Check out my post over here: What the heck is a pre-match?
thanks man, youre great for helping with this.
do you have a solid acceptance elsewhere already? congratulations
As far as I know, I think you can send them but it wont affect if you get an acceptance or prematch.
Received 2nd on 08/21 and submitted it on 08/24
Congratulations -
I interviewed early September and wasn't included in the first batch of prematches. I did get a pm a few days ago tho. I think it's just based on ranking rather than the date of interview. My guess is that they had some ppl withdraw their app after they got accepted elsewhere so now there's sending more. If you haven't received a prematch, there's still a chance you will.
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Just wanted to add on to this as a student. From what I hear from other students, We all feel pretty free to choose the specialty that we want. That still means that if you want to do a more competitive specialty, you will need to work harder to stand out more and be competitive. There is the typical specialties that have more of a DO bias but what can you do haha I feel supported with my residency options!Residency match data here:
Residency Placement Data
TCOM graduates one of the highest percentages of primary care physicians in the nation, while a majority of our graduates enter primary care.
58% of graduates matched into primary care (IM, FM, Peds) last year which makes sense given school's mission. But good number of other specializations as well (PM&R, Anesthesiology, Psych, OBGYN, EM, etc.).
It's one of the most highly regarded DO schools in the country so I don't think attending there would necessarily limit you from specializing.
We have a lot of resources and also time set apart second year to study for COMLEX
LM 63 / WARS 66 / Admit.org ~400 / MCAT mid 500 / GPA ~3.8
Congrats!!! Did you have a lot of DO based ECs? My stats are very similar to yours but I’m lacking in DO shadowing and wasn’t sure if this is the reason I haven’t heard from TCOM yet
Thanks! I think what *may* have helped me is sending a LOR by a DO doc I've worked with in addition to the MD letter I had from scribing in the Emergency Dept (4 letters). I also mentioned meeting a new TCOM alum/attending working in the same department I met really recently - like Sept/Oct in my secondary (different from the letter writer) and what I liked specifically about how they work clinically (osteopathic values, their additional training in addiction med, etc.). They were really nice to voluntarily email someone they know at TCOM on behalf of me, but I am not sure if that carried any weight. I consider myself really lucky to be assigned to an ED with so many providers to have opportunities like this that I didn't expect, since I didn't want the ED in the first place.
I agree with this. Having DO experience went a long way to get the acceptance. I also had a lot of clinical hours which allowed me to show my experience.
Thanks for the heads-up! By 15% of the class, do you mean that 15% of the class is chosen randomly to be sent to rotations away at those satellite sites? Does this change for every rotation block? Like 1 set of students go to satellite sites and for the next rotation the same thing happens with a different set of students? Or do the same set of students get assigned to 1 satellite site? I know my questions might not make sense, but I'm just not 100% familiar with the process of rotations (and away rotations) in general.
They will spend their entire 3rd year at a remote site. You do submit a preference list and they take Title IX, ADA accommodations into account. DO/PHD stays in FW.
They will likely continue a few more weeks to early December, if last year's pattern continues.
Hey, I was just curious about how the anatomy lab is doing now? Are they still doing it, etc. No worries if you can not answer this.
Hey! Current 4th year here with time to kill now. Definitely good "work-life balance". We have flipped classroom style pre-recorded lectures with a live review session the next day. These are also recorded, so besides required in-person classes like OMM, anatomy lab, professional development classes (clinical communications, physical exam, some extra classes) you can really tailor your study schedule to fit your life the best. OMM lab is usually once a week, anatomy lab 2-3 times a week during the first semester of first year + January of second semester. Since most things are pre-recorded, you have plenty of time to hangout with friends + family, workout, enjoy hobbies, etc.
As of now, they've removed/ are removing any cadavers/ prosections that were part of the unclaimed bodies. Anatomy lab is still on-going with anatomy TAs and faculty creating prosections/ dissecting cadavers as needed with donors whose bodies were knowingly donated to the program
Amazing info, thank you SO much!!!
When were you complete?
Assuming the questions have not changed much since I was there, you will receive a mix of traditional interview question rooms and scenario-based rooms. Prepare for both.
Completed 6/28
Stats please
MCAT 508 GPA 3.9
