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Texas Tech University Agreement
This agreement is under review. Postings will be made soon.
University of Texas at El Paso Agreement
This agreement if for applicants interested in acceptance to a medical school based on an Early Decision to Medical School After Two Years of Undergraduate Study at the University of Texas at El Paso.
- This acceptance possibility is designed to enable a qualified student to be interviewed during his/her junior year of undergraduate education and to receive notification of admission by the end of that academic year.
- It would also include the option to waive the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT).
Students interested in pursuing early selection and waiver of the MCAT must meet the following criteria:
- A minimum 1300 SAT composite score, OR 29 ACT composite equivalent upon completion of high school.
- Must have completed, by the end of the first semester of the junior year, at least 30 of the 38 hours in the sciences required for admission to the School of Medicine (the 38 required hours=16 hours of chemistry (with labs), 14 hours of biology (with at least 2 labs), 8 hours of physics (with labs). All required science courses must be graded; CLEP or AP credit without a grade is not accepted for early acceptance.
- Must have a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 and an overall GPA of 3.5 by the time of consideration at the end of the first semester of the junior year. These must be maintained throughout the remainder of the undergraduate program, to be calculated at the end of each academic year. Should a student fail to meet this requirement his/her application for early admission would come under review to determine continuation in the program.
- All required science courses must be completed at a grade of B or higher, including those taken after notice of acceptance. Courses used to fulfill prerequisites for medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine must be graded. They cannot be pass/fail.
- Students must be enrolled on a full-time basis (minimum of twelve semester hours) for each fall and spring semester (prior to and after acceptance) of their undergraduate academic year.
- If offered an interview, the applicant will undergo the standard interviewing process.
- If granted acceptance, the MCAT is waived; however, if for some reason a student elects to take the MCAT anyway, he/she must score at or above the mean of the current first year medical class to maintain early acceptance status.
- If a student accepts this early decision selection, he/she is committed to matriculation at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, and may not apply to other medical school without prior notification and withdrawal from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine.
Austin College Agreement
This agreement is under review. Postings will be made soon.
West Texas A&M Agreement
This agreement is under review. Postings will be made soon.
AAMC Early Decision Option
Applicants interested exclusively in Texas Tech University School of Medicine may apply under the AAMC Early Decision Option from May 1 through August 1 of application cycle. Applications and all supporting documents including the MCAT must be submitted to TMDSAS on or before August 1. Invitations for interview and any offers of acceptance will be made on or before September 15. Early Decision applicants may not apply to other medical schools while being considered by TTUHSC SOM. An applicant who is offered admission and accepts the offer may not apply to another medical school unless s/he gives up the seat at TTUHSC SOM. If an applicant is not accepted by Texas Tech, he or she may then apply to other schools early enough so that the results will be available to the school prior to August 1. Early Decision applicants to TTUHSC SOM must have taken the MCAT.
TTUHSC School of Medicine Contact Information
Trevor YatesAssistant Director
School of Medicine - Office of Admissions
Lubbock, TX 79430
806-743-2297
trevor.yates@ttuhsc.edu
