2008 VCU/MCV Central

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berkeleyvala said:
Thanks Zen, I PM'd you my number, but I have quite summoned the will-power to get out of my seat yet.
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I got it. Don't even trip. I totally understand. Good luck getting up and I'll keep ya posted.
 
My message has not changed either. I've never posted before, but I assume its good for everyone else to hear that I haven't heard anything either - makes it seem more likely that they haven't updated the system.
 
Maryland to AZ said:
My message has not changed either. I've never posted before, but I assume its good for everyone else to hear that I haven't heard anything either - makes it seem more likely that they haven't updated the system.
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While that's true and gives me some hope, two people on here HAVE heard.

Congrats you two, btw!!!

That being said, looks like the rest of us might be getting the big WL.
 
Alright, I'm up and out of here for now...good luck people, I'll check back in later. 👍
 
man ive been officially waitlisted at 4 out of 4 schools that i interviewed 🙄
 
ayeaye said:
man ive been officially waitlisted at 4 out of 4 schools that i interviewed 🙄
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Really? Did you get a waitlist message? If not, then we can still be rejected later when they make the waitlist. It's not over yet! Grrrrr...

Maybe it's a computer glitch...+pissed+
 
digitlnoize said:
While that's true and gives me some hope, two people on here HAVE heard.

Congrats you two, btw!!!

That being said, looks like the rest of us might be getting the big WL.
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Who is the second person? I only see one and then one fake out on the previous page (kinda mean by the way, I'm very fragile here...)

I need hope still
 
Was that fake? Hmmm...Lame. Well then. One. Maybe they're BOTH fake outs...

Somehow, I doubt it. Sigh...
 
I see what you are saying Zendoc. I don't think VCU has sent the update yet, but I'm trying to stay positive.
 
no i haven't gotten any updates but i am assuming its a waitlist? i hopeeeee
 
I checked the website around 6:15 🙂 I think i'm still in shock....
Good luck to all of you waiting...maybe they are sending out more acceptances later tonight?
 
ATrim7 said:
I see what you are saying Zendoc. I don't think VCU has sent the update yet, but I'm trying to stay positive.
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Me too. Just trying to stay positive. My husband has worked so hard, he needs this. Just one acceptance....Please oh please. 😱
 
Hokieduck said:
I checked the website around 6:15 🙂 I think i'm still in shock....
Good luck to all of you waiting...maybe they are sending out more acceptances later tonight?
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Thanks for the info...let's hope. Now get off the message boards and go get wasted. 🙂

YAY and congrats!!!!!!!!!
 
When I actually had my interview, it looked as if all OOSers (except one girl from California who actually got her Master's at VCU) were waitlisted and then were accepted after may 15. So I'm sure for those of you who want it bad, you can get in off the waitlist. Good luck:luck::luck:
 
Boojeee said:
When I actually had my interview, it looked as if all OOSers (except one girl from California who actually got her Master's at VCU) were waitlisted and then were accepted after may 15. So I'm sure for those of you who want it bad, you can get in off the waitlist. Good luck:luck::luck:
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if not today then 2 more months of waiting??!?
 
Funky said:
if not today then 2 more months of waiting??!?
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Kinda. A couple weeks to find out if you're on the WL or rejected. Then, at least 2 more months of waiting...some people don't get taken until class starts!!!
 
Actually, when I talked to someone at the admissions office today, she said that they start pulling people from the waitlist fairly soon. She said, they form the waitlist, then they see if they have any spaces, and they start filling from there. So, I directly asked her, so you don't wait until May 18th? And she said no we start earlier - as soon as spots on the wait list open up, but she said there is a great deal of movement around around May 18th.
 
no one else was accepted? i guess they didnt have many seats open. R u guys all out of state? (im instate btw)
 
Hokieduck (who is acccepted) looks instate...I am too. Looks like WL for me! Yay...
 
Congrats to Hokieduck! I have to say that I am proud of myself...I waited until 7:30 to check and I only checked my status once today. Of course now we get to wait until the 21st (I guess) to find out if we are on the WL or just plain rejected. Good luck!
 
To anyone:
Everyone keeps talking about the waiting list or rejection and saying that all the spots are full already. But according to my knowledge, the four acceptance dates are there to allow 25% acceptances per date. So there should be atleast 25% seats for us March 15 people? right? So how come only one person has said they got an acceptance, and NO ONE else has heard anything.

I dont think all the seats are up. Any one else have any info?!

p.s. my page still is hasn't been updated.
 
For Feb 1st, I think there were only 3 SDNers that were accepted. They don't typically update a few, wait, and then update a few more the next day. I think this was it. If it weren't for Hokieduck we would still be wondering and waiting for an update.
 
i still have the hold message...

so does this mean that waitlist/hold is the decision, or should i be waiting till the official day of March 15th? Probably no one knows the answer, but worth throwing out there.
 
I still have hold message also. But I dont think that is your decision. Because the last paragraph on the "hold" says that the next status update will be an acceptance, rejection, or waiting list. So you aren't permanently on hold 😉

So its just a matter of time before they change it to their decision. I was really hoping it would've been this afternoon. but it's 9p here in Richmond, and still nothing. I'm assuming they are probably not going to do it. But I am still confused how they will do it on a Saturday when they are not in the office. Hmmmm
 
penny21705 said:
I still have hold message also. But I dont think that is your decision. Because the last paragraph on the "hold" says that the next status update will be an acceptance, rejection, or waiting list. So you aren't permanently on hold 😉

So its just a matter of time before they change it to their decision. I was really hoping it would've been this afternoon. but it's 9p here in Richmond, and still nothing. I'm assuming they are probably not going to do it. But I am still confused how they will do it on a Saturday when they are not in the office. Hmmmm
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but the hold change to acceptance i thought changed in the 15th. the other holds changed LATER to WL or reject. Atleast, that's what I thought.
 
I was told in Feb by someone on the committee that the class was "oversold" already and for that reason, very few offers were made in Feb and March
 
when i interviewed in early march, the dean told us they only admit 25% of the class at each date so that late applicants are not disadvantaged... whether thats true or not, who knows
 
rahooligan said:
when i interviewed in early march, the dean told us they only admit 25% of the class at each date so that late applicants are not disadvantaged... whether thats true or not, who knows
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this is what we were told in February as well. she commented that she was about on track with percentage of in-state vs out-of-state admissions already given going into the last round of decisions.
 
I interviewed late Feb and my interview told me that VCU has already filled up all the spots and they don't give out more acceptances than they have spots in class. So he was telling me not to get discouraged if I get WL-ed. But then I saw some of you guys saying there's 25% seats opened and got more hopeful.

So yeah, I guess there's still the discrepancy.. The interviewer's in the committee and he has no reason to lie..

I don't know what to think except that I'm still on hold. 9:27pm
 
accepted! (in state)

good luck to everyone still waiting. . .:luck:
 
still on hold 🙁

bummer. guess I should start looking into getting my stuff together for the 2009 cycle....
 
I'm still holding out hope for today, March 15th, at 6 pm. If nothing...then waitlist it is.
 
03/11/2008
The wait list for the VCU School of Medicine class entering in August 2008 will be formulated over the next 10 days. If you do not gain acceptance on March 15 and have not been notified of your application being no longer considered, please monitor your status on the website.


So some people will also get rejected today? Am I reading that right? eeek.
 
whateva07 said:
03/11/2008
The wait list for the VCU School of Medicine class entering in August 2008 will be formulated over the next 10 days. If you do not gain acceptance on March 15 and have not been notified of your application being no longer considered, please monitor your status on the website.


So some people will also get rejected today? Am I reading that right? eeek.
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In theory people could get rejected. From what I've read they use a priority score cutoff for the waitlist (which I guess most people get on) and reject the people below it.

And (from reading last year's thread) I guess VCU doesn't tell you your waitlist rank. That sucks a big one and throws a major wrench into my planning for the summer. Maybe I can convince Dr. WC to give me a hint...
 
beachblonde said:
In theory people could get rejected. From what I've read they use a priority score cutoff for the waitlist (which I guess most people get on) and reject the people below it.

And (from reading last year's thread) I guess VCU doesn't tell you your waitlist rank. That sucks a big one and throws a major wrench into my planning for the summer. Maybe I can convince Dr. WC to give me a hint...
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seriously i know how you feel...ohh the agony.😱
 
drhexane said:
accepted! (in state)

good luck to everyone still waiting. . .:luck:
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Congrats drhexane! I am instate too. I interviewed Dec 3rd and absolutely loved the school 🙂 I heard that alot of ppl get off the waitlist so I will be crossing my fingers for everyone waiting!
 
rahooligan said:
but the hold change to acceptance i thought changed in the 15th. the other holds changed LATER to WL or reject. Atleast, that's what I thought.
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whateva07 said:
03/11/2008
The wait list for the VCU School of Medicine class entering in August 2008 will be formulated over the next 10 days. If you do not gain acceptance on March 15 and have not been notified of your application being no longer considered, please monitor your status on the website.


So some people will also get rejected today? Am I reading that right? eeek.
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beachblonde said:
In theory people could get rejected. From what I've read they use a priority score cutoff for the waitlist (which I guess most people get on) and reject the people below it.

And (from reading last year's thread) I guess VCU doesn't tell you your waitlist rank. That sucks a big one and throws a major wrench into my planning for the summer. Maybe I can convince Dr. WC to give me a hint...
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So congratulations to those accepted:

At this point you either will get an acceptance, a rejection or a waitlist. You probably will not get a rejection though. I dont know exactly when they are giving out the acceptances, but if you havent heard anything by Monday at 7pm expect to be waitlisted.

By the time they give out the acceptances around March 15th the class is FULL. This means that currently they have about 190 (class size is increasing) acceptances out there where people havent said yay or nay yet. VCU/MCV never has more acceptances out there than seats in the class. This means that every time someone drops an MCV acceptance, someone from the waitlist will be accepted. So while the class is 'full' there will be movement. Because of the way that MCV does it (doesnt over book) there is always more movement on the MCV waitlist than many other schools.

Based on your priority score 2 waitlists will be made: An Instate one and an out of state one. They will be ranked based on priority score w/ UG GPA being the first tie breaker and MCAT being the second.

You are not told where you are on the waitlist and you are not told your priority score. You may ask where you are but they are not going to be able to tell you much until after May 15th. And even then they are tight-lipped (more on this later)

Every time an OOS drops their acceptance another OOS is accepted. Every time an IS goes somewhere else another IS is accepted. There has been speculation over the years whether other demographics are maintained- for instance if an OOS woman drops will they accept an OOS man or woman or will they only accept an OOS woman. I have no idea about this so dont ask.

May 15th is the national date that people with multiple acceptance must give up all acceptances but 1. That means May 15th and the 3 weeks after it, are big days for WL movement. Between March 15th and May 15th there will be almost NO movement.

The IS WL moves much, much, much more slowly than the OOS one.

Contacting Dr WC
If you want to make an apt w/ Dr WC, do it for after May 15th. She will not be able to tell you ANYTHING until then. It is not even worth e-mailing her. I am sure some of you will, but she will be very reluctant to tell you anything of substance. Depending on the year, the WL fluctuates immensely. Some years you will have tons of movement, some you will not have any. She cannot tell you anything of substance, especially not in writing. She will be able to tell you more in person but still, it will be very ambiguous. I was top 5 on the WL and they would barely tell me anything. I get off may 15th, the first day I could.

I hope that helps clear this up. From here on out it is a waiting game.
 
Instatewaiter said:
Based on your priority score 2 waitlists will be made: An Instate one and an out of state one. They will be ranked based on priority score w/ UG GPA being the first tie breaker and MCAT being the second.

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So they dont take into consideration any other factors other than GPA and MCAT for your priorirty score?
 
whateva07 said:
So they dont take into consideration any other factors other than GPA and MCAT for your priorirty score?
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I think what was meant is that the priority score given to you after your interview (ALL factors considered) carries over to the waitlist. For waitlisted people with identical priority scores, the person with the highest GPA gets preference (and if their GPA is the same, MCAT scores set the difference)
 
So what's the consensus? Should I keep checking my status page or have all the acceptances been released?
 
Smctbone said:
I think what was meant is that the priority score given to you after your interview (ALL factors considered) carries over to the waitlist. For waitlisted people with identical priority scores, the person with the highest GPA gets preference (and if their GPA is the same, MCAT scores set the difference)
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oh sorry my bad.
 
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