Is Early Acceptance Possible in Texas?

[swiedom]

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I know that Texas schools use a matching system for accepting applicants, but has anyone ever heard of an applicant getting accepted before Feb 1?

 

[lakeaustin]

Texas Tech and TCOM have early decision programs.

All the other schools, you have to wait until Feb 1st.

 

[thackl]

Baylor does rolling admissions. The issue with TCOM and TT (the one I'm doing) is that you can only apply to one school, so you had better be sure that's where you want to go and you had better be a very good applicant. If you are not accepted under EDP, then you will be thrown back out in the rest of the application pool for the other schools and you will be way behind the April MCAT'ers and only slightly ahead of the August MCAT'ers applying.

Good luck.

 

[2badr]

Originally posted by thackl
If you are not accepted under EDP, then you will be thrown back out in the rest of the application pool for the other schools and you will be way behind the April MCAT'ers and only slightly ahead of the August MCAT'ers applying.

Good luck.

Is that necessarily a bad thing? 😕 I am reconsidering *EDP.*

*Disclaimer: Dependent solely upon my GPA/MCAT(S?!!) and other ECs during my application cycle.🙄

 

[thackl]

It's best to apply early. EDP is for when you know where you want to go and you are pretty sure you'll get in. For instance, TT had matriculating averages of 3.65/29 last year. Despite what their dated info on the web site says, if you don't have at least a 3.75/30 and good EC's/LOR's, they won't even consider you for EDP.

EDP is not a bad thing, but applying late is. It is a risk, but one I'm willing to take since Lubbock is where I want to move my family and finding out 5 months early is significant for us.

 

[2badr]

Thanks, thackl! 🙂