2024-2025 McGovern

[themddream]

I’m pretty sure that schools can see if you have a match but they don’t don’t know what your rankings were. When I went to the preview weekend, McGovern dean mentioned that schools have to contact each other if they want to accept an already matched student

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[another-premed]

Hi everyone 🙂 This is my first post on SDN, so I'm sorry that it's a bit awkward and that I'm changing the subject. I just recently got off the WL so I'm currently scrambling through a long to-do list and lots of big life changes.

I'm writing to see if someone might be able to help me check just one thing off my list--transcripts. I'm very confused about it and what I'm supposed to do. I'm supposed to submit to TMDSAS and McGovern separately, right? I got the request email from TMDSAS, but when I go into the portal, there's nothing there (can't see my application beyond a pdf, no [status] page, nothing). For McGovern, do I just download/send the transcripts to myself (from Parchment and Clearinghouse), and then from there send the pdfs to the email they provided on the '2025 Entering Class Checklist' page?

I'm sorry if this is actually meant to be straightforward and I'm just not getting, but if someone could please help an anxious, overwhelmed girl out, I'd really appreciate it 🙂

 

[etxaccepted36]

Hi everyone 🙂 This is my first post on SDN, so I'm sorry that it's a bit awkward and that I'm changing the subject. I just recently got off the WL so I'm currently scrambling through a long to-do list and lots of big life changes.

I'm writing to see if someone might be able to help me check just one thing off my list--transcripts. I'm very confused about it and what I'm supposed to do. I'm supposed to submit to TMDSAS and McGovern separately, right? I got the request email from TMDSAS, but when I go into the portal, there's nothing there (can't see my application beyond a pdf, no [status] page, nothing). For McGovern, do I just download/send the transcripts to myself (from Parchment and Clearinghouse), and then from there send the pdfs to the email they provided on the '2025 Entering Class Checklist' page?

I'm sorry if this is actually meant to be straightforward and I'm just not getting, but if someone could please help an anxious, overwhelmed girl out, I'd really appreciate it 🙂

Congrats, future classmate! 🙂

I sent my transcripts separately to TMDSAS and McGovern. I was able to send mine directly to McGovern (may also be UT Health Houston depending on the service) and did not have to get them myself and then send. I’m not sure what the TMDSAS issue is, if this is your first A that may be why it’s funky. It doesn’t hurt to send them a message to double check, usually they’re pretty quick at getting back to you!

Feel free to PM about other specific checklist items! You should be able to submit a scholarship application until June so definitely be sure you remember that 🙂

 

[wysdoc]

Hi everyone 🙂 This is my first post on SDN, so I'm sorry that it's a bit awkward and that I'm changing the subject. I just recently got off the WL so I'm currently scrambling through a long to-do list and lots of big life changes.

I'm writing to see if someone might be able to help me check just one thing off my list--transcripts. I'm very confused about it and what I'm supposed to do. I'm supposed to submit to TMDSAS and McGovern separately, right? I got the request email from TMDSAS, but when I go into the portal, there's nothing there (can't see my application beyond a pdf, no [status] page, nothing). For McGovern, do I just download/send the transcripts to myself (from Parchment and Clearinghouse), and then from there send the pdfs to the email they provided on the '2025 Entering Class Checklist' page?

I'm sorry if this is actually meant to be straightforward and I'm just not getting, but if someone could please help an anxious, overwhelmed girl out, I'd really appreciate it 🙂

Official transcripts have to go directly from your college to the school, not passing through you as an intermediate step.
Request your college to send the transcript directly to McGovern, at the email address McGovern gave you.

Transcript directions for TMDSAS Transcripts
Sorry, they are as clear as mud 🙄

 

[another-premed]

Congrats, future classmate! 🙂

I sent my transcripts separately to TMDSAS and McGovern. I was able to send mine directly to McGovern (may also be UT Health Houston depending on the service) and did not have to get them myself and then send. I’m not sure what the TMDSAS issue is, if this is your first A that may be why it’s funky. It doesn’t hurt to send them a message to double check, usually they’re pretty quick at getting back to you!

Feel free to PM about other specific checklist items! You should be able to submit a scholarship application until June so definitely be sure you remember that 🙂

Okay, got!! Thank you so much for clarifying that for me! It actually makes me feel much better to know my TMDSAS portal is not supposed to be doing that and it's not just me haha (it is my first A, so that makes sense because it seems like they've just deemed the cycle over for me and closed my access to that application). I just sent them a message, so hopefully they'll be able to help me with that soon!!

I am already anticipating having questions about other checklist items, so I'll definitely PM you if I'm lost again haha, thank you!!

 

[another-premed]

Official transcripts have to go directly from your college to the school, not passing through you as an intermediate step.
Request your college to send the transcript directly to McGovern, at the email address McGovern gave you.

Transcript directions for TMDSAS Transcripts
Sorry, they are as clear as mud 🙄

Yes, you're totally right about that, my bad! It's just been a minute since the last time I sent transcripts electronically, so I was a bit fuzzy on the details and wanted to have it all clear before doing it (because knowing me, I would mess it up and have to pay for it twice :/). Thank you for clarifying that for me! TBD regarding TMDSAS haha, hopefully it's just an issue on their end and they'll be able to help me out soon.

 

[tubtubtimes]

Hi I got an IS A from the waitlist yesterday too!! successful 1 II -> 1 WL -> 1A story!

 

[PolarIceLongLastingFlavor]

I’m pretty sure that schools can see if you have a match but they don’t don’t know what your rankings were. When I went to the preview weekend, McGovern dean mentioned that schools have to contact each other if they want to accept an already matched student

That's an interesting comment lol... so like.. what is the other adcom supposed to say when one adcom says they want to take a student from them lol

 

[greenfuzzypeople]

That's an interesting comment lol... so like.. what is the other adcom supposed to say when one adcom says they want to take a student from them lol

I think it’s prob just so that the school is aware and can prepare to fill the spot if needed

 

[BigBroBeans23]

I’m pretty sure that schools can see if you have a match but they don’t don’t know what your rankings were. When I went to the preview weekend, McGovern dean mentioned that schools have to contact each other if they want to accept an already matched student

Throwing us applicants on the trade block.

 

[etxaccepted36]

That's an interesting comment lol... so like.. what is the other adcom supposed to say when one adcom says they want to take a student from them lol

If you’re Nico Harrison, you simply send them to the other school even if that student is perfectly happy where they are

 

[PolarIceLongLastingFlavor]

Throwing us applicants on the trade block.

defense wins championships 😛

 

[PolarIceLongLastingFlavor]

If you’re Nico Harrison, you simply send them to the other school even if that student is perfectly happy where they are

no thats wrong. you wait till they sign the lease to the apartment, move in, meet their classmates, then 5 minutes before orientation you stop them at the door and tell them to pack their sunscreen because they just got traded.

 

[wysdoc]

I know you guys are bantering here, but for future people who might come back and read the last few posts I'd like to clarify:

Med school admissions are not like pro sports: you can't be traded to another school like a player can be traded to another team, without your consent.
If you get an offer from a WL and you are already accepted in Texas, you have the choice, to stay or trade.

All this trading up ends tomorrow by 5 PM.
The TMDSAS directors respect this deadline and will get any more planned offers made tomorrow.

After that, people could still withdraw from a TMDSAS class to go to a new offer OOS. Any gaps crated by this action will be filled with Waitlisted students who have no present TMDSAS acceptances.

The thing @greenfuzzypeople mentioned is pretty rare and refers to an admissions director asking to take a student who has already committed (CTE) to another school. The other school can say, "no, you can't have him!"