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Has any accepted student sent in their transcript(s) to office of enrollment yet? And how do we verify if those forms we were asked to mail in have been received and processed?
 
Has any accepted student sent in their transcript(s) to office of enrollment yet? And how do we verify if those forms we were asked to mail in have been received and processed?
I emailed enrollment services about it and they said they have a new admissions software where admitted students aren't in yet. Due to that they have to wait to request transcripts and said that it will happen around mid-January so that they can save the transcripts to our records.

No idea about the other forms though.
 
Has any accepted student sent in their transcript(s) to office of enrollment yet? And how do we verify if those forms we were asked to mail in have been received and processed?
I sent an email with my TDCJ Form, Alumni Field House Form, and White Coat Ceremony Form (as attachments) to the admissions email address and they responded the same day saying "Items Received. Thank you"
Edit: I did not make any attempt to send transcripts and am still waiting for my UTMB email address and MyStar account activation
 
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Is there a point in the application process where IS and OOS are considered equal? I am just wondering if I (an OOS applicant) have yet crossed the IS bias (I interviewed on 11/20 and haven't heard back).
 
Is there a point in the application process where IS and OOS are considered equal? I am just wondering if I (an OOS applicant) have yet crossed the IS bias (I interviewed on 11/20 and haven't heard back).

Short answer is no. Since UTMB cannot have more than 10% of their class as OOS students, there really is no point where IS and OOS are considered equal. With few OOS seats, mosts school will wait until they have interview a majority, if not all, of their OOS interviewees before sending out decisions.
 
Interviewed 12/2, Yes same. Do your TMDSAS portal update UTMB rank list? Thanks. Mine hasn't. Is it normal?
I interviewed 12/4 and still do not see UTMB on my rank list. Does anyone else see it yet, or is it like this for everyone?
 
I interviewed 12/4 and still do not see UTMB on my rank list. Does anyone else see it yet, or is it like this for everyone?
Mine hasn't! Weird! My friend interview same day with me and her rank list has UTMB on it. Hope it means they take longer to pre-match us 😉. I emailed UTMB they said it will show up before the due date to submit the rank list?
 
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Short answer is no. Since UTMB cannot have more than 10% of their class as OOS students, there really is no point where IS and OOS are considered equal. With few OOS seats, mosts school will wait until they have interview a majority, if not all, of their OOS interviewees before sending out decisions.
UTMB like most TX public med schools receives majority its funding from TX (TX tax) in return promise to train at least 90% its class with TX residents. So IS & OOS are in diff competition pools
 
Anyone gotten details about setting up their myStar login? or anything else? I haven't even received the mail which I believe was sent to all accepted studnents. 🙁
 
Would it be appropriate to send a LOI or an update letter before match day or should I wait until after? Not sure what their policy is on this
 
Would it be appropriate to send a LOI or an update letter before match day or should I wait until after? Not sure what their policy is on this
Not sure about LOI but UTMB takes update letters (you can upload on AMP document upload tab or email to admissions)
 
Do all interviewees get invited to the town halls, or just those that are desirable?
 
umm so when was the last pre-match wave sent out? I interviewed on October 9 and still haven't heard back.. Is there still hope for me? Should I think about reapplying..? Just want to be practical i guess.
 
Anyone from 12/16 hear anything? I am anxiously waiting. 😢
 
Have any IIs gone out recently? I submitted on 8/4 and haven't heard anything
 
Have any IIs gone out recently? I submitted on 8/4 and haven't heard anything
Sadly, I think they’re done giving out IIs 🙁 their last interview dates are next week on wed and Friday. I think if someone were to cancel last minute, they’d fill it!
 
Sadly, I think they’re done giving out IIs 🙁 their last interview dates are next week on wed and Friday. I think if someone were to cancel last minute, they’d fill it!
Dang :/ that's what I figured, but just wanted to check. Thank you!
 
Has anyone received the official acceptance letter through the mail? I've been checking every day and nothing
 
Can someone please send me the link for the Facebook group for accepted students?
 
Has anyone received the official acceptance letter through the mail? I've been checking every day and nothing
I assume they’ll send it soon. Only cause last year everyone got there’s like 2 weeks after prematch and maybe covid through things out for a loop. From what I’ve been seeing, mid January is when they’ll send out more stuff to accepted students.
 
Does anyone know roughly how many pre-match offers UTMB sends out? (Or like a proportion of the class they fill through the pre-match?)
It varies from year to year, but still the majority of students match on regular TMDSAS Match day. Don't be discouraged if you didn't prematch.
 
It varies from year to year, but still the majority of students match on regular TMDSAS Match day. Don't be discouraged if you didn't prematch.
Honestly, if you take a look at the number of people in the FB group, exclude the number of admin/current medical students and factor in the new prematches from the December interview cohort that will be added in the coming weeks, it looks like UTMB has prematched something close to its full class size (230)...

Maybe this school loses at least half its prematches to the match? No one knows lol...
 
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