Insider Medical Admissions: TMDSAS: The Old and The New

Monday, May 6, 2019

TMDSAS: The Old and The New

For those applying to medical school through the Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service (TMDSAS), please note that your process is a little different from the AMCAS system: The TMDSAS allows for more expository writing, including the medical personal statement, the personal characteristics essay, and the optional essay. This year, too, the TMDSAS has added on a meaningful activities section, which can include up to three accomplishments, with a 500 character limit each.

The TMDSAS has a different timeline from AMCAS as well. Check it out here. For TMDSAS official application instructions, click this link.

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Years of candidate selection at Harvard taught me what characteristics comprise a desirable applicant and how even bright candidates make mistakes that undermine their admissions success. I am a practicing Emergency Physician with nine years of experience training medical students, residents and fellows. I won three teaching and mentorship awards while at Harvard. Please see Insider Medical Admissions for the full array of personalized services I offer to clients applying to medical school, residency, fellowship and post baccalaureate programs.

Dr. Finkel thanks David Presser, MD, MPH for his contributions to the content of her blog entries. Dr. Presser is a practicing Emergency Physician who has written several primers for applicants to medical school and Emergency Medicine residency. Dr. Presser is a graduate of Stanford University, UCSF Medical School, the UCLA/Olive View-UCLA Emergency Medicine Residency Program and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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