*~*~*~* Official TMDSAS Questions Thread 2024-2025 *~*~*~*~*

[L-Okla-Gonna]

I am under the growing assumption I may have to reapply I was waitlisted in the match. I am in a unique position since Im currently active duty military stationed in texas(been here several year), and will be separating from the military this summer. If I move out of texas after the cycle am I still considered an in state applicant since I will have been a texas resident for over the minimum amount of time and active military stationed in the state? Or would I no longer be considered in state?

Don’t move if you’re doing this again. My friend got burned doing that. They’re crazy hard nosed about being in the state and will examine your application info, especially activities and stuff, with a microscope. Doesn’t matter if you’re born and bred there and went to school there or anything else. Be really careful not to lose the IS status if you want to go another round with the TMDSAS schools and their match game again. GL

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[pbh2024]

hello! are you guys sending LOIs to your waitlisted schools? I’m thinking of sending one since the update email I received from them did not mention anything about not sending one but idk if it’s necessary or bears any weight on my WL position

 

[Mybosswontapproveofthis]

hello! are you guys sending LOIs to your waitlisted schools? I’m thinking of sending one since the update email I received from them did not mention anything about not sending one but idk if it’s necessary or bears any weight on my WL position

I would but the two schools I got waitlisted at say they don’t take them on the MSAR

 

[pbh2024]

I would but the two schools I got waitlisted at say they don’t take them on the MSAR

oh makes sense. do you think they’re actually effective tho? I’m just worried about sending one and it hurting my chances more than helping it.

 

[Mybosswontapproveofthis]

oh makes sense. do you think they’re actually effective tho? I’m just worried about sending one and it hurting my chances more than helping it.

I have been doing this exact thought process with a school I havent heard back from post interview. No clue

 

[Hemhony]

Questions with the statistics course prerequisite for TMDSAS:

I was thankfully matched to one of the Texas schools, but I do not have a statistics credit. TMDSAS says I need one statistics course, but the school I was matched to accepts any type of math course (not necessarily statistics), which I do have.

In this case, should I take a statistics course before matriculation? Or is it ok to just stay with what I have? Can TMDSAS withdraw me from the school I was matched to for not fulfilling the stat course requirement? I'm asking since I already graduated and the only option for me to take stats course is to register for an online class.

 

[wysdoc]

Questions with the statistics course prerequisite for TMDSAS:

I was thankfully matched to one of the Texas schools, but I do not have a statistics credit. TMDSAS says I need one statistics course, but the school I was matched to accepts any type of math course (not necessarily statistics), which I do have.

In this case, should I take a statistics course before matriculation? Or is it ok to just stay with what I have? Can TMDSAS withdraw me from the school I was matched to for not fulfilling the stat course requirement? I'm asking since I already graduated and the only option for me to take stats course is to register for an online class.

Ask the school that accepted you directly, if your math course fulfills their prerequisites.
If they say yes, you are golden

 

[Starr_key]

Could you explain a little bit more about how you went about this? Was it a counselor at a medical school in Texas or undergrad advisor?

This was an admissions person at an actual medical school. They held a reapplication workshop which I attended. The person then said that we could email them if we had specific questions. I emailed them and HUGE props to this person they told me what to fix with my app. I listened and got in the next time I applied!

 

[eneminey]

Quick question: is accepting an offer to enroll a binding decision? Just a tad bit confused and don't want to make any uninformed decisions🙂

 

[wysdoc]

Quick question: is accepting an offer to enroll a binding decision? Just a tad bit confused and don't want to make any uninformed decisions🙂

if you are a Texan your offer probably came on Match Day. You can accept it because right now it’s your only school.

If you are OOS, you can still accept a TX offer and hold onto that and any AMCAS offers until April while you decide and narrow down your schools

 

[Gigatt1234]

Manifesting historic waitlist movement this cycle

 

[neuroticpremed222]

Manifesting historic waitlist movement this cycle

Especially for MB 🥲🥹

 

[fda36502]

Dumb question: if we have to accept offers by the end of april (i think that’s true for AMCAS and TMDSAS), then how is there supposedly so much waitlist movement after that time? also, what if i accept an offer by april 30 but then get off a waitlist later...?

 

[etxaccepted36]

Dumb question: if we have to accept offers by the end of april (i think that’s true for AMCAS and TMDSAS), then how is there supposedly so much waitlist movement after that time? also, what if i accept an offer by april 30 but then get off a waitlist later...?

After April 30th applicants narrow down to one acceptance but you can still remain on waitlists. There's a lot of WL movement at this point since the people holding multiple acceptances now commit to one so many schools reach into the WL to fill their class. If you get off of the waitlist anywhere (in Texas) you have to decide by May 15 I believe, or however long the school gives you to decide. After May 15 schools cannot extend an offer to Texas applicants holding another seat (quoting from TMDSAS website below)

If you accept an offer before April 30 you can remain on your waitlists at schools you would prefer until May 15 as far as I can tell.

Deadlines & Important Dates

TMDSAS application deadlines and important dates.

www.tmdsas.com

 

[texasvandy]

Dumb question: if we have to accept offers by the end of april (i think that’s true for AMCAS and TMDSAS), then how is there supposedly so much waitlist movement after that time? also, what if i accept an offer by april 30 but then get off a waitlist later...?

the waitlist movement after 30th is primarily based on people holding many admissions narrowing down to 1 while schools who might have admitted conservatively not having enough left after people have withdrawn.

I would say many openings in Texas schools are primarily attributable to OOS students narrowing down to 1 in Texas or going elsewhere outside of Texas as well Texas residents choosing an OOS school (they can keep as many as they want outside of Texas until April 30th too). Since Texas restricts the OOS admissions and will not have too many admitted to account for yield, they have to fill those seats with OOS or IS.

 

[stoichiometry17]

After April 30th applicants narrow down to one acceptance but you can still remain on waitlists. There's a lot of WL movement at this point since the people holding multiple acceptances now commit to one so many schools reach into the WL to fill their class. If you get off of the waitlist anywhere (in Texas) you have to decide by May 15 I believe, or however long the school gives you to decide. After May 15 schools cannot extend an offer to Texas applicants holding another seat (quoting from TMDSAS website below)

If you accept an offer before April 30 you can remain on your waitlists at schools you would prefer until May 15 as far as I can tell.

Deadlines & Important Dates

TMDSAS application deadlines and important dates.

www.tmdsas.com

Following up on this response, I was just WL'd for an OOS school in which they state most of the movement off the WL would occur in May-June. Would it be possible for me to withdraw my acceptance to the school I'm currently matched with to go OOS?

 

[texasvandy]

Following up on this response, I was just WL'd for an OOS school in which they state most of the movement off the WL would occur in May-June. Would it be possible for me to withdraw my acceptance to the school I'm currently matched with to go OOS?

You can accept any waitlist offers and withdraw from an acceptance before commit to enroll.

 

[stoichiometry17]

You can accept any waitlist offers and withdraw from an acceptance before commit to enroll.

Is there a particular deadline when you need to commit to enroll for a Texas school or is it just before first day of class?

 

[wysdoc]

Is there a particular deadline when you need to commit to enroll for a Texas school or is it just before first day of class?

Check their wording on the website or MSAR, but at the very latest it’s before orientation

 

[friedchickencurry]

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[eb124101]

Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who is familiar with the TMDSAS to help read, revise, and edit common essays and secondaries? Someone you worked with in past cycles, someone on here who is open to helping others, paid consulting type services, medical students who have businesses helping review essays etc.

 

[troy&abedintheAM]

Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who is familiar with the TMDSAS to help read, revise, and edit common essays and secondaries? Someone you worked with in past cycles, someone on here who is open to helping others, paid consulting type services, medical students who have businesses helping review essays etc.

It's expensive but I'd recommend shemassian. Most people on here will not recommend paid services at all. SDN not usually a big fan of paid services.

 

[medapplicant4]

Does anyone have any recommendations for someone who is familiar with the TMDSAS to help read, revise, and edit common essays and secondaries? Someone you worked with in past cycles, someone on here who is open to helping others, paid consulting type services, medical students who have businesses helping review essays etc.

Hey! Send me a Dm I'll help you 🙂