You are early enough and TMDSAS is up to apps submitted on 6/19 by today.
Dont wait for secondaries to write your essays.
the 2021-2022 applicant sticky on the main MD premed forum
Absolutely not. They (all schools) stratify applications. There will be a high MCAT pile stratified into GPA piles ordered by date, there will be a middle MCAT pile and a low MCAT pile with the same thing. There may be separate indicators that are automatically tagged on and assigned priority: URM, college athletics, military, IS/OOS, applying dual degree, undergrad affiliation etc etc.
I was complete 6/3 with a 3.96/523, does this fall into the "there's still time" or...? Sorry to be neurotic this is my top school.
Yes. We are only in week 4 of the cycle man.
Jesus Christ that's some high stats bru lol
Of course there’s still time! It’s still July. Don’t be worried!!! Only school that offers II solely based on stats is UTSW. The others look for different things so the whole process is drawn out. @wysdoc always says the cycle requires patience! I think you’ll be okay… just give it time!
So you're saying we have a chance?
I think everyone has a chance at UTSW (their website & MSAR have a wide range of stats). I just meant they’re the only school that does auto interviews solely based on stats. Sorry about the confusion.
Right, I was just doing a dumb and dumber quote to be funny lol
just got it 😂 oops
Thanks! Yeah sorry I only mentioned my stats because NonTrad mentioned a top-down review based on GPA/MCAT stratification. I have mission fit with Baylor so that’s why I felt concerned but I will take everyone’s advice and have patience.
Yo, sorry - that was more of a “this is how they can stratify applications making review variable” not “this is the specific order in which schools will stratify applications”
Yes - what will you do between now and next July (besides writing essays!)
Ok, thank you!
That's incredible! Congrats!
Out of curiosity sake, what were your extracurriculars?
Hi, along with the usual pre-med activities, I founded a unique club at my school, and mentioned my creative hobbies. I also have 3 published articles. In my app, I tried to convey the meaning I obtained from every experience. I don't know what stood out to them in particular, but it was probably something about the app as a whole. There's so many things it could have been, so I'm not sure if this is helpful or not.
Anyone got II In state?
Congrats, me too! Did you get another email a minute later saying you confirmed your date? I never confirmed my interview date but my portal shows up as "confirmed" and I got an email a minute after saying that my date was confirmed. Strange...
Congrats! When were you guys complete?
Not entirely sure, but I submitted my secondary early June. My school's committee didn't let us start requesting committee letters until mid/end of July so my letter wasn't in before then!
complete 6/1Since it's already confirmed we probably don't have to respond/do anything except for RSVP to the pre-interview social right? Just want to make sure all my bases are covered.
Thank you for clarifying!
Nope
Thanks for the reassurance. As a non-trad, sometimes I feel I am “going at it Alone” throughout this process!
IS or OOS? How are you doing with other Texas schools?
I submitted IS 6/3 with a LM=80.6 and while I have had luck at other TX schools, I still haven't heard back from Baylor! You got this, I am sure they're probably just starting to look at mid-July
Oops. Forgot to mention. IS.
you should hear from most others soon. UTSW and Baylor will be probably on the backend since they go by high stats early on unless you fit some institutional needs.
Not me! But I am too! There are interviews this week, so we'll see how that goes!
