It is not common for students to get free food in cafeterias of hospitals. Students try to attend presentations and other events (ironically prospective student interviews!) to get nice lunches.
Feel the exact same. I'm very grateful for my other II as well, and I would be happy attending any TX school. But, I feel like Dell would be my top choice if I were to get in. They continue sending out secondaries for many more months though - so I am just forcing myself to be patient and optimistic
Similar app, waiting since late June lol
So do you have plans for the extra year? Was there a new dean?
At this point I really don't have any plans for what I'd do as an MS3 there, but appreciate the unique opportunity to figure out a specialty of interest during MS2 and then use MS3 to build a suitable CV toward that specialty.
Get er done!!Do you think if send them this GIF with a whataburger gift card it’ll convince them to reply with a secondary invite ?
So the GIF works..... Just kidding, congratulations! You'll kill that video secondary and get an II in no time!
Coming from a current Dell student, I did not receive a secondary until October I believe.
How fast paced is the curriculum? How supportive are the faculty? Any ideas for what you wanna do for your growth year?
What is the process for applying for scholarships? Or is that considered with just the medical school application?
It’s a lot of material for sure, but it’s the same at all schools tbh. I surpassed my undergrad bio degree in about 6 weeks, but I would say the curriculum is very manageable. We don’t learn any superfluous information like what Long SOM is known for. The curriculum is designed around the topics in first aid/step. All of our material is in the AnKing. Your grade is determined by only one block exam which is very nice. Other schools have weekly quizzes and biweekly exams (Long, A&M, UTSW). You also have a LOT of time to study since our schedule is very light compared to other schools.
Great input @Bot Puppet. I like the unwritten rule.
I am personally interested in going into a surgical sub specialty so I can take this one. I wouldn’t say Dell limits you in a traditional sense but you will need to be comfortable carving your own path. There are some pros and cons to this. The small class size gives you an opportunity to have your pick of faculty for mentoring and research projects. Upperclassman have been very helpful on making those connections for us. I would imagine that the third year will be very helpful in tailoring a great CV for anything you want to do. For example, you have the dual degree opportunity but you can even go to different institutions if you are really passionate about some specific research/community project that is not at Dell. We are slowly adding new residencies (just added neurosurgery last year) so hopefully ENT and plastics will soon follow. Hopefully that answers your question.
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I'm still deciding how to rank Dell and McGovern. Could you very briefly explain to me what years 1-4 look like at Dell? Also, I should add that I am not the least bit interested in dual degree programs. What are my options during 3rd year?
Dell Med curriculum schedule easily searchable Medical Education Flyer Curriculum 20210621.pdf - Box
"Pressured out of" by whom?
February 17 - date for ranking.
Yes, at most schools you do your "required" rotations in MS3 and your interests/electives in MS4.
I personally ranked Dell over McGovern for the curriculum design. As already shared, the curriculum is public knowledge if you want further details. True P/F is next level relaxing, and we don’t even have quizzes that count for a grade. I have a lot of time to free study, and though the curriculum is accelerated, I feel comfortable with my independent study.
This is spot on. I would like to add that Dell will throw its full weight behind anything you do. You’re not necessarily competing with any of your classmates because there will be so few of y’all. Dell has historically matched well into competitive specialties, and we’ve paired that with high board scores as well.
Merit scholarships are hard to come by from my limited POV. I kind of forced Dell to match a scholarship from UTMB. With the way the match is set up, Texas premed students don’t have a lot of leverage.
thanks a lot for your valuable input. I really got the sense that the faculty is overwhelmingly more supportive of students here relative to other med schools. Having the third year to tackle on some research and rotations for a desired specialty can surely make someone a competitive applicant. Definitely some things to ponder on.
Info about the new dean is a little dicey. You’ll find out more if you attend Dell though. However, overall the dean does not affect your education or QoL at Dell.
Dell is extra cool that way. They do the same for admissions.
The call is so cool!
Your significant other was not miffed they are still reaching out to momma?
Hahaha!! She was thrilled! There was no spot for my wife's number to be included on the primary app, but parental info is required, so it made sense. Now, if my wife had her info on the app and Dell reached out to my mom in spite of this, it woulda been suuuuper weird.Your significant other was not miffed they are still reaching out to momma?
Looks like Dell still has a lot of interview slots left if you got October 4th.
Totally late to this, but yeah. School has let people defer 1st year in the past, they just accepted someone off the waitlist. The case I know of was for a very competitive national scholarship (Rhodes, Fulbright, etc).
I am an MS4 and this has long changed.
The new dean selection process was completed over this past year. They have not announced a new dean yet. I miss Clay all the time.
Yes, ENT will be limited at Dell, just being honest here. Our uro, plastics, ortho, ophtho, and even neurosurgery faculty are very highly involved. Plastics has their own biweekly research meetings w/ faculty, and ophtho and neurosurg just got a residencies, as did anesthesia. ENT is kind of odd man out as we have limited exposure, limited research, limited everything. I don't think (don't hold me to this) we've matched anyone in ENT yet while we have a good number of the all the other surgical subspecialties.
The other non-degree programs is the entrepreneurial track/student entrepreneur track. The program "Good Apple" was started by a Dell Med student and seems great. Another student worked on Early Bird, which incentivizes pediatric primary care with education funds. Last year, someone worked with a group that records messages from individuals experiencing homelessness to try to reconnect them with family. I think 2 people are doing it this year, unsure in what. One of these tracks works with Michael Hole, no idea which one, you can google him if you want.
I feel that but remember, they send out secondaries throughout the cycle! I think one current student commented earlier saying they only received their secondary in October. N = 1 but I also know someone who is currently at Dell and received their secondary in October
