<p>Hello everybody, </p>
<p>I just received an email regarding this seven-year accelerated program for students seeking to enter medical school. I wanted to see if anyone else received this invite to apply and also if anyone has any additional information for this program.</p>
<p>I received this email as well. I wouldn’t mind getting some more information about it, either.</p>
<p>It’s brand new for your class. I’d consider yourself lucky to have the opportunity. I’ve heard rumors about it but this is the first time I’ve actually seen it with an official title. Word is that the curriculum will be a hybrid between normal biology and BME, at least with respect to physiology. Either way, with 20-30 (~10% of total) spots being reserved at either medical school, this is bound to affect all pre-meds in Texas rather directly. Considering how competitive seats at UTSW are, removing 20-30 from the pool is quite a massive hit.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if it’s binding if we’re accepted?</p>
<p>Is the application for this program for the Class of 2016? If so, Mrl5394, lindseylu1126, or anyone else who received the link, can you please forward it to me as soon as possible?! email is ShiviAgarwal051 @ yahoo . com
Please & Thank you! :)</p>
<p>@soshivi051 Yes, the application is for the Class of 2016. However, the application was due April 9 at 8:00 a.m. If you did not receive an email from the program directly, then you would not have been able to submit an application anyways.</p>
<p>So who all applied and got accepted? Are you guys actually planning on doing it? I’m debating the merits of it vs. wanting to go to a different med school (my choice is out of state…).</p>
<p>I just got my acceptance email!! I’m definitely gonna be participating in the program!
@Shakespearerulz You don’t have to attend the two choices of medical schools if you don’t want to after the three years of undergraduate, I don’t think. You should email them and get some clarification.</p>
<p>has anyone else in BME applied? apparently bme acceptances to this program arent being given out until friday.
Does anyone know all of the participating majors and how many people get in from each?</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted too! Does anyone know any other information abotu the program? There is virtually nothing online.</p>
<p>hey fuys, im a junior, what kind of credential do u guys have? e.g. sat/gpa/rank</p>
<p>Can y’all post your stats please? I really love UT and am interested in this program. Thanks!</p>
<p>I’d like to know your stats also if you guys could please post them</p>
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<p>This will have an effect on the 2015 med school entering class as the number of three year applicants will be added to the number of four year applicants. After the first year, the effect will be minimal as the number of four year applicants will be offset by the number of previous year’s three year applicants on a rolling basis.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if you understood what I was saying. With well over 3500 applicants each cycle, shifting 60 students ahead one year will have minimal effects by itself and will be well within normal fluctuations. What it does do is permanently cut 20-30 seats from each school’s regular admissions class. This disfavors high school students, like me and many others, who had yet to decide on a career in medicine so early. I’m not saying that it’s a bad thing, but I do feel like future applicants will feel the effects of having 10% of the usual seats reserved for this program.</p>
<p>frever, admission to UT and to Texas medical schools greatly favors in-state Texas students. SHAPE participants are “elite” in-state UT students that would likely be admitted to Texas medical schools whether or not SHAPE exists. They do not take a space in a Texas medical school that they wouldn’t have likely occupied anyway. </p>
<p>Except for the first year that SHAPE participants’ are eligible to matriculate into medical school, it does not significantly change the number of medical school applicants or the number of medical school spaces. SHAPE merely identifies the ones that are most likely to be admitted, earlier in the process. The number of spaces available to students that are not identified by SHAPE as being “elite” is roughly the same.</p>
<p>Note: “elite” is the term used by UT to describe student admitted into SHAPE.</p>
<p>From what I understand, part of SHAPE’s purpose is to recruit and claim these “elite” students before they go out-of-state to never return. I heard that the MCAT is likely to be optional, and that if they require it, it would only serve as FYI for the administration. Considering the fact that this program has already planned out their summers, the enormous amount of time required to study for the MCAT, and the quality of UTSW and UTH, I don’t find it hard to believe that they will effectively recruit students to these schools that would not have attended them otherwise. These top students might have been accepted anyway, but SHAPE will make them more likely to stay and attend.</p>
<p>Even if these students would have attended UTSW or UTH without SHAPE, the admissions game would probably play out differently. The top medical schools have yield rates of only about 35%. To compensate for this, they tend to accept 2-3 times more students than they expect to enroll. With 20-30 students locked into place by SHAPE beforehand, that could easily translate into 50-60 less acceptances handed out by each school. </p>
<p>…my negativity might come from the envy I have for those students lucky enough to participate in this program…</p>
<p>Can I get stats from people accepted please?</p>
<p>Hi everyone</p>
<p>This is my first post on cc. I have followed CC religiously over the past year, but finally have a reason to post. I am a senior in HS, interested in medicine. I just received an email from UT yesterday, inviting me to apply to the SHAPE program for 2013. Has anyone else received such an email? Does this mean they really think I am a good fit or do they send emails to anyone who has shown interest in medicine? Is anyone already enrolled in this program? If yes, how’s your experience been?</p>
<p>Does anyone that put their major as natural science or engineering get invited, or is it just specific, “elite,” students?</p>