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Hello... I just finished my application... Ive had a tumultuous experience this summer. I am wondering if I have a shot with Texas schools this late in the game?
 
Runnergirl08 said:
Hello... I just finished my application... Ive had a tumultuous experience this summer. I am wondering if I have a shot with Texas schools this late in the game?
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Depends on your stats, but this is not late to be applying.
 
Well I am pretty worried seeing that other people have already been offered interviews... I mean my MCAT is in August, so I felt less rushed to complete the application in addition to some other things. Someone also recently told me that if you don't complete you app in early June for TX, you're basically screwed unless you are absolutely outstanding.
 
Runnergirl08 said:
Well I am pretty worried seeing that other people have already been offered interviews... I mean my MCAT is in August, so I felt less rushed to complete the application in addition to some other things. Someone also recently told me that if you don't complete you app in early June for TX, you're basically screwed unless you are absolutely outstanding.
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I have heard anecdotal stories of people being complete in late September/Early October, immediately (or pretty close to it) receiving interviews, and accepted during the pre-match. Don't know how competitive they were, but it is possible. Worrying is not going to help you with the MCAT, you have enough on your plate as is. Good luck!
 
I just got an interview offer for Houston on July 31st! I had no idea that they would only give about 1 weeks notice. =P
 
Has anyone who submitted before 6/27 been verified? I'm starting to worry, being that the one month mark is just around the corner...
 
favored said:
Has anyone who submitted before 6/27 been verified? I'm starting to worry, being that the one month mark is just around the corner...
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I submitted on 6/18 and was verified on 7/7.
 
Ooooppps! I meant has anyone that has submitted AFTER 6/27 been verified. Sorry!
 
favored said:
Has anyone who submitted before 6/27 been verified? I'm starting to worry, being that the one month mark is just around the corner...
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I submitted 7/8 and have not been verified. Other posters said it took a month, so it is probably at least that at this point. It's hard to watch everyone get interview invites when I haven't been verified yet! Damn my prioritizing AMCAS over TMDSAS!
 
jcm14 said:
I submitted 7/8 and have not been verified. Other posters said it took a month, so it is probably at least that at this point. It's hard to watch everyone get interview invites when I haven't been verified yet! Damn my prioritizing AMCAS over TMDSAS!
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Yeah I submitted on 7/11 and obviously have not been verified either. Having to wait a month sucks.

Earlier in the thread people were mentioning their payment received three days after they submitted. How do you guys know when your payments are received? Do y'all just see when your checks have been processed?
 
Usually when your check has been deposited by TMDSAS, they will change the "Payment Received" status to "yes"...I didn't think about this but your should probably count the one month that it takes from the day that they received your check, because TMDSAS will not begin procession until that have received your payment. If you can't remember when your status changed, you should probably just call them. Grrrrr!
 
for those of you all applying to amcas as well do you know how the secondary applications work? like do the schools email you info about secondaries, do you have to go to their website? Just wondering just sent my amcas a few days ago and was not sure. thanks for the help! good luck to everyone here in texas and abroad 🙂
 
salubalu said:
for those of you all applying to amcas as well do you know how the secondary applications work? like do the schools email you info about secondaries, do you have to go to their website? Just wondering just sent my amcas a few days ago and was not sure. thanks for the help! good luck to everyone here in texas and abroad 🙂
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The schools email you all the info you need for their secondaries once you've made it past their cutoffs. It will give you the website, maybe some mcat averages and such, and possibly a login and pw for you to begin the donation..I mean application process. 🙄
Oh and your AMCAS has to be verified first.
 
Anyone submitted after 6/24 been verified yet?
 
favored said:
Has anyone who submitted before 6/27 been verified? I'm starting to worry, being that the one month mark is just around the corner...
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I submitted on June 26th and I am still waiting....waiting.....waiting
 
salubalu said:
for those of you all applying to amcas as well do you know how the secondary applications work? like do the schools email you info about secondaries, do you have to go to their website? Just wondering just sent my amcas a few days ago and was not sure. thanks for the help! good luck to everyone here in texas and abroad 🙂
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Good question. Some schools screen their applicants and only send a secondary invitation to those they choose, like Iowa, Mayo, Utah, and others. For schools like Yale and Baylor, though, you can actually complete and submit your secondary before your primary is even verified. They will not look at it until your primary is verified, but at least you can get a jump on the process if you want.
 
ok so i have a question.. I am not taking my mcat until the 5th of August, so should I submit my app before I get my scores or wait?
 
clearsight said:
I submitted on June 26th and I am still waiting....waiting.....waiting
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I submitted on June 26th, and they actually received my check the day before that (I live in Austin so it didn't have far to go, and I mailed it on Tuesday thinking I'd submit on Friday...)... still no word, but I don't think we are late by any means... It's not even August yet, and not every student applies in June... according to AMCAS, most students don't have fully complete applications (including LORS) until September, I'm sure TMDSAS is similar because for most applicants waiting on LORS seems to be the rate determining step.
 
If you indicated on ur TMDSAS that you will be retaking MCAT, and you took it but end up voided your score and don't plan to take it again for this cycle, do you have to notify TMDSAS and/or the schools you applied to?
 
I can't imagine that you do...but I've never voided a score so I couldn't say.

In other news -- Interview offer today from Texas Tech!
 
Hey guys, I wanted to get your thoughts. I'm a Texas resident, applying for 2010. I'm verified with AMCAS, going to soon start working on my secondaries. I submitted my TMDSAS application today. I know, I took a while. I should've submitted sooner 🙁 I took the July 2nd MCAT exam, waiting on August 4th for the score release. I'm gonna start working on the Texas secondaries. I saw from a recent MD applicant page that he/she was verified for TMDSAS around mid August and submitted around the end of July. I'm worried that I'm late in the game with Texas schools, but I wouldn't even be complete until after August 4th because I don't have an MCAT score yet. Otherwise, I have a pretty competitive GPA (3.8) and good ECs (research, medical and non-medical volunteering, employment). And also my LORs and transcripts are in.

I'm worried because applicants are starting to get interviews for Texas schools. What do you guys think? If I'm complete by mid or third week of August, you guys think I'm okay. I just hope now that I broke a 30 on the MCAT. Thanks.
 
AspiringDOC2010 said:
I'm worried because applicants are starting to get interviews for Texas schools. What do you guys think? If I'm complete by mid or third week of August, you guys think I'm okay. I just hope now that I broke a 30 on the MCAT. Thanks.
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There's no use worrying about it -- just get everything in as soon as you can. You're not going to be an early applicant, but if all goes well on the MCAT, I would imagine you'll be just fine considering the rest of your profile. Don't forget to let AAMC release your score to TMDSAS once you get them.
 
my committee uploaded my letter packet to interfolio, but it doesnt have the letter ID TMDSAS associates with me packet. im planning on delivering it to TMDSAS and attaching my TMDSAS ID to it; do i need to do anything else to ensure they link this committee packet with my app?? should i upload the letter request form for the packet onto interfolio and attach that to the delivery as well??
 
redrower said:
my committee uploaded my letter packet to interfolio, but it doesnt have the letter ID TMDSAS associates with me packet. im planning on delivering it to TMDSAS and attaching my TMDSAS ID to it; do i need to do anything else to ensure they link this committee packet with my app?? should i upload the letter request form for the packet onto interfolio and attach that to the delivery as well??
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email support through the application. my committee also used interfolio and AMCAS acknowledged two days after but almost 2 weeks later TMDSAS had not. I e-mailed them and they linked it the same day.
 
Hey guys, quick question. Under TMDSAS status, it says that 1 Letter is received - my committee packet. My committee letter is uploaded to Interfolio, but what am I supposed to do now? Do I have to deliver it or something? Or am I okay because it's listed as received under TMDSAS status? Thanks!
 
Hey guys I applied in June and already been verified, but I took the mcat on july 17th for the third time. I was wondering does anyone know if the tmdsas schools offer interviews based on your previous scores before receiving your latest mcat score?
 
AspiringDOC2010 said:
Hey guys, quick question. Under TMDSAS status, it says that 1 Letter is received - my committee packet. My committee letter is uploaded to Interfolio, but what am I supposed to do now? Do I have to deliver it or something? Or am I okay because it's listed as received under TMDSAS status? Thanks!
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You are fine. That's what I have too. You don't need to make any delivery once interfolio has it.
 
Hey guys, quick question...
If you've taken the mcat three times with different scores on each, would they look at your highest from each section or just look at one from a certain date?
 
longhornpremed said:
Hey guys, quick question...
If you've taken the mcat three times with different scores on each, would they look at your highest from each section or just look at one from a certain date?
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I think different school look at it differently, but one thing they all share is that they look at trend, like overall increase or decrease..
 
So I know that it can take about a month to get verified, but I'm wondering. Is that a month after you hit submit? Or a month after all your stuff was received (transcripts, letters, etc)? I submitted on 7/14, and they got my last transcript today, so either way I have to wait awhile. But I'm hoping it'll be from the 14th.... I didn't realize how quickly the Texas schools move!
 
Hey guys, I had a question about the verification process. AMCAS requires the transcripts to verify the application, but TMDSAS says that the application will be processed without transcripts. And they say that applications will be transmitted to schools without all supporting documents. So what exactly does TMDSAS do when they say processing? I'm just not sure what TMDSAS does. Any thoughts would be welcomed.
 
AspiringDOC2010 said:
Hey guys, I had a question about the verification process. AMCAS requires the transcripts to verify the application, but TMDSAS says that the application will be processed without transcripts. And they say that applications will be transmitted to schools without all supporting documents. So what exactly does TMDSAS do when they say processing? I'm just not sure what TMDSAS does. Any thoughts would be welcomed.
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http://www.utsystem.edu/tmdsas/frwqAskedQ/03-AppProcessing.html
 
MN premed said:
So I know that it can take about a month to get verified, but I'm wondering. Is that a month after you hit submit? Or a month after all your stuff was received (transcripts, letters, etc)? I submitted on 7/14, and they got my last transcript today, so either way I have to wait awhile. But I'm hoping it'll be from the 14th.... I didn't realize how quickly the Texas schools move!
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I just created a new thread for TMDSAS processing, adapted from the official AMCAS verification thread. I think it'll give us all a better idea of how far along they are in processing our applications. Please update it, even if you've already been processed (especially the people who submitted in June). Thanks, and hopefully everyone is okay with the format.

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=650103
 
cher25 said:
email support through the application. my committee also used interfolio and AMCAS acknowledged two days after but almost 2 weeks later TMDSAS had not. I e-mailed them and they linked it the same day.
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thats actually really funny, because the opposite happened to me. tmdsas linked it the next day! but amcas still hasnt. haha oh well lets see what happens
 
I have the same problem. My committee letter is already uploaded to Interfolio but I did not use the TMDSAS request form and it is not showing up on my TMDSAS application. So I was thinking of doing the same thing. Should I deliver my letter from Interfolio to TMDSAS and just attach my TMDSAS ID on it?? HOw did you do it? What about the TMDSAS request form, do i have to do anything about it? Who did you email, what is the email address for support?
 
meddy15 said:
I have the same problem. My committee letter is already uploaded to Interfolio but I did not use the TMDSAS request form and it is not showing up on my TMDSAS application. So I was thinking of doing the same thing. Should I deliver my letter from Interfolio to TMDSAS and just attach my TMDSAS ID on it?? HOw did you do it? What about the TMDSAS request form, do i have to do anything about it? Who did you email, what is the email address for support?
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If you log into the applicatoin, the top right has a 'support' link. Click on it and it will allow you to send them a message. I actually gave the request form to my committee and they didn't use it. They just sent it directly with Interfolio.
 
Am I the only one that looks at the A&M secondary app essays and just doesn't WANT to do them? It's the only one I have left(the other ones were completed a couple weeks ago).
ARRGH
 
Vanguard23 said:
Am I the only one that looks at the A&M secondary app essays and just doesn't WANT to do them? It's the only one I have left(the other ones were completed a couple weeks ago).
ARRGH
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Haha, I totally hear you. I have not been processed for TMDSAS but I have all my AMCAS secondaries in but Yale, and I am totally dragging my feet. Thanks for the heads up on an annoying A&M secondary.
 
does anyone still have a not received status for your MCAT scores even though you already took the test?

I still have a not received status for my MCAT, is this normal?

thanks
 
8mile said:
does anyone still have a not received status for your MCAT scores even though you already took the test?

I still have a not received status for my MCAT, is this normal?

thanks
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Did you release your scores to TMDSAS?
 
Anyone have a working link for A&M's secondary? I can't find one on their website that works.
 
^ Excellent, that worked.
 
Hey guys,
Does anyone know if tmdsas schools review your app before getting your most recent mcat score if you've taken it more than once? Or do they just automatically put it on hold till they receive the latest score?
 
longhornpremed said:
Hey guys,
Does anyone know if tmdsas schools review your app before getting your most recent mcat score if you've taken it more than once? Or do they just automatically put it on hold till they receive the latest score?
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I asked this question to the A&M admission ppl and they said the can still offer you an interview even if your recent score has not come in. Different schools may have different ways of reviewing though.
 
salubalu said:
I asked this question to the A&M admission ppl and they said the can still offer you an interview even if your recent score has not come in. Different schools may have different ways of reviewing though.
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To add to that... San Antonio sent my app in for review before my MCAT came in... and UT Southwestern sent me an e-mail telling me that my app would not be reviewed until my MCAT came in. The best way to know is to contact each school directly.
 
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