2010-2011 George Washington University Application Thread

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Congrats all. Any advice for me? I sent an LOI on Dec 9 and received a confirmation email from the Assistant Director of Admissions. Should I sit tight, but send another letter? I don't really have any thing more to update them with and would pretty much be talking about how I would be a good fit for their student body.

Any input is appreciated. Thanks.
 
PinkNoise said:
Congrats all. Any advice for me? I sent an LOI on Dec 9 and received a confirmation email from the Assistant Director of Admissions. Should I sit tight, but send another letter? I don't really have any thing more to update them with and would pretty much be talking about how I would be a good fit for their student body.

Any input is appreciated. Thanks.
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I would wait until they give you a decision (i.e. interview invite/on-hold) or until you have new, pertinent, information to update them on before sending another letter (update or LOI). Since they clearly received your first letter I don't think peppering them with more is going to improve your chances. :luck:
 
PinkNoise said:
Congrats all. Any advice for me? I sent an LOI on Dec 9 and received a confirmation email from the Assistant Director of Admissions. Should I sit tight, but send another letter? I don't really have any thing more to update them with and would pretty much be talking about how I would be a good fit for their student body.

Any input is appreciated. Thanks.
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It's ok PinkNoise! I'm in the same boat. I sent an update letter to them in mid-December and did not receive an interview invite like others on this thread who heard back within a week or two. But congrats and good luck to all of you guys!
 
Has anyone who interviewed already stayed at the GWU Inn? Is it walking distance from the medical school?
 
blueberry91 said:
Interview invite!! On hold since September, sent a LOI 5 days ago.. interviewing Feb 4 🙂
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I've been under re review since early oct and I am sending them an update tonight!!!! So happy to hear that you got an interview! Contrags!
 
Interview invite today for Feb 10th! Under review since sept and sent an update/LOI on Monday.
 
I emailed the admissions office yesterday since it's been over my 8 weeks since I interviewed and I haven't heard back. They told me they're a bit backed up because of the holidays. Just FYI.
 
lykyamy00 said:
I've been under re review since early oct and I am sending them an update tonight!!!! So happy to hear that you got an interview! Contrags!
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Thanks lykyamy! Good luck and I hope you get an interview invite too 🙂
 
SS01 said:
Has anyone who interviewed already stayed at the GWU Inn? Is it walking distance from the medical school?
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It is a three minute walk. If you walk fast. If you walk slowly, it could take longer. I would recommend leaving at least five minutes, just to be safe.
 
Waitlisted yesterday. Interviewed 11/11/10. More waiting...luckily I've started to realize the hilarity of this whole process. I really love GW, so i'm staying hopeful. And will ABSOLUTELY be reapplying next year, probably would have been much more hesitant after a post interview rejection. Good luck everyone with future interviews and decisions!
 
Newyorktrojan,

I interviewed nov 19 and also got an email requesting a letter of good standing from my masters program in early dec...i had it sent in a few hrs later. I read the other posts about poaching applicants but I was wondering if you had any specific advice. I've been updating gw monthly and they are VERY familiar with my app as they interviewed me for the past two years n waitlisted me...but I was never asked for a letter of good standing. I don't want to get my hopes up...



newyorktrojan said:
I interviewed here on 10/28, and received an email from them on 11/10 asking for a "graduate letter of good standing from Columbia" (I'm currently in a master's program there). I had my advisor immediately mail in a letter with my midterm grades (they were good), thesis and involvement updates, and I haven't heard anything since. I don't know what to think!

Should I personally submit another letter of update/interest? Has anyone even heard anything back post interview lately?? Thanks in advance for the advice 🙂
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Hi guys..does anybody know if the interview day actually lasts till 2:30PM or ends earlier? I plan on catching a bus at 4:30PM at Union Station and am wondering if I will have enough time.

Thanks!
 
SS01 said:
Hi guys..does anybody know if the interview day actually lasts till 2:30PM or ends earlier? I plan on catching a bus at 4:30PM at Union Station and am wondering if I will have enough time.

Thanks!
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It does end around that time. If you are lucky to have early interviews you can be done at 1:45ish but i think 2 hours is enough for you to get to union station
 
Got an email that I am on the alternate list today. Interviewed in Nov.
 
driftkitty said:
Got an email that I am on the alternate list today. Interviewed in Nov.
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Sorry to hear that! Hopefully it will be good news in the end. When in November did you interview? I interviewed on 11/23 and have yet to hear back.
 
Hey guys,

Are interview invites still going out at this school? or is it too late in the game?
 
Kchen22 said:
Hey guys,

Are interview invites still going out at this school? or is it too late in the game?
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i got one a week ago for early february, so i think there are still more invites on the way. :luck:
 
girlinthegarden said:
Sorry to hear that! Hopefully it will be good news in the end. When in November did you interview? I interviewed on 11/23 and have yet to hear back.
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No worries, I have an acceptance to another school I liked a little more, but GW does have a lot of unique things being in DC. I don't know any statistics about their acceptances from the alternate list though. Oh well.
 
Just had my interview today and wanted to share some stuff. It was really laid back and conversational.

For people that are on HOLD, it doesn't hurt to send an update letter. I was on hold since October but I sent an update letter in Dec and got an invite a week later saying they really appreciate my sincere interest in the school.

For anyone with an upcoming interview, good luck and don't sweat it. They just want to know who you are beyond your grades. Its blind so if you have any bad grades, bad mcat, etc don't bring it up. Bring up all of your positive qualities and put yourself in the best light!

The school is great in many aspects.
 
Gryhu said:
For people that are on HOLD, it doesn't hurt to send an update letter. I was on hold since October but I sent an update letter in Dec and got an invite a week later saying they really appreciate my sincere interest in the school.
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Just wanted to reaffirm this. I sent in an update in January, they replied that it had been added to my file the next day, and I got an invite about a week later.
 
Kchen22 said:
Hey guys,

Are interview invites still going out at this school? or is it too late in the game?
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I just got an invitation yesterday for late February and they will probably have interview will into March so there is still hope to receive an interview.
 
Did you guys send your update letters by email to the admissions office?
 
Obliquity said:
Yep, by email to whatever address is listed on the status page... medamit@gw or something to that effect...
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I did the same. I think they actually ask on the status page that updates be sent there.
 
gujuDoc said:
yep that's where I sent my update letters back in fall before I was rejected.
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Ah, jeez, I just spit out my drink!! Thanks for the laugh guju........I've been in re-review forever.......
 
I usually abandon a thread after receiving a rejection from that particular school. Thanks gujuDoc for all of your input!
 
How common is it for applicants to be on hold all year since august/september and then eventually rejected?
 
Status just changed to

Your application is complete and under review by the committee. Correspondence concerning the status of your application will be emailed to you shortly.
 
Prateek said:
Status just changed to

Your application is complete and under review by the committee. Correspondence concerning the status of your application will be emailed to you shortly.
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I remember someone getting this message a while back getting an interview invite soon after! Good luck!
 
Prateek said:
Status just changed to

Your application is complete and under review by the committee. Correspondence concerning the status of your application will be emailed to you shortly.
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My status has just changed to this as well. Anyone else have any input as to whether this is more likely to be positive or negative news?
They're still offering interview invitations at this point, right?
 
Prateek said:
Status just changed to

Your application is complete and under review by the committee. Correspondence concerning the status of your application will be emailed to you shortly.
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heh... "the purpose of this email is to let you know that we will be emailing you soon."
 
pullupthepeople said:
heh... "the purpose of this email is to let you know that we will be emailing you soon."
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Got this status a couple days before getting an invite! Ill keep my fingers crossed for ya and good luck!
 
jasey said:
Got this status a couple days before getting an invite! Ill keep my fingers crossed for ya and good luck!
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thanks! i actually interviewed back in september. i was just making fun of that email.
 
Presently rocking my GW Medicine t shirt!!!!

(not really free, high app fee=goodies for accepted students)
 
I have been on hold since October and really want an interview at this school. I sent them some updates in late October and an updated transcript after first semester. Do you think I should send another update letter?

3.7, 3.8science, 33 MCAT
 
4ksibe said:
Presently rocking my GW Medicine t shirt!!!!

(not really free, high app fee=goodies for accepted students)
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Got that too. I'm a little ashamed to admit that it helped raise GW's stock. But I am a sucker for free t-shirts.

Edit: I meant "free."
 
Barcu said:
Got that too. I'm a little ashamed to admit that it helped raise GW's stock. But I am a sucker for free t-shirts.

Edit: I meant "free."
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lol true but it will definitely take more than a shirt...
 
I want a free t-shirt too!
Accepted last week, interviewed back in November 🙂
 
How many of those accepted know they will definitely be attending? 😀
 
girlinthegarden said:
Congrats! When did you interview? I also interviewed in November and have not heard anything yet! 😕
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Eep! I can't believe how long it takes to hear back post-interview! I just interviewed this week and seeing as you all haven't heard, it makes me a bit nervous about how long it might take to hear back. After attending, GW has definitely moved to the top of my list!
 
Does anyone know when the next wave of interview invites or mass rejections will come out?
 
I interviewed on Nov 23rd, heard back 8 weeks later. It was a long wait but definitely worth it 🙂
Hope you get some good news soon!


girlinthegarden said:
Congrats! When did you interview? I also interviewed in November and have not heard anything yet! 😕
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luckys said:
I interviewed on Nov 23rd, heard back 8 weeks later. It was a long wait but definitely worth it 🙂
Hope you get some good news soon!
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I also interviewed on Nov 23rd :scared: Every time I call the admissions office they just tell me that my file is still with the committee. I really really hope this is not a bad sign!!
 
Strath said:
My status has just changed to this as well. Anyone else have any input as to whether this is more likely to be positive or negative news?
They're still offering interview invitations at this point, right?
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Just called them to ask what this means and they said they'll get back to me
 
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