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well they will be darn proud someone listens during their orientation sessionsThat's where I must have heard it from 🤣
well they will be darn proud someone listens during their orientation sessionsThat's where I must have heard it from 🤣
Remember a letter of intent is only sent to one school.Hello all, pretty new here. I was wondering since UTMB is pretty pre-match heavy (not pre-matching to this school) and that I just had my interview last week, would it be appropriate to write a letter of intent to this school (JSSOM's website states that they do in fact accept these). After the orientation and having had some friends graduate from the program and rave about it, I would love to be able to go here. Would that be alright and what would be a good time estimate to send it in by? Thanks a lot for the great information already on this thread too!
Thanks for sharing this update, I hope it will save UTMB lots of panicky calls from people wanting a pre-match offer!the associate dean mentioned during orientation that UTMB will not release prematches starting October 15th this year, but later in December. he mentioned they're implementing this change in the name of equity and giving equal weight to more interviews. didn't have much time to ask about it further
the associate dean mentioned during orientation that UTMB will not release prematches starting October 15th this year, but later in December. he mentioned they're implementing this change in the name of equity and giving equal weight to more interviews. didn't have much time to ask about it further
Does this change anything for OOS interviews and acceptances?the associate dean mentioned during orientation that UTMB will not release prematches starting October 15th this year, but later in December. he mentioned they're implementing this change in the name of equity and giving equal weight to more interviews. didn't have much time to ask about it further
It just means they will consider a larger pool for issuing first set of prematches.Thanks for sharing this! Does that mean early interviews don’t have an advantage?
Are the prematches same as acceptanceIt just means they will consider a larger pool for issuing first set of prematches.
If they issued 200 in October, 50 in November and 50 in December, they will issue 300 all in December.
That 300 number never made sense to me for october prematches. It would for a december date.
A prematch offer is a true acceptance offer, yesAre the prematches same as acceptance
It is called a prematch for Texas residents since they are allowed to keep only one admission in TMDSAS when the match process happens in February whether they get 1 prematch or 8 prematches. Essentially Texas residents have a single Match and may be some waitlists once match is complete if they received prematches.A prematch offer is a true acceptance offer, yes
It is called a prematch for Texas residents since they are allowed to keep only one admission in TMDSAS when the match process happens in February whether they get 1 prematch or 8 prematches. Essentially Texas residents have a single Match and may be some waitlists once match is complete if they received prematches.
If you only match to C, you will be on waitlist for B and A until May 15th.Hypothetical TMDSAS scenario
I interview with 3 schools A,B and C.
I don’t receive any prematch offers (either because the school is not prematch heavy or I wasn’t very high in their list).
I rank them as follows:
1. School A
2.School B
3. School C
I am accepted at school A and therefore match there. Do I ever know if I was accepted at schools B or C?
You will not know this. If you Match to school A on Match Day that is what you will see on your TMDSAS portal.Hypothetical TMDSAS scenario
I interview with 3 schools A,B and C.
I don’t receive any prematch offers (either because the school is not prematch heavy or I wasn’t very high in their list).
I rank them as follows:
1. School A
2.School B
3. School C
I am accepted at school A and therefore match there. Do I ever know if I was accepted at schools B or C?
You will not know this. If you Match to school A on Match Day that is what you will see on your TMDSAS portal.
If on the other hand you match at school B, you could be offered a WL spot at school A, and could possibly get in there between Match Day and May 15th.
manifesting this issue for myself lol...So going with the hypothetical case that I match with School B and later offered a WL spot at school A, this is only an offer to go to school A correct ? In other words, I am not obligated to give up my acceptance at school B and accept the newly opened spot at school A ?
From past threads, if someone is on waitlist (not every school automatically puts you on waitlist btw - some schools reject some who interviewed while putting others on waitlist) for a specific school after the match and they have already matched elsewhere, they will be offered an admission they must accept or turn down. If they do accept, they need to go back to other school where they matched to let them know they are giving up their seat.So going with the hypothetical case that I match with School B and later offered a WL spot at school A, this is only an offer to go to school A correct ? In other words, I am not obligated to give up my acceptance at school B and accept the newly opened spot at school A ?
Correct. You are never forced to take an offer from a WL and are free to accept it, or stay with your current school. If by then you are happy with plans for school B you can also take yourself off any WLs.So going with the hypothetical case that I match with School B and later offered a WL spot at school A, this is only an offer to go to school A correct ? In other words, I am not obligated to give up my acceptance at school B and accept the newly opened spot at school A ?
Correct. You can hear of an offer any time after October 15out of state residents dont undergo the match right?
If I recall correctly, my interview day lasted roughly a little over an hour (closer to an hour and a half). I would reserve 2 hours (or more) just in case. I also did my interview in my dorm room, and it was fine.About how long does the actual day of the interview take? I’m trying to reserve a room so that I don’t have to take it in my dorm
Wait until you get an offer, that’s when they go over your courses in more detailIf I wanted to ask UTMB to use my excess biochem credits/waive the 1 deficient credit for my org. chem requirement, as they say on their website, is that something that I can do any time after I have interviewed, or would it be best to wait until after they've made a decision on my application?
thank you!Wait until you get an offer, that’s when they go over your courses in more detail
+ 1just received an update email reiterating UTMB will not be sending any prematch offers until December 🙂
I got it too and even though I knew that already, wow the whirlwind of excitement to disappointment I experienced LOLjust received an update email reiterating UTMB will not be sending any prematch offers until December 🙂
Just received this email to confirm this.the associate dean mentioned during orientation that UTMB will not release prematches starting October 15th this year, but later in December. he mentioned they're implementing this change in the name of equity and giving equal weight to more interviews. didn't have much time to ask about it further
hang in there! the fact that they're not giving out PMs until December means they're waiting for awesome applicants like YOU to interview 😃man team pre II here...feels like yall are the upperclassmen lol
About to interview here! First and only interview so far…so nervous but so excited based on what others in this thread have said!
Could anyone who has interviewed already confirm if we are allowed to take notes on the prompt (like to jot down my thoughts on my laptop) before we answer the MMI question in the interview during the 3 minutes of prep? I assume so but just want to make sure!
yk what...urr righttt..gonna go back into work now...motivatedhang in there! the fact that they're not giving out PMs until December means they're waiting for awesome applicants like YOU to interview 😃
yesss MOTIVATION!! 💪yk what...urr righttt..gonna go back into work now...motivated