2025-2026 Baylor

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Does anyone who prematched remember when Baylor said the offer letter would be sent? I'm sorry, I was in such shock that I don't remember at all haha
 
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trafalgarlaws said:
Does anyone if we are required to submit the ACK form and pay the deposit in order to hold the prematch offer?
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Based on the way the ACK form was worded at the top (along the lines of holding your spot until deposit deadline) I went ahead and submitted it, but the deposit is definitely not due until Apr 30th. Seems to be consensus from last year's thread as well.
 
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Has anyone heard anything official from Baylor as to whether a prematch would increase the campus preference chances or is it still pure lottery? Are prematches at the top of the waitlist for Houston campus for example?

Sorry I’m having trouble differentiating what is speculation and what’s not!
 
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Vanilla Rice said:
Has anyone heard anything official from Baylor as to whether a prematch would increase the campus preference chances or is it still pure lottery? Are prematches at the top of the waitlist for Houston campus for example?

Sorry I’m having trouble differentiating what is speculation and what’s not!
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Here's the process:
After Match Day you will fill out a campus preference choice survey.
You can mark Houston preferred, Temple preferred, or no preference.
They will try to give you your first choice.
The only preference I have heard of is: MSTP in Houston, and sometimes spouse's job in Houston could make Houston more likely.
If someone drops Baylor after Match Day (usually due to an OOS offer they prefer) some changing can happen.
 
Vanilla Rice said:
That’s awesome! What is your reasoning if you don’t mind me asking?
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Sure! Some of the reasons: close, tight-knit community which makes forming connections with faculty easier since there are fewer med students around. BSW is a historically strong teaching hospital, the cost of living is lower, commuting in the temple Med Center is relatively easy, and the newer med school facilities are nice. I also have some more personal reasons as well

I’m excited to go, hope to see some of y’all there 🙂
 
jellycat1 said:
Sure! Some of the reasons: close, tight-knit community which makes forming connections with faculty easier since there are fewer med students around. BSW is a historically strong teaching hospital, the cost of living is lower, commuting in the temple Med Center is relatively easy, and the newer med school facilities are nice. I also have some more personal reasons as well

I’m excited to go, hope to see some of y’all there 🙂
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Glad to see I’m not the only one with this mindset. Now I just hope I have the opportunity to make that choice
fishbonehole said:
Been lurking previous years' threads, it looks like there won't be any more new til match day, right?
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I had a friend prematch in January a few years ago, but it seems like the trend has changed since then.
 
Every school should re-consider what the pre-match accomplishes. It hands a free option to the pre-matched candidate while sowing uncertainty and doubt into the other applicants. If I am not pre-matched, am I supposed to think of myself a tier two candidate for the school?? I will prefer the schools that do very little pre-matches. Don't mean any disrespect towards the pre-matched candidates.
 
kitkatlover said:
I know what you mean and how you feel at this point in the cycle, but schools do know what the prematch accomplishes. That’s why only a few people get them, because those candidates indeed are in some fashion a better and strong fit for a certain school whether that’s their stats, experiences, etc. It doesn’t necessarily mean you are a tier two candidate, nor does it mean you won’t be accepted later.

From one adcom I spoke to, after everyone has interviewed each applicant receives a number composite consisting of their primary, secondary, and interview with all components having a weight. After a large enough pool of applicants are scored, offers start to go out. There’s so much behind the scenes we don’t know in terms of how many “points” stats, EC’s, interviews, and other parts of our application weigh. That being said, you could be under the cutoff for a prematch by a few points, and potentially the match will grant you an offer. Uncertainty is frustrating, but it will all work out.
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Thanks for the comment. I agree that we do not have a window into the school's perspective. However, each school is unaware of what their peers are doing. Much like the better candidates are getting more interview requests, the better candidates are also piling up more pre-matches. And they can only pick one school !! Much of the pre-match activity will end up becoming redundant. Why not run one match process at the end instead of sending out offers for 2-3x times the number of slots..It feels like a more efficient approach to me. Most importantly, it reduces the emotional toll on the applicant pool.
 
Frostrow said:
Thanks for the comment. I agree that we do not have a window into the school's perspective. However, each school is unaware of what their peers are doing. Much like the better candidates are getting more interview requests, the better candidates are also piling up more pre-matches. And they can only pick one school !! Much of the pre-match activity will end up becoming redundant. Why not run one match process at the end instead of sending out offers for 2-3x times the number of slots..It feels like a more efficient approach to me. Most importantly, it reduces the emotional toll on the applicant pool.
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Texas has one of the best processes for medical schools, deciding early on via match to eliminate multiple admissions and adding a lot more people to be admitted by February.

The prematches are the schools' wish list of the students they would like to have, which usually ends up being about 50-70% of the same applicants at every school. The match process then lets the applicant choose their top choice (someone with 7 prematches or 1 can still settle on only one at the end of January) and then try to add more who interviewed but didnt prematch during the same ranking process. In reality as @wysdoc says everytime when someone brings it up, most people in Texas are waiting for their first admission in the match.

This match date is very comparable to many national schools official admission announcements.
 
texasvandy said:
Texas has one of the best processes for medical schools, deciding early on via match to eliminate multiple admissions and adding a lot more people to be admitted by February.

The prematches are the schools' wish list of the students they would like to have, which usually ends up being about 50-70% of the same applicants at every school. The match process then lets the applicant choose their top choice (someone with 7 prematches or 1 can still settle on only one at the end of January) and then try to add more who interviewed but didnt prematch during the same ranking process. In reality as @wysdoc says everytime when someone brings it up, most people in Texas are waiting for their first admission in the match.

This match date is very comparable to many national schools official admission announcements.
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Thanks @texasvandy
I appreciate the prematch offers as a way to allow those who get one to take the pressure off themselves just a little - they can know they are going to start school and not need to apply again.

I hate to see it as an expected thing so that it makes people who don’t get a prematch offer feel like they have already lost.

Most of you will find out on match day. The dudes who got several prematches can only attend one school, match day will redistribute the wealth.
 
texasvandy said:
Texas has one of the best processes for medical schools, deciding early on via match to eliminate multiple admissions and adding a lot more people to be admitted by February.

The prematches are the schools' wish list of the students they would like to have, which usually ends up being about 50-70% of the same applicants at every school. The match process then lets the applicant choose their top choice (someone with 7 prematches or 1 can still settle on only one at the end of January) and then try to add more who interviewed but didnt prematch during the same ranking process. In reality as @wysdoc says everytime when someone brings it up, most people in Texas are waiting for their first admission in the match.

This match date is very comparable to many national schools official admission announcements.
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I agree that Texas has a very good process for matching candidates. It can be made better though! Maybe they should have a Jan 15th deadline for all those who have multiple pre-matches to release everything except their top choice. This will give the schools more clarity on how many candidates are actually headed their way when they prepare their lists.
 
Frostrow said:
I agree that Texas has a very good process for matching candidates. It can be made better though! Maybe they should have a Jan 15th deadline for all those who have multiple pre-matches to release everything except their top choice. This will give the schools more clarity on how many candidates are actually headed their way when they prepare their lists.
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Really not a necessary extra step. The individual applicants should make their choices via ranking for match which will handle those multiple offers.
 
Frostrow said:
I agree that Texas has a very good process for matching candidates. It can be made better though! Maybe they should have a Jan 15th deadline for all those who have multiple pre-matches to release everything except their top choice. This will give the schools more clarity on how many candidates are actually headed their way when they prepare their lists.
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No school is offering more prematches than seats available. I’m pretty sure that isn’t allowed anyways since that can create issues if they have more students accepted than seats available…

I understand very well how the whole prematch thing stresses people out. Many of us are used to being the top of the pack - after all, that’s the reason we’re here now applying for a highly coveted seat in medical school. However, all of these top dogs are now in the same race, so really, you’re at best slightly above average in comparison with your fellow applicants. That doesn’t mean you’re unqualified or second rate… it’s just sampling bias. I had to deal with this last year so I get where you’re coming from.

You have to find a way to tune out the noise. I PROMISE you, once you’re in, literally nobody cares about whether you prematched or not. Once you’re in, you’re a medical student, just like your classmates. You’re all on the same level. However, the whole comparison thing will be a huge issue later on because you WILL have brilliant classmates that make you think “man, I wish I were them” while not realizing there are plenty of people thinking the same thing about you.

The extra reassurance is nice but ultimately match day makes it all irrelevant. Try to hang in there till then. <3
 
etxmedstudent36 said:
No school is offering more prematches than seats available. I’m pretty sure that isn’t allowed anyways since that can create issues if they have more students accepted than seats available…

I understand very well how the whole prematch thing stresses people out. Many of us are used to being the top of the pack - after all, that’s the reason we’re here now applying for a highly coveted seat in medical school. However, all of these top dogs are now in the same race, so really, you’re at best slightly above average in comparison with your fellow applicants. That doesn’t mean you’re unqualified or second rate… it’s just sampling bias. I had to deal with this last year so I get where you’re coming from.

You have to find a way to tune out the noise. I PROMISE you, once you’re in, literally nobody cares about whether you prematched or not. Once you’re in, you’re a medical student, just like your classmates. You’re all on the same level. However, the whole comparison thing will be a huge issue later on because you WILL have brilliant classmates that make you think “man, I wish I were them” while not realizing there are plenty of people thinking the same thing about you.

The extra reassurance is nice but ultimately match day makes it all irrelevant. Try to hang in there till then. <3
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They have made mistakes offering more prematches in the past (A&M and UTSW being recent examples) when Baylor was not part of the match or when they just entered the match. Essentially, many were able to hold a spot both in UTSW or some other Texas school as well as Baylor from AMCAS.

I dont believe they make such mistakes any more.
 
Has somebody compiled a list of the cultural attributes of each of the Texas schools. It would be good to see how people describe the school. When I think of Baylor, I think intense, cutthroat.. UTSW feels similar. Long has felt like intense but more relaxed relative to the others.
 
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Frostrow said:
Has somebody compiled a list of the cultural attributes of each of the Texas schools. It would be good to see how people describe the school. When I think of Baylor, I think intense, cutthroat.. UTSW feels similar. Long has felt like intense but more relaxed relative to the others.
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I'm not a Baylor M1 but having met a bunch of the current M1s through a friend who's also a M1 there, everyone is really friendly and willing to help each other out. The P/F pre-clinical curriculum plus the 2 exam format on Fridays that allows you to retake each exam once after a review session makes the learning environment a lot more lowkey and chill. It also seems like Baylor is really good at finding matriculants who fit their culture
 
ballooncycledeck said:
I'm not a Baylor M1 but having met a bunch of the current M1s through a friend who's also a M1 there, everyone is really friendly and willing to help each other out. The P/F pre-clinical curriculum plus the 2 exam format on Fridays that allows you to retake each exam once after a review session makes the learning environment a lot more lowkey and chill. It also seems like Baylor is really good at finding matriculants who fit their culture
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Thats good to know.. Thanks for sharing.. When I visited Baylor, I thought the students were super focused. The Pass/Fail certainly relaxes things.. Maybe the TMC environment created the intensity impression..
 
Is anyone on SDN a current student at the Baylor Temple Campus? I want to ask some questions before I rank so I can decide on if I go to UTSW or Baylor.
 
If Baylor's website states that "Those who have interviewed may send "letters of intent" through the application system, but not updates to their application.", then should any updates to our application be included in a letter of intent at all?
 
souljaboy said:
If Baylor's website states that "Those who have interviewed may send "letters of intent" through the application system, but not updates to their application.", then should any updates to our application be included in a letter of intent at all?
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Make the lead sentence your statement of intent, mention how you liked your interview day and that you are a good fit because XYZ.
You could sneak in one sentence about what more you have added to your accomplishments since the interview day.

I think they are telling you that you have already been discussed at committee by this point, and adding more stuff will not make them go back and discuss or rank you differently now.
 
wysdoc said:
Make the lead sentence your statement of intent, mention how you liked your interview day and that you are a good fit because XYZ.
You could sneak in one sentence about what more you have added to your accomplishments since the interview day.

I think they are telling you that you have already been discussed at committee by this point, and adding more stuff will not make them go back and discuss or rank you differently now.
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That makes sense, thank you! But I'm curious, is there truly value in sending a letter of intent when the letter won't sway their ranking?
 
souljaboy said:
That makes sense, thank you! But I'm curious, is there truly value in sending a letter of intent when the letter won't sway their ranking?
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My opinion of this within TMDSAS is that your intent is stated by ranking the school #1, if you are a Texas resident, and the LOI is less important.
If you are from OOS you don't get to use our Match ranking system and so if you end up on the Baylor WL, they will see your LOI when reviewing possible offers to people on the WL.
 
Does anyone know if you're allowed to work in a research lab at MD Anderson as a medical student at Baylor? Or are you limited to only working at BCM?
 
IDK3912 said:
Does anyone know if you're allowed to work in a research lab at MD Anderson as a medical student at Baylor? Or are you limited to only working at BCM?
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There are usually no requirements where someone works in a lab. it is very position availability dependent as well as time availability for someone to spend during medical school. Most of the time people take gap years.
 
texasvandy said:
There are usually no requirements where someone works in a lab. it is very position availability dependent as well as time availability for someone to spend during medical school. Most of the time people take gap years.
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That's good to hear because I was talking to a PI at MD Anderson and they said they don't think BCM students are allowed to work in their labs. Maybe they got it confused with the PhD program at BCM?
 
IDK3912 said:
That's good to hear because I was talking to a PI at MD Anderson and they said they don't think BCM students are allowed to work in their labs. Maybe they got it confused with the PhD program at BCM?
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Research positions are based on individuals - you go get your own based on your needs. A PI can tell you they cant offer you a position but not because someone is at Baylor or any other medical school because that would be discrimination.

MD Anderson is a government entity.
 
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jellycat1 said:
Anyone know if there’s a class of 2030 group chat yet?
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I haven't heard of one yet, but I'd be interested!

Also, I saw your post about Temple and I just wanted to say that it's good to see Temple getting some love! I visited both campuses, and I'm honestly not sure which one I'll rank first in terms of preference. They both have real strengths 🙂
 
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