2009-2010 Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Application Thread

[mvenus929]

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Still no status update for me. But, I'm looking more on the bright side... at least I'm not rejected--yet.

 

[kayakingaddict]

complete status 7/23, just got the following! 🙂 (oos)


The committee's file review indicates that they are interested in your candidacy. However, due to the increase in the applicant pool this year, it is clear we MAY be unable to interview all the candidates at your priority score. If we do find that we are able to grant an interview you will be notified by e-mail in March.

 

[LXS17]

complete status 7/23, just got the following! 🙂 (oos)


The committee's file review indicates that they are interested in your candidacy. However, due to the increase in the applicant pool this year, it is clear we MAY be unable to interview all the candidates at your priority score. If we do find that we are able to grant an interview you will be notified by e-mail in March.

That's #2 right? Congrats!

 

[OneMCATAway]

congrats that is #2! wow they send status updates over the weekends too? back to checking my email obsessively

 

[alibai3ah]

I'm still hoping that #2 turns out to be an interview!!!

 

[OneMCATAway]

I'm still hoping that #2 turns out to be an interview!!!

i say monday

 

[Ibn Rushd]

Can someone explain what this "#2" thing is about?

I submitted my VCU secondary today, still waiting for letters to get there. Hoping to be complete sometime next week.

 

[bowlin123]

Can someone explain what this "#2" thing is about?

I submitted my VCU secondary today, still waiting for letters to get there. Hoping to be complete sometime next week.

I think #2 is the second best status message you could get. It is the MAY message which usually, but not always, lead to an interview.
Below are 5 possible status you could get, but not necessarily always in the following order:
#1: very interested
#2: MAY
#3: further
#4: sub-committee
#5: rejection

 

[LXS17]

I think #2 is the second best status message you could get. It is the MAY message which usually, but not always, lead to an interview.
Below are 5 possible status you could get, but not necessarily always in the following order:
#1: very interested
#2: MAY
#3: further
#4: sub-committee
#5: rejection

Do people actually get #4? Or is that an internal process? I was told that my application was completed and it will be reviewed by the committee.

My friend, on the other hand, was told that he was put on hold and will be reviewed by the sub-committee...

Is there a difference?

 

[bowlin123]

Do people actually get #4? Or is that an internal process? I was told that my application was completed and it will be reviewed by the committee.

My friend, on the other hand, was told that he was put on hold and will be reviewed by the sub-committee...

Is there a difference?

Yeah, your friend got #4 and you will get your priority status message once they're done with the initial review.

 

[LXS17]

Yeah, your friend got #4 and you will get your priority status message once they're done with the initial review.

ok thanks...but he had to call to get his status. So I guess they don't really tell you if you get #4?

 

[Appless]

ok thanks...but he had to call to get his status. So I guess they don't really tell you if you get #4?

no they do...ive had number 4 for like 2 weeks now.

 

[LXS17]

no they do...ive had number 4 for like 2 weeks now.

Ok, thanks for your quick reply! Good luck with your Creighton interview! It's a great school!!!!

 

[kayakingaddict]

That's #2 right? Congrats!

congrats that is #2! wow they send status updates over the weekends too? back to checking my email obsessively

I'm still hoping that #2 turns out to be an interview!!!

thanks guys!! and i'm hoping #2 turns out to be an interview, too 👍 it seems like a good thing.. especially for oos'ers!

 

[alibai3ah]

i say monday

Haha a bit optimistic, but we'll see. 🙂

 

[Thomas Hearns]

I got the #3... I wonder if anyone with a 3 gets an interview lol

 

[goat1360]

I sent my secondary application yesterday Saturday August 22 and I received
email today indicating I was rejected, I have not received my MCAt result yet,
I am really disappointed , Why VCU consider application before receiving MCAT
results?I was pre-interview hold last year

 

[jackson1]

I sent my secondary application yesterday Saturday August 22 and I received
email today indicating I was rejected, I have not received my MCAt result yet,
I am really disappointed , Why VCU consider application before receiving MCAT
results?I was pre-interview hold last year

im sorry to hear that🙁 I don't think anyone really knows why they're doing it, but you do seem to be in good company with many others that have been rejected without mcat scores too.

 

[Sleight]

Just got the "may" message...pretty excited but wishing i could get an interview the same time that im going to EVMS in september and they said it will be in march for vcu...do you think i could still send an "in the area" email?

 

[LXS17]

Just got the "may" message...pretty excited but wishing i could get an interview the same time that im going to EVMS in september and they said it will be in march for vcu...do you think i could still send an "in the area" email?

Congrats!!!
wow, at 11:13EST?

 

[kcmedic]

Wow I'm so excited to write this secondary. VCU looks amazing.

 

[yummieyimmie]

OOS

Submitted AMCAS 6/8
1st MCAT: 4/17/07 - 30R, 2nd MCAT: 4/4/09 - 27Q, 3rd MCAT: 7/31 (not yet received)
Received Secondary: 7/10
Submitted Secondary: 8/17
Invite for Interview: 8/21
Interview date: 10/19 10-11 AM

WHOO HOO

First interview... here I come..

 

[jackson1]

OOS

Submitted AMCAS 6/8
1st MCAT: 4/17/07 - 30R, 2nd MCAT: 4/4/09 - 27Q, 3rd MCAT: 7/31 (not yet received)
Received Secondary: 7/10
Submitted Secondary: 8/17
Invite for Interview: 8/21
Interview date: 10/19 10-11 AM

WHOO HOO

First interview... here I come..

congrats!!🙂

 

[OneMCATAway]

Haha a bit optimistic, but we'll see. 🙂

i know! but the last batch of them came on monday and they seem to operate every two weeks or i totally made that up lolll but i wont survive through this process without optimism, hopefully we'll hear some good news soon

 

[yummieyimmie]

congrats!!🙂

Thanks! And good luck to you too!!

 

[metallica81788]

God, this thread is almost as long as the 10,000+ app schools...
and has anybody even heard anything about interviews in the last week or 2?

 

[Sleight]

Congrats!!!
wow, at 11:13EST?

actually it was sunday at about 3 pm...i usually dont check my email much on sundays bc i have never gotten anything from schools on the weekends!

 

[mvenus929]

I think unless I receive some sort of status update today, I'm going to call them tomorrow. It can't hurt, right?

 

[alibai3ah]

i know! but the last batch of them came on monday and they seem to operate every two weeks or i totally made that up lolll but i wont survive through this process without optimism, hopefully we'll hear some good news soon

Haha that's a good outlook on life, I wish I wasn't such a worrier....

 

[anxietypeaker]

daaaaaaaaaaaaang it..... got a MAY message (oos)

.so MAY is good but not an interview???? wth.... hows that good

EDIT: oh......so is it really true that most DO result in an interview (ie in past years)?

 

[snitchseeker88]

*sigh* Just got the further message. Not bad I guess, especially since I'm OOS...but I wish it was something better. I guess I'll just wait it out and see.

 

[FallenHero]

Just got the "may" message...pretty excited but wishing i could get an interview the same time that im going to EVMS in september and they said it will be in march for vcu...do you think i could still send an "in the area" email?

just got the "may" e-mail also. 🙁

 

[nonamesleft]

Has anyone's status gone backwards? I was marked complete last week, and when I checked this morning, I was still marked complete. However, I just got a email from VCU saying my status changed. When I checked the website, it said:

Your supplemental application has been received. Check your File Status for any items that may be pending. As soon as your file is completed, it will be forwarded to the Admissions Committee for a decision on interview.


..does that sound like I went from "Complete" to "Not Complete"?

 

[drzing]

just got the "may" e-mail also. 🙁

what does the "may" email say exactly?

 

[FallenHero]

what does the "may" email say exactly?

sorry - the e-mail itself just says theres an update in your application status.

the website says there are a lot of applicants this year... we MAY be interested in interviewing you, but you wont hear anything until march.

 

[dru2002]

Has anyone's status gone backwards? I was marked complete last week, and when I checked this morning, I was still marked complete. However, I just got a email from VCU saying my status changed. When I checked the website, it said:

Your supplemental application has been received. Check your File Status for any items that may be pending. As soon as your file is completed, it will be forwarded to the Admissions Committee for a decision on interview.


..does that sound like I went from "Complete" to "Not Complete"?

Happened to me. When I called they said I was going to the sub-committee.

 

[Sleight]

So anyone have any advice about whether i could send an "in the area please interview me" email since i will be there for EVMS in Sept even though VCU says i wont hear from them until march (i got the "may" email)

 

[camaras2480]

So anyone have any advice about whether i could send an "in the area please interview me" email since i will be there for EVMS in Sept even though VCU says i wont hear from them until march (i got the "may" email)

The way I see it, you have nothing to lose. IMO, sending one of those emails certainly won't DQ you in March.

 

[dru2002]

So anyone have any advice about whether i could send an "in the area please interview me" email since i will be there for EVMS in Sept even though VCU says i wont hear from them until march (i got the "may" email)

Normally I would say go for it, but VCU has that message in bold on their status page telling you not to request special dates. Your call but I wouldn't.

 

[nonamesleft]

Happened to me. When I called they said I was going to the sub-committee.

Did you go back to the "complete" status, or move to one of the ranking statuses?

 

[dru2002]

Did you go back to the "complete" status, or move to one of the ranking statuses?

I went back to complete. I called on an unrelated matter and they said I passed the sub-committee and was now undergoing a review with the entire adcom. So hopefully I pull through.

 

[ruiner]

I went back to complete. I called on an unrelated matter and they said I passed the sub-committee and was now undergoing a review with the entire adcom. So hopefully I pull through.

I have never changed from the complete message. I assume that I must have gone to the sub-committee, so I wonder if I should call.

 

[drzing]

im marked as complete...hope it changes to "we dont need your interview, your automatically accepted with a full scholarship"

 

[OneMCATAway]

im marked as complete...hope it changes to "we dont need your interview, your automatically accepted with a full scholarship"

if only.. sigh

 

[bowlin123]

so did anyone notice a change in status from further to may, or sub-committee to further, or from further to rejection, upgrade, downgrade etc.?

 

[Appless]

so did anyone notice a change in status from further to may, or sub-committee to further, or from further to rejection, upgrade, downgrade etc.?

yep i got sub committe --> rejected.

 

[LXS17]

yep i got sub committe --> rejected.

Sorry to hear that, good luck.

 

[nonamesleft]

yep i got sub committe --> rejected.

Sorry to hear that. Good luck with your other schools!

P.S. I hate the new MDApps layout. It's confusing, and takes forever to load.

 

[Appless]

Sorry to hear that. Good luck with your other schools!

P.S. I hate the new MDApps layout. It's confusing, and takes forever to load.

i hate it too, i knew id be rejected based on my sat scores anyways, thats basically what they told me lol. So stupid that any school takes into sat score.s

 

[LXS17]

i hate it too, i knew id be rejected based on my sat scores anyways, thats basically what they told me lol. So stupid that any school takes into sat score.s

How do they know which type of SAT you took?
For example, if you got a 1590/2400...how will they know that it's not 1590/1600?