Hello all! New to SDN so please forgive me for any silly mistakes!
So I had the wonderful opportunity to interview at UTH this past November and I think it officially ruined me-I can NOT see myself going anywhere else! I really really enjoyed the whole experience and felt good about being there-was wondering if I could get some input from any and everybody out there on my situation.
My first interviewer at UTH was unusual to say the least. After answering the questions I asked him he ended with "well I really like you and I think you would really like it here and you be a great fit but have you thought about what you do if you didn't get into medical school this year?" And I told him I would definitely reapply and that I am committed to going and would do anything to make my app stronger, etc. He then asked me where else I interviewed-I told him only TCOM-and he said "well thats a good school and if you get an offer you should take it because if you don't and reapply that shows a lack of dedication on your part." He then kept on repeating that "he really liked me but he was only one person on the admissions committee." He then looked at my app and said I had a good MCAT (30) and a good GPA (3.7) but that if I didn't get in I should go back and do a formal shadow experience for 4 hours a week for a couple of weeks.
I pretty much kept on saying ok and smiling while my brain felt like it was actually melting.
I got the pre-match offer from TCOM and it gave me a lot of mixed feelings. I was excited b/c it's great that I got in, but don't know if the DO, Ft. Worth, etc. thing is really for me. And then the interviewers words sort of kept on coming back to me about reapplying.
What do y'all think? Should I just try and reapply or go for it with the DO school? UTH is very mysterious cause I know -I think I know- that they don't hand out many pre-matches so I really will know what's going on Feb. 1st. Any input on this obnoxiously long post would be GREATLY appreciated