TEXAS Med Schools Entering Class *2005* Applicant Thread part 01

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Taj said:
ok, I think i've posted this same question a million times (sorry) but I never find the answers 🙁

so.... i was processed 8/4 by TMDSAS, and I havent heard from anyone, nor have I gotten rejected....so should I be worried?? or is it supposed to take me longer to hear from them?
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None of the schools reject until after the match. Perhaps if you don't get an "auto interview" then you could see an interview later in the cycle.

It ain't over till it's over. :luck:
 
I have a question..after we interview with all these schools..where do we go to rank them and when do we need to have this done by?
 
Bright Star said:
I have a question..after we interview with all these schools..where do we go to rank them and when do we need to have this done by?
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Go to your online status check and there should be a link to the ranking page. I believe you need to submit your final ranking by mid-January (or possibly Jan 1). This info is on the website. Good luck!
 
-or-

The adcoms have a database that sorts applicants by a numerical score based on a formula of GPA/MCAT/URM Status/income level/PS evaluation rating. And they just pick off the top 50 for interviews. Each week they add new applicants into the database, and keep offering interviews from the pool until January. Hopefully you make it in the weekly top 50 of the database by January. This might explain one of the advantages to applying early.

There are numerous ways they could be offering interviews. I think evo hit it on the head.. it's not over until it's over in January.
 
I'm thinking that UTSA may have screened me out because of my stats, but for the opposite reason. Kind of sucks though, because I wouldn't mind interviewing at San Antonio.

Anyone else with high stats not get a UTSA interview? The reason I am thinking this is happening is because I think some other people with similar stats from Texas didn't get an interview last year.
 
IndyZX said:
I'm thinking that UTSA may have screened me out because of my stats, but for the opposite reason. Kind of sucks though, because I wouldn't mind interviewing at San Antonio.

Anyone else with high stats not get a UTSA interview? The reason I am thinking this is happening is because I think some other people with similar stats from Texas didn't get an interview last year.
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Hey Indy, if you look at last year's thread (it's link-to in the first post of *this* thread), I think that you'll find some discussion of this phenomenon. I think you may be right.

Here's hoping that you're not, though. :luck:
 
I heard similar things about UTSA last year. But then I read that they misplaced 200 files. I don't think they would make the same mistake this year.

My scores are just above average, and I haven't received an interview. I'm 2 weeks post-TMDSAS processed with a 30 MCAT/3.8 GPA.
 
EvoDevo said:
Hey. I'm going to post this info + my recent post in the FIRST POST OF THE THREAD so that we don't have to hunt for the info. 👍
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Great idea!

Your post about how the schools receive our applications makes sense...no wonder Tech and A&M are so slow for me 🙁

-tx
 
Hey guys...

I was looking through last years "Texas Medical School" thread and came across this post by thackl:

"........ just spoke with TT admissions office. They will send out the first round of invites late next week. Apparently, they are raising the bar this year and waiting for more "high end" applications to come in. The woman I spoke with said TT uses a scoring system that is primarily MCAT/GPA to select the first interview round. Max score is a 50 and 46+ will get 1st round (along with select, special 44's and 45's).

She was nice enough to share my score. 49! Good thing, considering this is the only school I'm applying to."

Anybody know if Tech is using a similar formula this year??

-tx
 
Thanks for the info guys..I didn't realize that it was on the TMDSAS website too
 
txguy said:
Hey guys...

I was looking through last years "Texas Medical School" thread and came across this post by thackl:

"........ just spoke with TT admissions office. They will send out the first round of invites late next week. Apparently, they are raising the bar this year and waiting for more "high end" applications to come in. The woman I spoke with said TT uses a scoring system that is primarily MCAT/GPA to select the first interview round. Max score is a 50 and 46+ will get 1st round (along with select, special 44's and 45's).

She was nice enough to share my score. 49! Good thing, considering this is the only school I'm applying to."

Anybody know if Tech is using a similar formula this year??

-tx
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Could be. Though one of my friends here in the medical center got into Tech last year with less than perfect stats...I can't remember when he interviewed though.
 
EvoDevo said:
Could be. Though one of my friends here in the medical center got into Tech last year with less than perfect stats...I can't remember when he interviewed though.
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I had a friend who got into Tech last year with less than stellar stats too.....She applied really early, pretty much gave up on the process, and received an interview at Tech in January!! (she went into the interview really thinking she had no chance and ended up getting an acceptance)

So at least this is encouraging news to everyone....you were absolutely right, it ain't over until its over.....

-tx
 
txguy said:
I had a friend who got into Tech last year with less than stellar stats too.....She applied really early, pretty much gave up on the process, and received an interview at Tech in January!! (she went into the interview really thinking she had no chance and ended up getting an acceptance)

So at least this is encouraging news to everyone....you were absolutely right, it ain't over until its over.....

-tx
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Excellent! More grist for the mill...
 
txguy said:
Hey guys...

I was looking through last years "Texas Medical School" thread and came across this post by thackl:

"........ just spoke with TT admissions office. They will send out the first round of invites late next week. Apparently, they are raising the bar this year and waiting for more "high end" applications to come in. The woman I spoke with said TT uses a scoring system that is primarily MCAT/GPA to select the first interview round. Max score is a 50 and 46+ will get 1st round (along with select, special 44's and 45's).

She was nice enough to share my score. 49! Good thing, considering this is the only school I'm applying to."

Anybody know if Tech is using a similar formula this year??

-tx
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I remember reading that in a thread too. I just did a search but couldn't find the actual formula. Do you remember where you got that quote? The same person posted the formula I think.
 
Isn't it great how good it will be to see when the Tech interview invite comes?

I MEAN TEXAS TECH!
 
So does anybody actually know the TT formula and how to calculate the score?

On another note, how long after y'all submitted the A&M secondary did it take for the check to clear with your bank?

Thanks for any info y'all can provide! 🙂
 
GutsyGal said:
I remember reading that in a thread too. I just did a search but couldn't find the actual formula. Do you remember where you got that quote? The same person posted the formula I think.
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http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=75731&page=1&pp=20

I think I know what you are talking about....later on in that thread someone else says they saw one of the sheets the interviewer was fiddling with and it had like 5 columns, and a numerical value of 10 max for each....the titles said like "Grades, leadership, motivation, etc etc" something like that.

If you do find the forumla someone posted, please share!

-tx
 
Found this post (by "catch 23") for people wondering about UTSA:

I'm a first year at UTSA. Last year I interviewed at all the Texas schools including Baylor and I had competitive stats. Every year there's always talk about how San Antonio doesn't like to interview people with high stats and I think it's a silly arguement. People say San Antonio doesn't interview applicants with high scores because it lowers the percentage of first and second matches. Why would a school care about a match percentage more than the average GPA/MCAT scores of its matriculants? The latter is important for school ranking and if a school cared about status it would be counter-productive to not interview students who have competitive scores. The high end of our class range is a 4.0 / 38 MCAT. We have students who did their undergrads at Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Wash U, Rice, Berkely...The thing with San Anotnio is that they don't interview as long as everyone else (I think they generally stop a month before the other schools). They also don't interview as many students--I think Houston interviewed something like 1200. So a lot of qualified applicants who apply late don't get interviews at San Antonio. Another difference is that San Antonio looks at more than just MCAT score and GPA when granting interviews when many schools, like Houston and Galveston, only consider MCAT and GPA putting those numbers into some calculation. There is more of a subjective cut-off before the interview at SA when the subjective cut-off tends to come after the interviews at the other schools. At my interview date at SA the Dean talked about one applicant who had a 38 and was not receiving an invite because their personal statement was very arrogant. San Antonio is very big about inviting students who fit the school. They gather this from the personal statement and secondary app. It was also asked in both of my interviews--why San Antonio (the question was pursued heavily both times). I firmly believe you will end up at the medical school you belong at. Believe me--your rankings of the schools will change once you get there and talk with the students and consider the programs and see the atmosphere and the city. I learned that there is more to a school than it's US NEWS ranking. No other school offers a clinical program to the students in the first year like San Antonio's and that's one of the reasons I ranked it highly. That was important to me. All schools have unique aspects--Galveston has a really awsome integrative curriculum. Personally, I hated UH, but many students loved it (I know it's a good school so don't yell at me). It really comes down to where you fit best. San ANtonio, like all the other schools, has a very diverse class. You don't have to have a 35+ MCAT score to get an interview but you definitely won't be excluded if you do have one. I think the most important factor is when you apply. If anyone has any questions about any of the schools or San ANtonio ask away. You guys have all applied early and I'm sure you will get tons of invites and get accepted to a school that you fit best. And it's still really early. SA had it's FIRST round of interviews today so if you haven't heard yet, don't worry. My friends and I got our invites in different orders even though we applied at the same time--so it's not an accurate judgement of your status.

GOOD LUCK!
 
txguy said:
Found this post (by "catch 23") for people wondering about UTSA:

I'm a first year at UTSA. Last year I interviewed at all the Texas schools including Baylor and I had competitive stats. Every year there's always talk about how San Antonio doesn't like to interview people with high stats and I think it's a silly arguement. People say San Antonio doesn't interview applicants with high scores because it lowers the percentage of first and second matches. Why would a school care about a match percentage more than the average GPA/MCAT scores of its matriculants? The latter is important for school ranking and if a school cared about status it would be counter-productive to not interview students who have competitive scores. The high end of our class range is a 4.0 / 38 MCAT. We have students who did their undergrads at Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, Johns Hopkins, Wash U, Rice, Berkely...The thing with San Anotnio is that they don't interview as long as everyone else (I think they generally stop a month before the other schools). They also don't interview as many students--I think Houston interviewed something like 1200. So a lot of qualified applicants who apply late don't get interviews at San Antonio. Another difference is that San Antonio looks at more than just MCAT score and GPA when granting interviews when many schools, like Houston and Galveston, only consider MCAT and GPA putting those numbers into some calculation. There is more of a subjective cut-off before the interview at SA when the subjective cut-off tends to come after the interviews at the other schools. At my interview date at SA the Dean talked about one applicant who had a 38 and was not receiving an invite because their personal statement was very arrogant. San Antonio is very big about inviting students who fit the school. They gather this from the personal statement and secondary app. It was also asked in both of my interviews--why San Antonio (the question was pursued heavily both times). I firmly believe you will end up at the medical school you belong at. Believe me--your rankings of the schools will change once you get there and talk with the students and consider the programs and see the atmosphere and the city. I learned that there is more to a school than it's US NEWS ranking. No other school offers a clinical program to the students in the first year like San Antonio's and that's one of the reasons I ranked it highly. That was important to me. All schools have unique aspects--Galveston has a really awsome integrative curriculum. Personally, I hated UH, but many students loved it (I know it's a good school so don't yell at me). It really comes down to where you fit best. San ANtonio, like all the other schools, has a very diverse class. You don't have to have a 35+ MCAT score to get an interview but you definitely won't be excluded if you do have one. I think the most important factor is when you apply. If anyone has any questions about any of the schools or San ANtonio ask away. You guys have all applied early and I'm sure you will get tons of invites and get accepted to a school that you fit best. And it's still really early. SA had it's FIRST round of interviews today so if you haven't heard yet, don't worry. My friends and I got our invites in different orders even though we applied at the same time--so it's not an accurate judgement of your status.

GOOD LUCK!
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Excellent post, txguy! FYI: My best friend who went to UT-Austin received early interview invites to all of the Texas med schools with a 4.0 and high 20's MCAT (she still refuses to tell anyone her score). However, she did not receive a UTSA interview until mid-December. She ranked UTSA third, but wound up matching there. All I can say is that UTSA is a little strange when it comes to interviews. Quite honestly, I want to interview there, as it is my father's alumni. He truly enjoyed going to medical school there, and has talked about it ever since I was little. Anyway, this waiting is SO TOUGH....I think it's WORSE than waiting for MCAT scores, because it's completely in the hands of TMDSAS and the med schools. I know I need to CHILL but it's so hard waiting for my future to be decided by others (I think I'm an obsessive compulsive control freak....typical pre-medical student huh?)
 
txguy said:
I think I know what you are talking about....later on in that thread someone else says they saw one of the sheets the interviewer was fiddling with and it had like 5 columns, and a numerical value of 10 max for each....the titles said like "Grades, leadership, motivation, etc etc" something like that.
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Hmm...I guess that this is what I was thinking of, but it doesn't really give the formula:

OrthoFixation said:
thackl: did you figure out the TT formula? If you're a 49...

49 = MCAT + GPA * X
so: X~=4.5
or
49 = MCAT * Y + GPA * Z
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AsianDoc816 said:
Excellent post, txguy! FYI: My best friend who went to UT-Austin received early interview invites to all of the Texas med schools with a 4.0 and high 20's MCAT (she still refuses to tell anyone her score). However, she did not receive a UTSA interview until mid-December. She ranked UTSA third, but wound up matching there. All I can say is that UTSA is a little strange when it comes to interviews. Quite honestly, I want to interview there, as it is my father's alumni. He truly enjoyed going to medical school there, and has talked about it ever since I was little. Anyway, this waiting is SO TOUGH....I think it's WORSE than waiting for MCAT scores, because it's completely in the hands of TMDSAS and the med schools. I know I need to CHILL but it's so hard waiting for my future to be decided by others (I think I'm an obsessive compulsive control freak....typical pre-medical student huh?)
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I totally hear you....from what I keep hearing, I think I am going to really like UTSA.......

Hey, go and read last year's Texas thread....I found it to be a good read and eased my nerves a little bit: (it gives you a good idea about timing, info. on schools, etc)

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=75731&page=1&pp=20

I'm on page 16 and thats when interview season is in "full swing" (I think around late september).

-tx
 
From what I saw of UTSA, I really liked it...can't say exactly why, just a feeling. All the med students kept saying that when you find your school, you'll just know that it fits you. Dunno exactly how that works...we'll see after I've interviewed at a couple more schools.
 
txguy said:
I had a friend who got into Tech last year with less than stellar stats too.....She applied really early, pretty much gave up on the process, and received an interview at Tech in January!! (she went into the interview really thinking she had no chance and ended up getting an acceptance)

So at least this is encouraging news to everyone....you were absolutely right, it ain't over until its over.....

-tx
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Can you tell us about her stats, GPA, MCAT, etc...
 
frank51 said:
Can you tell us about her stats, GPA, MCAT, etc...
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It was either a 27 or 28 MCAT and a 3.5-3.6 GPA

-tx
 
txguy said:
It was either a 27 or 28 MCAT and a 3.5-3.6 GPA

-tx
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Those numbers are pretty much the average for people who get accepted at Tech, so the fact that she got in isn't surprising.
 
For all of you who have interviews at 3-4 schools please stop complaining about getting more and how "you just cant belive you have heard from school X, Y, Z, because you have such a great application". Some people have no interviews at all, and would be thrilled to have one interview. I know you guys are not trying to sound arrogant and snotty, but it comes off that way.

Also, I have pretty competitive scores and I recieved an interview to UTSA, so I take offense to those of you who want to blame not recieving an interview from UTSA as discrimination for having such great MCAT scores and grades". Maybe you still will get an interview, but most of you already have 3-4 so again,please stop worrying and complaining.

Lastly, I recieved an interview from tech today by e-mail, I don't know much about Tech, but I'm looking forward to seeing what they have to offer on Aug 27th.

Good luck, and please try to stop worrying, just concentrate on doing well in the interviwews you all have 🙂
 
SEUPATTY said:
For all of you who have interviews at 3-4 schools please stop complaining about getting more and how "you just cant belive you have heard from school X, Y, Z, because you have such a great application". Some people have no interviews at all, and would be thrilled to have one interview. I know you guys are not trying to sound arrogant and snotty, but it comes off that way.

Also, I have pretty competitive scores and I recieved an interview to UTSA, so I take offense to those of you who want to blame not recieving an interview from UTSA as discrimination for having such great MCAT scores and grades". Maybe you still will get an interview, but most of you already have 3-4 so again,please stop worrying and complaining.

Lastly, I recieved an interview from tech today by e-mail, I don't know much about Tech, but I'm looking forward to seeing what they have to offer on Aug 27th.

Good luck, and please try to stop worrying, just concentrate on doing well in the interviwews you all have 🙂
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I'm not worrying, however, I definitely am complaining for reasons that I should not utter, lest I upset the SDN populace.

I went to a UTSA medical school event at our school, and I thought the school sounded great. I'd probably rather go to UTSA than UTMB and UTH (based mostly on the cities), so it's a little peeving.


Anyway, congrats on your interview.
 
GutsyGal said:
From what I saw of UTSA, I really liked it...can't say exactly why, just a feeling. All the med students kept saying that when you find your school, you'll just know that it fits you. Dunno exactly how that works...we'll see after I've interviewed at a couple more schools.
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I had that same feeling even though that was the only Texas school I applied to. I felt more comfortable there than at any other school I visited.
 
i just want to second the sentiment that you guys should just relax about waiting for interviews 😉

i had two of my interviews almost two months after i was processed for tmdsas - UTHSCSA and UTSW... and they were almost the last interview dates. you guys will be fine... most of you will be done interviewing before i even sent in my primary app last year so take a deep breath and relax 🙂
 
FYI: most texas schools (especially UTHSCSA) don't care if you got a 42 on the MCAT. they want to find the people who will become successful doctors, not studiers. don't think that just because you have great scores you're entitled to an interview at every school - you just may not fit what they're looking for. the people who will do well will be (everyone's favorite term) "well-rounded" - they have excelled academically but they also have other experiences or abilities that can be used to contribute to the school, their classmates, their docs, and their patients.

so stop worrying about when which school will give you an interview based on your stats, and even then don't assume that just because you get an interview right away or that you have to wait a few months determines whether you'll get into that school. just try to relax, enjoy your year, and have fun at the interviews you do get.

best of luck to all of you.
 
SEUPATTY said:
For all of you who have interviews at 3-4 schools please stop complaining about getting more and how "you just cant belive you have heard from school X, Y, Z, because you have such a great application". Some people have no interviews at all, and would be thrilled to have one interview. I know you guys are not trying to sound arrogant and snotty, but it comes off that way.

Also, I have pretty competitive scores and I recieved an interview to UTSA, so I take offense to those of you who want to blame not recieving an interview from UTSA as discrimination for having such great MCAT scores and grades". Maybe you still will get an interview, but most of you already have 3-4 so again,please stop worrying and complaining.

Lastly, I recieved an interview from tech today by e-mail, I don't know much about Tech, but I'm looking forward to seeing what they have to offer on Aug 27th.

Good luck, and please try to stop worrying, just concentrate on doing well in the interviwews you all have 🙂
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I think that this has also gotten out of hand, especially for me. However, I think that most of us who are posting simply want to voice concerns because we all deserve to get in somewhere. I for one am a little obsessive compulsive, and have wanted to go to medical school for as long as I can remember. Therefore, I've become a little anxious throughout this whole process.

I was watching the Olympics last night and watched as Paul Hamm went from twelfth to first place in one night. Watching him made me realize that anything is possible, no matter how bad it may seem. In a strange way, going to the Olympics is like interviewing for medical school....everyone wants a gold medal; however, only few will achieve it. Medical school, like a gold medal, is an ultimate goal that many have dreamed of for most of their lives. We are lucky that one in every two people who apply to medical school receive an acceptance somewhere....the chances could be much worse.

Anyway, I'm headed off to UTMB this afternoon to attend the "night before" event....wish me luck guys 😛
 
Lots of luck to you!! :luck: :luck: :luck:

🙂
 
Anyone who got a Baylor interview out of state?
 
seems like a slow day

good luck to those with interviews soon!!!
 
Ranger47 said:
Anyone who got a Baylor interview out of state?
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Search for a Baylor interview thread...I think some out-of-staters have already gotten interviews.
 
I agree that the complaining has gotten a little out of hand, but I don't see the harm in using this thread to vent our frustrations. I think this thread actually helps us relax our already stressed out nerves.......

Good luck all, the weekend is almost here! 😀

-tx
 
Hey, I submitted my application on July 30th. Do you think I'm considered a late applicant? This whole damn process is stressful. 🙁
 
LetMeIn2004 said:
Hey, I submitted my application on July 30th. Do you think I'm considered a late applicant? This whole damn process is stressful. 🙁
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Not really unless you took the August MCAT....in that case, you have to wait until October to submit your scores to TMDSAS and then about 4 weeks after that TMDSAS processes your app and sends it out. However, if you already took the MCAT, I'd say you are A-Okay! 🙂 Don't stress....but if you are going to, then this is the place to do it! LOL! 🙂 We are major OCD people in here.
 
LetMeIn2004 said:
Hey, I submitted my application on July 30th. Do you think I'm considered a late applicant? This whole damn process is stressful. 🙁
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come on, people. stop it. this is just ridiculous.

there are people who submit their apps in late october and still get in. july 30th is still early. now stop it. seriously.
 
Bump...

Good Morning, Everyone!
 
I just got my first interview today! I will be at Southwestern on Oct. 2nd. I submitted my TMDSAS on 7/20 and it was processed on 8/18. I turned in my Southwestern secondary also on the 18th. I am impressed by the 2 day turn around by Southwestern. Now if I could just bring myself to finish all of these AMCAS school secondaries...
 
Congrats on the interview invitation, Steve! Would you mind sharing your stats?

Emily
 
SteveUTexas said:
I just got my first interview today! I will be at Southwestern on Oct. 2nd. I submitted my TMDSAS on 7/20 and it was processed on 8/18. I turned in my Southwestern secondary also on the 18th. I am impressed by the 2 day turn around by Southwestern. Now if I could just bring myself to finish all of these AMCAS school secondaries...
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Sweet! Congrats Steve! 👍
 
One more week until I'm processed by TMDSAS... If they make it by the 4 week mark... This waiting business is starting to drive me crazy... Well at least all of my secondaries are in, so with any luck I'll start getting interview invites shortly thereafter... AMCAS is also taking their time, so I'm not finished processing there either... AGH Sorry, had to vent.

Emily
 
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