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ottomd2 said:
I prematched on Friday! Very grateful for the call and the admissions department was incredibly open to answer questions, even set me up with a student to talk to.
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Nice!! Congratulations!
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Secondary received today! Primary verified in May so I am pleasantly shocked o_O
 
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Just wondering did you guys send thank you letters to your interviewers?
 
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225Bench said:
Just wondering did you guys send thank you letters to your interviewers?
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I did! And got a great response within an hour. Replied to that email after I got my prematch and the interviewer was so excited. 12/10 would recommend.
 
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225Bench said:
Just wondering did you guys send thank you letters to your interviewers?
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I did not send a thank you note, so it's not essential in order to prematch here. I have not been doing any thank you notes, but this one in particular I didn't feel was justified since I didn't feel a strong connection with the interviewer. You could probably go either way on this!
 
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IS II just now! It seems they only have one interview date in November and one more in December. I felt like I totally butchered my answer to one of the questions. So for those of you who didn't feel your best after finishing the secondary, don't be discouraged.

Also, for future applicants, I wore a plain button-up shirt (first one or two buttons undone and the sleeves rolled all the down) for my secondary videos, not a dress shirt or shirt+tie. They said to dress comfortably but not shabby. I remember looking for info on what other people wore, and I couldn't find much on SDN.
 
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secondary invite just now! they are still sending them out folks!!
 
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Secondary invite at 6 PM today! Very grateful, but my primary got verified early so thought they just legit forgot I existed LOL 💀💀
 
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Got the interview invite call! Was so happy over the phone I couldn't contain it :). Completed the secondary 10/4
 
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Wataheal said:
Got the interview invite call! Was so happy over the phone I couldn't contain it :). Completed the secondary 10/4
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With that kind of excitement, you may have already been accepted.
 
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For schools such as Dell that do not accept/take into consideration update letters/letters of interest, do applicants just have to wait until (if) they receive a secondary or II? Will need some clarity on this if possible
 
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Wucd said:
For schools such as Dell that do not accept/take into consideration update letters/letters of interest, do applicants just have to wait until (if) they receive a secondary or II? Will need some clarity on this if possible
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That is correct, as hard as it is to wait.
 
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Wucd said:
For schools such as Dell that do not accept/take into consideration update letters/letters of interest, do applicants just have to wait until (if) they receive a secondary or II? Will need some clarity on this if possible
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Oh yeah, Dell is gonna make most of us wait longer than just about any school out there. Enjoy those hobbies, lol!
 
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Even if updates could significantly impact the way an application is viewed? Particularly with "niche" schools such as Dell.

I thought I'd ask because the window to receive secondaries from Dell is slowly closing... I understand that they take updates approved by TMDSAS, but activities/employment cannot be updated in TMDSAS after submission.
 
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Even if updates could significantly impact the way an application is viewed? Particularly with "niche" schools such as Dell.

I thought I'd ask because the window to receive secondaries from Dell is slowly closing... I understand that they take updates approved by TMDSAS, but activities/employment cannot be updated in TMDSAS after submission.
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Dell, and TCU, to name another Texas school with a similar custom, relies on the care you took to present a good and complete application.
They prefer to read that, and make their decisions based on the primary, when deciding who gets invited to a secondary.
At schools which don't welcome updates about activities, you can still talk about them if if you later get the chance to interview.
I realize this doesn't help you right now, but I'm trying to explain the rationale.
 
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Congratulations folks.

People dont realize it but it is incredibly hard to get into a well liked school with only 50 seats. The adcoms have a really hard job choosing a class.

This is one place where being interviewed is an honor.
 
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GuinnessBoy said:
OMG!! Prematch as well. I am still looking at it, thinking it's not real. So excited!!
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I'm late in saying this, but I see your stats and the post-bacc you completed to reinvent yourself. Absolutely amped for you to have earned this acceptance!! Way to freaking go!!
 
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Wow, I read the posts about prematches earlier and I just saw I got an email from Dell saying "Message from the Dean - Dell Medical School" and for a second I thought I had a decision. But no, they were just wishing recently interviewed candidates a happy holidays lol. Anyone else get that email?
 
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225Bench said:
Wow, I read the posts about prematches earlier and I just saw I got an email from Dell saying "Message from the Dean - Dell Medical School" and for a second I thought I had a decision. But no, they were just wishing recently interviewed candidates a happy holidays lol. Anyone else get that email?
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Yes & I also did a double take lol
 
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Yeah, an email with the subject line starting "Message from the Dean" on a day prematches are being sent definitely threw me off. Thought I was special lol!
 
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skeptastic said:
I'm late in saying this, but I see your stats and the post-bacc you completed to reinvent yourself. Absolutely amped for you to have earned this acceptance!! Way to freaking go!!
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Thanks! Same to you!! It is great to see how much success you’ve had and the acceptances you’ve earned. Happy Thanksgiving.
 
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IT'S NOT OVER!!! Secondary invite today. Dell is my dream school so I'm overjoyed, thought I was out of the running for sure.
 
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texas-man said:
IT'S NOT OVER!!! Secondary invite today. Dell is my dream school so I'm overjoyed, thought I was out of the running for sure.
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Congrats. Do you mind sharing stats and when you applied?
 
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texas-man said:
IT'S NOT OVER!!! Secondary invite today. Dell is my dream school so I'm overjoyed, thought I was out of the running for sure.
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Also got the secondary invite yesterday!!! so so happy! :)
 
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II an hour ago - extremely grateful for this unexpected opportunity! They only had two days open for me to choose from, 1/12 and 1/24, so I theorize that they may be wrapping up interviews soon. Just my headcanon though.
 
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I see more and more cat profile pics on here by the day @CaptNemo. Success follows when you join the cat pfp club. Congrats!!
 
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