sirbrownchester
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Hi everyone! I am planning to reapply next cycle as a Texas resident and have a question regarding the committee letter.
I applied in the TMDSAS 2025–2026 cycle and had an HPAC committee letter last cycle. I interviewed at UT Southwestern and UTMB. I did not match on Match Day and I am currently on UTMB’s alternate list. I did not learn the final outcome of my cycle until February, so I could not realistically anticipate needing to re engage with HPAC for a reapplication earlier in the academic year. This cycle, I'm planning to reapply to TMDSAS + OOS MD/DO schools.
Last cycle I submitted with a committee letter from my university advising office. This time, due to timing and how my current cycle played out, I may not be able to obtain a committee letter again. I can still secure strong individual letters from clinical supervisors, a science faculty member, and my research PI, and potentially a service supervisor, but it would be an individual letter packet rather than a committee letter.
In your experience with TMDSAS and more broadly for OOS MD and DO admissions, does not having a committee letter as a reapplicant meaningfully hurt an application if the individual letters are strong and complete? Do schools generally view a committee letter as required or simply preferred, especially for alumni?
Thank you so much!!
I applied in the TMDSAS 2025–2026 cycle and had an HPAC committee letter last cycle. I interviewed at UT Southwestern and UTMB. I did not match on Match Day and I am currently on UTMB’s alternate list. I did not learn the final outcome of my cycle until February, so I could not realistically anticipate needing to re engage with HPAC for a reapplication earlier in the academic year. This cycle, I'm planning to reapply to TMDSAS + OOS MD/DO schools.
Last cycle I submitted with a committee letter from my university advising office. This time, due to timing and how my current cycle played out, I may not be able to obtain a committee letter again. I can still secure strong individual letters from clinical supervisors, a science faculty member, and my research PI, and potentially a service supervisor, but it would be an individual letter packet rather than a committee letter.
In your experience with TMDSAS and more broadly for OOS MD and DO admissions, does not having a committee letter as a reapplicant meaningfully hurt an application if the individual letters are strong and complete? Do schools generally view a committee letter as required or simply preferred, especially for alumni?
Thank you so much!!
