2024-2025 UTMB (Sealy)

[texasresmed]

Lots of students live at Villas on the Strand and Oleanders. Cove is brand new as the person above said. I would recommend waiting until after match. People will start talking y a lot about housing and older students will begin posting who has open rooms in their house. Many ppl live in houses close to campus

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[bobsmith1872]

Lots of students live at Villas on the Strand and Oleanders. Cove is brand new as the person above said. I would recommend waiting until after match. People will start talking y a lot about housing and older students will begin posting who has open rooms in their house. Many ppl live in houses close to campus

Assuming will be easy enough to find a roommate as well if renting a whole house? Wondering how everybody else in prior years did it…and if it’s cheaper/better to go house vs apt.

 

[wysdoc]

Assuming will be easy enough to find a roommate as well if renting a whole house? Wondering how everybody else in prior years did it…and if it’s cheaper/better to go house vs apt.

Renting a house is a good option in the area too especially if you have a big dog/ need a yard

 

[texasresmed]

IMO finding roommates at UTMB is pretty easy. Tons of people in my class live together. Our class made a roommate spreadsheet after match and people found roommates that were looking for similar budget/ options and then looked for houses together. You can find local realtors to help you. Also, upper year students will post in the class GroupMe if their houses are going up for rent/if they have an open room. There are plenty of groups who have 3 to 4 people renting a house together. I like living in a house, but there are plenty of people who live in apartments in Galveston and enjoy that lifestyle as well. Cost wise, if you’re going to live by yourself, it’s going to be more expensive. You also have to consider many of the houses here are historic, and not energy, efficient, so utilities reflect that sometimes.

 

[texasresmed]

Also, I wouldn’t recommend rushing into anything. There will be plenty of options for whatever you’re looking for- apartments houses on island off island. They will talk about housing options at Spring Peak as well, which is usually mid March/early April.

 

[bobsmith1872]

IMO finding roommates at UTMB is pretty easy. Tons of people in my class live together. Our class made a roommate spreadsheet after match and people found roommates that were looking for similar budget/ options and then looked for houses together. You can find local realtors to help you. Also, upper year students will post in the class GroupMe if their houses are going up for rent/if they have an open room. There are plenty of groups who have 3 to 4 people renting a house together. I like living in a house, but there are plenty of people who live in apartments in Galveston and enjoy that lifestyle as well. Cost wise, if you’re going to live by yourself, it’s going to be more expensive. You also have to consider many of the houses here are historic, and not energy, efficient, so utilities reflect that sometimes.

Ok, thanks. Very helpful!

I assume "Spring Peak" is when they invite admitted students to tour, Q&A, etc. If so, also good to know.

Wasn't really planning on making any decisions this weekend; just wanted to come and check things out for myself since I'm not too familiar with the Galveston area.

 

[texasresmed]

Yes you are correct. And yes, it’s a beautiful weekend here! I highly recommend coming down. Galveston will also be having a huge Mardi Gras celebration over the Feb [emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]] weekend

 

[chicandtoughness]

Tomorrow is the judgement day
Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in Heaven has in store
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!!

Match Day tomorrow!! May the odds be ever in your favor! 😍

 

[bobsmith1872]

good luck to all tmrw!!

 

[chicandtoughness]

(don't 🤔 me wysdoc, my theatre kid heart will never be suppressed 😤)

Crossing my fingers that everyone hears some good news in the morning!!

 

[Interview Harvester 2.0]

Matched! Looking forward to meeting everyone!

 

[DendriteDreamer]

Matched! 🙂

 

[LM- Goat-]

waitlisted

 

[erewhonsmoothie]

matched!

 

[mckmed]

Matched! So excited!!

 

[neuroticpremed222]

Is there a wait list yet or if I did not hear back, then that was it? 🥲

 

[Tomiee]

waitlisted

Where can you check if it’s a WL or R?

 

[chicandtoughness]

They will send out waitlist emails to you. Please don’t spam admissions, they’re super busy coordinating all of that this week (and the weeks to come).

 

[striveformed]

waitlisted

Did u receive any email that you are waitlisted?

 

[spookyszn]

Any OOS ppl hear anything? I see no portal change and got no email 🙁

 

[medschoolplsaccept]

Any OOS ppl hear anything? I see no portal change and got no email 🙁

Same here. Was hoping to get something. Maybe later today?

 

[chicandtoughness]

OOS applicants do not participate in the match.

 

[spookyszn]

OOS applicants do not participate in the match.

this is so true. I was just hoping we'd hear back about some kind of decision lol. interviewed back in nov and i feel like they've said nothing so far which is probs normal for texas schools but one can hope lol

 

[spookyszn]

i think as far as this thread had seen, only one OOS received an A and that was in dec/jan? ik they only take up to 23 students oos or smth but dang 1 is so little

 

[Texascatlover]

Should we wait to be waitlisted to send Letter of Intent or just send it before?

 

[texasresmed]

Welcome everyone!!! Such an exciting day.

For those that haven’t heard, don’t lose all hope. Fingers crossed for waitlist.

 

[lemlow]

Matched :3 See y'all soon!

 

[Tomiee]

WL email right now. Good luck everyone.

 

[nontradtexan]

+1 waitlisted

 

[medschoolplsaccept]

OOS WL

 

[johnnycashiscool]

+1 waitlisted

same

 

[precand]

Wait listed as well. What can i do to move off waitlist. Or it’s all luck.

 

[Wimpy Simp]

WL

 

[neuroticpremed222]

Wait listed as well. What can i do to move off waitlist. Or it’s all luck.

Might just be luck tbh 🥲 praying for luck (WL too)

 

[Strawberry_odd]

+1 OOS Waitlist

 

[spookyszn]

so this school doesn't do Rs, everyone just gets WL if not A?

 

[wysdoc]

so this school doesn't do Rs, everyone just gets WL if not A?

they didn't put everyone on a WL as far as I know.
Some other TMDSAS schools do

 

[chicandtoughness]

so this school doesn't do Rs, everyone just gets WL if not A?

No, we're not an auto-waitlist. Last year there was ~200 on the WL and my year there was ~250.

 

[Cessna172]

+1 WL. How much WL movement is there at UTMB?

 

[thisishim]

No, we're not an auto-waitlist. Last year there ~200 on the WL and my year there was ~250.

Yeah i got an email saying im on an "alternate pool" which has 200 people.

 

[cleanyourroomplease]

+1 IS WL

 

[Solarry737]

Matched! Very excited!

 

[texasresmed]

I won’t post the link here since it is a public forum, but your Group me link has been posted on your Facebook page

 

[chicandtoughness]

We have a school-wide Discord as well that’s posted 🙂 (Discord has always been my preference but I guess younger students prefer GroupMe?) Either way, check out the links and ask us upperclassmen questions!

 

[hotdog1997]

Wait listed as well. What can i do to move off waitlist. Or it’s all luck.

I have a friend who is a MS2 who sent a letter with an update & expressing interest who came off the waitlist a couple of days later.

 

[deleted1205159]

Does anyone know when/if UTMB does drug tests?

 

[texasresmed]

Yes they do. It’s over the summer in May- June ish. And to my knowledge they can randomly test at any point in the program. If you have a medical reason/ exemption, you should talk with admissions and discuss your situation w them. I have heard of admissions offers being rescinded because of failure to pass the drug screen so keep that in mind. (There’s one that got booted from my class for this). Medical school and working with patients is a privilege and it requires a degree of professionalism.

 

[hotdog1997]

Does anyone know when/if UTMB does drug tests?

Yes, they do. I might be wrong, but I think it’s right before you start.

 

[infurno]

Quick question, but does anyone know when the MD/PhD results come out? I am OOS A for the med school and am unsure if that means if I am MD only or still under consideration for MD/PhD. The offer letter is unclear and I found conflicting info online. Wanted to be sure before I sent an email asking.

 

[wysdoc]

Quick question, but does anyone know when the MD/PhD results come out? I am OOS A for the med school and am unsure if that means if I am MD only or still under consideration for MD/PhD. The offer letter is unclear and I found conflicting info online. Wanted to be sure before I sent an email asking.

On the Physician Scientist forum I only saw one person share a UTMB acceptance from January.
I think it would be appropriate to send a continued interest/update email to the MD/PhD committee and see where you stand