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Congratulations!! 😊 anyone else hear back?
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I just got off the waitlist!! I'm so grateful, UTMB was my 1st choice T.T
Congratulations @LoyalRoyal415 !! Are they sending emails or calling?
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Thank you!! I received the acceptance via e-mail
Phaarm1212
First time Non-trad applicant
Congrats @LoyalRoyal415 and @FourthHawk! Sorry to be that person, but would either of you mind sharing your stats and if you sent an update letter or LOI at any point? If you don't feel comfortable, feel free to PM me.
Newbies off the waitlist, make sure you join the Facebook group and, more importantly, the GroupMe so you can get to know your fellow classmates. We have a very active conversation there!
I'm ORM with 3.9 GPA and 512 MCAT. I did not send any updates or LOI, so I don't think they weigh as much in the context of your entire application.
Do I have to be added onto the FB page/GroupMe by someone, or can I just join?
No, you can just join. Search for UTMB class of 2025.
You can send one via email, sooner is better at this point.
Yep after 5 pm that day.
In essence, yes.
I'm not sure there is an official format for this within the system the admissions committees use, but when looking to fill any gaps in their roster after May 15, each school will be checking to see if their WL candidates hold any Texas acceptances.
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amzer-zo_hasta-buan
Full Member
So theoretically, we should expect to see waitlist movement around May 1st due to the April 30th commitment deadline, then again after May 15th when they wheedle the wait list as well? That's something to look forward to!
I don’t have official data, but unfortunately, the number of vacancies that appear in the class after May 15 are very low. These are usually “residual vacancies”, meaning a person for example gets an offer at UTSW on May 15 before 5 pm and declines their UTMB seat the same evening or following morning, so that forces the waitlist to go down to candidates that have no acceptances. And of course, the rarer cases of people getting off an OOS waitlist late, not having the right prerequisites so they can’t matriculate, and even rarer cases of people having a family emergency or deciding that being a doctor wasn’t the right fit for them at the time.
Thanks for the reply! I had already sent a letter of intent and I'm pretty sure that is what put me in the alternate pool in the first place. Is it bad form to also send an update letter? I do have an update, I'm just worried it'll seem desperate or annoying.
what more can you say beyond a letter of intent?
I sent the letter of intent in December and I didn't have a major update, just talked a bit about grad school and public health and why I think I would be a good fir for UTMB. This January, I got accepted into a research project conducted through Baylor and Texas Children's Hospital. It's a mix of quantitative and qualitative research which I've never done before, my other research experiences have been lab based only. I thought that might be something they would want to know.
I sent one in an email and was told it would be added to my portal! As long as it’s in the portal it’s available to them, but will only be looked at if they’re interested in seeing updates. ‘Unofficial’ part of your application at this point.
Does this refer to only TMDSAS schools or all Texas schools?
All TMDSAS schools plus Baylor. Does not include TCU/ UNTHSC
futuredoctoro21
Full Member
Gave up my spot here this morning! Good luck to everyone on the WL 🙂
Got A call earlier today!!! I am OOS with LM74
It seems like there is a lot less movement this year compared to last. :/ or maybe just less reporting
peanutpuffy
New Member
anyone else accepted off the waitlist, IS?
imconfusedthiscycle
Full Member
Already sent a letter of intent to UTMB January before the match, currently on the waitlist. Should I send another one? I don't have significant updates since then so I am not really sure.
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In the same exact position and I was debating doing the same thing. I looked up online and Shammasian or whatever that consulting company is recommends only sending LOIs with significant updates 😔
imconfusedthiscycle
Full Member
Saw that too, my only significant update is waiting for UTMB to send me an A lmfao
I just got accepted off the waitlist at noon today! I'd say contrary to what people on here have been saying, shoot your shot!! It'd be kind of strange of me to share what I sent to get off the waitlist, but if you scour sdn and reddit there are stories of people sending in poems or picture collages that combine interesting things about that person, their desire to go to medical school, and why that particular med school is the place for them.
If you're going to do it though, just make something that is personal to you and helps you stand out. I think cheesy is underrated.
What's the worst they are gonna do, say no? Best of luck everyone!
If you're going to do it though, just make something that is personal to you and helps you stand out. I think cheesy is underrated.
What's the worst they are gonna do, say no? Best of luck everyone!
When was your interview and when did you submit your stuff to get off the waitlist?
I interviewed in August and sent my "goofy update" last week.
This gives some hope! Interviewed late September haha
For what it's worth, there have been quite a few people joining the groupme this past week, and a few leaving as well, so the waitlist is moving.
Anyone join or leave today specifically?
Do y’all send LOIs to an admissions email or upload on the portal?
premedhopeful2
Full Member
Wouldn’t hurt, you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take
there were like 6 people who joined today
Accepted this morning! 512 MCAT, 3.9+ GPA, OOS with absolutely zero ties to Texas or UTMB. Now time to find housing, etc. I did not end up sending an additional update or LOI.
Lewishamilton
New Member
Yea that’s what I was thinking too but I don’t know for sure
"Final moment cutoff" for WL offers to people holding another TX admission is 5pm Central Time Zone, May 15th.
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Just got the acceptance call! IS with LM of 70. Interviewed back in November. I sent in a letter of intent after the match.
To my fellow no match/WL gang: do we think there will be spots to fill in the next two weeks or do we think we should move on? I (and several others I suppose) have been sitting in this pool for almost 8 months now and I just don't know if it's fruitful to hold onto false hope...
Don't you have until the 15th to make off the WL if you already have another TX acceptance (which I guess is basically today since the office is closed tomorrow)? And if you don't have another TX acceptance, aren't you going to have more opportunity after the 15th for more WL movement?
I hope you make it!
Look dude...the likelihood of a spot opening is dependent on a person moving up to a higher ranked choice. This type of movement is impossible after tomorrow. So I guess the only way for the rest of us remaining to have a chance is if people leave TMDSAS and go out of state or if OOS people pick their state school off the waitlist? The forums were pretty much dead last year after May 15 too.
I'm in the same position you are (no match) and on one waitlist. Do you think our chances are actually null after May 15th? You think theres only a very small chance that people gave up an A last minute today bc they made a choice before the deadline?
