During my last interview, the person asked me, "How can hens lay eggs without a rooster?" (I sell chickens). I told him, "Well, chickens laying eggs is kind of like a woman's menstrual cycle. We just decided to eat their eggs one day." He yelled, "DISGUSTING, next topic!" Later on, I found out he was the chair of the admissions.
I find it deeply troubling that so many people have mentioned a poor interview experience at UTMB. I know we shouldn't necessarily weight the interview day experience heavily since a few people can't tell you what an entire campus of faculty and students will be like, but it's tough to ignore the number of posts I've seen on SDN regarding strange experiences at UTMB interviews.
To answer your question, I got a pre-match offer on 10/21, I interviewed on 8/26. My LM score is 66 (3.4 cGPA, 3.3 sGPA, 3.6 grad GPA, 511 MCAT, 1st Quartile Casper). So yes, I genuinely believe that once you are interviewed your stats don't play as much of a role in getting a pre-match or acceptance down the line from UTMB. As far as "likelihood" or "admissions statistics" I can't tell you what the grand scheme is but it's definitely possible! Keep your head up, grab some popcorn, and wait.
keep in mind all prematch offers haven't come out yet and match day hasn't even happened! I definitely have had my moments of overthinking things I said or did in interviews but thats what I have been telling myself to keep the nerves at bay. UTMB seems to evaluate pretty holistically and you just have to trust in that you did your best and the admissions saw that in you too. I know that sounds cliche but it really has helped me! best of luck
I would do it just to be safe. Takes 10 minutes
Yeah, it looks like they did it every two weeks last cycle, at least for the first 6 weeks starting with Friday 10/22! I'm personally rooting for you all to hear something this coming Friday, right on schedule!
I really appreciate this! It's great to hear about positive experiences because I think UTMB has a lot to offer prospective students! Appreciate you!
I am in the same situation. They said Duet is a pilot for UTMB and will not be used during the screening process. I have done my interview in October. I wonder if I still need to do the Duet now.
When I researched the CASPer requirements this May for the TMDSAS schools, there were 3 schools which listed CASPer and Duet as required.
I had a similar experience. The UTMB interview was actually very engaging and fun.
You're welcome - (& you wouldn't want to be incomplete at those other 2 schools either, right?)
I prematched and I didn’t get it either so maybe they’re just sending it in batches
They will only have beach parties for prematched people because they want to show how much fun it is going to be compared to other schools.
same here
spring break in Galveston here I come!
Okay that definitely calms my nerves! Was there like 10+ stations? Or less lol
UTMB's MMI was definitely one of the longer ones I've had, but its not that bad.
Hi, just wanted to reach out and say I ALSO got a post Interview Rejection from UTMB, so you are not alone. When I asked them to elaborate on some reasons how they came to their decision they basically told me to eff off and ask again in like March. Like, thanks for nothing I guess :') I think I must have just interviewed badly since I was very new to MMI but it would have been nice to confirm lol.
All of the info about timing/number of stations/etc is in the interview information tab in your AMP portal!
Wow, didnt realize UTMB is doing rejections before match day. @wysdoc Have they done this in previous years?
This is pretty shocking!
I got it a few days after, I think it was the 18th or something.
I am not exactly sure either, I figured maybe it was just me and they found a big red flag or I just had a terrible interview day or my interviewers were tired or something bc the vibes were NOT it. I was one of the last candidates for a group of very clearly tired and ready-to-go-home Interviewers who seemed like they could not wait to be done with me, lol. I guess I was not energetic enough to keep them captivated. So maybe that had something to do with it too. I am generally super chill and maybe they are looking for "energetic" and "captivating." I also think my answer to one of the ethical/philosophical/cultural stations was ill-recieved.
No confirmation for me
I would also love to know! Any current OOS students at UTMB lurking that could help?
Almost my exact same experience lol. I'd seriously taken UTMB off my list at one point because I believed there was little chance of any sort of acceptance. Then I prematch the first day.
I thought it woulda been the previous Friday based on last year's pattern, but no dice. I figure anything can happen now, but this Friday would be nice, unless the are planning to do a batch every month instead of every two weeks.
I can second this, thought I absolutely BOMBED my MMI. My first station was my first interview ever and I was stuttering through the entire thing. I got better after that but I will tell you at least 2 of my interviewers probably thought to themselves “what the heck is this kid talking about”. My answers were pretty out there which may have made me memorable but it didn’t seem like my interviewers were very receptive to them.
