there is some kind of queuing & juggling algorithm but i doubt it's based on stats alone, judging from my experience & others'.
No, probably not. 36 MCAT here, with 4.0 uGPA. No invite and submitted early.Do you all think that TCOM is sending out interview invites to 30+ MCAT, above average GPA's first? It seems that a lot of people on here that have already received interviews have 32-36 MCAT's
Ah OK.
Too bad they don't actually release that score. I think there are things that I have and other that I don't, so all in all, I would expect to have an average score, perhaps explaining why I didn't receive any invite.
Totally agree.There is always the idea that you are more likely to accept an MD offer with your stats...many DO schools would turn you down. If you really want to go DO, I think a letter of interest might suit your situation. Just a thought
There is always the idea that you are more likely to accept an MD offer with your stats...many DO schools would turn you down. If you really want to go DO, I think a letter of interest might suit your situation. Just a thought
Did you log-in and check your application status to see if there is an answer there?I received a confirmation e-mail from TCOM on 6/20 saying that they had received my TMDSAS. Then a confirmation e-mail for my secondary on 6/28. If I haven't heard anything from them regarding an interview offer yet, does that mean that I probably won't be getting an interview? It just seems like people who submitted their secondary later than me have already received interviews and I haven't heard anything, so does that mean that they've already looked through everything and decided not give me an offer?
Thanks for any insight!
There is always the idea that you are more likely to accept an MD offer with your stats...many DO schools would turn you down. If you really want to go DO, I think a letter of interest might suit your situation. Just a thought
Yeah, like every 3 minutes (i know the question was not for me though)Did you log-in and check your application status to see if there is an answer there?
Yeah, like every 3 minutes (i know the question was not for me though)
Yeah, like every 3 minutes
LOL! I jump out of my skin too when my phone beeps for an email.Its enough to give you a complex. I jump every time I get an email just to find out that my wife has signed up for some other random retailers email list.
I am such an addict, I have even paid 99 cents for the SDN mobile application. It works great. It may become a bit too cannibalizing though.LOL! I jump out of my skin too when my phone beeps for an email.
I can confirm that. I am a non trad with meh stats, 3.35 (3.27 sGPA) and a 32. I got an interview on 7/31 before my DO letter ever made it to them. My ECs in medicine are fairly average I guess (mostly volunteer work with a bit of MD shadowing), but I would consider the rest of my story to be rock solid. Tons of leadership experience through the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M and the Army, lots of varied volunteer experience with undeserved populations, and success in an unrelated professional field.
Texas A&M c/o '07
Reasonable chance I whipped out to you in our 2 years of overlap.
Does anyone want to venture an explanation for the 19 MCAT?
All I could think of is the JAMP program, of which TCOM is a participant:
http://www.utsystem.edu/jamp/whoweare/leadership.htm
Just wondering.
I was N1.Ah, the good old days, life was so much simpler back then. What outfit where you in?
Does anyone want to venture an explanation for the 19 MCAT?
Interview invite for August 7th!
Primary Complete: 6/28
Secondary Complete: 7/5
Are you excited????? Have your interview clothes nice and crisp?Tuesday interviews sounds right. Mine is on 7/31 and the only other date Ive seen is 8/7, both are Tuesdays
Don't forget the hawaiian lei!Really excited. To be totally honest I'd probably take tcom over most the MD schools. Part of me wants to only get in there to keep from catching crap about choosing a DO over MD.
As far as the interview clothes go, I've got a great Hawaiian shirt pressed and ready to go. The only thing left to decide is flip flops or boat shoes. I'm thinking Sperry's, I mean it is a Med school interview.
Really excited. To be totally honest I'd probably take tcom over most the MD schools. Part of me wants to only get in there to keep from catching crap about choosing a DO over MD.
As far as the interview clothes go, I've got a great Hawaiian shirt pressed and ready to go. The only thing left to decide is flip flops or boat shoes. I'm thinking Sperry's, I mean it is a Med school interview.
Here's a question for current students. Unt is known for making UT Austin look conservative, does that transfer to the Med school?
Here's a question for current students. Unt is known for making UT Austin look conservative, does that transfer to the Med school?
Does anyone know how long it takes to get a phone call after your status changes to "invited for interview"?
yeah I'd like to know that as well. It's been about 10 days since my status was changed but still no call. Now I jump every time my phone rings
Tuesday interviews sounds right. Mine is on 7/31 and the only other date Ive seen is 8/7, both are Tuesdays
how long after your primary is transmitted and secondary is submitted is that you get your log in information?
Also, do they invite you to interviews if they don't have your letters?
Yup, and if you got that just from my initials, i guess we can safely assume you did whip out at one pointDressing like that it sounds like you're an E2 fighter. But I think you're a street fighter, right?
Does anyone know which days TCOM interviews? I heard it was Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays? Can anyone confirm?
The atmosphere is easygoing and laid back, but TCOM is not a place for slackers. The pace is grueling in some classes, and many of the exams are brutal. But most students here are serious when it comes to study, and it works out well. (Partly because nobody wants an invite to the student performance committee. LOL.)
Otherwise, there are not many rules. Med school is hard enough as it is, so everyone tries to help. The profs really are a good bunch, and they take student feedback seriously - I've seen this many times.