Texas medschools favor UT AUSTIN

[Edenbook85]

ok, i've heard that the medschools in texas seem to favor students from UT austin when compared to other UT schools, like UT san antonio or UT pan am. Is there any validity to this... should i consider transfering, (I go to UT pan am)???

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[drowsy12]

It's like anything else. UT Austin is seen as a better school, so that will play some role. It's the same as a Harvard student will have some inherent advantage over a UT student.

 

[zakp]

absolutely no doubt on this accord. UT produces an enormous amount of premeds that matriculate and this proven success likely sways their opinion. They are looking for people that will succeed in med school and become great doctors because of it. As we have all learned, they go with numbers more often than not.

That being said, you can ABSOLUTELY get in to texas schools out of UT pan am

 

[Drogba]

I wonder how heavily texas schools weight your undergrad institution.

 

[TheRealMD]

ok, i've heard that the medschools in texas seem to favor students from UT austin when compared to other UT schools, like UT san antonio or UT pan am. Is there any validity to this... should i consider transfering, (I go to UT pan am)???

Favor? Statistically speaking, UT Austin is the 4th largest pre-med university in the US. It's not really "favoring", but there are just a LOT of UT kids.

Now when you talk about Baylor matriculating 40 out of 170 kids from Rice? UT Austin got.....12!


That's favoring. 🙁

 

[172858]

wow!

 

[NYUM]

I'm not sure I buy into favoritism between medical schools and undergrads. Perhaps all of the kids were stellar applicants.🙂

 

[HyperSpace]

That being said, you can ABSOLUTELY get in to texas schools out of UT pan am

What about coming from a small school like UT brownsville? I'm going to this school and have a good gpa in biology. I'm worried that medical schools will think that my undergraduate education was easy and not take my gpa to seriously.

 

[Newsom]

Yeah, they favor it alright. They favor gpa/MCAT. Especially MCAT.

 

[TheRealMD]

What about coming from a small school like UT brownsville? I'm going to this school and have a good gpa in biology. I'm worried that medical schools will think that my undergraduate education was easy and not take my gpa to seriously.

The MCAT exists for that very reason you worry. Hopefully you showed them otherwise, right?

 

[skyeblue0610]

I wonder how heavily texas schools weight your undergrad institution.

I'm sure they'd favor any UT branch school over say Sam Houston or Stephen F. Austin...both are okay schools

 

[AustinBum]

UT still has a decent amount of pre-med grade inflation due to the lack of plus/minus grading, so of course we're favored. 😛

 

[TheRealMD]

UT still has a decent amount of pre-med grade inflation due to the lack of plus/minus grading, so of course we're favored. 😛

That doesn't matter in TMDSAS where plus/minus doesn't count for anything. Besides, who applies out of state on their first cycle? Pfft!

 

[AustinBum]

That doesn't matter in TMDSAS where plus/minus doesn't count for anything. Besides, who applies out of state on their first cycle? Pfft!

It doesn't? Good to know. So just the AMCAS takes account of +/-?

Also, anyone who entered as a Freshmen before 2007 (or was it 2006?) also may have some inflation due to AP scores counting as GPA points. I have no clue if any other Texas campuses ever did or still do that.

 

[phoenix0610]

OP-do you know about the pipeline program baylor has with ut-pan am? There's about 12 or so people from there in my class alone...you should look into it...

 

[TheRealMD]

It doesn't? Good to know. So just the AMCAS takes account of +/-?

Also, anyone who entered as a Freshmen before 2007 (or was it 2006?) also may have some inflation due to AP scores counting as GPA points. I have no clue if any other Texas campuses ever did or still do that.

Yep, only AMCAS considers +/-. TMDSAS doesn't care that they exist.

As for AP credits for GPA, I think that practice ended Fall 06 in Texas schools (I know it did at UT).

 

[karmapolice]

51% - UT acceptance rate
45% - national average
Accepted applicant’s undergraduate cumulative GPA – 3.74
- Range: 3.22 – 4.00
Accepted applicant’s MCAT – 31
- Range: 18 – 41

UT Medical School Matriculates: Entering Class 2007
Baylor 30
TCOM 22
Texas Tech 17
UT Southwestern 41
UTMB 45
UT San Antonio 35
UT Houston 37
Texas A&M 18

I took that from UT HPO's website. http://cns.utexas.edu/hpo/File/files/Statistics2007.pdf
Take what you will from it.

Actually, there's a big jump in Baylor acceptances. In 2006, they only took 18 UT kids. I guess it shows how fickle this process is.

 

[TheRealMD]

51% - UT acceptance rate
45% - national average
Accepted applicant's undergraduate cumulative GPA – 3.74
- Range: 3.22 – 4.00
Accepted applicant's MCAT – 31
- Range: 18 – 41

UT Medical School Matriculates: Entering Class 2007
Baylor 30
TCOM 22
Texas Tech 17
UT Southwestern 41
UTMB 45
UT San Antonio 35
UT Houston 37
Texas A&M 18

I took that from UT HPO's website. http://cns.utexas.edu/hpo/File/files/Statistics2007.pdf
Take what you will from it.

Actually, there's a big jump in Baylor acceptances. In 2006, they only took 18 UT kids. I guess it shows how fickle this process is.

Hmm... my handout says 12 in 2006 for Baylor.

EDIT: Wow, no one into Harvard or JHU. In fact, it seems 2007 was way worse than 2006 (58% instead of 51%). Or maybe that's just more people applying.

 

[j-weezy]

Hmm... my handout says 12 in 2006 for Baylor.

EDIT: Wow, no one into Harvard or JHU. In fact, it seems 2007 was way worse than 2006 (58% instead of 51%). Or maybe that's just more people applying.

People got into those schools (I know for a fact) they just chose to matriculate elsewhere....

 

[TheRealMD]

People got into those schools (I know for a fact) they just chose to matriculate elsewhere....

Ah, thanks for setting me straight. Good to see a nice bump up for people going to Baylor. Gives me a bit of hope.

By the way, does anyone know when TMDSAS is going to come out with its statistics for the 2007 application cycle? I'm really interested in that.

 

[MassTransport]

I doubt you're seeing direct school favoritism. Rather, the people coming from more competitive schools may be generally more qualified. Usually it's numerically, but there's also differences in opportunities and therefore experiences. The first major filter is undergraduate admissions, so the student bodies among schools are not equal and can't be easily compared. I don't think that a 3.5 from Harvard is going to beat a 3.8 from UT, all others equal, but they never are.

 

[MDRus]

I doubt you're seeing direct school favoritism. Rather, the people coming from more competitive schools may be generally more qualified. Usually it's numerically, but there's also differences in opportunities and therefore experiences. The first major filter is undergraduate admissions, so the student bodies among schools are not equal and can't be easily compared. I don't think that a 3.5 from Harvard is going to beat a 3.8 from UT, all others equal, but they never are.

maybe not in Texas, but a 3.5 at Harvard will beat a 3.8 at UT anywhere else in the country, or the planet, for that matter.

 

[AustinBum]

Does anyone know if the TMDSAS has said anything about switching to a plus/minus system once UT Austin switches over to it in Fall of 2008?

 

[j-weezy]

Does anyone know if the TMDSAS has said anything about switching to a plus/minus system once UT Austin switches over to it in Fall of 2008?

All I can say is thank goodness I'm graduating!

 

[TheRealMD]

Does anyone know if the TMDSAS has said anything about switching to a plus/minus system once UT Austin switches over to it in Fall of 2008?

WHAT?

Good thing I'm gone.

Seriously, where is the benefit? It makes no sense. My GPA would sink to immeasurable levels and you become totally screwed by AMCAS. I hope this gets rejected. I mean, how often do people actually get a bona-fide A in a course? Heck, I can only remember 3 times I've done so out of the 35 or so classes I've taken.

http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2007-2008/legislation/implement_plus_minus.html

 

[munnabhai]

What is most ridiculous is that they are not incorporating an A+ level (4.33)... I mean.. thats just bs in my book. I want the classes i work really hard in to count just as much as the classes I slack off in...

as therealmd said, glad I'm leaving... unless I get rejected and decide to finish up a second major 🙁

 

[MassTransport]

maybe not in Texas, but a 3.5 at Harvard will beat a 3.8 at UT anywhere else in the country, or the planet, for that matter.

With all others equal? Disagree.

 

[karmapolice]

My GPA would definitely take a major hit. I'm quite good at getting those 89.5's.

 

[MassTransport]

WHAT?

Good thing I'm gone.

Seriously, where is the benefit? It makes no sense. My GPA would sink to immeasurable levels and you become totally screwed by AMCAS. I hope this gets rejected. I mean, how often do people actually get a bona-fide A in a course? Heck, I can only remember 3 times I've done so out of the 35 or so classes I've taken.

http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2007-2008/legislation/implement_plus_minus.html

Increases grade resolution. This is how my college does it (and no 4.33 for an A+, either). It'll screw people but it'll help some too, in terms of base grades becoming base+'s.

 

[gamepad]

WHAT?

Good thing I'm gone.

Seriously, where is the benefit? It makes no sense. My GPA would sink to immeasurable levels and you become totally screwed by AMCAS. I hope this gets rejected. I mean, how often do people actually get a bona-fide A in a course? Heck, I can only remember 3 times I've done so out of the 35 or so classes I've taken.

http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2007-2008/legislation/implement_plus_minus.html

According to that link, an A- gives 3.67 points? Man, that sucks.

I think the +/- system should be implemented for grades below an A. 👍

Edit: Oops, didn't realize I bumped a thread from last year.

 

[TheRealMD]

According to that link, an A- gives 3.67 points? Man, that sucks.

I think the +/- system should be implemented for grades below an A. 👍

Edit: Oops, didn't realize I bumped a thread from last year.

Indeed. 🙄

 

[cdmarshbu]

Favor? Statistically speaking, UT Austin is the 4th largest pre-med university in the US. It's not really "favoring", but there are just a LOT of UT kids.

Now when you talk about Baylor matriculating 40 out of 170 kids from Rice? UT Austin got.....12!


That's favoring. 🙁

UT Austin actually had more than 12...18 in 2006 and 30 in 2007.

http://cns.utexas.edu/hpo/File/files/Statistics2007.pdf

But yeah, there are about 700 medical school applicants out of UT-Austin each year.

 

[172858]

I don't think the question should be if Texas medical schools favor UT. I found, at each of my OOS interviews, that UT has a very good reputation around the country.

Illinois-Chicago, Morehouse, Emory, UCLA, Tulane, UNC, and Howard - at every school, I essentially heard "Texas, huh? Nice," from either an interviewer or some other school rep. When it comes to public schools, we're seen as being in that upper echelon with Michigan, UCLA, Berkley, UNC, UVA, etc.

On a seperate note, I got asked about 5 billion times if I knew Vince Young. Even got asked if I've met him and if he was a nice guy by my interviewer at Morehouse. Always thought that was pretty funny...

I probably should have seen if he could have written me a rec letter. LOL