receive a prematch before ranking on 2/19?
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I have a feeling they are gonna send out one more batch before the pre-match period ends (if they weren't, I feel like they would have waited a little longer to send out this last batch). Totally speculation though. They also seem to not have sent too many pre-matches out thus far compared to other schools this year? And McGov typically sends out a normal amount of pre-matches comparatively. Another reason why I think they might send another batch- so keep your hopes up!
 
cvln said:
Is there an accepted student group? Prematched 12/16, Interview 10/30
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I was wondering the same thing. I was hoping to learn more about housing options and stuff but I'm not sure if a group has been created yet
 
I got my II in November and my interview is in early January. Does McGovern have a fixed number of A's for each batch of interviews, or am I screwed?
 
sunnyv said:
I got my II in November and my interview is in early January. Does McGovern have a fixed number of A's for each batch of interviews, or am I screwed?
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They have seats to fill or they wouldn't be having interviews. They're not in the habit of wasting their time. At least that's what I'm telling myself while I prep for a January 15th interview!
 
Would it be reasonable to assume that I probably will not get an ii from McGovern if I still haven't received one? McGovern's my dream med school ):
 
Not sure of the symbols but any advice for pre med student who has 3.9 cGPA, 3.8 sGPA, 508 MCAT score, interviewed October 30th, in-state, etc. I’m still waiting on a decision, been two months. Maybe just nerves but this wait is killer. This long of a wait, am I still in consideration, but they are exploring their options? Feels like such a tease. I did go out of state for college but I am classified as a TX resident, so I am a little unfamilIar with pre match stuff. I ranked McGovern #1, no pre-match offer.

Also, this is a general question for TX med schools but should I think about writing LOIs for other TX med schools if I have not heard anything from them after submitting secondaries? I submitted them pretty early in the process and I am a little stressed that it is December and no interview invites/rejections. I saw above that LOIs don’t hurt, but wondering if it is necessary to submit pre interview. Grateful for getting one interview still!
 
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SKOLviks said:
Not sure of the symbols but any advice for pre med student who has 3.9 cGPA, 3.8 sGPA, 508 MCAT score, interviewed October 30th, in-state, etc. I’m still waiting on a decision, been two months. Maybe just nerves but this wait is killer. This long of a wait, am I still in consideration, but they are exploring their options? Feels like such a tease. I did go out of state for college but I am classified as a TX resident, so I am a little unfamilIar with pre match stuff. I ranked McGovern #1, no pre-match offer.

Also, this is a general question for TX med schools but should I think about writing LOIs for other TX med schools if I have not heard anything from them after submitting secondaries? I submitted them pretty early in the process and I am a little stressed that it is December and no interview invites/rejections. I saw above that LOIs don’t hurt, but wondering if it is necessary to submit pre interview. Grateful for getting one interview still!
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You are definitely still in the running. Just because you haven’t pre-matched yet doesn’t mean you will get a rejection. Idk if most people are accepted through the match but I would suppose that MANY are
 
Hawk4077 said:
You are definitely still in the running. Just because you haven’t pre-matched yet doesn’t mean you will get a rejection. Idk if most people are accepted through the match but I would suppose that MANY are
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Ok thanks! Yea, because I went to school out of state, they never explained the pre match stuff and since I’m a TX resident, basically only applies to me there.

Also, any thoughts about the LOI situation I asked above? Not sure if I should write some out to other schools or not pre-interview. I’m also not sure if med schools even looked at my completed application yet; I’d assume they have because I submitted early but nothing.
 
SKOLviks said:
Not sure of the symbols but any advice for pre med student who has 3.9 cGPA, 3.8 sGPA, 508 MCAT score, interviewed October 30th, in-state, etc. I’m still waiting on a decision, been two months. Maybe just nerves but this wait is killer. This long of a wait, am I still in consideration, but they are exploring their options? Feels like such a tease. I did go out of state for college but I am classified as a TX resident, so I am a little unfamilIar with pre match stuff. I ranked McGovern #1, no pre-match offer.

Also, this is a general question for TX med schools but should I think about writing LOIs for other TX med schools if I have not heard anything from them after submitting secondaries? I submitted them pretty early in the process and I am a little stressed that it is December and no interview invites/rejections. I saw above that LOIs don’t hurt, but wondering if it is necessary to submit pre interview. Grateful for getting one interview still!
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There is no need to worry. Pre-matches are reserved for a small number of post-interview applications and not receiving one will have no impact on your ability to match with McGovern on Match day. Most TX applicants get their first and only acceptance on Match day; all you need to do is submit your rankings before the deadline. Also just FYI, McGovern will never see you ranked them #1 so that will not influence your pre-match chances. I know the wait is killer, but it’s just an unfortunate part of the process.

Historically, McGovern tends to fill ~50% of the class with prematch offers so there are plenty of seats left. Plus you have waitlist movement and applicants giving up their McGovern seat to got to a higher OOS school to free up even more seats.

For LOI, they have to be incredibly substantial to have an impact (new publication, prestigious national award). Any trivial update won’t make it to committee or have any impact on your outcome. It’s generally recommended by TX admissions experts to wait to send LOIs until you’re waitlisted as those can have more impact in waitlist admissions. LOIs have not been shown to increase chances of getting IIs.
 
premed_97 said:
There is no need to worry. Pre-matches are reserved for a small number of post-interview applications and not receiving one will have no impact on your ability to match with McGovern on Match day. Most TX applicants get their first and only acceptance on Match day; all you need to do is submit your rankings before the deadline. Also just FYI, McGovern will never see you ranked them #1 so that will not influence your pre-match chances. I know the wait is killer, but it’s just an unfortunate part of the process.

Historically, McGovern tends to fill ~50% of the class with prematch offers so there are plenty of seats left. Plus you have waitlist movement and applicants giving up their McGovern seat to got to a higher OOS school to free up even more seats.

For LOI, they have to be incredibly substantial to have an impact (new publication, prestigious national award). Any trivial update won’t make it to committee or have any impact on your outcome. It’s generally recommended by TX admissions experts to wait to send LOIs until you’re waitlisted as those can have more impact in waitlist admissions. LOIs have not been shown to increase chances of getting IIs.
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Thanks for the advice! Question though, LOI stands for Letter of interest/intent so I thought it was more about my interests in their school, not updates?
 
SKOLviks said:
Thanks for the advice! Question though, LOI stands for Letter of interest/intent so I thought it was more about my interests in their school, not updates?
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A strong LOI's can include new updates that further drive home an applicant's alignment with a particular school. I was meaning to say that if you choose to include an update in your LOI make sure it's substantial but omitted the first part out by accident.
 
when should we start thinking of sending in LOI post-interview? i interviewed back in Oct & have not pre-matched yet. i know there’s still a month left but still.

should LOIs be more plausible post-Match day if we get waitlisted?
 
I have my interview on 1/6, any last minute advice? Also, does anyone know if the interviews are closed or open file interviews?
 
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sunnyv said:
I have my interview on 1/6, any last minute advice? Also, does anyone know if the interviews are closed or open file interviews?
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be yourself, interview was p chill. one asked about my app, other didn't. so I'm assuming it's open file, but one didn't read over it beforehand lmao
 
Does McGovern accept updates after interviews, or does the no-updates rule apply both before and after the interview?
 
I am also in the post-II no-prematch club, wondering if a LOI would be appropriate before match day. I don't have too many updates other than new grades and research progress, but McGovern is definitely my #1
 
yodude86 said:
I am also in the post-II no-prematch club, wondering if a LOI would be appropriate before match day. I don't have too many updates other than new grades and research progress, but McGovern is definitely my #1
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You can write them a brief email if you want, but the beauty of the TMDSAS Match is this: you state your preference by ranking your favorite school # 1.
 
wysdoc said:
You can write them a brief email if you want, but the beauty of the TMDSAS Match is this: you state your preference by ranking your favorite school # 1.
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Good point - probably best to be patient until then. Thanks for your infinite support on this website
 
meepmooop said:
Do y'all have any last minute interview advice? Or do you know how much McGovern weighs the interview v the application?
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Just know that you won't know who your interviewer is until the day/night before. I also recommend going to the pre interview social. The student ambassador I talked with interviewed with one of the same people that I did and was able to give me some advice and ease my nerves a bit. Another thing is that the interviews are open file, but they don't know your GPA or MCAT, so keep that in mind when presenting yourself to the interviewer (This might be good or bad for you. For me, I thought it was bad because I wasn't really able to talk about the upward trend in my grades). In general, the interviews are known to be pretty relaxed. Both of my interviewers basically just read my application back to me and asked me questions about activities I listed and stuff from my essays. Good luck!
 
sunnyv said:
Just know that you won't know who your interviewer is until the day/night before. I also recommend going to the pre interview social. The student ambassador I talked with interviewed with one of the same people that I did and was able to give me some advice and ease my nerves a bit. Another thing is that the interviews are open file, but they don't know your GPA or MCAT, so keep that in mind when presenting yourself to the interviewer (This might be good or bad for you. For me, I thought it was bad because I wasn't really able to talk about the upward trend in my grades). In general, the interviews are known to be pretty relaxed. Both of my interviewers basically just read my application back to me and asked me questions about activities I listed and stuff from my essays. Good luck!
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Had no idea the interviewers don't look at MCAT/GPA, thanks!
 
sunnyv said:
Just know that you won't know who your interviewer is until the day/night before. I also recommend going to the pre interview social. The student ambassador I talked with interviewed with one of the same people that I did and was able to give me some advice and ease my nerves a bit. Another thing is that the interviews are open file, but they don't know your GPA or MCAT, so keep that in mind when presenting yourself to the interviewer (This might be good or bad for you. For me, I thought it was bad because I wasn't really able to talk about the upward trend in my grades). In general, the interviews are known to be pretty relaxed. Both of my interviewers basically just read my application back to me and asked me questions about activities I listed and stuff from my essays. Good luck!
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Aw thank you so much for a detailed post! I hope your interviews are going well!!
 
When offering pre-matches do all the schools look at the entire applicant pool which has interviewed already? For example, if someone interviewed in Sept and hasn't gotten a prematch offer, would it be possible for them to still get one or would they wait till March for match day?
 
I-cry-everyday said:
When offering pre-matches do all the schools look at the entire applicant pool which has interviewed already? For example, if someone interviewed in Sept and hasn't gotten a prematch offer, would it be possible for them to still get one or would they wait till March for match day?
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Can't say specifically for McGovern but many of the other schools go by waves. As in it becomes a lot more unlikely for someone to receive one if they aren't with their respective batches until Match.
 
I know that this is for the EY 2020 class, but does this mean that we will need to buy a new laptop? Also I find it so weird that McGovern has not really followed up with admitted applicants or created a fb page. Guess they're waiting for match.

Medical School Student Computer Policies for Entering Class of 2020 - Medical School Information Technology

== Laptop Requirements Page – FAQ Page == Laptop Requirements In order to fully utilize information resources required by the faculty during your education and be able to complete online examinations, the school requires that all incoming medical students bring a laptop that meets the...
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undergrad2021premed said:
I know that this is for the EY 2020 class, but does this mean that we will need to buy a new laptop? Also I find it so weird that McGovern has not really followed up with admitted applicants or created a fb page. Guess they're waiting for match.

Medical School Student Computer Policies for Entering Class of 2020 - Medical School Information Technology

== Laptop Requirements Page – FAQ Page == Laptop Requirements In order to fully utilize information resources required by the faculty during your education and be able to complete online examinations, the school requires that all incoming medical students bring a laptop that meets the...
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you’ll most likely end up having to get a new laptop. the requirements are something of the sort of being less than a year old and able to handle the testing software. shoot them an email and ask 🤷🏼‍♀️
 
marinarasauce said:
Does anyone know roughly how many pre-match offers McGovern sends out? (Or like a proportion of the class they fill through the pre-match?)
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Regardless of what they have done in years past, this cycle will probably be a bit different. I get that the sense that McGov has been pretty on-par in past years with most TX schools in terms of pre match numbers, but this cycle they seem to have given out fewer than the others. My guess is as good as yours.
 
Anyone know when they give out of state students their decisions since we don't participate in match at all?
 
I-cry-everyday said:
When offering pre-matches do all the schools look at the entire applicant pool which has interviewed already? For example, if someone interviewed in Sept and hasn't gotten a prematch offer, would it be possible for them to still get one or would they wait till March for match day?
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It's still possible. I know people last cycle and this cycle that interviewed Sept/Oct and did not prematch 10/15 but prematched in December.
 
Does anyone know the name of the Dean of Admissions/ Director of Admissions at McGovern? The website lists the associate dean and vice Dean, I am unsure who the Dean of admissions is! I am trying to find who to address my letter of intent to! Thanks!
 
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