UTMB is 238 this year. That's all I remember right now.
238 is a ridiculous average Step I score. Are you sure that is right for UTMB? Wow.
No, 226 is their average Step 1 score. Baylor's average Step 1 is 238 -- the highest in TX. The answers you seek about UTMB are right on their front page:
If you REALLY want to go to one of the schools, I'd say it's worth a shot, but if you are adding any as a "safety" school/not one of your top choices, I wouldn't waste my time with the TMDSAS.
That sounds a lot more realistic. 238 for UTMB sounded way on the lofty side. 238 for Baylor is right.
In '08, a separate Medical School will open in El Paso, TX. It will be a satellite campus of TTU, but all 4 years can be spent there (right now, the plurality of TTU students do just their 3rd and 4th year rotations in El Paso.) This is similar to the expansion of the Temple campus of TAMU next year ('07) to be a 4 year satellite campus. Of course, the plans are for both of these satellite campuses to grow to become full-fledged Medical Schools of their own over the years. TAMU-Temple will have a small class (20 students) in its first year -- expect TTU-El Paso to probably have about the same.
Is Baylor increasing their class size, too? Or is it just the state schools?
They make me really nervous, and I asked about them when I interviewed, but, of course, they told me that none of the changes had affected the Medical School (the Dean had not yet resigned at that point -- her husband had just been beaten up a day or two before my interview.)
Yeah, they're private, but they still get a ton of money from the state if they accept 75%+ Texas residents, so I was just wondering if the state could lean on them since they have that carrot to dangle in front.
