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My partner got a full ride (tuition and cost of living) prematch at 4:36 CST and I got a prematch at 5:12 CST. We both interviewed 10/8 😭😭😭😭
please don't say "Soft R" on the first day of prematch offer release. It's the first day of offers, not the last.Man I'm so gutted, I feel like its a soft R since I interviewed really early and didn't hear anything today knowing how prematch heavy UTSW is
Congratulations on the admissions, free ride and one week turnaround.My partner got a full ride (tuition and cost of living) prematch at 4:36 CST and I got a prematch at 5:12 CST. We both interviewed 10/8 😭😭😭😭
Thanks, I'll try to keep my head up. Congrats to all who got one today, y'all earned it and I hope one comes my way soon.please don't say "Soft R" on the first day of prematch offer release. It's the first day of offers, not the last.
I like it!Someone from MIT is incharge. They do these sorts of things like announcing admissions on pi day or 3/14
Aint over at UTSW until May 15th at the earliest and that only if one is admitted elsewhere in Texas.please don't say "Soft R" on the first day of prematch offer release. It's the first day of offers, not the last.
UTSW, Buy one, Get one Free!My partner got a full ride (tuition and cost of living) prematch at 4:36 CST and I got a prematch at 5:12 CST. We both interviewed 10/8 😭😭😭😭
Thinking about it, it might be buy 3/4 and get 11/4 free! Partners share same housing I suppose!UTSW, Buy one, Get one Free!
Wow!! Congrats to both of you, awesome you can both attend the same med school if you want 🙂My partner got a full ride (tuition and cost of living) prematch at 4:36 CST and I got a prematch at 5:12 CST. We both interviewed 10/8 😭😭😭😭
I was thinking about the housing benefiting both partners as well lol!Thinking about it, it might be buy 3/4 and get 11/4 free! Partners share same housing I suppose!
Congratulations to all the folks who prematched or were accepted OOS today! What a feeling to have your incredibly hard work rewarded this early in the acceptance portion of the cycle!!
To those who haven't heard anything, try not to sweat it and focus on the positives in your life. It can help to write a note to yourself about the things you're grateful for. Please don't let the cycle get you down at this early stage. You all got this!
My partner got a full ride (tuition and cost of living) prematch at 4:36 CST and I got a prematch at 5:12 CST. We both interviewed 10/8![]()
Any of the prematches from interviews in October and last week of September?
Accepting a pre-match offer is non-binding—do it ASAP! 🙂Does anyone know if accepting this offer on the AMP portal locks you in, or if it is what we are supposed to do? The instructions on the portal are not really clear on if we are supposed to accept the offer today or in february? Or maybe this is my low CARS score manifesting irl....
Probably yeah, maybe next time 🙂Did anyone that interviewed 10/15 hear back? Probably too early right?
@MercifulCamper is your partner also instate?Did any OOS receive an acceptance yesterday?
Yes. Her LM is 74 and she is URM as well@MercifulCamper is your partner also instate?
Cool. Since you mentioned going to northeast (?) for college, I was wondering if your partner was from somewhere else.Yes. Her LM is 74 and she is URM as well
some Texans do step a foot out of the state, especially for college.Cool. Since you mentioned going to northeast (?) for college, I was wondering if your partner was from somewhere else.
I was betting @MercifulCamper being instate met someone OOS when they went to another state..some Texans do step a foot out of the state, especially for college.
My understanding is that UTSW’s student culture has changed significantly in the last ten years. In 2015 they switched to a new curriculum + teaching model, and my friends at UTSW now are really happy with the curriculum and their classmates.Anyone know any students here willing to talk about their experiences? I know a few who’ve told me how chill the environment is but it seems like the online reputation is that students are more stressed out/hyper competitive than at other medical schools.
I know it’s all subjective but I’m looking to hear as many opinions as possible! Also if anyone else wants to get together to kind of think about this school together and compare information please shoot me a message!
Accepting isn't binding! 🙂 You can accept now but rank differently later. I think general advice is to accept everything you are prematched to unless you REALLY don't want to go there.If UTSW is our first and only prematch - do we accept the offer? It recommends responding within 2 weeks. It probably isn't my top choice so I would rank others ahead of it during the match.
All offers must be accepted unless uninterested in school. You decide which is number 1 for you in Texas during the matchlist submission in February.If UTSW is our first and only prematch - do we accept the offer? It recommends responding within 2 weeks. It probably isn't my top choice so I would rank others ahead of it during the match.
No, 2nd look asks everyone admitted to show up at the same time.Hi all is this accepted students visit the same thing as second look? I am confused because in the email they say there is an official second look in February but the dates offered are clearly beforehand.
We discussed this a bit further up the thread. Check some of the links we posted.For those holding As, how do y'all feel about UTSW in terms of culture/reputation/student wellness...? Apparently it's known to be a competitive "cut throat" environment (they even addressed this during the interview) but perhaps the culture has changed over the years.
UTSW match list is usually very good. It is public information and they have an archive for the past several years to check. So you have to ask where a competitive environment if one exists, affects you if students are able to match well?Posting a bit late but got a prematch offer last week (was in the first interview group)
For those holding As, how do y'all feel about UTSW in terms of culture/reputation/student wellness...? Apparently it's known to be a competitive "cut throat" environment (they even addressed this during the interview) but perhaps the culture has changed over the years.
Also, in terms of school prestige + competitive residencies, how does UTSW's national reputation stack up against other schools in the #15-#40 bracket? Would it be worth it to go vs. a school ranked like 30 or 35 just for the prestige boost or is it kind of a wash after you cross the t20 line?
I'm in the same situation as you. Of course it's still possible to prematch later or even match in March, but looking at previous threads I think that's unlikely w/ utsw being so prematch-heavy. It seems to me that most if not all of the later prematches were for post-Oct 15 interviews. Don't feel too down though! The cycle is only halfway doneIf we interviewed in August & didn’t get an early pre-match, are we doomed? Ofc I know it’s not a good sign, but idk if I should invest my hope if the % is v low, ya know? Ik this isn’t the case for most schools, but I’m having trouble finding a person who interviewed early and got a match/late pre-match at UTSW. Someone give me the cold truth please.
You still have lots of time to get in and if it’s your fave, rank it #1.If we interviewed in August & didn’t get an early pre-match, are we doomed? Ofc I know it’s not a good sign, but idk if I should invest my hope if the % is v low, ya know? Ik this isn’t the case for most schools, but I’m having trouble finding a person who interviewed early and got a match/late pre-match at UTSW. Someone give me the cold truth please.
in the same spot as y’all @wsian and @ese2, just gonna unwatch this thread and keep my fingers crossed for the long haul. thanks for this info though vandy, gives a bit of hope for us early interviewers who didn’t prematch.In the past threads I have seen people who interviewed early on get a prematch in the later rounds. I believe they have a goal to admit a specific number in each phase (first round is big since it covers almost 3 months of interviews) and review all the pending candidates and admit a few from earlier rounds to meet the targets for each round. So if your score is better than those they interviewed in October for example, you can be admitted in the next round and so on. You do have several months of reviews until match day still left to get a prematch or a match.
Good research. I was reading it as once a month when I was following last year thread but there were 2 during November.Introduction and Methodology
I've been neurotically digging through past threads to figure out when the next round of prematches will be in a bid to soothe my soul with certainty. Sharing my work here so it's not 100% useless.
(Disclaimer: I don't know how to count, so 𝛿days = ±1 day)
Results
Last cycle (EY 2022), per SDN's sample, UTSW released pre-matches on:
- Oct 15th (Friday), and then after 10±1 business days,
- Nov 1st (Monday), and then after 14±1 business days,
- Nov 19th (Friday), and then (assuming a 3-day break for Thanksgiving) after 13±1 business days,
- Dec 13th (Monday), and then (assuming admissions is off-duty between Dec 24th and Jan 1st) after 21±1 business days,
- Jan 19th (Wednesday).
Supplemental Data. In the anomalous pandemic year of EY 2021, per SDN's sample, UTSW released pre-matches on Oct 16th (Friday), Nov 11th (Wednesday), and Dec 17th (Thursday). Relying on this less because of its more anomalous nature.
Discussion
We have 2 Wednesdays on which UTSW has released prematches (Supplemental Data), and we have an average of ~12±1 business days between the first few prematches of EY 2022, so Wednesday Nov 2nd is a possibility (12±1 business days away from Oct 17th).
Yet, we also have an alternating Fri/Mon/Fri/Mon pattern in EY 2022 spanning Prematch Dates #1-4. So, this year, given that prematch batch #1 was on Monday Oct 17th 2022, one could guess that the next batch of prematches may come out on Friday Nov 4th (14±1 business days away from Oct 17th).
Yet yet, our most recent data point about the space between Prematch Date #1 and Prematch Date #2 is 10±1 business days away from Oct 17th. So Monday Oct 31st is also a possibility (10±1 business days away from Oct 17th).
Yet yet ✨yet✨, our most recent data point of the date of Prematch Date #2 is Tuesday November 1st, so that's also a possibility (11±1 business days away from Oct 17th).
TL;DR—predicting the actions of an admissions committee is a futile effort. They've already swayed from last year's precedent re: # of interview invitation dates. I wasted an hour of my life trying to do actuarial science without data and I'm trying to cope with that. Back to making renaissance-style AI art! 😊
We only heard about one person getting a fullride on this thread this year and it sounded like a merit scholarship since I dont believe anyone filed their FAFSAs yet. UTSW issues such scholarships to applicants who they want showing up at UTSW due to the huge financial incentive.Are scholarships at this school merit-based or need-based?