Rejected From Texas Medical Schools: What Now
Not admitted through TMDSAS? Texas alternate lists run to orientation. Which schools offer feedback, what rolls over, and how to restart in May 2027.
Rejected From Texas Medical Schools: What Now
If you interviewed and got No Match on February 12, 2027, you are not out yet. TMDSAS says rolling admissions "continue through the beginning of orientation at each medical school." But the next TMDSAS application opens in May 2027, while those alternate lists are still moving, and your essays and letters do not roll over. So you run both tracks at once.
Texas has no single decision date and no clean restart. This page sorts out which situation you are in, which three Texas schools publish a feedback offer, what TMDSAS carries into a new application, and a month-by-month plan.
Every page quoted below was checked on November 7, 2026. Dates are for Entry Year 2027 unless a row says otherwise. TMDSAS had not yet posted Entry Year 2028 dates that day.
Are you actually out? Check your situation
| Your situation | What the source says |
|---|---|
| Interviewed, No Match on February 12 | TMDSAS: "You will be contacted directly by a medical school if you are moved to their alternate list or made an offer after the match process." |
| Interviewed at Sam Houston State and turned down | SHSU: "Application files are not re-reviewed after a decision has been made by the committee." |
| Never interviewed at UTSW | UTSW notifies applicants not selected for interview "only after the entire interview process has ended (mid-February)." |
| Interviewed but did not rank by January 29 | TMDSAS: applicants who miss the rank deadline "will automatically be withdrawn from all medical schools" |
Sources: TMDSAS After Submitting, SHSU-COM FAQ, UTSW admissions.
The alternate-list window is long, and each school runs its own list: the TMDSAS No Match guide covers each school's list, including UTMB, Long and UT Tyler. After 5 p.m. CST on May 15, a school that calls you gets a fast reply: TMDSAS requires a response "within 5 business days", or "within 48 hours" if the offer comes within 30 days of orientation.
Our view: if you interviewed anywhere, keep that file alive and start the reapplication in spring anyway. Do not wait for June to find out. The basis: Texas alternate lists run to orientation, the new application opens in May, and Texas Tech Lubbock says plainly that "reapplying to the next cycle will have no interference on your waitlist standing" (TTUHSC FAQ). The countercase: if no Texas school interviewed you, there is no alternate list to wait on. Spend February to April fixing the reason, not refreshing the portal.
Asking for feedback: which schools say they offer it
Three Texas medical school pages we checked publish a feedback offer for applicants who were not admitted:
| School | What its page says | When |
|---|---|---|
| UTMB | "We offer re-applicant file reviews by appointment between April-May, as well as an annual re-applicant workshop." | April to May |
| Texas Tech (Lubbock) | "Every spring we host our Reapplicant Seminar for anyone who's previously applied and did not receive admission. During that time, we offer file reviews with a small fee." | Spring |
| Texas A&M | "…schedule an appointment with a member of the admissions staff about how to improve your application for the next year. The College's Office of Admissions offers a number of virtual re-application workshops in the spring." | Spring |
Sources: UTMB FAQ, TTUHSC FAQ, Texas A&M MD FAQ. Texas Tech's file review carries a fee; the page does not state the amount. Texas A&M's FAQ adds that "A handful of the TMDSAS participating schools also offer application and re-application workshops."
TCOM's admissions page takes the opposite line. Its reapplicant section says "it is the responsibility of the applicant to identify and address any weaknesses in their application before reapplying."
We found no offer aimed at applicants who were not admitted on the other five school pages we checked (Foster, Long, Sam Houston State, UT Southwestern and UT Tyler). At UTMB, Texas Tech and Texas A&M, use the published route. Elsewhere a short, polite request is reasonable: send it after the match, to the general admissions address, once.
Reapplicant data three Texas schools publish
| School | Published figure | Data year |
|---|---|---|
| Foster (Texas Tech El Paso) | "39% of matriculants were reapplicants" | 2026 entering class |
| Texas Tech (Lubbock) | "Each cycle we see roughly 25-35% of the matriculated cohort who are reapplicants" | No year stated |
| TCOM | 597 reapplicants, 96 interviews, 58 admits, 33 enrolled | 2019 (page lists 2017–2019 only) |
For TCOM's 2019 row, 58 admits from 597 reapplicants is 9.7%, and 58 of 96 interviewed reapplicants is 60% (our arithmetic). These are three schools' own figures, not a Texas-wide rate. The TMDSAS reapplicant acceptance rate data page covers the statewide reports. Sources: Foster admissions, TTUHSC FAQ.
Constructed example: a feedback-request email
Constructed example, written by us, not a real applicant statement. Context (invented): Aurelia Asante interviewed at one Texas school that publishes no feedback offer and was not admitted.
Subject: Request for application feedback, Aurelia Asante, TMDSAS ID 000000
Dear Admissions Office,
Thank you for interviewing me this cycle. I was not admitted, and I plan to reapply through TMDSAS for Entry Year 2028.
If your office offers feedback to applicants who were not admitted, I would welcome a short call or written note on the part of my application that most needs work. I am especially unsure whether my clinical experience or my Personal Characteristics essay held me back.
If your office does not offer individual feedback, I understand, and thank you for considering my application.
Sincerely, Aurelia Asante
The email is 91 words. It asks one question, names two specific parts of the file, and gives the office an easy way to say no. It does not argue with the decision, list accomplishments or ask to be reconsidered. For more versions, see the medical school rejection feedback email guide.
What rolls over in TMDSAS and what you redo
TMDSAS's Reapplicants page is specific. You sign in with the same account, and most entries carry over for you to review, but:
"Information entered in the following sections will NOT roll-over : Select Schools, Demographic, Family Info, Financial, Essays, Photo, Letters of Evaluation, Proof of Residency, Planned Enrollment, Chronology of Activities and Certification Statement."
"You must also re-send your transcripts, letters of evaluation and pay a new application fee. It is recommended that you do not send the same letters from the last application cycle. Letters of evaluation should be updated or come from new evaluators."
Your MCAT does not need re-releasing: "If you previously released your MCAT score to TMDSAS, you do not need to re-release it to us." The AMCAS, AACOMAS and TMDSAS rollover comparison puts the three services side by side.
The essays line is the one that matters. All three essays start blank, so the reapplicant question is not "what do I edit" but "what do I write that the committee did not read last year". The TMDSAS reapplicant essay strategy covers that.
A month-by-month plan from February to October 2027
The October 1 deadline below is Entry Year 2027's. Entry Year 2028 dates were not posted on November 7, 2026; UT Tyler's calendar says only "2027-2028 Application Opens via TMDSAS" in May 2027.
| When | Do this |
|---|---|
| February 12 – end of February | Read your match result. If you interviewed, confirm you are on each school's alternate list. Send any feedback request once |
| March – May | Book a file review or re-application workshop (UTMB April to May; Texas Tech and Texas A&M in the spring) or an advisor meeting. Ask new evaluators for letters |
| April | Draft all three essays from scratch. Decide what changed since last year and put it in the personal statement |
| May | The application opens. Enter Select Schools, essays and the other non-rollover sections |
| June – July | Submit early. Answer any alternate-list call within the TMDSAS window |
| By the deadline | Entry Year 2027's was October 1, 2026, 11:59 p.m. CST, and "TMDSAS does not grant deadline extensions under any circumstances." |
For the next cycle's activity and essay changes, see the TMDSAS Entry Year 2028 timeline. For the national version of this decision, see rejected from all medical schools: what now.
Questions about Texas medical school rejections
Do Texas medical schools give feedback after rejection?
Three publish an offer: UTMB (re-applicant file reviews by appointment, April to May), Texas Tech Lubbock (file reviews for a small fee at its spring Reapplicant Seminar) and Texas A&M (admissions-staff appointments and spring re-application workshops). At the other schools we checked, ask once, politely.
Does reapplying hurt my Texas waitlist spot?
At Texas Tech Lubbock, no: its FAQ says reapplying "will have no interference on your waitlist standing." We found no statement on this from the other schools.
Do my TMDSAS essays roll over?
No. Essays, letters, Select Schools and several other sections must be completed again.
When can I reapply to TMDSAS?
The Entry Year 2027 application opened May 1, 2026, with submission from May 15. UT Tyler lists the 2027-2028 application as opening in May 2027; TMDSAS had not posted the exact date on November 7, 2026.
Review the writing you send next
Your reapplication starts with a new personal statement that shows what changed. Get a free Quick Review of your reapplicant personal statement against GradPilot's TMDSAS personal statement rubric: it checks whether your experiences changed a decision or behavior, and whether the essay argues one clear motivation instead of listing activities. If something outside your control shaped last year's file, the TMDSAS optional essay rubric checks whether that context changes how the application reads and adds what the other essays do not.
More Texas guides:
- TMDSAS reapplicant essay strategy
- How the TMDSAS match works
- The medical school essays hub and the TMDSAS optional essay review page.
Sources
Retrieved November 7, 2026, except where noted.
- TMDSAS, After Submitting Your Application (Entry Year 2027): rolling admissions to orientation, alternate-list contact, rank-deadline withdrawal, post-May 15 response windows.
- TMDSAS, Reapplicants (no year stated): rollover and non-rollover sections, letters, fee, MCAT.
- TMDSAS, Deadlines and Important Dates (Entry Year 2027): May 1, May 15 and October 1 dates; no-extension rule.
- Texas A&M College of Medicine, MD FAQ (no year stated): appointments and re-application workshops.
- UNT Health Fort Worth, TCOM Admissions and Outreach (reapplicant data 2017–2019): reapplicant responsibility sentence and figures.
- Texas Tech El Paso Foster School of Medicine, Admissions (2026 entering class): reapplicant share of matriculants.
- Texas Tech University HSC School of Medicine, FAQ (no year stated): reapplying and waitlist standing; Reapplicant Seminar file reviews; reapplicant share of matriculants.
- UTMB, Admission Policies and FAQs: re-applicant file reviews and workshop.
- Long School of Medicine, Interview Process: checked for a feedback offer (none found).
- Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, FAQ: no re-review after decision.
- UT Southwestern, Admissions (2026-2027): mid-February notices.
- UT Tyler School of Medicine, Admissions (2026-2027): 2027-2028 application opening.
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