2022-2023 UTMB (Sealy)

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Would appreciate if I can get some clarification of this process:
By April 15 do we have to enter plan to enroll
even if one has less then 3 acceptances and say a WL
Or can you just wait till April 30th to straight away add commit to enroll
This leads to my last question, by entering COE do you lose your WL spot
 
Max2022 said:
Would appreciate if I can get some clarification of this process:
By April 15 do we have to enter plan to enroll
even if one has less then 3 acceptances and say a WL
Or can you just wait till April 30th to straight away add commit to enroll
This leads to my last question, by entering COE do you lose your WL spot
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you don't have to plan to enroll until 30 april, but by that date you MUST choose a school. you can stay on waitlists if you only plan to enroll. commit to enroll has various deadlines i think, depending on the school, but by doing commit to enroll you DO lose your waitlist spots.
 
Max2022 said:
Would appreciate if I can get some clarification of this process:
By April 15 do we have to enter plan to enroll
even if one has less then 3 acceptances and say a WL
Or can you just wait till April 30th to straight away add commit to enroll
This leads to my last question, by entering COE do you lose your WL spot
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What is plan to enroll and commit to enroll?
 
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"It is your obligation to notify all schools where you hold a position in the class or are waitlisted, your intent to matriculate elsewhere by April 15, 2023, in order for your vacated position(s) to be offered to other applicants."

I got in off the waitlist and this sentence was copied and pasted directly from my offer letter. I already withdrew from the two out of state schools that I got into but to be honest there is one Texas school that I am waitlisted at that I would choose over utmb if given an offer. I thought the last day for waitlists was May 15 but my offer letter is saying I have to withdraw by tomorrow? Did anyone else get this in their letter? I don't want to get in trouble but I really don't want to take myself off the waitlist it's my dream school
 
rainbow458 said:
"It is your obligation to notify all schools where you hold a position in the class or are waitlisted, your intent to matriculate elsewhere by April 15, 2023, in order for your vacated position(s) to be offered to other applicants."

I got in off the waitlist and this sentence was copied and pasted directly from my offer letter. I already withdrew from the two out of state schools that I got into but to be honest there is one Texas school that I am waitlisted at that I would choose over utmb if given an offer. I thought the last day for waitlists was May 15 but my offer letter is saying I have to withdraw by tomorrow? Did anyone else get this in their letter? I don't want to get in trouble but I really don't want to take myself off the waitlist it's my dream school
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Sometimes a school will set deadlines that differ from or are earlier than the national PTE and CTE AMCAS deadlines.
Did you accept your offer from the UTMB WL? if so, that is all you need to do for now.
Other TMDSAS schools can see that you have an acceptance, but that doesn't remove you from consideration for TMDSAS WL offers until
May 15.
 
chicandtoughness said:
Where are you going? :O
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Most likely Penn State. Closer to home, has home programs, great alumni network, huge emphasis on humanities with bodes well with my writing background, smaller class size, etc…

I’ll decide on TAMU once I get my campus designation. But I’ll admit the partnership with the hospital down in the RGV makes me nervous because they could force my hand and make me go down there for a few rotations or something. The class just seems to get bigger and bigger which means some students are gonna be dealt bad hands
 
AstroSidekick said:
Most likely Penn State. Closer to home, has home programs, great alumni network, huge emphasis on humanities with bodes well with my writing background, smaller class size, etc…

I’ll decide on TAMU once I get my campus designation. But I’ll admit the partnership with the hospital down in the RGV makes me nervous because they could force my hand and make me go down there for a few rotations or something. The class just seems to get bigger and bigger which means some students are gonna be dealt bad hands
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Does A&M provide campus designation before enrollment?
 
texasvandy said:
Isnt there a huge tuition difference for Penn State? I thought instate was 50k.

There are lot of Texas kids who dont want to go to UT or A&M that go to Penn State or Arizona state for comparable student experience for undergrad.
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It would cost me an extra $25K per year but I think it's worth it, especially because I'm extremely serious about public service so there is a high likelihood I could get my loans forgiven after 10 years of min payments starting my first paycheck in residency
 
wysdoc said:
Sometimes a school will set deadlines that differ from or are earlier than the national PTE and CTE AMCAS deadlines.
Did you accept your offer from the UTMB WL? if so, that is all you need to do for now.
Other TMDSAS schools can see that you have an acceptance, but that doesn't remove you from consideration for TMDSAS WL offers until
May 15.
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so update I called and was told I do have withdraw 🙁
 
rainbow458 said:
so update I called and was told I do have withdraw 🙁
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Is this for a Texas school? You shouldn't have to withdraw from any waitlisted schools in TMDSAS with an acceptance yet? Does UTMB policy supersede TMDSAS?
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WAMCthrowaway said:
Is this for a Texas school? You shouldn't have to withdraw from any waitlisted schools in TMDSAS with an acceptance yet? Does UTMB policy supersede TMDSAS?
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I have seen the AMCAS schools do this at times & set an earlier commit date.
@rainbow458 did the right thing and called the school to double check.
If I get any different answer from TMDSAS I will post it here, y'all.
 
wysdoc said:
I have seen the AMCAS schools do this at times & set an earlier commit date.
@rainbow458 did the right thing and called the school to double check.
If I get any different answer from TMDSAS I will post it here, y'all.
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I’m confused because I called UTMB earlier this week with the same question (because I am also on the waitlist for a school I ranked higher) and they told me I do not have to withdraw from the waitlist.
 
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happymed288 said:
I’m confused because I called UTMB earlier this week with the same question (because I am also on the waitlist for a school I ranked higher) and they told me I do not have to withdraw from the waitlist.
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Was the April 15th deadline in your offer letter as well? The explanation I was given is that since utmb starts earlier than others, they want to have their class finalized early.
I've written the draft but haven't pressed send on my withdrawal email to my top choice yet. Now I'm second guessing things again if they told someone else its fine to stay on their waitlists...
 
I wonder if the waitlist acceptances are being told they can't be on other waitlists. Since they are offering you a seat off the waitlist, they want to make sure you consider them their top choice or else they will go to the next person on list.

I dont believe the currently admitted students (those that prematched or matched on match day) are being asked to get off their own waitlists.
 
beegmamamuskrat said:
Am I correct in assuming that today will likely be a wave of acceptance calls with people moving schools, but that there could still be WL movement all the way until the matriculation date?
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What happens is that people are required to go down to 3 schools (primarily OOS since Texas residents are down to 1 in Texas already) and so some are paring down their Texas admissions. It is upto the schools to decide whether they admit other OOS when they lose some or admit IS for those openings since OOS admissions are carefully measured (try to hold to 10% or less) sforo when they lose one, it is an actual opening for the school.

Early May they need to further reduce to a single admission which means some have given up 2 more admissions, whether in Texas or elsewhere. This is when IS students might actually give up a Texas admission to go OOS and slots can open up, normally at higher tiered schools causing a ripple effect. If nothing changes in the first 10-15 days of May, most likely the season is over. It is very rare that things happen after 15th if it does, it is primarily for someone with zero IS admissions.

edit: I see @wysdoc is predicting movement only after 30th. The 2nd paragraph here is why.
 
texasvandy said:
What happens is that people are required to go down to 3 schools (primarily OOS since Texas residents are down to 1 in Texas already) and so some are paring down their Texas admissions. It is upto the schools to decide whether they admit other OOS when they lose some or admit IS for those openings since OOS admissions are carefully measured (try to hold to 10% or less) sforo when they lose one, it is an actual opening for the school.

Early May they need to further reduce to a single admission which means some have given up 2 more admissions, whether in Texas or elsewhere. This is when IS students might actually give up a Texas admission to go OOS and slots can open up, normally at higher tiered schools causing a ripple effect. If nothing changes in the first 10-15 days of May, most likely the season is over. It is very rare that things happen after 15th if it does, it is primarily for someone with zero IS admissions.

edit: I see @wysdoc is predicting movement only after 30th. The 2nd paragraph here is why.
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Yep, because people are procrastinators and will put off their decisions until the April 30 date.
Then schools need a minute to count up any emptied spaces and decide whom to invite from the WL.
 
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texasvandy said:
I wonder if the waitlist acceptances are being told they can't be on other waitlists. Since they are offering you a seat off the waitlist, they want to make sure you consider them their top choice or else they will go to the next person on list.

I dont believe the currently admitted students (those that prematched or matched on match day) are being asked to get off their own waitlists.
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This is a bit confusing
If you have prematched then get off a WL.
Now you hold 2 TX admissions, so you withdraw from one by April 15. What if you get off WL after 15th April
 
Max2022 said:
This is a bit confusing
If you have prematched then get off a WL.
Now you hold 2 TX admissions, so you withdraw from one by April 15. What if you get off WL after 15th April
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You never hold two admissions in Texas IS past match. You are accepting your waitlist offer with the expectation that you are turning down the admission you are holding. You are allowed to turn down the waitlist offer and keep what you have.

I am saying UTMB might be recommending that you make them your final choice when they offer you a spot from the WL by asking you to cancel all other waitlists or else dont even accept it.
 
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