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Hi everyone. I am applying to all ten TMDSAS schools this cycle. My apps were complete by late June or early July at all schools. I have only received an II from TCOM so far. I am grateful for this opportunity but I was hoping I would get more IIs from MD schools too. I see here on SDN that people who were complete around the same time as me or later than me are receiving IIs left and right.
Do you think it is too early in the cycle to get worried about not having interviews? Also, is it common for applicants who applied relatively early to get interviews later in the cycle and get accepted? I am worried that I might have some kind of red flag on my app that is holding me back. I completed around half of my prereqs at a community college and then transferred to a 4 year. Do you think this might be one reason why I am not getting interviews?
Thank you for your feedback. Here are my stats:
Year in school: Rising senior at top public university in Texas
Major: Biology with minor in psychology
Country/state of residence: Texas
Race/ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Schools to which you are applying: All TMDSAS schools - Southwestern, UTMB, Houston, San Antonio, Dell, Rio Grande Valley, A&M, Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Tech El Paso, TCOM
Cumulative GPA: 3.97
Science GPA: 4.00
MCAT Score: 511 (128/127/127/129) - 86th percentile
Recommendation Letters: 2 from science professors, 1 from hospital volunteer manager, 1 from church Sunday school director
Research: molecular bio research - 1 semester and ongoing (no publications/posters)
Volunteering (clinical): ~300 hours at hospital over 2 years, ~300 hours at hospital overseas over a summer
Physician shadowing: ~50 hours family medicine, ~40 hours radiation oncology, ~24 hours geriatrics, ~8 hours pathology
Non-clinical volunteering: ~300 hours at church Sunday school (2 years), ~30 hours teaching kids at elementary school (2 semesters), ~30 hours at homeless shelter (4 months)
Extracurricular activities: volunteer organization (officer for 2 semesters), study group leader (1 semester), church cell group (officer for 2 years), tennis (casual), guitar (casual), running (everyday, casual)
Employment history: fast food (1 year 3 months for ~25 hours a week)
Immediate family members in medicine?: Yes, mother is physician
Specialty of interest: Family medicine (primary care)
Graduate degrees: none
Interest in rural health: yes
Do you think it is too early in the cycle to get worried about not having interviews? Also, is it common for applicants who applied relatively early to get interviews later in the cycle and get accepted? I am worried that I might have some kind of red flag on my app that is holding me back. I completed around half of my prereqs at a community college and then transferred to a 4 year. Do you think this might be one reason why I am not getting interviews?
Thank you for your feedback. Here are my stats:
Year in school: Rising senior at top public university in Texas
Major: Biology with minor in psychology
Country/state of residence: Texas
Race/ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Schools to which you are applying: All TMDSAS schools - Southwestern, UTMB, Houston, San Antonio, Dell, Rio Grande Valley, A&M, Texas Tech Lubbock, Texas Tech El Paso, TCOM
Cumulative GPA: 3.97
Science GPA: 4.00
MCAT Score: 511 (128/127/127/129) - 86th percentile
Recommendation Letters: 2 from science professors, 1 from hospital volunteer manager, 1 from church Sunday school director
Research: molecular bio research - 1 semester and ongoing (no publications/posters)
Volunteering (clinical): ~300 hours at hospital over 2 years, ~300 hours at hospital overseas over a summer
Physician shadowing: ~50 hours family medicine, ~40 hours radiation oncology, ~24 hours geriatrics, ~8 hours pathology
Non-clinical volunteering: ~300 hours at church Sunday school (2 years), ~30 hours teaching kids at elementary school (2 semesters), ~30 hours at homeless shelter (4 months)
Extracurricular activities: volunteer organization (officer for 2 semesters), study group leader (1 semester), church cell group (officer for 2 years), tennis (casual), guitar (casual), running (everyday, casual)
Employment history: fast food (1 year 3 months for ~25 hours a week)
Immediate family members in medicine?: Yes, mother is physician
Specialty of interest: Family medicine (primary care)
Graduate degrees: none
Interest in rural health: yes
but yeah even for Texas schools it's way to early in the cycle to be worried.
