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

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Hey Ortho, good luck this year. As a fellow reapplicant I know the stress you're feeling.

:luck:
 
We are insane for being so keyed up over the limited time remaining to find our fate for the next four years. I just can't avoid the anticipation and desire for relief.

This forum is certainly an enabler. I would get a lot more done if I had never heard of SDN. Of course, I would be much less informed too.
 
OrthoFixation said:
We are insane for being so keyed up over the limited time remaining to find our fate for the next four years. I just can't avoid the anticipation and desire for relief.

This forum is certainly an enabler. I would get a lot more done if I had never heard of SDN. Of course, I would be much less informed too.
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true lol :laugh:
 
EvoDevo said:
My thought on this: those who didn't receive the letter were on the list. However, they may be on a waitlist instead of matching .... 😕
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👍 Yeah, probably right. Hopefully a match there or somewhere higher will be flashing on our computer screens tomorrow night. I guess it would have to be a mixture of those waitlisted and those who matched who didnt receive a letter. Those are the only people left! I just hope that being in Houston, it would have reached me by this point if I was supposed to get one.

The waiting and guessing game will end soon.
 
EvoDevo said:
Hey Ortho, good luck this year. As a fellow reapplicant I know the stress you're feeling.

:luck:
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Thanks, and same to ya!

Last night I was reading some posts from this time last year in the Texas threads. We're a much more speculative and involved group.

I hope this doesn't mean we've got a gunner class coming up. You know they say they tend to alternate years (gunnerish vs. non) at most schools.

It seems that there was little waitlist movement last year, at least with SDNers.
 
OrthoFixation said:
We are insane for being so keyed up over the limited time remaining to find our fate for the next four years. I just can't avoid the anticipation and desire for relief.

This forum is certainly an enabler. I would get a lot more done if I had never heard of SDN. Of course, I would be much less informed too.
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Yep, totally agree!! These forums freak me out and raise my bp but are therapuetic at the same time in a crazy weird messed up sort of way. It's nice to talk about the process to people who understand it.

I think you pinned it down exactly: "desire for relief" Couldn't have said it better! Good luck to you
 
Thanks for the kind words Longhorndoc. I wish the best for you and all our fellow TX SDNers.


On another note, has anyone filled out FAFSA yet? I have not. Decided to wait until I completed my taxes. I figured that it really wouldn't matter since our low in-state tuition would not likely be reduced with institution financial aid, grants, or whatnot.

I can't even bear to think about attending out-of-state and paying $23K more per year for the same end result 👎
 
OrthoFixation said:
Thanks for the kind words Longhorndoc. I wish the best for you and all our fellow TX SDNers.


On another note, has anyone filled out FAFSA yet? I have not. Decided to wait until I completed my taxes. I figured that it really wouldn't matter since our low in-state tuition would not likely be reduced with institution financial aid, grants, or whatnot.

I can't even bear to think about attending out-of-state and paying $23K more per year for the same end result 👎
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That's a perfect lead in to my post (thanks). I completed my taxes online last night and plan to do most of the fafsa today, but i will wait until tuesday to submit in order to only list the TMDSAS school I am accepted to. For those of you that know more about the FAFSA, is it true that you can only list 6 schools on the form?
Anyway, again, best of luck on monday night....how sure are we it will open at midnight??
 
Quick question for the reapplicants (or anybody else who happens to know):

Come tomorrow night at midnight, how exactly do you check where you matched? Obviously on TMDSAS website, but where? On the applicant profile page (the same page that has LMFU, Validation, etc)?

Thanks,
Ben
 
Hey guys! I return to Nac tonight and I'm praying that there is no TAMU rejection in my mailbox. :crosses fingers:

The fondue was great last night!!! Evo: The only thing we dipped in cheese was the appetizer. The main course was NY strip, terriyaki strips, rosemary chicken, shrimp and lots more and we dipped in in this Coq au Vin stuff (broth, red wine, mushrooms, and stuff like that). Then dessert was fruits and cheesecake in chocolate and caramel fondue. You should really try it!! YUMM!!

Well, I'll let y'all know tonight if I heard anything from TAMU. Do you guys think we will get rejection letters from all the schools we interviewed at that didn't like us even if it was lower on our match list? Or do we automatically get rejections from everywherre we don't match to? I don't like rejections that much so I'm hoping not! 🙂
 
sben said:
Quick question for the reapplicants (or anybody else who happens to know):

Come tomorrow night at midnight, how exactly do you check where you matched? Obviously on TMDSAS website, but where? On the applicant profile page (the same page that has LMFU, Validation, etc)?

Thanks,
Ben
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Go to the applicant preference page, where you ranked the schools. It has a slot where "School matched" is shown (currently blank).
 
EvoDevo said:
My thought on this: those who didn't receive the letter were on the list. However, they may be on a waitlist instead of matching .... 😕
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Yes, my thoughts exactly
 
sben said:
Quick question for the reapplicants (or anybody else who happens to know):

Come tomorrow night at midnight, how exactly do you check where you matched? Obviously on TMDSAS website, but where? On the applicant profile page (the same page that has LMFU, Validation, etc)?

Thanks,
Ben
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On the TMDSAS website,go to the page where you listed your rankings. Underneath the line that says "Last Updated", there is a line that says "SCHOOL MATCHED"

Good luck!
 
I really wish that there would be a glitch in the TMDSAS website, and when I check tomorrow morning, it will say:

School Matched: UTMB, UTHSCSA, or A&M!
(UTSW--rejected, UTH, TTU, and TCOM ranked 5-7)
 
Hey everyone! Got home late last night and read that some ppl were getting rejection letters from TAMU and UTMB. I put my coat back on and walked to my mailbox and did not find any rejection letters! I interviewed at those schools, so hopefully this is good news.

I had a dream last night that the match was posted 4 hours early and that I matched to TAMU (my 3rd choice)! Weird, huh? :laugh: :barf:
 
Hi guys
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It's a lovely Sunday afternoon. Too bad there isn't any football to watch today.

*sobs*

I can't believe that the end of another glorious football season is upon us. 🙁
 
I know some of you have posted about having dreams pertaining to the Match.

My question....How many dreams have you had in the past week about Match night?

Me: 3
Result of Match in my dream (in order): no outcome, accepted, rejected ( 🙁 )

:barf: ----> Again, sorry JDAD
 
trying out my new avatar.

this guy is sooooooooooooooooo hot!

😍
 
jdovez said:
That's a perfect lead in to my post (thanks). I completed my taxes online last night and plan to do most of the fafsa today, but i will wait until tuesday to submit in order to only list the TMDSAS school I am accepted to. For those of you that know more about the FAFSA, is it true that you can only list 6 schools on the form?
Anyway, again, best of luck on monday night....how sure are we it will open at midnight??
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Yes, you can only list 6 schools on the form. They do have a procedure for adding more in the faqs, and in a fasfa post here on SDN. For the TX schools I checked, there either isn't a priority date, or it is in March, so I decided to wait as well.
 
mwhou, your avatar is awesome. That's how I feel today.
 
I wish I could just fall asleep and wake up tommorow at midnight so I don't have to think about this match anymore!!!! AAAAAAAA :scared: Why can't they post it today, everything is already decided!!
 
OrthoFixation said:
Thanks, and same to ya!

Last night I was reading some posts from this time last year in the Texas threads. We're a much more speculative and involved group.

I hope this doesn't mean we've got a gunner class coming up. You know they say they tend to alternate years (gunnerish vs. non) at most schools.

It seems that there was little waitlist movement last year, at least with SDNers.
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I was thinking about this the other day. I finally decided we may be a bit more OCD than the other groups - but I think we are a lot more cooperative and group oriented (good things). I know a lot of the posts here are neurotic, but many share information. I think it will be a good group!
 
mwhou said:
I was thinking about this the other day. I finally decided we may be a bit more OCD than the other groups - but I think we are a lot more cooperative and group oriented (good things). I know a lot of the posts here are neurotic, but many share information. I think it will be a good group!
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Yep. Can you imagine this group in one med school class??? :laugh: :scared:
 
mwhou said:
I was thinking about this the other day. I finally decided we may be a bit more OCD than the other groups - but I think we are a lot more cooperative and group oriented (good things). I know a lot of the posts here are neurotic, but many share information. I think it will be a good group!
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You know, I don't think we are OCD. I think we are more vocal about our feelings. I definitely agree about the group-oriented and cooperative qualities. If anything, the only feeling I get from everyone on this thread sharing their pre-Match paranoia and neuroticism is that we are going to be a very close-knit class. 🙂

I hope that I get to be classmates with some of you (I also hope that I get in :scared: ). I think you guys are awesome! 😍
 
EvoDevo said:
Yep. Can you imagine this group in one med school class??? :laugh: :scared:
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The downside is the profs could really torture us easilly: "The grades for the anat final are in and only 20 of you passed. I'm sorry but the scores won't be posted for two weeks. Then they tell us, interestingly all but 2 of the passing scores belonged to people who have odd student IDs, and sat next to people w/ ID's divisible by 3. I heard you like riddles, have fun & tell your friends not to screw with the match results next year!!!"
 
Pimp Daddy Evo in the House!!!!
 
mwhou said:
The downside is the profs could really torture us easilly: "The grades for the anat final are in and only 20 of you passed. I'm sorry but the scores won't be posted for two weeks. Then they tell us, interestingly all but 2 of the passing scores belonged to people who have odd student IDs, and sat next to people w/ ID's divisible by 3. I heard you like riddles, have fun & tell your friends not to screw with the match results next year!!!"
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

OMG, I just snorted my drink!

Maybe whatever school we end up in, we should have a Black Helicopter as our class symbol. 😛


Of course, we'd all go right for trying to figure that riddle out.
 
Yeah, I never wanted to be a hacker before meeting TMDSAS 😱 :idea:


Diverging, what is with those post counters? Mine has been on 500+ forever. I think my counter is in neutral (or park). Is the next increment 1,000 or what?
 
and seabass, how do you keep outta the air when that stud's around?!?!?!?!

edit: looks like you're gonna have to give your new t-shirt to someone else.

bc 4eva
 
runner1979 said:
and seabass, how do you keep outta the air when that stud's around?!?!?!?!

edit: looks like you're gonna have to give your new t-shirt to someone else.

bc 4eva
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runner... we need to get you a seabass avatar 😉
 
OrthoFixation said:
Yeah, I never wanted to be a hacker before meeting TMDSAS 😱 :idea:


Diverging, what is with those post counters? Mine has been on 500+ forever. I think my counter is in neutral (or park). Is the next increment 1,000 or what?
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yea, the next increment is 1,000
 
OrthoFixation said:
Yeah, I never wanted to be a hacker before meeting TMDSAS 😱 :idea:


Diverging, what is with those post counters? Mine has been on 500+ forever. I think my counter is in neutral (or park). Is the next increment 1,000 or what?
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Yah, I think the next one is 1000, and the next is either 3000 or 5000....uh, but let's hope that none of us finds out what is past 1000. I'd have to claim that many of us do not have lives!
 
::Seabass:: said:
trying out my new avatar.

this guy is sooooooooooooooooo hot!

😍
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Dude, speaking of nightmares...

oh, sorry runner... 🙂
 
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