Colt's Med School Interviews

Colt is finished up his interviews on November 13th at Baylor in Houston. I know he is so glad to be done with them! He interviewed at all 8 in Texas, besides El Paso. We are lucky in the fact that he is in a program called JAMP (Joint Admission Medical Program) that guarantees him a spot in TX. We just don't know which one yet! He did great on his MCAT though and is ranked in the top 15% in the nation, which of course isn't good enough to him, he wanted to be in the top 10%! Go figure! These are all the schools that he interviewed at. He puts in his match (top choices) in December and he finds out where he goes on January 6th!

He interviewed at UT - Houston first. I got to go with him to this one. He spent last summer there in a program where he took classes and shadowed some doctors. It was comfortable because he already knew all the administrators and some of the teachers and students. The dean even came out to meet me! I was impressed with the school, the only downside is the location, due to family, my job, etc.

Texas Tech in Lubbock

UT - Galveston

UT - San Antonio

Texas A&M Medical

This one he has the option of where he spends his four years. He can do 2 years in College Station, 2 in Temple, or all 4 in Temple and would be doing his clinical rounds at Scott and White. He seemed impressed with this one too. All the ones I didn't go to, I just hear the bits and pieces of what he liked and didn't like!

TCOM in Fort Worth. This was an osteopathic school that he basically kinda "had to" interview at since he is in the JAMP program.

UT - Southwestern in Dallas

I got to go to Friday's rounds of this one. We went at lunch and listened to information regarding the school, curriculum, clinical facilities,etc. , had a brief tour and had dinner with some med students. It's not exactly in the "best" neighborhood in Dallas. It's on both sides of Harry Hines, but I could see my office downtown from where we were though so that would definitely be a plus. The curriculum fit the style that Colt likes and some of the horror stories and "cut throat" rumors we had heard about the school seem to have changed. He went back on Saturday for more information sessions, his actual interviews and tours of the classrooms and hospitals that he would be at.

His last interview was back in Houston at Baylor. He spent the summer before last at Baylor shadowing a physician. He said the interview seemed to go great at this one too. Now he is all done with this part of the process. Now he just has to put them in order and submit his rankings and wait and see what happens!