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[texasvandy]

Thank you! Yes, I am a TX resident and this is my first acceptance to a Texas MD school. So, just to be clear, I still should accept the offer that I've got, right? After that, I can still drop it if I get another offer?

If you have no other offers, you must accept your offer.

If you have offers outside of Texas at another MD school, you also must notify them withdrawing from there.

Once you accept, it is true that you only have until next thursday evening for your top choice to make an offer or else you will be going here.

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[wysdoc]

Thank you! Yes, I am a TX resident and this is my first acceptance to a Texas MD school. So, just to be clear, I still should accept the offer that I've got, right? After that, I can still drop it if I get another offer?

When you make your final choice, we love to hear your news, so post that on the page of where you will be going

 

[wysdoc]

Texas Roundup May 7-9, 2025

May 7-9, 2025
1 Long offer of admission from WL, OOS (MSTP)
2 Texas Tech Lubbock offers of admission from WL, OOS
2 TCU offers of admission from WL
2 UTSW offers of admission from WL, IS
1 EnMed offer of admission from WL, IS
1 Dell offer of admission from WL, IS, declined
1 Dell offer of admission from WL, IS, deciding ...

Up For Grabs Again:
1 spot relinquished at SHSU, IS
1 spot relinquished at Long, OOS

Share your news, on the individual school threads or by sending me a DM

If you just moved up from a WL but had a previous acceptance , remember it's your responsibility to directly contact the school you are leaving behind, to inform them

 

[yip_yip]

Just to confirm if I CTE at an OOS school I can still stay on Texas WL? Amcas states “
I am confirming my commitment to matriculate to the medical school selected above*.
By selecting "Commit to Enroll," I am indicating that I have made my final selection and withdrawn all other applications, including waitlist positions”

 

[wysdoc]

Just to confirm if I CTE at an OOS school I can still stay on Texas WL? Amcas states “
I am confirming my commitment to matriculate to the medical school selected above*.
By selecting "Commit to Enroll," I am indicating that I have made my final selection and withdrawn all other applications, including waitlist positions”

You probably can stay on the Texas WL for a little longer.
However, if your OOS school messages you and says, "We noticed you have not dropped all your WL positions the way we asked you to" that will be your cue to drop the TX WLs.

Congratulations on an MD admission though!

 

[yip_yip]

You probably can stay on the Texas WL for a little longer.
However, if your OOS school messages you and says, "We noticed you have not dropped all your WL positions the way we asked you to" that will be your cue to drop the TX WLs.

Congratulations on an MD admission though!

Thank you so much! So AAMC can’t drop the waitlist for me once I CTE I have to do it individually on the portal?

 

[texasvandy]

Thank you so much! So AAMC can’t drop the waitlist for me once I CTE I have to do it individually on the portal?

I could be wrong but I believe if you do CTE on AAMC, whatever waitlists AAMC is tracking for you can disappear.

Are your TMDSAS waitlists showing up on AMCAS?

 

[sciencerules135]

Thank you so much! So AAMC can’t drop the waitlist for me once I CTE I have to do it individually on the portal?

Yes you have to release it yourself! Email the school to withdraw

 

[wysdoc]

Thank you so much! So AAMC can’t drop the waitlist for me once I CTE I have to do it individually on the portal?

Yes, it will be your responsibility to withdraw from WLs either on the portal or by a direct email to the school.
If you have at least one AMCAS acceptance, both your AMCAS and TMDSAS school acceptances and WLs will be visible on the CYMS tool.

 

[yip_yip]

I could be wrong but I believe if you do CTE on AAMC, whatever waitlists AAMC is tracking for you can disappear.

Are your TMDSAS waitlists showing up on AMCAS?

Yes my tmdsas waitlist are showing

 

[yip_yip]

Yes, it will be your responsibility to withdraw from WLs either on the portal or by a direct email to the school.
If you have at least one AMCAS acceptance, both your AMCAS and TMDSAS school acceptances and WLs will be visible on the CYMS tool.

Oh got it i’m going to hold on to them unless the school tells me to drop them then! thank you!

 

[wysdoc]

Oh got it i’m going to hold on to them unless the school tells me to drop them then! thank you!

I should add that any WL schools that see you have marked CTE will not invite you to join their class, so it’s playing with fire to try to skirt the rules. You have to make a final decision sometime, and that time is usually at the CTE deadline of your AMCAS school.

 

[wysdoc]

Texas Roundup May 10-12, 2025

May 10-12, 2025
1 UIWSOM offer of admission from WL, IS
1 UIWSOM offer of admission from WL, OOS, declined
1 UIWSOM offer of admission, IS, declined
1 UTMB offer of admission from WL, IS
1 SHSU offer of admission from WL, IS
1 Texas Tech El Paso offer of admission from WL, OOS
1 Long offer of admission from WL, IS
1 TCOM offer of admission from WL, IS

Up For Grabs Again:
1 spot relinquished at TCOM, OOS
1 spot relinquished at UTSW, OOS
1 spot relinquished at SHSU, IS

Please be aware that any WL offer coming from Texas after May 15th will have a short decision deadline (5 days).
Do your thinking now if you think you might hear something from a WL.
"Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises." -- Samuel Butler
If you already have a TMDSAS school, after May 15th at 5 PM that's your school, no more trading up to other TMDSAS schools.

 

[pbh2024]

if you matched at a texas school but withdrew for an oos school, the may 15th deadline still applies, right?

 

[NonTradMed25]

Are most waitlist offers coming from phone calls or email?

 

[wysdoc]

Are most waitlist offers coming from phone calls or email?

Most are emails, but an important call will leave a voicemail message. Answer your phones, though, y'all!

 

[ohwaow]

If you already have a TMDSAS school, after May 15th at 5 PM that's your school, no more trading up to other TMDSAS schools.

The TMDSAS website says that on May 15th “medical schools can no longer make offers to Texas resident applicants holding another seat.” Does this mean OOS students with a TMDSAS acceptance can still be offered a TMDSAS acceptance off the waitlist after this date, or will I also be committed to my school on Thursday?

 

[wysdoc]

The TMDSAS website says that on May 15th “medical schools can no longer make offers to Texas resident applicants holding another seat.” Does this mean OOS students with a TMDSAS acceptance can still be offered a TMDSAS acceptance off the waitlist after this date, or will I also be committed to my school on Thursday?

It goes for OOS applicants too. I found the same wording you did when searching for this information because we discuss this every year around this time.
Looking closer that seemed to be a cached page from 2024 or earlier.
The directions to admissions directors this year are clear that it applies to anyone holding another TMDSAS seat.

 

[wysdoc]

It's time to quit sitting on the fence!
If you are still holding 2 seats or deciding about a recent WL offer, you may need to act without knowing every detail.

Texas Roundup May 14-15, 2025

1 Dell offer of admission from WL, IS
2 McGovern offers of admission from WL, IS
1 Long offer of admission from WL, IS, deciding...
1 Baylor offer of admission from WL, OOS
1 Texas Tech Lubbock offer of admission from WL, IS, declined
1 Long offer of admission from WL, IS
1 TCOM offer of admission from WL, IS
1 Texas Tech El Paso offer of admission from WL, OOS


Up For Grabs Again:
1 spot relinquished at Texas Tech Lubbock, IS
2 spots relinquished at UIWSOM
1 spot relinquished at SHSU, IS
1 TCOM offer to an IS applicant, declined.

 

[tkbaby]

Waitlist only at UTT. I think it’s time to give up, submit the reapp, and resign my lease. :,)

 

[yarup]

I matched and later declined an IS offer because of a better OOS acceptance (CTE). As of now, Am I still on the TMDSAS waitlists for the remainder of my schools?

 

[wysdoc]

I matched and later declined an IS offer because of a better OOS acceptance (CTE). As of now, Am I still on the TMDSAS waitlists for the remainder of my schools?

Did you withdraw from your Match school, or not?
Edit to add:
I assume you did withdraw from your Match school to mark the OOS school Commit to Enroll.

TMDSAS deans will not break that CTE covenant you made with your OOS school, thus you won’t be getting any more TMDSAS offers

 

[Latinodoc98]

TMDSAS question - I just got my grade for a prereq finalized, but am not able to update it on the portal. Am I ok with just sending my final transcript to my matched school?

 

[wysdoc]

TMDSAS question - I just got my grade for a prereq finalized, but am not able to update it on the portal. Am I ok with just sending my final transcript to my matched school?

Yes that will be fine.

 

[confused20002]

Is there typically a wave of waitlist movement after the May 15th deadline or does waitlist movement taper off now

 

[tntttttttttt]

Is there typically a wave of waitlist movement after the May 15th deadline or does waitlist movement taper off now

Let’s hope so

 

[wysdoc]

Texas Roundup May 16-20, 2025

A little break in the action!
That May 15th landmark has passed
Most schools have been celebrating their graduating MS4 students at commencement ceremonies
There will be meetings and re-assessments and count-ups and emails asking undecided (or maybe also indecisive!) folks who have been offered a spot from the WL what they decided.
There are a few SDN members who posted "Help Me Decide" threads but haven't announced what they decided.

Nevertheless, here's what I have over the last 5 days:
May 16-20, 2025
1 SHSU offer of admission from WL
1 UH Fertitta offer of admission from WL, IS
1 Texas Tech El Paso offer of admission from WL, IS
1 UIWSOM offer of admission from WL, IS, deciding...
2 Dell offers of admission from WL, IS
1 Texas Tech Lubbock offer of admission from WL, IS
1 SHSU offer of admission from WL, IS
1 McGovern offer of admission from WL, IS

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