2006 VCU Central

[North Shore]

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If they interviewed 900, approx. 200 were already accepted, 200 were probably rejected, that leaves 500 of us on the waitlist...

I think those estimates are a little off. On the announcements it states that they had to reject people beause it was obvious they would never get through all of the names, with 500 individuals on the waitlist, and the stats normally playing out that in the end there are a total of about 360 acceptances given out, there should be roughly about 250-300 individuals on the waitlist, if there is even the slightest chance that a majority will get an offer. Also you have to consider that there are two waitlists, one for in state and one for oos, so everyone is in a different category.

 

[lilmissangel]

Dr. H is the coolest person in the world.
She is soooooo sweet. Anyone know who their replacement is?
If anyone finds out anything about her retirement party let me know....I wanna come.

 

[PoetMD]

it was announced either today or yesterday that Dr. Michelle Whitehurst-Cook will be her replacement...this woman coordinates the FCM class there and the urban/rural primary care preceptorship program, amongst other things

 

[Orth2006]

I think those estimates are a little off. On the announcements it states that they had to reject people beause it was obvious they would never get through all of the names, with 500 individuals on the waitlist, and the stats normally playing out that in the end there are a total of about 360 acceptances given out, there should be roughly about 250-300 individuals on the waitlist, if there is even the slightest chance that a majority will get an offer. Also you have to consider that there are two waitlists, one for in state and one for oos, so everyone is in a different category.

Where are yall getting all these numbers? The post on the VCU status page only suggests that they didn't want the alternate list to be too long. It doesnt make sense if the list is way longer than the number of seats in the class which is 184. Secondly if there are 2 lists (oos & Instate) then it seems the OOS list cannot be more than about 100. Why put 300 people on a wait list when you know only 50 have a realistic chance of getting off the list seeing that it is ranked? I'm not the expert but it just doesn't seem like the list is that long.

 

[North Shore]

Where are yall getting all these numbers? The post on the VCU status page only suggests that they didn't want the alternate list to be too long. It doesnt make sense if the list is way longer than the number of seats in the class which is 184. Secondly if there are 2 lists (oos & Instate) then it seems the OOS list cannot be more than about 100. Why put 300 people on a wait list when you know only 50 have a realistic chance of getting off the list seeing that it is ranked? I'm not the expert but it just doesn't seem like the list is that long.

There are 184 acceptances sent out, in the past years, the total amount of individuals taken off of the waitlist was close to about 140. One thing that has to be taken into consideration, is that when you say the OOS list cannot be more than one hundred, is that many of the OOS will withdraw their names, not everyone intends to stay on the waitlist. Thus a range of about 250-300 OOS and Instaters takes into consideration the people that will withdraw their names or reject the acceptance once given to them.

 

[ShyRem]

Again, last year's numbers (thanks jebus!):

VCU: applied / interviewed / accepted / matriculated
total: 4,406 / 670 / 384 / 184
Out-of-state: 3,602 / 333 / 190 / 80

SO. I would expect that there would be about 150 people on the oos waitlist (with at most 110 getting off the waitlist). On the instate waitlist, it appears they accepted 194 with 104 matriculating. Therefore I would expect the instate waitlist to also have about 150 people. This would give each waitlist a comfortable 50% margin in case of massive exodus.

So I guess I would say that 250-300 total on the waitlist would be about right. I do remember Dr. H saying to my interview group that they do separate the instate vs. oos waitlists to keep the ratios at a constant rate. It appears that 200 people total got in either off the waitlist or because of extra acceptances given out due to withdrawals pre-March 15.

Hmm.. I didn't take into consideration withdrawals from the waitlist. So take the above as minimums.

 

[deleted50541]

I appreciate the number crunching y'all have been doing lately, but reading all of it has made me even more of a nervous wreck.

I think I'll stay away from the boards until May rolls around.

Now where's that bottle of tequila I've got squirreled away?

 

[gdbaby]

Again, last year's numbers (thanks jebus!):

VCU: applied / interviewed / accepted / matriculated
total: 4,406 / 670 / 384 / 184
Out-of-state: 3,602 / 333 / 190 / 80

SO. I would expect that there would be about 150 people on the oos waitlist (with at most 110 getting off the waitlist). On the instate waitlist, it appears they accepted 194 with 104 matriculating. Therefore I would expect the instate waitlist to also have about 150 people. This would give each waitlist a comfortable 50% margin in case of massive exodus.

So I guess I would say that 250-300 total on the waitlist would be about right. I do remember Dr. H saying to my interview group that they do separate the instate vs. oos waitlists to keep the ratios at a constant rate. It appears that 200 people total got in either off the waitlist or because of extra acceptances given out due to withdrawals pre-March 15.

Hmm.. I didn't take into consideration withdrawals from the waitlist. So take the above as minimums.

Hey Shy, have you and your husband set a VCU deadline whereby, if you haven't heard anything, you pack up and move to Maine?

After a bottle of Reisling and having to put our son back in bed 49 times last night (we counted), we are staying in CO and I am going to CU.

 

[cfdavid]

Hey Shy, have you and your husband set a VCU deadline whereby, if you haven't heard anything, you pack up and move to Maine?

After a bottle of Reisling and having to put our son back in bed 49 times last night (we counted), we are staying in CO and I am going to CU.

lol, gdbaby, that's a bummer! how old is your son? my nephew is in a very low sleep phase right now, and my brother and sis-in-law are walking around like zombies....

 

[ShyRem]

Stick to your guns, gd. This battle is an important one. I spent four weeks outside my daughter's bedroom (for 3 and 4 hours at a time) in the hall listening to her cry, wail, and scream about going to bed (I wore earplugs and read a book while my butt went to sleep from sitting on the wooden floor). She now goes to bed at a reasonable bedtime without a qualm, whimper, or whine. She wakes up early enough in the morning without an alarm clock to get ready for school without rushing.

It's worth it. Look at it like house training a puppy - a month or two of absolute hell and constant vigilance, but then it's smooth sailing.

About VCU. Well, we originally said if we hadn't heard by the end of May, but I think that will be slightly maleable if Dr. H says I'm close to getting off the list at that time. So if it looks promising we'll hold off moving a month or so. And really, we weren't looking at moving until the end of June anyways - my daughter and my husband both have their black belt tests towards the end of June. My daughter is doing a fan fighting demonstration for her test (yup, those same lacy fans that give you a nice breeze - except her fan will have steel spines). So basically if we don't have something by June we're going to Maine.

I take heart tho - last year she told someone they wouldn't possibly be getting off until mid-summer at the earliest and they got accepted May 13. Hopeful.

 

[FDoRoML]

It's worth it. Look at it like house training a puppy - a month or two of absolute hell and constant vigilance, but then it's smooth sailing.

This made me laugh, Shy. I remember talking about kids' (don't have any) random behavioral problems which are totally normal to someone who also didn't have kids. I guess maybe I ought to preface it with me being around kids a lot, as well as a ton of experience training animals of all shapes and sizes. Anyway, I menioned something about how you train a puppy or even a cat-- she was so offended by the suggestion! She totally missed my point about "training"-- it's all about consistency. Be firm and be consistent and the kid (or animal) won't get confused or see an opening to misbehave. Well, I guess maybe she just imagined her father's method of house training (rubbing doggie's nose in it, then tossing him out the door). Yeah, that might make me a little indignant, too.

I agree with Shy-- stick it out and things will straighten out and be more pleasant for you soon enough. Easier said than done sometimes, I know. I once spent 9 grueling hours with a screaming little boy during his first time being separated from his parents... I've never met a child who screamed for that long (yes, continuously, and refused to be distracted by my multiple attempts to make him forget how upset he was) without at least crying himself to sleep. It was crazy-- he was not angry at me or scared of me, but he was certainly unimpressed by me! And no, he wasn't sick or feeling poorly-- I checked because it worried me so much. At 1AM he was still screaming when his parents came home... immediately stopped when he saw his mother. Wow. After that he was fine. Of course, I went home and popped a few excedrin. 😀

 

[FDoRoML]

Oh man... I am depressed now. Is everyone deflated from the rush/anti-rush of last week's decision (or, well, mostly notice that we will be waiting even more)? I keep finding the thread almost at the end of Page 2. Hm, maybe everyone's away for the weekend. Maybe I ought to be, too!! 😀

But, I'm at work, so I get to check SDN every now and then, hoping to hear from someone who miraculously got pulled off the alternate list already. Yeah, wishful thinking. And no, haters, I am not obsessing and stressing about it. Just being hopeful and looking forward to the good news that some of us will have the privelege of going to VCU this Fall. 👍

 

[Vizsla]

And no, haters, I am not obsessing and stressing about it.

Its kinda funny that we have to be wary of what we post on this thread now since people dont appreciate our inherently nueoritc pre-med behavior. i say post whatever the hell u want, we all have to go thru this hellish process somehow. if posting makes u feel better, then more power to you....

 

[ShyRem]

I think we're all waiting to hear the first movement from the waitlist.

 

[Nas23]

I think we're all waiting to hear the first movement from the waitlist.

Yeah same here. I know no news, and don't know what to really say. ShyRem, do you think enough time has passed to check with Dr. H about my positioning on the waitlist?

 

[tacrum43]

I think we're all waiting to hear the first movement from the waitlist.

Uh-huh. The waiting continues...

And we don't even have an idea of a date to make a countdown to for the first acceptance off of the waitlist. How about we make a countdown to May 15th instead?

50

 

[tacrum43]

Bump...come on hopefuls, it's a long way until May 15th, and we need to keep this thread on page 1. And we can easily reach page 100 by then. 🙂

 

[laxinstud25]

My theory is that they'll stick with their normal ADCOM meeting schedule of every Monday and that they will give out acceptances Tuesday and Wednesday, just like before their March 15/22nd deadline. How many acceptances will most likely be based upon how many people withdrew or simply turned down their acceptance. I'm also thinking 2 weeks from March 15th would be a good day to inquire about where you stand on the waitlist.

-my bet...some of us will get off the alternate list this tuesday/wednesday.

good luck to you all. 👍

 

[bikedoc1021]

let's hope you are right about the normal ADCOM meetings. i'd sure like to get off the list this week so i can stop worrying about the six masters program applications that are sitting on my desk. besides the fact that i need an excuse to take a day off work! good luck to all and please post if you hear any news.

 

[Em1]

My theory is that they'll stick with their normal ADCOM meeting schedule of every Monday and that they will give out acceptances Tuesday and Wednesday, just like before their March 15/22nd deadline. How many acceptances will most likely be based upon how many people withdrew or simply turned down their acceptance. I'm also thinking 2 weeks from March 15th would be a good day to inquire about where you stand on the waitlist.

-my bet...some of us will get off the alternate list this tuesday/wednesday.

good luck to you all. 👍

From the way the process has been described, it sounds like they don't need to have adcom meetings anymore. They're all done assigning scores to people, so when accepted people withdraw they only need to see who's next in line, score-wise.

 

[FDoRoML]

I'm not trying to burst anyone's bubble about the AdCom meeting theory and subsequent Tues/Wed acceptances... but, from what I understood of the process at VCU-- they meet, discuss you, score you, and then you are entered into the system that Dr. H controls and are chosen from that database strictly on rank as openings appear. I don't think they discuss you later... unless it's a big secret (and there do seem to be a few mysteries about the odd process of VCU admissions).

Anyway, I hope I'm wrong about it. Or, at least, I hope that the result of people dropping from the prior week and weekend result in her culling the list and offering more acceptances. Either way, it could turn out that Tues/Wed are good days for us hopers after all.

 

[madi]

How about we make a countdown to May 15th instead?

49 🙂

 

[madi]

it was announced either today or yesterday that Dr. Michelle Whitehurst-Cook will be her replacement...this woman coordinates the FCM class there and the urban/rural primary care preceptorship program, amongst other things

She's a talented and intelligent woman. I think she'll easily fill Dr. H's shoes.

 

[goinverted]

Wow, I go to Mexico for the weekend and the thread goes to page two, what is up with that?

So the wait continues.

I wonder how Jbone's surgery went? Anyone here from him?

 

[ShyRem]

Haven't heard from jbone - he hasn't posted on dmu's thread since his surgery either.

 

[tacrum43]

49 🙂

Thank you. 👍

Only 7 weeks to go...

 

[chicklett1]

I'm sure it's already been discussed here, but who would blame me for not going back and reading every page? So, anyone know anything about a possible second look weekend at VCU?

 

[paceac]

You think you are a serious VCU applicant and you haven't read all 1,776 posts? My best piece of advice is to forget the second look weekend and start reading.

Seriously though, I'm not sure if VCU has a second look weekend. You could always go back any weekend you wanted and "look around".

 

[ShyRem]

I heard something about a second look weekend for URMs, but since I'm not one I didn't get any information myself on it. 🙁 Try posting this question in the allopathic - VCU class of 2010 thread.

 

[chicklett1]

Thanks, guys. I know, how dare I not read every single VCU post? Totally lame. I hang my head in VCU-commitment shame.

Good luck to you guys !

 

[Cashmere]

Thanks, guys. I know, how dare I not read every single VCU post? Totally lame. I hang my head in VCU-commitment shame.

Good luck to you guys !

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I have decided on University of Kentucky. I withdrew from VCU to allow another OOS a shot! As I applied last year only to be waitlisted twice without the sweet taste of acceptance, I am sensitive to believing that once you know, you should open that spot to someone else!
Good luck to all of you, and trust me, it all works out for the best. That is what my experience has taught me.

 

[Nas23]

Thanks cashmere. Good luck to you at UK. Use any freetime to watch their basketball games!

 

[Cashmere]

Thanks cashmere. Good luck to you at UK. Use any freetime to watch their basketball games!

haha! will do, and of course the derby will be on my list as well

 

[ShyRem]

Thanks, cashmere!

 

[tacrum43]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I have decided on University of Kentucky. I withdrew from VCU to allow another OOS a shot! As I applied last year only to be waitlisted twice without the sweet taste of acceptance, I am sensitive to believing that once you know, you should open that spot to someone else!
Good luck to all of you, and trust me, it all works out for the best. That is what my experience has taught me.

Awesome. Thanks. 👍

 

[Vizsla]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to let you know that I have decided on University of Kentucky. I withdrew from VCU to allow another OOS a shot! As I applied last year only to be waitlisted twice without the sweet taste of acceptance, I am sensitive to believing that once you know, you should open that spot to someone else!
Good luck to all of you, and trust me, it all works out for the best. That is what my experience has taught me.

Thank you Cashmere!! 😀

 

[bikedoc1021]

hey folks. quick question...anyone have advice on how to write a letter of intent? vcu has been my first choice for two years (rejected last year, alternate list this year) now but i'm just not sure what to include in an LOI. i'm not currently enrolled in school so i really dont have much to update. also, how long/short should the letter be? anyone who has written these before or been successful writing one, i would really appreciate your input/advice. thanks and good luck to all my fellow waiters.

 

[Vizsla]

hey folks. quick question...anyone have advice on how to write a letter of intent? vcu has been my first choice for two years (rejected last year, alternate list this year) now but i'm just not sure what to include in an LOI. i'm not currently enrolled in school so i really dont have much to update. also, how long/short should the letter be? anyone who has written these before or been successful writing one, i would really appreciate your input/advice. thanks and good luck to all my fellow waiters.

its tough to answer this issue with VCU since they assign you a priority score after your interview and this score never changes....so it seems no matter what you send in after your score has been assigned, it will have no effect. On the other hand, if they are like other schools who pull people off waitlists so as to adhere to an envisioned set of demographics for their incoming class, it might help you get ahead among others in your demographic. All in all, it definitely cant hurt so im guessing a letter of intent basically describes why exactly you feel VCU is the school for you, what about its program interests you, and also i believe it requires you mentioning that if accepted, you will withdraw applications from all other schools. good luck

 

[goinverted]

Page 3,,what?? Any new news?

 

[Em1]

Page 3,,what?? Any new news?

No, but that baby is SO adorable!

 

[laxinstud25]

Well I guess my admcom theory was shot to hell...I was thinking more that they meet not to discuss you any further, but to fill the slots the have opened up. As for letter of intents...I sent mine a coupld of days ago...It pretty much concentrated on how much I liked the school and why I thought it was a perfect fit for me and why it's my first choice. A friend of mine got in off the waitlist and she felt it (the letter of intent) played a large role in that happening. The same was told to me by the OOS med student who gave our tour. I think in general it shows persistance and resolve and shows that you haven't caved under frustration that comes with being on the alternate list. Good luck to everyone.

 

[Orth2006]

Well I guess my admcom theory was shot to hell...I was thinking more that they meet not to discuss you any further, but to fill the slots the have opened up. As for letter of intents...I sent mine a coupld of days ago...It pretty much concentrated on how much I liked the school and why I thought it was a perfect fit for me and why it's my first choice. A friend of mine got in off the waitlist and she felt it (the letter of intent) played a large role in that happening. The same was told to me by the OOS med student who gave our tour. I think in general it shows persistance and resolve and shows that you haven't caved under frustration that comes with being on the alternate list. Good luck to everyone.

It seems odd that a LOI will pull people off a ranked list as someone mentioned. WHy have a ranked list if someone from the bottom of the pile can suddenly get in at the expense of others higher on the list just because of a LOI. Supposing everyone on the list writes one then what? It becomes a contest of who has the best LOI?

If anything I think an LOI would have been more useful right after the interview prior to the Adcom reviewing applications. At that point it may have influenced the adcoms decision to possibly assign the person a higher score than they probably would have got without it.

At the end of the day though the process is weird and I'm not the expert.
So good luck to you

Cheers 😀

 

[goinverted]

No, but that baby is SO adorable!

Thanks! Hey good news, I just talked to my friend who was accepted last week while he was on vacation. He got accepted to our state school and so he said he called in and turned down the acceptance. Oh, yeah, he is an OOS'er. 😀 👍 😀

 

[tacrum43]

Thanks! Hey good news, I just talked to my friend who was accepted last week while he was on vacation. He got accepted to our state school and so he said he called in and turned down the acceptance. Oh, yeah, he is an OOS'er. 😀 👍 😀

Excellent. 🙂

edit: 48. I am going to countdown to May 15th anyway whether it has anything to do with VCU acceptances going out or not just because I feel like it. And really, it seems like quite a few people will wait until then to withdraw.

 

[Vizsla]

Excellent. 🙂

edit: 48. I am going to countdown to May 15th anyway whether it has anything to do with VCU acceptances going out or not just because I feel like it. And really, it seems like quite a few people will wait until then to withdraw.

those people suck

 

[tacrum43]

those people suck

Hey, as long as they withdraw at some point, I really have no complaint.

 

[madi]

47 😛

I'm with you, tacrum!

 

[ShyRem]

I give it about another week before the alternate list starts moving.

 

[goinverted]

I hope that they give out a bunch all at once next week. There should be a good amount of OOS spots open now.

 

[tacrum43]

47 😛

I'm with you, tacrum!

Thanks.

The amount of time this thread has been spending on page 2 and/or 3 is shameful lately. So, BUMP.

Also, has anyone heard from jbone, and how his surgery went?