2009-2010 George Washington University Application Thread

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I got an email saying they received my secondary on 7/9, but still haven't gotten a complete email. Anyone else been waiting a similar time for one?
 
Does anyone have this status:

"Your current status is Please contact the Office of Admissions regarding questions about your status." ? 😕
 
MegaProjectile said:
Did you get the "complete and under review" status before this?
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No, at least not when I checked yesterday afternoon. I think it said that they had all my materials and that the process takes time. Nothing about being under review unless I missed that in the past 24 hours.
 
azure8011 said:
No, at least not when I checked yesterday afternoon. I think it said that they had all my materials and that the process takes time. Nothing about being under review unless I missed that in the past 24 hours.
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Ok cool. Mine has been complete for a while and no word on if they are reviewing my application. I guess there is no step-by-step format.
 
LaCasta said:
I got an email saying they received my secondary on 7/9, but still haven't gotten a complete email. Anyone else been waiting a similar time for one?
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Ya, I'm in the same boat as you
 
ziggydoc said:
Ya, I'm in the same boat as you
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Did you try checking the app site? I didn't get an email but I checked the site today and there's a message there sayinig I'm complete.
 
MegaProjectile said:
You mean this:
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NO. Haha...
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LOL. WTF :laugh:

i hope that gwu just puts everyone on hold after they look at their apps (when its this early), but its a callous method if true..we'll find out soon i guess
 
I've been under review for the longest time. It's been a week so, at this point, "advancing" to hold would be pretty good even.
 
ianshaun said:
amcas sent in at 11pm. Gw secondary in inbox at 9am....not complaining, but what gives?
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They send you the secondary before you are verified....but you won't be complete until verification....so don't be in too much of a hurry to turn in the secondary
 
I called today and the lady on the phone stated that each application is reviewed twice(by two different reviewers??)before an invite is made. Not sure if it was like this last year.
 
MegaProjectile said:
I called today and the lady on the phone stated that each application is reviewed twice(by two different reviewers??)before an invite is made. Not sure if it was like this last year.
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Maybe they reviewed our apps once right now. That's why it's on hold. Now they are going to go over it again and send invites, maybe?
 
BlueElmo said:
Maybe they reviewed our apps once right now. That's why it's on hold. Now they are going to go over it again and send invites, maybe?
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Yea. A second review will be done. By a different reviewer perhaps. I'm not sure what metric is used to grant an interview though. A yay or nay vote? Numeric points? Oh well.....there you have it.
 
MegaProjectile said:
Yea. A second review will be done. By a different reviewer perhaps. I'm not sure what metric is used to grant an interview though. A yay or nay vote? Numeric points? Oh well.....there you have it.
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wow...this must take forever for them to do since they get 10,000+ applications.
 
MegaProjectile said:
Yea. A second review will be done. By a different reviewer perhaps. I'm not sure what metric is used to grant an interview though. A yay or nay vote? Numeric points? Oh well.....there you have it.
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awesome!! so its a good thing to be on hold at this point then lol
 
MegaProjectile said:
Yea. A second review will be done. By a different reviewer perhaps. I'm not sure what metric is used to grant an interview though. A yay or nay vote? Numeric points? Oh well.....there you have it.
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I think this is a pretty common policy, actually. Although the mechanism differs, usually both people must agree on their decision or the app is given to a third person (read: dean) to decide.
 
I was just put on hold here....I guess it is better than a rejection and it seems like everyone else is on hold too.
 
MegaProjectile said:
Yea. A second review will be done. By a different reviewer perhaps. I'm not sure what metric is used to grant an interview though. A yay or nay vote? Numeric points? Oh well.....there you have it.
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yes!! finally some comforting news (that's also sure to be true)!! thank you MP 👍
 
O...so then a hold is bad right? It means the first guy didn't think you were good enough, so you only have one more chance before your app goes in the trash? Great....
 
alibai3ah said:
O...so then a hold is bad right? It means the first guy didn't think you were good enough, so you only have one more chance before your app goes in the trash? Great....
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no its good. Before anyone gets an invite, 2 people review it 1st. So one person has reviewed it, and then a 2nd person will. Then if you are still on hold after that it means they dont want to give you an interview in the 1st batch. remember that this school probably has huge waitlist movement and often people turn this down later i nthe cycle. And people get accepted late also.
 
Elijah05 said:
no its good. Before anyone gets an invite, 2 people review it 1st. So one person has reviewed it, and then a 2nd person will. Then if you are still on hold after that it means they dont want to give you an interview in the 1st batch. remember that this school probably has huge waitlist movement and often people turn this down later i nthe cycle. And people get accepted late also.
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Exactly.
 
Elijah05 said:
no its good. Before anyone gets an invite, 2 people review it 1st. So one person has reviewed it, and then a 2nd person will. Then if you are still on hold after that it means they dont want to give you an interview in the 1st batch. remember that this school probably has huge waitlist movement and often people turn this down later i nthe cycle. And people get accepted late also.
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Thank you, that makes me feel better....
 
Elijah05 said:
no its good. Before anyone gets an invite, 2 people review it 1st. So one person has reviewed it, and then a 2nd person will. Then if you are still on hold after that it means they dont want to give you an interview in the 1st batch. remember that this school probably has huge waitlist movement and often people turn this down later i nthe cycle. And people get accepted late also.
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this makes sense. while i was freaking out about my own hold here i poured through last year's. it seems the status page was confusing everyone then too, people would go from on hold to under review, etc. and the general consensus became gwu's status page has glitches, but according to this theory last years' status pages make more sense.

and i'm WELL aware i'm reading far too deep into this, but give me a break, just trying to be helpful 😳
 
kayakingaddict said:
this makes sense. while i was freaking out about my own hold here i poured through last year's. it seems the status page was confusing everyone then too, people would go from on hold to under review, etc. and the general consensus became gwu's status page has glitches, but according to this theory last years' status pages make more sense.

and i'm WELL aware i'm reading far too deep into this, but give me a break, just trying to be helpful 😳
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I still haven't been put on hold! Which is actually not as reassuring as it seems at first glance.
 
sorry i don't know if this has been asked before (it's really really hard going through the whole forum) but would listing research as a non-academic accomplishment be okay? i feel like completing my honors thesis was my most significant accomplishment, but i don't know if that counts as academic? the important part of it to me was realizing the importance of seeing the big picture in research and also learning how to write scientifically. but i don't know if this is non-academic...
 
phoenixsuns said:
sorry i don't know if this has been asked before (it's really really hard going through the whole forum) but would listing research as a non-academic accomplishment be okay? i feel like completing my honors thesis was my most significant accomplishment, but i don't know if that counts as academic? the important part of it to me was realizing the importance of seeing the big picture in research and also learning how to write scientifically. but i don't know if this is non-academic...
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definitely academic.
 
really dumb question: if i'm going to be staying at my mailing address for a looooong long time, can i just leave the "current until:____" blank?
 
parhumn said:
really dumb question: if i'm going to be staying at my mailing address for a looooong long time, can i just leave the "current until:____" blank?
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You can put August 2010 which is covers the entire application cycle or Permanent.
 
I wanted to write, "Until I matriculate at your school" for when I would be leaving my current address...

but I figured it wasn't the spot for sassiness 😉
 
wahoo2010 said:
They wanted me to send them a copy of either US passport or Citizenship certificate to prove that I'm US citizen.
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were u born in the US? I was told we didnt need that unless not born here.
 
Oh ok.I intially thought it was kinda odd that they wanted you to contact them.
 
so for the "most significant accomplishment" essay, i was thinking about writing about climbing half dome in yosemite. i did it recently and it was pretty grueling, 16 miles round trip and it took me 13 hours. i'm also slightly afraid of heights and the last three hundred meters is climbing up these bungee chords. do you guys think thats a good idea or does it seem kind of corny?
 
phoenixsuns said:
so for the "most significant accomplishment" essay, i was thinking about writing about climbing half dome in yosemite. i did it recently and it was pretty grueling, 16 miles round trip and it took me 13 hours. i'm also slightly afraid of heights and the last three hundred meters is climbing up these bungee chords. do you guys think thats a good idea or does it seem kind of corny?
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that question is open ended. It is up to you.
 
this has probably already been addressed but i can't seem to find it.

what do you do if the course number doesn't fit in the prerequisite grid? i know it says that they have access to your AMCAS application... so does that mean i can abbreviate it even more?

my course numbers are:

Chem 142
Chem 152
...etc etc.

But it won't fit. Do I just write: 142, 152 ...
Or do I abbreviate Chm 142, 152 ... ?

THANKS!!
 
parhumn said:
this has probably already been addressed but i can't seem to find it.

what do you do if the course number doesn't fit in the prerequisite grid? i know it says that they have access to your AMCAS application... so does that mean i can abbreviate it even more?

my course numbers are:

Chem 142
Chem 152
...etc etc.

But it won't fit. Do I just write: 142, 152 ...
Or do I abbreviate Chm 142, 152 ... ?

THANKS!!
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they have your transcripts do w/e u want doesnt matter. Chm 142 sounds good ot me.
 
Elijah05 said:
they have your transcripts do w/e u want doesnt matter. Chm 142 sounds good ot me.
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thanks elijah! i'm really impressed by how many threads you respond to. i barely have enough time to keep track of my own 😉
 
i know its too early and they likely would've posted, but did anyone change from hold status?
 
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