I'm not a research person - I'm very much a clinical person. I've heard they more go for the research type. Not to mention that I am by nature NOT a competitive person (unless you count being competitive with yourself in which case I'm intensely cut-throat) I think San Antonio/Houston will be more my speed anyway. Plus, if you saw my credit card bill after buying all these plane tickets you would understand 😱
Uh if the school goes to lengths to convince applicants that they arent cutthroat, its not just a couple people talking crap. I don't think it's that simple.
Well of course. Who's gonna say something like "God my med school sucked. Hey can I treat you?"
Sorry, I am in a weird mood.
They do them in the morning and the afternoon so it depends but they are scheduled for approximately 30 minutes, from 10:00 to 11:15 with 15 minutes in between. I can't say for the afternoon but it follows a similar format beginning at 1 or so.
As a practiced gunner I must tell you that I missed lunch because of the engaging conversations I had during my interviews and I ate lunch with the Chairman of the Board of Regents for UT, instead. Talk was pretty light but centered around what I thought about Ohio State.
Michael DeBakey caught me walking in front of Baylor and asked me for dinner at his home in Rice Village it went very well and I expect an acceptance from Baylor and UT-H both. I will likely pursue my MD at Baylor and my Ph. D. at UT-Houston.
Then with all luck maybe I'll meet you in the fall at Baylor!!
But thats another story.
Yeah was good to meet you Pem. I remember sitting next to you at UTSA, just didn't know it was you at the time.
Yeah quantummechanic was a pretty cool guy to hang around with. He really loves potato chips!!
I do have one good story to tell. When we sat down for dinner at "home base," I got a Coke and when I was sitting down it dropped under my chair and somehow a tiny hole was punctured into the can. I picked up the can and it shot an 8 foot arc of cola onto other interviewees, including quantummechanic I think. My only response was "Interview Nightmare!!"
At least it was after interviews so it didn't stress me out.
It took Tech 2 months to "receive" my letter even though the other schools already had it. When I inquired about that, they told me to call back the following week. I waited a week to call back, but then they told me to wait another week. This went on for a few weeks and then magically my status changed. Hopefully you will have better luck and help.
Processed 6/21. First interview invite 7/10. So, approximately 2.5 weeks. I'd bet things are slower now, since a lot of people probably submitted/were processed right before school(s) started up again. Heck, I didn't receive my interview invite to UT-SA until 9/1. Hang in there, and like I told someone in another thread, if you're anything like me, while there is no way that you're going to be able to relax about things, try to put all that nervous energy to good use.
Yay! Congrats on the UTSW interview invite!
When I had my interview, there was a guy who needed a ride. Someone gave him a ride and Filo/someone from the admissions office staff gave him a ride back to College Station. I don't think he set anything up in advance, but you might check with the admissions office just to make sure.
last year they shuttled us if we didn't want to drive ourselves. Doesn't your invite ask you if you need a ride?
