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The Republic of Texas XLIII: “Never Eat Mexican Food East of the Mississippi or North of Dallas”
- Lyle Lovett

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Lyle Lovett is as Texas as he can be.
Family, Land, Loyalty, Integrity, Tradition.

Lyle was born in Texas, and lives on a ranch in the town named after his great-great-granddaddy, Adam Klein. He’s a steward of the land and the traditions on the ranch.
He is a Texas A&M graduate with a degree in Journalism and German. Somehow I don’t picture him shouting “Whoop” or “Gig ‘em” though, do you?
He’s a skilled horseman and has a healthy respect for bulls, but a low tolerance for bull****.
He’s a talented musician who has a Large Band and his own version of big East Texas hair.
His style is all his own and his song lyrics can be clever, witty, wry, heartbreaking, or all of those in one.
He limits his story-telling to his songs & values his privacy, choosing to live on his ranch and not in Nashville, Austin, Hollywood.


Texas is big enough for anyone’s style and personality.
I’m sure you can find your place, somewhere, in Texas.

This is a general talk and support thread for Texas school applicants, where we can:
check in with each other
share our news
see where various schools are with their interview processes
and just post those things we don't want to put on a school-specific thread.

I'll answer questions here if I know the answers, but keep the technical questions about TMDSAS process over on the thread we have for that: Official TMDSAS Questions 2024-2025

See when each TMDSAS school sent out their first pre-match offer this year HERE

Follow the Texas Roundup for news of Offers from WLs and and spaces given up by previously accepted students Texas Roundup 2025

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I will share things with you as I hear them and as this application cycle unfolds.
Some of the schools have sent out their first interview invitations in July.
Some schools don't start inviting until late August, so "no news" is not bad news, and there are months of invitations to come.

I'll come back to this thread to edit and add dates of the invites that I hear about, and update as more schools take action.

~*~*~ Interview Invitations ~*~*~
Texas Tech El Paso: July 1,12,13, 22, 29, Aug 2, 9, 20, 28, Sept 9, 17, 25, ***, Oct 18, 19, 28, Nov 15, Dec 4, 17, 20 //
Texas Tech Lubbock: July 8,15,16,17, 22, 24, 29, Aug 2, 6, 14, 19, 20, 23, 27, Sept 2, 11, 13, 17, 18, 27, ***, October 30, Dec 10, 16 //
UT Tyler: July 15,18, Aug 2, 9, 16, 21, Sept 3, 10, Oct 12, 23, 28, Nov 14, 20, 26, Dec 3, 10, 13 //
TCU: July 19, Aug 2, 16, 28, Sept 23, Oct 3, 11, Nov 4, 11, Dec 2, Jan 23,
Baylor: July 23, 30, Aug 6, 13, 20, 27, Sept 3, 10, 17, 24, Oct 1, 8, 28, Nov 12, Dec 17, 18 //
UTMB: July 23, 24, Aug 15, 16, 20, Sept 25, Oct 2, 10, 11, 31, Nov ?, Nov 15, Dec ?//
EnMed : July 25, 29, Aug 9, 23, Sept 23, Nov 4 //
UTRGV: July 25, Aug 7, 22, Sept 4, 9, 10, 13, 16, 24, Oct 1, 3, 7, 8, 16, 25, 28, Nov 4 //
Long: July 26, Aug 5, 12, Sept 11, 24, 30, Oct 21, 28, Nov 4, 6, 21, Dec 2, 19, Jan 13 //
UTSW: July 26, 29, 31, Aug 1, 9, 13, 30, Sept 5, 6, 10, 13, 16, 23, 27, 30, Oct 1, 7, 9, 16, 25, 29, Nov 4, 13, 18, 22, Dec 2, 3, 4 //
McGovern: July 29, 30, Aug 3, 13, 19, 26, Sept 5, 10, 11, 17, 20, 25, Oct 1, 2, 7, 8, 14, 18, Dec 10 //
A & M: Aug 2, 5, 7, 15, 29, Sept 5, 10, 12, 26, 30, Oct 9, 14, 17, 23, 24, 29, Nov 6, Dec 3, 5, 6, 23, 26, Jan 21 //
Dell: Aug 7, 12, 13, 14, Sept 16, 24, 30, Oct 7, 8, 9, 17, 25, 28, 30, Nov 13, 20, 25, Dec 13, 19, 30, Jan 16 //
Fertitta at U of H: Aug 8, 19, Sept 2, 4, 26, Oct 28, Nov 18, Dec 12, Jan 3 //

SHSU (DO): July 23, 25, Aug 2, 5, 7, 28, Sept 10, 16, 24, 30, Oct 10, 26, Dec 6, 12, 18 //
UNTHSC/TCOM (DO): July 29, Aug 2, 5, 9, 14, 27, Sept 4, 10, 17, 23, 24, Oct 23, 28, Nov 4, 11, 12, 19, 21, Dec 13, Jan 3 //
UIWSOM: Aug 2, 14, 27, Sept 8, Oct 25, 30, Nov 17, Dec 5, 10, 12, Jan 11, Feb 3,

*** Texas Tech Health (Lubbock and El Paso) were unable to send interview invitations for almost a month due to an IT Outage.
 
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Here's hoping we all get beautiful invitation invites in the next couple of months and are well-prepared for the match in February! Y'all got this
 
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texasvandy said:
I thought this is the gossip and bit&hing about not getting IIs thread @wysdoc. 🙂
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No, darlin, that is a later phase of the app cycle.
Right now we're in the hopeful optimism phase, when summer is in bloom and anything is possible.
 
Although I now live south (and west) of Dallas, I have to disagree. The Seattle area has some exceptional Mexican food. Specifically, Agave Cantina in Redmond. If you are ever in the area, I can't recommend this place enough. (No, I do not receive a commission for customer referrals.)

But I can go with the adage that Mexican food east of the Mississippi is a little sketch. And Texas does have very good Mexican food. Cheers, all!
 
Just out of curiousity, is texas running on a later schedule this year? I was just looking at the interview dates this year and then comparing them to last year and saw that many schools were already sending interviews? I think next week will be a big week for interviews since last week we only got a small amount of interviews sent out.
 
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nicelad said:
Just out of curiousity, is texas running on a later schedule this year? I was just looking at the interview dates this year and then comparing them to last year and saw that many schools were already sending interviews? I think next week will be a big week for interviews since last week we only got a small amount of interviews sent out.
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It's pretty normal. Late July/early August is typical for first batch of interview invitations.
Add in this year a hurricane and a major computer system outage.
 
wysdoc said:
It's pretty normal. Late July/early August is typical for first batch of interview invitations.
Add in this year a hurricane and a major computer system outage.
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Thanks for the reassurance 🙂
 
anonymous1234556 said:
Just out of curiousity, is texas running on a later schedule this year? I was just looking at the interview dates this year and then comparing them to last year and saw that many schools were already sending interviews? I think next week will be a big week for interviews since last week we only got a small amount of interviews sent out.
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Your prediction is correct. My senses are never wrong. There's the smell of an II storm on the horizon. Be ready to harvest.
 
Happy Friday, everyone!
This week we had 7 more Texas schools give out their first interviews.
Remember that we have from now to December or January, and not getting one the very first week is nothing to cause concern.
 
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Not sure if this was already asked elsewhere, but are all interview dates for TMDSAS schools on Fridays?
 
wysdoc, is there any data for the prematches? I thought you had posted it in the past, but just checking because I could not find it anywhere.
 
anonymous1234556 said:
wysdoc, is there any data for the prematches? I thought you had posted it in the past, but just checking because I could not find it anywhere.
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About 15% of Texas applicants will get 1 or more prematch offers.
The first date a prematch offer can possibly be made is October 15th, and after that at irregular intervals until January.
The other 85% of you Texans will find out on Match Day, this year it falls on February 14th. 🥰💌🩷🧡💛💚🩵💙💜💝💘💖
 
wysdoc said:
About 15% of Texas applicants will get 1 or more prematch offers.
The first date a prematch offer can possibly be made is October 15th, and after that at irregular intervals until January.
The other 85% of you Texans will find out on Match Day, this year it falls on February 14th. 🥰💌🩷🧡💛💚🩵💙💜💝💘💖
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Thank you
 
wysdoc said:
About 15% of Texas applicants will get 1 or more prematch offers.
The first date a prematch offer can possibly be made is October 15th, and after that at irregular intervals until January.
The other 85% of you Texans will find out on Match Day, this year it falls on February 14th. 🥰💌🩷🧡💛💚🩵💙💜💝💘💖
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Love and disappointment are in the air 🥰
Just kidding, looking forward to it
 
wysdoc said:
About 15% of Texas applicants will get 1 or more prematch offers.
The first date a prematch offer can possibly be made is October 15th, and after that at irregular intervals until January.
The other 85% of you Texans will find out on Match Day, this year it falls on February 14th. 🥰💌🩷🧡💛💚🩵💙💜💝💘💖
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I see that I will be breaking several hearts next year. They all want the harvester.
 
Interview Etiquette:
Now that interview invitations are going out, here are some etiquette tips and then some strategies:
Tips:
1. Before you accept an interview invitation, CHECK your calendar to see if you have any valid schedule conflicts, which would include things like:
- You are out of the country, without stable Internet access
- You are in the hospital
- You have another interview scheduled for that day (you don't have to tell the school that exactly, or which other school it is)
- You have a midterm or final exam that day which you can't reschedule or miss, or a lab you can't be absent for
- "I'm too nervous, this is my first one, I don't know anything about this school" are NOT valid excuses. Get busy and learn what you need to know.

2. What if you really can't make it that day?
- write an email promptly to the same address that sent you the invitation.
-Say, "I'm so sorry, I am looking forward to an interview at Tombstone Med, but I have a schedule conflict. Could you offer me an alternate date?"
(and also...I have a final exam on Nowhember 12th so I am not available that day."

3. If that day is A-OK: REPLY to the invitation saying you will be there. If the email doesn't give you complete information such as when, where, and the format, please ask any reasonable questions. DO NOT ASK: what will the questions be, who are my interviewers, do I have to have my camera on for the interview, do I have to dress up? Be sure to check the time zone.


Strategies:
1. Accept all interview invitations and put your best foot forward on them all.
2. ...UNTIL you have at least one offer of admission. Don't turn down a school "in hopes" that a school you like better will ask you to interview. That invitation might never come.
If you have one or more offers of admission later this year and you KNOW you prefer them to the new school that invited you, you may politely turn down the interview invitation.
P.S. It is UNCOMMON to have multiple offers of admission before Match Day, but it can happen.
3. Write a kind thank you note after each one saying something that impressed you about the school or a comment about someone you enjoyed speaking to. If you are hopeless with thank-you notes and don't know what to say, you can skip it. But you should learn this!
4. If a school asks you what other schools you have interviews with, go ahead & tell them. THEN say, "But I'm here to learn more about YOUR school today and that's my priority"

That's it: Be polite, be professional, all your interviews are a big deal.
 
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When can students begin ranking their interviews if they have received interviews? Or at least get access to that page on TMDSAS.
 
anonymous1234556 said:
When can students begin ranking their interviews if they have received interviews? Or at least get access to that page on TMDSAS.
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You can read about the TMDSAS Match in the TMDSAS Guide . There are explanations & a link to a video.
Click on "After Submitting" in the menu on the left side of the page,
then click on "TMDSAS Match" in the table of Contents on the right side of the page.

We will discuss & explain TMDSAS Match in more detail later.
Every Texas resident who gets one or more TMDSAS interviews will eventually need to rank the schools that interviewed them in order of most preferred to least preferred.
Supposedly the ranking area will be available on your TMDSAS portal after August 1.

In my opinion, there is no need to rank anything this early, but you can change your mind about the ranks as much as you want before the end of January.
As long as you enter and save your rank list before January 31, 2025 you will be entered properly in the Match.

Take and keep notes on each school that interviews you, to make your choices and comparisons later on.
If you are fortunate enough to get several interviews, the details will begin to blur after a while.
Ever if you only get one interview, you need to log in and rank that as #1.
 
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wysdoc said:
You can read about the TMDSAS Match in the TMDSAS Guide. There are explanations & a link to a video.
Click on "After Submitting" in the menu on the left side of the page,
then click on "TMDSAS Match" in the table of Contents on the right side of the page.

We will discuss & explain TMDSAS Match in more detail later.
Every Texas resident who gets one or more TMDSAS interviews will eventually need to rank the schools that interviewed them in order of most preferred to least preferred.
Supposedly the ranking area will be available on your TMDSAS portal after August 1.

In my opinion, there is no need to rank anything this early, but you can change your mind about the ranks as much as you want before the end of January.
As long as you enter and save your rank list before January 31, 2025 you will be entered properly in the Match.

Take and keep notes on each school that interviews you, to make your choices and comparisons later on.
If you are fortunate enough to get several interviews, the details will begin to blur after a while.
Ever if you only get one interview, you need to log in and rank that as #1.
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Thank you
 
wysdoc said:
Interview Etiquette:
Now that interview invitations are going out, here are some etiquette tips and then some strategies:
Tips:
1. Before you accept an interview invitation, CHECK your calendar to see if you have any valid schedule conflicts, which would include things like:
- You are out of the country, without stable Internet access
- You are in the hospital
- You have another interview scheduled for that day (you don't have to tell the school that exactly, or which other school it is)
- You have a midterm or final exam that day which you can't reschedule or miss, or a lab you can't be absent for
- "I'm too nervous, this is my first one, I don't know anything about this school" are NOT valid excuses. Get busy and learn what you need to know.

2. What if you really can't make it that day?
- write an email promptly to the same address that sent you the invitation.
-Say, "I'm so sorry, I am looking forward to an interview at Tombstone Med, but I have a schedule conflict. Could you offer me an alternate date?"
(and also...I have a final exam on Nowhember 12th so I am not available that day."

3. If that day is A-OK: REPLY to the invitation saying you will be there. If the email doesn't give you complete information such as when, where, and the format, please ask any reasonable questions. DO NOT ASK: what will the questions be, who are my interviewers, do I have to have my camera on for the interview, do I have to dress up? Be sure to check the time zone.


Strategies:
1. Accept all interview invitations and put your best foot forward on them all.
2. ...UNTIL you have at least one offer of admission. Don't turn down a school "in hopes" that a school you like better will ask you to interview. That invitation might never come.
If you have one or more offers later this year and you KNOW you prefer them to the new school that invited you, you may politely turn down the interview invitation.
P.S. It is UNCOMMON to have multiple offers of admission before Match Day, but it can happen.
3. Write a kind thank you note after each one saying something that impressed you about the school or a comment about someone you enjoyed speaking to. If you are hopeless with thank-you notes and don't know what to say, you can skip it. But you should learn this!
4. If a school asks you what other schools you have interviews with, go ahead & tell them. THEN say, "But I'm here to learn more about YOUR school today and that's my priority"

That's it: Be polite, be professional, all your interviews are a big deal.
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Regarding "reply to the invitation" in the third tip, should I literally reply to the interview invite email or is picking a date in the school's portal the reply you are talking about?
 
IDKMAN1234 said:
Regarding "reply to the invitation" in the third tip, should I literally reply to the interview invite email or is picking a date in the school's portal the reply you are talking about?
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PIcking the school date. Most of those interview emails are from non-reply emails. Once you sign up for the interview, you will receive some kind of confirmation and that will let you know they received your selection. Might be email or a portal update depending on the school.
 
"Kindness over curiosity"
We're still at an early stage of our application year, turning in secondary essays and waiting for interviews, etc.
And yet, a few people have already received the disappointing news of being turned down before a secondary or after submitting one.

Please put kindness first: even if you are curious and wondering, this is not a great time to throw a bunch of questions at the person like "What were your stats? Where do you think you went wrong?"

Put yourself in their place, try to be a friend.
Y'all on the Texas boards are being pretty thoughtful about this, keep up the support group atmosphere
 
Good afternoon all! I currently have one ii but I will have a poster presentation where I am second author at a symposium at my university. Is this worth updating to the other schools that I haven’t heard back from? If so, how do I go about it? Thank you for the advice!
 
CYaL8Er01 said:
Good afternoon all! I currently have one ii but I will have a poster presentation where I am second author at a symposium at my university. Is this worth updating to the other schools that I haven’t heard back from? If so, how do I go about it? Thank you for the advice!
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You have good numbers. No need to be in a hurry for updates yet because no one is paying attention to those yet while screening through applicants.
 
texasvandy said:
You have good numbers. No need to be in a hurry for updates yet because no one is paying attention to those yet while screening through applicants.
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Alright! Thank you! When would you feel is appropriate to send an update?
 
How's everyone doing?
If you have submitted your secondary essays to your TMDSAS schools by now, good job!
If you haven't finished, get going and especially read your secondary invitation emails to the end to look for deadlines!
UH Fertitta has a firm 14 day deadline and UIWSOM also wants it back promptly. Inaction on your part implies disinterest.

Once your secondaries are submitted, you are switching from action mode to waiting mode.
Don't let the waiting get to you; you may get an interview any time between now and January 2025.
Do contact a school if you have a doubt that they have received your materials, or if you have a specific time-sensitive question about an upcoming interview.
Don't call or write to ask "When are you going to send me an interview? or "My friend got an interview and I was complete before her"....etc.
Do spend your time reading all about your schools so in the event of an interview you will be ready.

All of the Texas schools have by now sent out their first interview invitations. The last one to join the club was UH Fertitta on August 8.
Not being among the first does not mean you have been passed over or rejected. I can't say this often enough but I'm sure I will be saying it a bunch more times.
 
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How's everyone feeling? Hope y'all are doing well mentally and feeling positive about the cycle. Anyone have any TX schools that have really stood out to them so far in interviews? Or ones that have been somewhat unimpressive? I'm curious about the general experience so far!
 
TheDeadrok said:
How's everyone feeling? Hope y'all are doing well mentally and feeling positive about the cycle. Anyone have any TX schools that have really stood out to them so far in interviews? Or ones that have been somewhat unimpressive? I'm curious about the general experience so far!
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I loved how laid back the Baylor interview was. It felt like both of the interviews were just casual conversations. It made the whole experience much less stressful
 
Just checking in on everyone's cycle so far! I am grateful to have received 2 IIs so far but it has been radio silence since 8/15. How is everyone else doing regarding IIs? Thank y'all!
 
CYaL8Er01 said:
Just checking in on everyone's cycle so far! I am grateful to have received 2 IIs so far but it has been radio silence since 8/15. How is everyone else doing regarding IIs? Thank y'all!
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Congrats on all the success thus far 🙂 I hope they just keep rolling in!!!

I got a few to start but it has slowed since roughly 8/15 for me too. Still so early in the cycle!
 
CheeesyBoi said:
Congrats on all the success thus far 🙂 I hope they just keep rolling in!!!

I got a few to start but it has slowed since roughly 8/15 for me too. Still so early in the cycle!
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In a similar position, haven't heard anything in a month from Texas schools but I trust they'll come crawling at some point this cycle 🤪
 
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