OOS doesn't participate in the match, right? So tonight, if I haven't put in my matches, I'm not going to be banned from Texas and TMDSAS forever, right?I just want to make sure that I don't offend the powers that be....
Wait who said it's Jan 30? Is it really or was that just hoping?
Aggie, exi...I'm deading it too...like reallllllly dreading. I just have a horrible feeling about the whole thing.
I don't have a clue what commuters do about parking, sorry. I imagine park & ride would be common. I didn't see a whole lot of parking really close to the school, though since it's a medical center I imagine there are several parking garages somewhere nearby.
my unlimited bus pass was 31 bucks for a month and it includes the rail. I think parking was more like 60 bucks a month or something.... could be wrong though.
Here's to hoping you get the A&M spot
That is an excellent idea. How's February 1st at 12:02am sound???
does anyone know if you can reject a pre-match and still rank them in the match? like to be put on a waitlist or something? I have 1 school I'm interested in going to if something changes, but I don't know how I could be put on the waitlist if i get and reject a pre-match. I wonder if I could contact them after the match and say "put me on your waitlist pls??"
Haha, I sincerely doubt it, but I don't technically know.
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which it might be judging from their site lol
There are a lot of parking garages/lots in the medical center, but the monthly rates are quite expensive. I believe the cheapest ones are $60/month. Some students that commute in my class find random places to park like near some apartments such as Lanesborough, and then they ride the rail from there. I've also heard of some people parking near the zoo, but I don't exactly know where. I also know of some students that park in large parking lots such as the ones in front of grocery stores, and then take one of the Metro buses to school.
Are you kidding? How much does a monthly zoo pass cost?
Motivation for completing medical school: making enough money to afford parking.
Most likely. I wasn't impressed either and am accepting another offer.
Scroll back a couple of pages; we had this discussion yesterday
Essentially, I felt that UTSW has by far the best research facilities of any Texas school; there are other factors, but that is the biggest thing UTSW has in its favor. If that's not important to you as a med student, then another school may be a better "fit" for you.
I interviewed at both and I can't think of one way that Tech is better than UTMB.
No one will be able to say with any certainty. Based on what I saw of Foster and El Paso during my interview, I wouldn't have chosen it even with a full scholarship, but I think it could be a decent gamble.
i'm going to A&M and giving up my UTHSCSA (hope one of you get it!).
Mine changes just about every minute now haha. Anyone want to give a last second pro/con list for UTHSCSA? Part of me says yes, but then the other part of me says no. The way they do their testing (like a gaggle of tests every 5 or so weeks IIRC) is the one thing that's giving me pause. I just don't know if I want that, but everything else is so attractive. Arrgh. Speaking of which, does UTHSCSA fill a lot thru Match anyway?
beware, many schools ask if you have been accepted to a medical school before and can hold it against you.
That's actually not entirely true. I agree that you SHOULD NOT decline both of them, but transferring to a different school is much much tougher in med school than it is in undergrad. Considering schools have curricula that come in very different orders and have some slightly varying demands of their students I don't see how that would work.
you can only transfer after M2 (when everyone is the same because they have all passed step 2), and its still very hard to do. a friend transferred to UTHSCSA and said there were 5 applicants and he was the only one that got accepted.
