Also current MS1 and agree with everything! I’ve never been a campus studier in the past but my amazing classmates have been very nice and helpful 🙂 I was also worried coming in having heard about the “toxic” environment but that hasn’t been the case at all.
Never heard of any such preferences. They count for your research/ECs but they are not special because one did them at UTSW.
Thanks -- appreciate your insight! I did one of their high school programs, and worked with a renowned prof who wrote me a letter for undergraduate admissions but decided not to include for medical school applications since it was over 6 years ago.
What was the vibe of the interviews like? Are there any ethics/healthcare questions?
Super chill interviews for me, they were both very much like casual conversations. I think the types of questions are very interviewer-dependent. I personally didn’t have any ethics qs but some of my friends said they did!
I had an ethics question in one of my interviews. Also, they may match you with interviewers that match your application. Both my interviews were with people who had extensive experience in the field that I work in
I didn't know UTSW employed masons
The presence or absence of a ethics/healthcare question or any difficult question will greatly be dependent on your interviewer. Some may choose to ask you them, some may not. At the end of my interview, the my interviewer asked me 2 random out of the blue brain teasers where I had to think on my feet.
That's wild lol.
Still in disbelief that exactly 1 year ago I was in the same spot as you. Best of luck, you're gonna do great 🤠
It’s rare to get interviews from all the schools.
I think they send Pre-II emails when they finish interviews. On the other hand, not to be superstitious, but I randomly decided checked my portal today to make sure my LORs are in and for some reason the AMP portal says my password is expired. Updated the password. Probably totally unrelated but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
That's exactly what I was looking for, thank you! And yes, I've been very, very grateful for the luck I've had so far, I was just hoping to hear from UTSW since they're so close to home - still have a few months, but if not, life's tough, onwards and upwards, and all that. Thanks wysdoc 🙂
late November are probably the last invites and you are not out until they have run out of dates to fill.
100%, thank you 🙂 I was just worried since everyone I know with similar stats to mine was interviewed by now at this point last year, but I’m slowly learning that comparison is the thief of joy and all that. I’ll just focus on the interviews I do have right now, and what happens, happens.
idk about waves but like 1/4 of the people in my interview week were from OOS schools
AM starts at 9:30am.
The best way to get an interview at UTSW is to be instate attending a big name OOS school.
Eh, that might help with getting an interview, but the schools with the most representation in our class are UT Austin and Rice.
If they are interviewed, they usually get admitted. Doesnt mean they have to show up. 🙂
As a BYU student, I can confirm that tons of kids from my school end up at Southwestern/Baylor/Long/TTech
Sampling bias from reddit/SDN most likely. Also considering it is a great state school, the percentiles may be skewed at that school. Schools with more rigorous undergrad curriculum likely prepare students better for the MCAT on average. This is not to say that someone that isn't from an established state school CAN'T do well on the MCAT, it's just less likely.
Trust me, there are definitely BYU students who do not score that highly, several of my friends are in the 500-515 range. However, nearly all of the BYU students who end up at Texas schools scored a 520+. That being said, because several Texas schools have nearly half of their OOS matriculants coming from BYU, it seems like a lot of people
Don't know if you meant BYU is a great state school as in it is a great school that much of the state goes to, but it is a private institution, not a public state university
How many of you at UTSW and how many are instate?
I'm not at UTSW, just have friends who went. I know they usually take around 5/year from BYU. Baylor takes around 6-8 and Long usually takes 10+ (also like 15 or so combined at the two Techs).
Very attractive attribute in a future doc for most medical schools that someone believes in service and have already spent 2 years of their life doing so.
my mom says im very attractive
Let's goooooo we love a good OOS underdog story! Only 1 so far for me, hoping to be in the same boat 🤞OOS II!! No ties to TX
LM 81, submitted on 6/12
TMDSAS is turning out to have been a good investment for me so far
Let's goooooo we love a good OOS underdog story! Only 1 so far for me, hoping to be in the same boat
I am in the same boat and still optimistic. It’s early in the cycle. It isn’t over till its over. Hang in there!! You never know when that coveted email will appear in your inbox 🙂
Still some time
Also for all its worth, I sent an update a couple of weeks ago with some meaningful updates which may have made them re -review my file. Hadn't heard anything from them or other Texas schools since submissions. So if you have anything to update them on, it could be worth your time.
some of the schools:
I wonder how these percentages account for the match system? Would it skew the data or is it generally the same?
Wait you're right, that's a misread on me, those technically aren't "A's", just people who matriculated. Forgot about how the match and prematch messes with things. I don't think we will ever know the true acceptance data unless they give it to us.
