Heard from UTSW?

[wittyalias]

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Has anyone heard anything from UT Southwestern? According to their presentation they were going to be sending out MSTP offers this week.

 

[hownowmauvecow]

I know several people who have interviewed and none of us have heard. Additionally I have tried calling the office and every time it has gone to voicemail...

 

[wuhanese]

nope..

 

[hownowmauvecow]

One of my friends heard from them yesterday. But it sounds like they are only accepting a few more than their class size and then as people turn them down they will extend more acceptances.

 

[wuhanese]

i got a waitlist to the program, but this is weird, since the director explicitly said during our interview that they do not play any games in acceptances - i.e. they will accept qualified applicants and reject unqualified ones.

 

[phud18]

i got a waitlist to the program, but this is weird, since the director explicitly said during our interview that they do not play any games in acceptances - i.e. they will accept qualified applicants and reject unqualified ones.

Ha. call me bitter because I didn't get in last year.... but plan on them playing games. During a presentation the director gave while I worked at UTSW he explicitly stated something along the lines of "High gpa and mcat are what can get you free med school tuition"... as if the point of the program was to score free medical school.... I think any applicant getting into this for the right reasons knows this should not be the case and its a bit disgusting to hear a DIRECTOR say this. UTSW is in an awkward place- it wants to be Harvard but just doesn't have the name or facilities and is willing to do whatever it takes to make it there. They (even last year) claim that they "enroll approximately 15 outstanding students" per year. Guess what? They only have a class of 7 people this year and its not a result of having too many unqualified applicants. Are they being dishonest about the ammount of funding they have to make themselves more appealing and reputable? I thought so. Don't sweat not hearing great news from them. There's a lot to love about the school but they definitely have a sketchy side.

 

[wittyalias]

I just got an acceptance call from Dr. Zinn, apparently they are behind because the med admissions committee was taking a long time to approve their acceptances.

 

[wuhanese]

@ wittyalias - congrats!!

they accepted ~ 45% of their interviewing class i believe, which was what the director said on the outset, so i guess he was being honest haha. but thanks anyway : )

 

[MiniPanda]

in! they called yesterday. any news, hownowmauvecow? i'm hoping to see ppl from my interview day again at the revisit!

 

[hownowmauvecow]

no news yet minipanda but either way it goes I gave gotten acceptances so I am pretty happy. Keeping my fingers crossed though!

 

[MiniPanda]

no news yet minipanda but either way it goes I gave gotten acceptances so I am pretty happy. Keeping my fingers crossed though!

Ya you've been set for a long time, lucky youuu

 

[thecrabcooker]

Gah they accepted ~45% of the interviewees? I feel like a failure. XD

 

[fastrandstrongr]

Ha. call me bitter because I didn't get in last year.... but plan on them playing games. During a presentation the director gave while I worked at UTSW he explicitly stated something along the lines of "High gpa and mcat are what can get you free med school tuition"... as if the point of the program was to score free medical school.... I think any applicant getting into this for the right reasons knows this should not be the case and its a bit disgusting to hear a DIRECTOR say this. UTSW is in an awkward place- it wants to be Harvard but just doesn't have the name or facilities and is willing to do whatever it takes to make it there. They (even last year) claim that they "enroll approximately 15 outstanding students" per year. Guess what? They only have a class of 7 people this year and its not a result of having too many unqualified applicants. Are they being dishonest about the ammount of funding they have to make themselves more appealing and reputable? I thought so. Don't sweat not hearing great news from them. There's a lot to love about the school but they definitely have a sketchy side.

bitter. the definition of. sorry for bring up an old thread, but this made me lol