I found this page which has the most detail about offers and acceptances.
Nothing seemed to indicate that it is binding. It seems to fall under the same category as the dual-degree programs and was even listed under the dual degree programs to choose from on TTUHSC's secondary application.
Just to update, I emailed the admissions office just to double check and they assured me that it is a non-binding offer.
I don’t think I’ll apply there tbh
How exciting!! Where did you see that?!?!
I just got an email confirming the same thing from UNTHSC.
No acceptance in hand = Fight for every opportunity.
Scroll down to Texas on this LCME list of med school accreditation status.
I’m really excited to apply there so I’m hoping they open the application soon
Wow so there’s one more school people can jump into this very same cycle! Exciting stuff for many
Correct me if I’m wrong but they will *not* participate in TMDSAS and aside from some scholarships for inaugural class will be closer to cost of a private medical school?
Yes and yes. I had emailed them earlier in the year and they said their app is gonna be through AMCAS
It was sent to anyone with a UNTHSC email (faculty, staff, current students, and alumni). A campus wide announcement if you will.
@SOM Admissions Welcome, Dr. Cunningham! I have started a separate page for your new school here, I know you will be bombarded with questions!
Do you have minimum GPA/MCAT, or maybe a better question is a suggested or target GPA/MCAT? What type of students are you looking for? Will accreditation through TCU/UNTHSC make loans easier? As a veteran, I know at least one other newer school (California Northstate) isn't even eligible for the GI Bill or won't participate in it for some reason, so financial aid stuff would be important.
Do you have rotations targeted? JPS rotates a lot of TCOM students, will that continue with the new school?
And kind of a silly question - what will the correct abbreviation be? I see FW MD on your profile picture. TCU? FWMD? UNTHSC Take Two?
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Hey, why not? They are 3 very different places.
Personally I didn't get an interview at Dell and don't interview at UTSW for a while. That being said, I'd tentatively put my ranks as UTSW>UTMB=Long> McGovern>Lubbock>UTRGV> El Paso. Austin is a pretty cool city so I can definitely see that putting Dell #1 for a lot of people.
UTSW is objectively much better than UTSA/UTMB. Its not out of this world to hear your thinking about ranking Dell higher, esp considering their recent STEP scores.
I'm a valley native so I would save a considerable amount in living expenses by attending UTRGV. That's pretty much the only reason why. Otherwise, definitely would put El Paso higher.
So my question is why better? Long interview they said they had the 2nd best match list. So just research wise better or Step scores? Since long and UTSW Step scores are insignificantly different.
That’s a good question for an adcom lol I’m just trying to get a pros and cons list going
Probably P/F and step scores but idk
UTMB on interview day seemed to have a much better atmosphere than McGovern. People felt genuinely happy and helpful. At McGovern I felt that students were kinda pretending to enjoy it. Hard to describe but it was kinda just a gut feeling. Of course, that was just my personal experience.
Publications, major awards/recognition, grades (too early for this, since you probably don't have final grades yet), and if the school accepts updates or not.
Agreed 100%. Currently I have mine as McGovern > Dell > A&M > Long > Tech > El Paso > RGV. Interesting/tbh cool to see how everyone’s ranks are different
Yes they do. It takes a few days from submission to recalculation.
Ahhh now I've got to keep up my grades this semester since a lot of TX schools don't do scholarships till after acceptance
When do most tx schools let you know about scholarship? Any idea?
not till pretty late (>June). Luckily all the TX tuitions are roughly equivalent and half of OOS tuitions!
They might go easy on you if you pull the “I was busy traveling for II” card
lol I don't like making excuses though, esp when some people go for 20 IIs but still maintain a 4.0.
Med students don't praise P/F because of what it does for their residency application, they praise it because it's less stressful/competitive than other grading systems. Most of the students I've talked to at P/F schools said that P/F is one of the most important factors in deciding on a school. Some TX schools with four-tiered grading systems have tried to sell it as a way for PDs to distinguish between students during the residency process, but like you said, pre-clinical grades are relatively unimportant. I think there's a single sentence on most MSPEs regarding pre-clinical grades.
