Texas Tech U Affil-Lubbock

it was actually really nice to have the chance to give a presentation. i just made it about where I grew up, hobbies, where I am now, etc

Has anyone gotten an email from metrohealth of where and when to sent ppt?

I think we just share our screen and present from our computers

Sadly no intel too

so it says they allow for 30 interview slots but I heard that people who did an away there don't do a formal interview so does this mean there are way more people than the 30 being considered for the 3 spots?

< the idea of doing a presentation on top of the interview day is such a huge turn off to me. Why add more work to an already stressful day.

> Honestly I'd be happy with being able to do a presentation. Assuming the program doesn't require you to cover any specific subjects/topics, it really allows you to shine and talk about what you're passionate about. It lets candidates shine beyond their stats or # of research pubs, just as the interview does. I'm all for more of these non-stat driven opportunities to shine throughout the selection process

stony brook is a 1 min video prior to interview day

I'm so stressed for mine

would hate a presentation. feels like they could assess similar things through interview convos and pls don't make me dance for you (although if i had to I would do it with a smile on my face don't get me wrong)

no :(

also no

anyone have any input or impressions post interview from here?

need a detailed aways tab

who said they didn't interview away rotators?, why would they do a check in before rank? The rotation counts as the interview, they just don't formally interview rotators. They said they would do a check in rather than a formal interview but wasn't sure when it will be

were you preERAS? Yes

The part about UT Houston only interviewing aways needs to be fixed on the Away Tab, also someone put that Texas Tech was only interviewing away rotators and this is also not true

<<

POOP

for those that emailed back for interview date preferences, did you hear back? Not sure if we will get confirmation or if we should call

i got a confirmation like 5 minutes after emailing (2)

because they don't get to pick and choose exactly who they get? it's an algorithm? their home students might have been tired of lubbock or may have all loved somewhere they rotated. it's not that deep

I'm not a Texas tech student, but my home program only matched one home student this past cycle. We all loved our home program but as a group, we were interested in aspects of derm that were not strengths of our home program. Just because a program doesn't keep a lot of home students doesn't mean it's bad. Y'all always want to have it both ways. If a program kept a bunch of home students, you'd say "don't apply it's low yield" or "they favor home students so heavily". Never forget that programs do not get to choose who matches there. Texas tech's last cohort of derm applicants could have just collectively had priorities that led them to train elsewhere and that's fine

Well I'm asking because they had at least 5 home students not match at all so it's just weird...

The thing that bothered me was Texas Tech matching someone who did not do an away.

sometimes people are just not great applicants. Your home program owes you nothing (unfortunately). You are literally a random med student and it's not their responsibility to make sure you match. I am using the royal "you"here - this applies to everyone. They also could've been great applicants and are a reflection of the unfortunate nature of the process. Plenty of great applicants go unmatched every year . Maybe they werent great fits for their home program/had interests that could not be fostered at Texas tech. This process is crazy and unpredictable!

whats bad about the location?> its just small college town vibes, out in the middle of nowehere west texas very conservative etc.

They garuntee an interview to rotators (you do it while on the away) so if you can do the away I would simply to increase the number of ranks you get

did the people that match all did aways? Just curious to see if it will be worth doing an away there, im sus they did not match home students

2/3 of the matched applicants did not do aways.

I rotated there as did one of my friends in my class. I ranked them 6 out of 7 total ranks and matched my second choice I know my friend matched their first choice so tech was at least below their first. Also someone else I did the rotation with matched somewhere else. I think a major reason only 1/3 who rotated there matched is probably because it was near the bottom of the rank list for a lot of rotators

< how do you know which 1 rotated out of the 3 if it's not on the Match List 2025 tab?

I got sources

OP here - thanks so much for responding, that was super helpful! Is it true that they interview rotators while they're there and if so, is it in person or virtual?