UNTHSC/TCOM Discussion thread 2008-2009

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TX_NFS said:
I'm gathering that good news came to some of y'all, but I got the call from TCOM earlier that I had been accepted!!! 😀 Hope the holiday season brings good tidings to everyone here as well... and congratulations to everyone who got in thus far.

(If it matters any, I interviewed towards the end of October.)
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Congratulations! Pretty awesome feeling, huh?
 
mlclonghorn said:
omg. my good news came today. Congrats to all who have received offers. I'm in shock.

Flushot?
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Congrats! Did they give you a call too?

I didn't hear anything either, so I guess there's only a few of us left. If the solemn day of Dec 15th passes, I think I'll cave and send in a LoI to them. Anything at that point wouldn't hurt, right?
 
For those who got accepted today (12/8), when did you interview?
 
Thanks teacherman, I did enjoy. My roommates took me out to dinner! It was great!

Flushot, I am praying for you! You should send them an Loi, I don't think it would hurt... I got a phone call around 2 45. AFTER I got done finishing my MPH application... lol

samsonite, I interviewed 10/28. So about 6 weeks ago.

Good luck to everyone!!!!
 
So, mlc, TX_NFS, and verisme? Congrats! It must be a huge relief...I hope others get the good news soon too.
 
congrats again to everybody!

as for the rest of us, good luck! i'm going to keep hoping for a pre-match until the end of next week. :xf:
 
congrats again to everyone who found out today!! It must be really great to get that weight off of your shoulders.

For the rest of us, I don't know if this has any relevance to this year, but I think last year they had prematches go out again around 12/20 or 12/21.

Did anyone hear anything about if they are sending out more prematches? I'm definitely hoping and praying for a prematch offer! If only i knew when any more offers would go out so I could have a day to actually LOOK FORWARD to rather than live with this anxiety all the time:scared:
 
They seem to be taking longer then they said they would to make a decision regarding OOS applicants. I interviewed in early November and I was told that I should hear something within 3 weeks but I havent heard anything so I don't think they have gotten to reviewing my interview date yet since it seems that people who interviewed at the end of October received their acceptances today.
 
i totally feel you symptomz. i personally think it'll be next thursday or friday that the last pre-match batch will go out, but we'll see. it would be a wonderful christmas to get an offer! anyway, it seems like the latest date people interviewed in this recent batch was end of october (10/28 to be exact?)...please correct me if i'm wrong. in the first batch of pre-matches i think the latest date i saw was 10/7. when did you interview? (i interviewed 11/6) anyway...good luck everyone!!! totally rooting for all of the wonderful SDNers!
 
symptomz said:
congrats again to everyone who found out today!! It must be really great to get that weight off of your shoulders.

For the rest of us, I don't know if this has any relevance to this year, but I think last year they had prematches go out again around 12/20 or 12/21.

Did anyone hear anything about if they are sending out more prematches? I'm definitely hoping and praying for a prematch offer! If only i knew when any more offers would go out so I could have a day to actually LOOK FORWARD to rather than live with this anxiety all the time:scared:
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I know...I'm kinda starting to boil in it a little. I've already drafted up a 1st run on my LoI to ease the neuroticism...I think it's just the frank you want to control some part of the process now.

Live, I think the people that got accepted today were all IS. If you can find the courage or the time (I didn't manage to do it today) give them a call.
 
I just interviewed at UNT last Thursday. I think I can answer a few questions. First, this week is the last week of interviews. Also, They have not filled the slots for OOSers. They are running behind, and I was told three weeks as well, but I am not holding my breath.

I really had a great experience at UNT, I stayed with some second year students and the night before my interview they took me to this wine and cheese social event they had, so I met a bunch of students there, and the next night, after my interview, we went out in Fort Worth. Everyone was super nice, it was kinda wierd, I dont experience that a lot coming from California.

Good luck Everyone
 
Hi ... I'm new to SDN, but thought I'd share my experiences in case they may help you all. I interviewed at TCOM at the end of October. The feedback I received from the staff is they place a lot of weight on the secondary app and your motivation for osteopathy. MCAT scores (from last year) ranged from 19 to 36 with an average of 28, and GPA's averaged around 3.3 - 3.7. They said a lot of slots would be filled with the Feb match, but would continue until just before class starts if necessary. The last set of pre-match offers will be around the 19th (since the committee is not meeting after that). I wish you all the best of luck!
 
SgtDoc, i'm glad you experienced some southern hospitality 😀 best of luck to you! thanks for sharing the message, i'm sure you've calmed some OOS fears.

veritas1, welcome to SDN! thanks for coming and sharing! you're making me feel a little better. first off, congrats on the acceptance! i'm guessing you interviewed before the end of october? they actually told you there would be a last set going out around the 19th? ah one more date to hope for!
 
thanks for answering all the questions that everyone has been posted, im sure everyone appreciates it
 
wow thanks for all the really great info. veritas! 🙂
 
marvolush said:
SgtDoc, i'm glad you experienced some southern hospitality 😀 best of luck to you! thanks for sharing the message, i'm sure you've calmed some OOS fears.

veritas1, welcome to SDN! thanks for coming and sharing! you're making me feel a little better. first off, congrats on the acceptance! i'm guessing you interviewed before the end of october? they actually told you there would be a last set going out around the 19th? ah one more date to hope for!
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I interviewed on Oct 30th. I called last week, because I didn't want to pay the $1K matriculation fee to AZCOM (which was due Dec 15th) if I were to get into TCOM. They told me there would be two more waves of pre-match letters (one which occured on the 8th) and one prior or on the 19th.
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Flushot ... personally, I think a LoI is a really good idea. Med schools recruit at interviews, and they like to hear that you are interested in their program and why. I've been treating these interviews as if I were interviewing them and not the other way. I felt TCOM was a good fit for me. Thanks for all the posts on here ... I wish you all the best!
 
mlclonghorn said:
Thanks teacherman, I did enjoy. My roommates took me out to dinner! It was great!

Flushot, I am praying for you! You should send them an Loi, I don't think it would hurt... I got a phone call around 2 45. AFTER I got done finishing my MPH application... lol

samsonite, I interviewed 10/28. So about 6 weeks ago.

Good luck to everyone!!!!
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Thanks for the reply longhorn
 
Every TCOM grad Ive ever met has been super cool. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
 
Congrats to everyone who recieved an acceptance!! It's been a long time coming!!!
 
Hi everyone! I made it through my interview day, and it went really well!

I found out some info 😀

I was told by my first interviewer that committee is meeting TOMORROW, and we were also told that another batch of pre-match is going out, and that they just gave out a small batch yesterday. They said they do around half of their offers through pre-match, and half through match.

As for me, my committee won't meet until january 🙁 but thats okay!

Live4life, since I was told that they are having committee tomorrow, maybe that will include your app! Good Luck :luck:
 
meganmarie said:
Hi everyone! I made it through my interview day, and it went really well!

I found out some info 😀

I was told by my first interviewer that committee is meeting TOMORROW, and we were also told that another batch of pre-match is going out, and that they just gave out a small batch yesterday. They said they do around half of their offers through pre-match, and half through match.

As for me, my committee won't meet until january 🙁 but thats okay!

Live4life, since I was told that they are having committee tomorrow, maybe that will include your app! Good Luck :luck:
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You left out the most important information...what did you think of the school? I'm glad to hear it went well!
 
Live4Life said:
You left out the most important information...what did you think of the school? I'm glad to hear it went well!
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oh yeah 🙄 I LOVED the school, awesome facilities, awesome people, I got a really good vibe and can definitely see myself attending if I get the opportunity. They seem like a really well established school with a great reputation, and what I really like is the high pass rates on USMLE and the pretty local location for rotations....keeping my fingers crossed :xf:

oh yeah, and people here are sooo nice, I love the southern hospitality for sure 😎
 
hey megan! thanks for the information! i'm so glad u liked the school AND the location! i hope you liked the warmer weather too 😉
 
marvolush said:
hey megan! thanks for the information! i'm so glad u liked the school AND the location! i hope you liked the warmer weather too 😉
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haha I did enjoy the warmer weather. My fellow Texan interviewees though thought it was bitterly cold and everyone was irritated by the cold winds....I however, thought it was paradise :laugh:
 
veritas1 said:
I interviewed on Oct 30th. I called last week, because I didn't want to pay the $1K matriculation fee to AZCOM (which was due Dec 15th) if I were to get into TCOM. They told me there would be two more waves of pre-match letters (one which occured on the 8th) and one prior or on the 19th.
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Flushot ... personally, I think a LoI is a really good idea. Med schools recruit at interviews, and they like to hear that you are interested in their program and why. I've been treating these interviews as if I were interviewing them and not the other way. I felt TCOM was a good fit for me. Thanks for all the posts on here ... I wish you all the best!
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I called them today. They said that the files the committee will view cannot be augmented at this point. However, if a single committee member or administrator wants to, he/she can look through it and possibly notice any changes.

I plan to send one anyway ASAP while the committee can still review, but I might not have to if the meeting tomorrow proves fruitful that Megan confirmed. Otherwise, it would basically be for just one more meeting. Seems worth it to me.

So much info running around right now, but they really fill half their offers prematch? Then what about the 'majority' of seats filled by match? Any thoughts on this, everyone? I know last year they also said that at the match, they fill seats, but maybe this year is different?

EDIT - Forgot this: welcome back Megan! Are you going to write up a feedback to let us know how it went?
 
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glad everything went well for you megan and thanks for the updates! I thought your comment on the weather was funny. I am absolutely freezing here in FW and cant imagine you thinking it was warm. But then again, I guess you ARE from michigan! 🙂
 
My thanks to veritas, megan, and flushot for the great info. I hope there is enough hospitality down there in Fort Worth for all of us here lucky enough to be waiting on post-interview decisions.

Megan, were you able to put together a better picture for OOSers? Can we also expect decisions soon, or are they front-loading IS decisions to make the most of their time before 31 DEC?

Wishing everyone Happiest Holidays!
 
It's strange that there weren't that many OOS people in last years thread from what I remember. Either that or it seems that there's a lot more in this thread.

I believe another SDNer is going to call them soon and shall report back. I'm curious too if these next two committee meetings are for prematch or for general admission.
 
back in the mitten and the weather sucks as usual 👎

As far as OOS'ers.....the spots are not all filled because they did not mention one thing about interviewing for the waitlist or having no more spots for OOS

I was told at least three times that it takes two weeks to go to committee (for OOS), and since that puts my committee date near the holidays, the committee wont review my app. until January. I don't think they are frontloading IS, at least they made it seem like they treat OOS as an entirely different process, much like what goes on at other schools where you interview and they meet to make a decision 2-3 weeks after.

I have good feelings about the end of this week....hopefully everyone gets some acceptances already!

I am definitely going to put down some interview feedback.....TOMORROW because I am going to bed 😎


P.S. my interviews went awesome....my first interviewer even told me she thought I would be a terrific student at TCOM, but it all comes down to that dreaded MCAT at committee 😳 oh and lunch kicked, it was so yummy 😍
 
It snowed here in Austin last night... for a little while. It was hilarious to see everyone come outside in the pj's and jackets to take some pictures! Only in Texas can you sweat during the day and freeze at night. Megan, Texas is very unique! I'm glad your interview went well... I wish you all the best🙂

To all that are still waiting, keep your chin up, the time will come (but never soon enough).
 
Thanks marvolush, I interviewed on 9/2/08. The phone call was from an unknown number from their office.
 
So, they're meeting today? I hope there's good new tomorrow or Friday then 🙂

Doctor Lucky, did you online status change too? I fear that I might be unable to answer the phone at the moment they call, so maybe another way to confirm would be nice.
 
from what i've read about acceptances and interview offers, it seems that the status page changes before a call is made. i saw on an mdapp that someone who got pre-matched had their status changed on friday, but received a phone call on saturday so i think they're pretty religious about their status updates.
 
i was just wondering... where do you go to see your application status online??? i've tried looking for a link on the website and can't seem to find one!
 
carbolfuchsin said:
i was just wondering... where do you go to see your application status online??? i've tried looking for a link on the website and can't seem to find one!
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it's the same place as when you were filling out the secondary application.

http://my.hsc.unt.edu/

just log in and on the left choose "Admissions" then "Application Status"
 
Flushot said:
I fear that I might be unable to answer the phone at the moment they call, so maybe another way to confirm would be nice.
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I worry the same thing. But hopefully they will try to call again and the online status will be updated. One thing I noticed though, is that after my interview my status did not change for atleast a week to two weeks.

Megan glad to hear your interview went well.. you had been waiting a long time for the opportunity.

Few more weeks for pre-match offers. More will come soon. hold tight guys!
 
oh, no wonder! i filled out my secondary back in the summer and didn't remember what my username and password were.
 
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dcowboys22 said:
I worry the same thing. But hopefully they will try to call again and the online status will be updated. One thing I noticed though, is that after my interview my status did not change for atleast a week to two weeks.

Megan glad to hear your interview went well.. you had been waiting a long time for the opportunity.

Few more weeks for pre-match offers. More will come soon. hold tight guys!
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It's possible that they were just bogged down during interview season. I think with each offer, they'll probably do the update before the call, from what others have said.

I know, it seems there are two more runs to go before the match. Good luck everyone.
 
Flushot said:
So, they're meeting today? I hope there's good new tomorrow or Friday then 🙂

Doctor Lucky, did you online status change too? I fear that I might be unable to answer the phone at the moment they call, so maybe another way to confirm would be nice.
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I missed the phone call when they called with my offer. The lady who called left a voicemail saying that she had some "good news to share with me." When I called her back she told me about the offer. So don't worry about missing the call. In addition my status changed to accepted a day or two before the call.
 
Thanks for the congrats y'all and yes, Teacherman, it definitely was a great feeling...that is, until the next thing to worry about comes up and I lose it. :meanie:



briton said:
I missed the phone call when they called with my offer. The lady who called left a voicemail saying that she had some "good news to share with me." When I called her back she told me about the offer.
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Same here; I wouldn't sweat it unless you don't have a working voicemail for some reason... I missed the call at first (from an 'unknown number') and answered while the message was being left, so I just checked my voicemail, returned the call, and found out about the news.
 
Yeah, I originally missed my phone call for my interview invite because I was sitting in orientation but I called them back pretty quickly.

That's really nice of them to call everyone who prematched. It would lift up my day even if I already knew about it from checking my status.
 
Hey guys,

I just heard this from a friend who said it was on the latest republic of texas thread XXII (end of page 13 carried on to page 14 in discussion).

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Hey everyone, everyone in the UNTHSC just got an e-mail from President Ransom's office. It reads thusly:


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Originally Posted by UNTHSC President's Office
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has identified the need to expand medical school enrollments to support the health care needs of Texas citizens. In addition, the Health Science Center faces environmental and competitive challenges to the success of our five-year strategic plan. In order to maintain current training opportunities and expand them for a planned and budgeted class of 250 future physicians, we need to review the most optimal way to support our mission of developing outstanding primary care physicians for the State of Texas while maintaining financial stability in difficult times.
To support these goals, the UNT System Board of Regents, the UNT System Chancellor, and I will sponsor a careful and complete evaluation of various proposals to create an MD degree option at the UNTHSC within an agreed framework of expectations.


That's right, folks, UNTHSC may add an MD degree option. This will almost certainly not affect any students currently applying, and probably won't affect next year's applicants either, but I just thought you guys would be very interested to hear that. Things are obviously very preliminary, but they've progressed to the point that the president felt it necessary to inform the student body.

You heard it here first! More details as I receive them.

End Quote (from Bogsaget)

I don't know how legit this information but this makes this quite interesting.....
 
Hi Everyone,
I've been following this thread for awhile but haven't posted anything. I have been accepted to UNT and just received the letter today, however it says that was accepted into the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine- Rural Medicine Curriculum. I did apply and interview to the ROME program when I went for my formal interview because I do have a genuine interest in rural medicine-- I wanted more information than anything else, though. I did not realize that I was committing if I was admitted. Are there any current students out there that can advise? Am I really committed to this, and if so would you recommend it? I don't want to pigeon-hole myself if I choose to go into a non-primary care specialty later. Just need more info...
 
i interviewed late november, and i know others are waiting on here as well - any timetable on when pre-match and final match should come around?

jus worried bc the longer i wait does it mean that my chance lessens?

good luck to everyone and happy holidays guys! take a time to sit back relax and thank God for giving us the opportunity to be in this situation
 
Skyliner said:
Alright it's Legit.

Article from FOrt Worth Newspaper

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1088319.html
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I really don't know what to say. It seems that the feeling I got during the interview and tour was confirmed by reading this. I'm a little speechless.

I mean, there are other schools who do this, but it's pretty crazy that being the center for OMM research and carrying the DO name as proudly as they do leaves me feeling a little disillusioned by this.

But, like you said, this doesn't affect us or the next year (probably next 2-3 years) so nothing has changed in my desire to go...I'm just a little surprised.

One of my interviewers was fervently DO and had 3 generations of DOs, 2 from TCOM, and he is on the board of admissions too, so I'd like to see how he and others respond to this. If this is really only the idea of the top officials, I could also see the faculty and administration shooting down this proposal. In that case, TCOM would seem even more die-hard and independent than it used to be.

You could view this as a benefit no matter what happens. I kind of hope they do the latter.

cybele02 said:
Hi Everyone,
I've been following this thread for awhile but haven't posted anything. I have been accepted to UNT and just received the letter today, however it says that was accepted into the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine- Rural Medicine Curriculum. I did apply and interview to the ROME program when I went for my formal interview because I do have a genuine interest in rural medicine-- I wanted more information than anything else, though. I did not realize that I was committing if I was admitted. Are there any current students out there that can advise? Am I really committed to this, and if so would you recommend it? I don't want to pigeon-hole myself if I choose to go into a non-primary care specialty later. Just need more info...
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cybele, I believe that if you signed up for that program, you are indeed committed. When I interviewed at other schools with rural programs, they made it painfully clear that if you decided to go into a non-primary care specialty after being accepted to the rural primary care program/scholarship, you would have to pay back all your loans pretty much upfront (within 6 months or so?), among other things.

Applying to it, getting accepted and attending TCOM amount to a contract more or less, which is why your app might've been viewed more competitively. If you have real concerns, I would contact them, but you're probably going to hear roughly the same thing.
 
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Flushot said:
I really don't know what to say. It seems that the feeling I got during the interview and tour was confirmed by reading this. I'm a little speechless.

I mean, there are other schools who do this, but it's pretty crazy that being the center for OMM research and carrying the DO name as proudly as they do leaves me feeling a little disillusioned by this.

But, like you said, this doesn't affect us or the next year (probably next 2-3 years) so nothing has changed in my desire to go...I'm just a little surprised.

One of my interviewers was fervently DO and had 3 generations of DOs, 2 from TCOM, and he is on the board of admissions too, so I'd like to see how he and others respond to this. If this is really only the idea of the top officials, I could also see the faculty and administration shooting down this proposal. In that case, TCOM would seem even more die-hard and independent than it used to be.

You could view this as a benefit no matter what happens. I kind of hope they do the latter.



cybele, I believe that if you signed up for that program, you are indeed committed. When I interviewed at other schools with rural programs, they made it painfully clear that if you decided to go into a non-primary care specialty after being accepted to the rural primary care program/scholarship, you would have to pay back all your loans pretty much upfront (within 6 months or so?), among other things.

Applying to it, getting accepted and attending TCOM amount to a contract more or less, which is why your app might've been viewed more competitively. If you have real concerns, I would contact them, but you're probably going to hear roughly the same thing.
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There is no scholarship associated with this and they never said that it would make me more competitive when applying. There isn't even a requirement to go into primary care or even serve rural communities afterward. All I did was check the box that said I was interested in applying to the ROME program, just like I did with the MPH dual degree program, and they set me up with these two separate interviews aside from my two initial ones required. It seemed as though it was something extracurricular and you simply got more exposure to patients in the rural communities. I could be wrong though. I will definitely give them a call and then weigh my options.
 
czanetti said:
It probably won't happen.. they are only forming a discussion group about it in 2009. There is alot of opposition on campus and through the AOA. Personally I think its crap there is no reason to do it other than get a little ink for the school I'm suprised it even made the damm news paper.
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I'm glad to hear that. The way the President's statements begged the question: why not increase TCOM's class size?

What exactly do you mean by ink? Like news? If I were a little more cynical about why this idea was suggested, it would be from the separate tuition the MD branch would have, in addition to secondary fees for MD. I'm sure there's more to it than that, but it's interesting to see the opposition already mounting.

cybele02 said:
There is no scholarship associated with this and they never said that it would make me more competitive when applying. There isn't even a requirement to go into primary care or even serve rural communities afterward. All I did was check the box that said I was interested in applying to the ROME program, just like I did with the MPH dual degree program, and they set me up with these two separate interviews aside from my two initial ones required. It seemed as though it was something extracurricular and you simply got more exposure to patients in the rural communities. I could be wrong though. I will definitely give them a call and then weigh my options.
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Ok, sorry, I think I got it mixed up. At the other schools I interviewed at, their rural program is only for accepted students. As a first year, you have the option on going into it and that is where the contract lies.

TCOM's program is a little different in that they want to know if you're interested right away and that your status said something along those lines. It's not clear, but from the looks of it, I don't think you're obligated to anything.

I would definitely check first, but I don't think that it's just another EC. It is really a committment, because they do want to raise the number of primary care residents in TX through that program. Call them and let us know how it goes 😉


EDIT - I just realized tomorrow may be another prematch day! Good luck to those still waiting. Hopefully I'll be joining the lucky chosen...
 
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