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2011-2012 Rush Application Thread
Started by Sammich117
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I mailed my check/signature form the same day I submitted the secondary (8/4) and everything showed up as received (other than my letters) by 8/15.
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Do your LORs show up as received?
Eventually your letters will show up on your status page. It will say who they are from and when they were entered into their system.
Yes. For a few weeks now.
Does anyone know how long it takes for them to download letters?
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My AMCAS app finally got verified! But when I checked on the rush's profile, it doesn't say that I have been verified. When I check from my status, all it says is "There Is No Status Record For You Yet." Or is there a waiting period for that also? 😕😕
And just curious, has anyone received interview invites or rejection letters? I feel so behind the game, haha. Some of my friends are receiving interview invites or rejection letters.
The only time I'd start worrying about the Rush app status is when you've submitted the supplemental.
Secondary submitted! Good luck everyone!
Give it a minute! It's going to space!
A bit more than a week. Here was my timeline according to their status page:
Secondary submitted: 07/15/11
AMCAS received: 07/18/11
Supplemental posted to database: 07/19/11
Letters Received: 07/25/11
and AMCAS had my letters before it was verified.
The wifi isn't working on this flight? That's bull****.
Hahahahahahahahaha I love that video.
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did you guys do an over-night shipping of the signature form?
Heck no. Not gonna pay extra money just to get it couple days earlier, not when interview invite's not until September.
I sent this school's and other school's paperwork via regular mail with stamps, and they all got it within several days.
i didn't and at this point i kinda wish i did. i did express (which was 3-5 days) and it literally took 5 days. but then again the next day is freaking expensive
Was anyone able to have their secondary "reset" or deleted so they could start over? I was wicked stupid and started the whole thing about a month ago, procrastinated, and now I finally got a full-time job and family visiting this week, AKA no time to do the application this week (it's due on Friday). I sent an email yesterday to see if they could help me out, and no response yet 😡🙁
It takes no time at all...
I have a full-time job and I was able to finish it in a few hours, maybe less.
I have a full-time job and I was able to finish it in a few hours, maybe less.
Rush is super expensive from what I hear and it's secondary is soooo long and annoying, I better get an interview...
haha probably not but I'm a Chicago resident :/ and would love to go back home for med school.
haha probably not but I'm a Chicago resident :/ and would love to go back home for med school.
How long did it take for people's secondary status to be updated after completion? I sent in my check and signature form on the 19th, and it still say that it has not been received.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Rush takes letter from AMCAS right????
yep!
Ditto. On the bottom of the page, it says "page last updated (today's date)". They are updating my page everyday, yet it still does not display my check and signature form.
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Of the 15 secondaries I completed, Rush was about in the middle of length. It wasn't that annoying compared to a lot of them that make you almost recopy your AMCAS. My scale of Rush might be a little high because it was one of the first secondaries I worked on, so the essays were completely fresh.
When did you submit and mail? It seems my secondary was updated today with the fee paid and signature form received!
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I mailed the form on Monday, 8/22. How long do you think it would take them? Probably another week, right?
If it helps anyone to know, I submitted my online form August 10, put my stuff in the mail (from MA) on August 11, and everything was marked as received by Aug 22. The last check point includes the extra few days it took them to mark my LOR's as received... so my form/photo/check must have been marked as received a few days before August 22!
i mailed and submitted everything aug 15 and got marked complete last night and a complete email this morning at 2am (8/27)
Yeah, after completing the application for University of Miami this one wasn't so bad. I used answers from some of my other secondaries and it went by pretty quickly.
That being said, would they still take me seriously if I said I'd be a tour guide in Barcelona if I wasn't going to be a doctor? I did mention that I traveled there for study abroad earlier in the secondary. Maybe I should just say I'd teach English in Barcelona. Either way, if I wasn't so ambitious I'd be moving there.
Working on the secondary right now...hope being complete early September isn't too bad 🙁
I feel you. I put down teaching English in Japan thanks to my study abroad experience. I definitely would move over there if I didn't feel the need to push myself.
Just think, next year you will be in most Fridays, studying. AND SATURDAY TOO! 🙁
sorry if this question was already asked in this thread but if i applied to rush before but never turned in the secondary so thus was never considered afor admission should i still check the reapplicant box on the secondary? i marked that i was a reapplicant on the amcas primary but i feel like it wouldnt make sense to discuss how i improved my app for rush if the reason i didnt get in before there was because i never turned in the secondary.
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I'd just email Rush and ask them directly if no one can give you an authoritative answer here.
is this why we haven't had game night again. ;_;
how about this upcoming weekend? I thought you were planning it this time!!
How long did it take for everyone's application to be marked as complete? It has been updated that they received my signature form and the check, but it still says my application is incomplete.
Mine took a few days to update to say complete, even after I had all the stuff noted down as received. No worries. 🙂
They received my signature form and fee, but it still says "your file is not complete." Then, I noticed they still haven't downloaded my LORs from AMCAS. What gives? How long does it take them to download the LORs. That's the first thing I sent them thru amcas.
It has been that way for almost two week for me too.
I would follow up with that.
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