Notes on a Scandal: Texas Waitlist!

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comets8518 said:
except I'm in at ut-h and waiting on utsw. There's a reason I never finished my tech application.


I wouldn't even know what to write or who to write a LOI to.

Dear Dean .....
Um, I like your schoool, I still want to be a doctor. I work for some pretty cool doctors now. They get published. Let ME IN!

p.s. Can you spot me a couple hundred bucks

p.p.s. Can you make that a couple 32,000ish, thanks your the best.

p.p.p.s Do you want to go grab some beers

your best friend always and forever,
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You can see if they will still put some money in your eraider account and then take it with you to UT-H or UTSW, where ever you end up... this situation could work to your advantage... never know.
 
zolaash said:
i got the tech email too. i'm on the waiting list at tech and when i saw the email i had a momentary freak out. then i read on here that is is clearly a mixup.

bummer.
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I got the e-mail too and I didn't even interview there! I think they sent this e-mail to everyone that applied there.
 
whatintheworld? said:
You can see if they will still put some money in your eraider account and then take it with you to UT-H or UTSW, where ever you end up... this situation could work to your advantage... never know.
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its clever thinking like that, that got you off of the wait list.
 
Seriously yo...where did all the WL movement go!? 😱

EDIT: I just realized that rhymed and I feel like a complete dork...
 
DianaUT06 said:
Seriously yo...where did all the WL movement go!? 😱

EDIT: I just realized that rhymed and I feel like a complete dork...
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you're a poet and you didn't know it!

i'm a bigger dork (that way you don't feel so bad) ahahaha.
 
Anyone heard anything lately?? About anywhere??
bahaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
 
I applied and interviewed at tech, didn't get pre-match, and didn't get that email. So it may be an exclusive club 🙂

I also think it is strange we haven't heard hardly anything after may 15th. c'mon schools! Maybe they all had a bunch of spots open and they are evaluating everyone in the pools 🙂 Happy thoughts!
 
I know at least two people have been accepted to UT-Houston in the past week. There is some movement happening!
 
whydowork said:
I know at least two people have been accepted to UT-Houston in the past week. There is some movement happening!
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Yeah, I know 1 person who was accepted at UTSW in this last round of waitlist movement, and then was accepted to UTH. She will be declining UTSW... for all those who are waiting!
 
Well gosh! How many people do you guess have gotten into UTH??? I know the waitlist was only 50 to 60 people! I really really want my friend to come to UTH with me! Surely she can get in off the waitlist!
 
I know that facebook groups shouldn't be the indication of class size, but it seems like every Texas med school with the exception of TCOM has around 100 members, while TCOM only has 51!

Surely that must be a sign....right?

Meh, whatever.
 
So has there been any waitlist movement lately? Anybody get acceptances?? If so, at what schools??
 
whatintheworld? said:
Yeah, I know 1 person who was accepted at UTSW in this last round of waitlist movement, and then was accepted to UTH. She will be declining UTSW... for all those who are waiting!
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<~~~ crosses fingers that I can take her spot! LOL! 👍

Any other updates anyone?

+ hope everyone has a nice long weekend! I will try to stay away from SDN until tuesday! :hardy:
 
has anyone in the top 10% at UTSW not been accepted? or should i ask...has anyone in the top 25% been accepted yet?
 
BMElonghorn said:
has anyone in the top 10% at UTSW not been accepted? or should i ask...has anyone in the top 25% been accepted yet?
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or better yet, anyone in the bottom 1/3 been accepted yet






dammit.
 
I was going to go by Wes's office yesterday during work but I got sent out so a trip to south campus got postponed, hopefully tuesday will be easier to go.
 
davidc4498 said:
hey, just checking in...

it looks like southwestern hasn't yet sent out that update. i'm kinda surprised since the last update was over two weeks ago. one of you guys may want to email/call mr. norred to see whats up. he is really willing to talk with applicants and is a straight shooter.

btw i ended up withdrawing from ut houston earlier in the week, but southwestern only wanted our response by june 4. so maybe expect another round of acceptances from them after that date. good luck.
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AHHHHHHH ILL CUT OFF ANYTHING TO GO... ILL EVEN EUNOCHIZE MYSELF pLZ PLZ
 
my friend is about to withdraw from ut-houston pretty soon, so hope that gives some people hope.
 
on another note, i got into tcom today. so for now, i'll be tcom c/o 2011. i wish i could be more ecstatic about being in med school, but my hopes are all on TAMU right now. i hope they take me. PLEASE!!
 
I know TAMU is your dream... but YOU'RE IN MEDICAL SCHOOL!!!! WHOOP! 🙂 I'm still hoping for TAMU for you though 🙂
 
Congrats yourmom.

I am rooting for you to get into TAMU as well.

O PLZ PLZ LET US GET INTO OUR TOP CHOICES

I WILL CARVE OUT MY CORPUS SPONGIOSUM AND GRIND IT INTO FINE POWDER AND SNORT IT IF THAT MEANS I CAN GO TO UTSW
 
yeah not going to lie :barf: i'm also a little frightened.

if something like that happened to me, med school would be far from my mind.
 
Congrats yourmom; for some reason, I thought you'd already gotten into TCOM and were waiting on A&M.

I guess this means (not surprisingly) that the Masters program students have priority from the TCOM waitlist. Hopefully they'll still be enough spots left over for people like me once they get past them. 😀
 
I also got into TCOM today. It was nice that they gave phone calls instead of waiting to get the letter in the mail.
 
Hey all~
I usually read and don't post, but thought I should add that I also was accepted to TCOM today, best of luck to those of you still waiting!
 
snrub said:
Congrats yourmom; for some reason, I thought you'd already gotten into TCOM and were waiting on A&M.

I guess this means (not surprisingly) that the Masters program students have priority from the TCOM waitlist. Hopefully they'll still be enough spots left over for people like me once they get past them. 😀
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from what i understand, MS students have reserved spots in the class (usually 10% of the incoming class). so i don't think we're in the same pool as the waitlisted people. only when all the reserved spots are taken up will MS students be put in the waitlist (i.e. those not selected in the 10%).

i think you still have hope here. there will likely be a lot of shuffling, at least in the TX schools with that whole prematch acceptance fiasco. not that it's a bad school but TCOM is rated pretty low in TX so there will be people like me that will choose another school over TAMU once accepted elsewhere.
 
several ppl from the top 25% at UTSW got in last week from what i hear....i haven't yet 🙁
 
BMElonghorn said:
several ppl from the top 25% at UTSW got in last week from what i hear....i haven't yet 🙁
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anyone remember what their reasoning was for making a waitlist that was near the size of their normal class?
 
eternalrage said:
anyone remember what their reasoning was for making a waitlist that was near the size of their normal class?
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because they are crazy? Because Dallas could be a target and they could lose the entire class? I'm thinking crazier things in my head but I won't put them down in this forum 🙂 But seriously, I have no idea. 🙂 Maybe they just guess they could have a lot of movement? I didn't even remember then saying why.
 
ugh i hope whoever took my uth seat is happy...
 
Hope4theBest said:
OMG!!! Please let me be next for TCOM.
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I know!!! The scary thing is that during orientation for the Master's program, Joel or someone said there were ~135 ppl on the waitlist. I'm not sure if that's their composed waitlist or current waitlist. The good thing is that a lot of ppl in my class who are on the waitlist are waitlisted at other schools too...
 
ms_taken said:
I know!!! The scary thing is that during orientation for the Master's program, Joel or someone said there were ~135ppl on the waitlist. I'm not sure if that's their composed waitlist or current waitlist. The good thing is that a lot of ppl in my class who are on the waitlist are waitlisted at other schools too...
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Per an email I received a while back from TCOM admissions:

"the wait list a selected group of applicants who the committee felt met the standards for admission but were not as competitive as those who have been offered admission. It is not all those who interview and did not match."

Maybe it's just me, but does 135 people seem like a select # of people?
 
yourmom25 said:
i think you still have hope here. there will likely be a lot of shuffling, at least in the TX schools with that whole prematch acceptance fiasco. not that it's a bad school but TCOM is rated pretty low in TX so there will be people like me that will choose another school over TAMU once accepted elsewhere.
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Hmm, I would like you to post some hard facts about this point you are making. TCOM may be ranked low in the minds of pre-medical school students b/c it is an osteopathic school and not an allopathic school, but I will be amazed if you can find facts to prove what you just said. Also, TCOM is ranked higher than TAMU and other schools in TX for that matter in regards to primary care. I know you dont want to go into primary care, but remember TAMU is also a big primary care school. Also, TCOM's average USMLE step one score for last year was a 220, 93% or 95% passing. Granted, not all the students at TCOM take the USMLE, but a large portion of them do. And this score seems just as good if not better than most of the other schools in Texas. The only arguement I can maybe see is you talk about clinical years, but you can always set up away rotations. Yeah we do not have a parkland or medical center at UTH, but there are ways to get around that. Also, remember the fact that TCOM is allowing you to do something that no other medical school allowed you to do, and this is to become a doctor. I hope I read to deep into your statement, and chances are I probably did, but be careful when posting your feelings on this board. People would give up so match to just have an acceptance right now. You have one. Granted you busted your butt in the post bacc, but TCOM gave you that chance. I know that I very much appreciate what TCOM has done for me. I know you do too, but show a little bit more compassion in your posts.
 
spursss said:
Hmm, I would like you to post some hard facts about this point you are making. TCOM may be ranked low in the minds of pre-medical school students b/c it is an osteopathic school and not an allopathic school, but I will be amazed if you can find facts to prove what you just said. Also, TCOM is ranked higher than TAMU and other schools in TX for that matter in regards to primary care. I know you dont want to go into primary care, but remember TAMU is also a big primary care school. Also, TCOM's average USMLE step one score for last year was a 220, 93% or 95% passing. Granted, not all the students at TCOM take the USMLE, but a large portion of them do. And this score seems just as good if not better than most of the other schools in Texas. The only arguement I can maybe see is you talk about clinical years, but you can always set up away rotations. Yeah we do not have a parkland or medical center at UTH, but there are ways to get around that. Also, remember the fact that TCOM is allowing you to do something that no other medical school allowed you to do, and this is to become a doctor. I hope I read to deep into your statement, and chances are I probably did, but be careful when posting your feelings on this board. People would give up so match to just have an acceptance right now. You have one. Granted you busted your butt in the post bacc, but TCOM gave you that chance. I know that I very much appreciate what TCOM has done for me. I know you do too, but show a little bit more compassion in your posts.
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I think you're being too defensive. I dont' think yourmom's intentions were to put down the school, I think he's trying to keep some hope alive for that other poster. He's not the type to go around bashing schools for fun.

Also yourmom knows exactly how valuable his acceptance is worth, all multiple cycle applicants do, probably more than those people who get in off their first try.
 
aggiesarah2007 said:
They had better be or the don't deserve it! 🙂 And hopefully someone will withdraw from UTSW and you can be happy and in 🙂
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thank u sarah, i sure hope for a bottom-third-miracle too

im guessing (2/3* 230)-30 = about 120 people between me and a seat.

😱
 
eternalrage said:
I think you're being too defensive. I dont' think yourmom's intentions were to put down the school, I think he's trying to keep some hope alive for that other poster. He's not the type to go around bashing schools for fun.

Also yourmom knows exactly how valuable his acceptance is worth, all multiple cycle applicants do, probably more than those people who get in off their first try.
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I am pretty sure you are correct about this. But when reading it, I was like,"man this sounds a bit harsh." I know yourmom is not like that, but also maybe he knows something that I do not about why he feels TCOM is a weaker schools amongst all the other Texas schools. If so, I hope he would share his knowledge. But from what I can find, it just seems to be the simple fact that I stated in my post above, that TCOM is an osteopathic and not an allopathic school. I would hope that this is not a bases for stating that a school is weak. I was not attacking yourmom, in fact I hope he does go to TCOM and not TAMU bc I think he would be a cool classmate to have. I am just questioning one of his statements and ask that he defend it with some facts.
 
spursss said:
I am pretty sure you are correct about this. But when reading it, I was like,"man this sounds a bit harsh." I know yourmom is not like that, but also maybe he knows something that I do not about why he feels TCOM is a weaker schools amongst all the other Texas schools. If so, I hope he would share his knowledge. But from what I can find, it just seems to be the simple fact that I stated in my post above, that TCOM is an osteopathic and not an allopathic school. I would hope that this is not a bases for stating that a school is weak. I was not attacking yourmom, in fact I hope he does go to TCOM and not TAMU bc I think he would be a cool classmate to have. I am just questioning one of his statements and ask that he defend it with some facts.
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I doubt he was trying to say TCOM was a worse school or ranked lower than other Texas schools in any rankings assessing quality. However, TCOM is probably placed on the bottom of the rank list for most TX premeds just because of the reason you pointed out -- it's osteopathic. Sure, it's silly, but that's how it goes. Consequently, waitlist movement at other schools is going to trickle down to TCOM.
 
Doctor Bagel said:
I doubt he was trying to say TCOM was a worse school or ranked lower than other Texas schools in any rankings assessing quality. However, TCOM is probably placed on the bottom of the rank list for most TX premeds just because of the reason you pointed out -- it's osteopathic. Sure, it's silly, but that's how it goes. Consequently, waitlist movement at other schools is going to trickle down to TCOM.
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I also wanted to say that if yourmom liked TAMU over TCOM for whatever reason, I have no problem with that. I interviewed at TAMU and got waitlisted and feel that TAMU is a wonderful school. If he said that TCOM is weak in regards to how premeds perceive the school, then I can accept that too. But he just said TCOM was weak in comparison to other Texas schools. So, I just want to know why? Trust me, this is not an osteopathic vs. allopathic thing. If I had said, San Antonio is weaker than UTH, people would want to know why I would say something like that. Samething here. Nothing but love for yourmom and those cute asians he puts up on his profile😍
 
eternalrage said:
anyone remember what their reasoning was for making a waitlist that was near the size of their normal class?
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my theory:

Last year they offered 405 (or so) spots. At the start of waitlist they had offered 270 +or- spots. thats 130. That leaves 100 people in no mans land on the waitlist

They have a certain demographic profile they set from the original round of acceptances they want to keep. X number of boys, X numbers of girls, X white, X black, X hispanic etc.
That means they need a larger pool to make sure that if they lose an abnormal amount of females..say 75% of their females, they'll have to jump higher in there waitlist pool to replace a female.
its basically 1 waitlist student to replace the similar accepted person that could drop their spot. Its an identical, less competitive class.
thats my theory and i'm sticking to it.
 
comets8518 said:
except I'm in at ut-h and waiting on utsw. There's a reason I never finished my tech application.


I wouldn't even know what to write or who to write a LOI to.

Dear Dean .....
Um, I like your schoool, I still want to be a doctor. I work for some pretty cool doctors now. They get published. Let ME IN!

p.s. Can you spot me a couple hundred bucks

p.p.s. Can you make that a couple 32,000ish, thanks your the best.

p.p.p.s Do you want to go grab some beers

your best friend always and forever,
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I would like to switch acceptances with you...
 
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