2014-2015 Virginia Commonwealth University Application Thread

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Maybe all of us that have been waiting for 3 and a half weeks will finally hear something! I'd be annoyed if there weren't any interview seats left 😉

Ahh are you also IS? Im just guessing from your avatar.

I'm IS and been complete since the 14th and haven't heard anything at all since then. I'm a little worried b/c it seems like plenty of other IS ppl who submitted after me have gotten their priority scores, and even interviews. Haha makes me wonder if there's something wrong with my application lol
 
Same! I'm IS and have been complete since the 15th and no status updates and no priority score. Just deafening silence.....
 
Ahh are you also IS? Im just guessing from your avatar.

I'm IS and been complete since the 14th and haven't heard anything at all since then. I'm a little worried b/c it seems like plenty of other IS ppl who submitted after me have gotten their priority scores, and even interviews. Haha makes me wonder if there's something wrong with my application lol
I'm OOS but I attend UVA. I hope that gives me a boost. But I have the same concern as you.
 
I am IS, but I have a later interview date. I would guess that the dates are set more by priority score.
 
I am IS, but I have a later interview date. I would guess that the dates are set more by priority score.
Ooh ok, well that makes more sense. With my stats I'll probably end up with a later date (if I'm lucky to get an II at all lol)
 
Man, this wait has been tough. Complete 7/14 and no status update the whole time.
VCU has used a very un-conventional strategy to implement their IIs and acceptance; and it makes it hard to many applicants to manage their portfolio. I am very curious, at the end of the day, it really works well for all (VCU and applicants).
 
I got my status changed to further today. I was complete 7/14, and am IS. I was starting to get paranoid b/c of the deafening silence, but it looks like it can take +3 wks to get a status change.

Hopefully the "further" trend for ISers is real, and not just coincidental. haha. Oh vcu, and your cryptic messages lol
 
Rejected today. from the midwest. 34, 3.90 lots of research and decent ECs. I had been the "MAY" status
Wow, I didn't realize rejections were going to come out this early! Nice to get it over with though instead of waiting 6 months I suppose. I got the "Your M.D. file is now complete. The Admissions Committee will now do a comprehensive review of your application. Once the review is complete, your file will be prioritized, and interviews will be granted based on your priority score and the date your file was completed." email from them just today. Holding my breath to see what happens. I suppose I won't hear anything from them until at least next week anyway as my new MCAT score won't be released until then.
 
Complete 7/30, guess I'm not hearing anything for a while haha
 
Wow, I didn't realize rejections were going to come out this early! Nice to get it over with though instead of waiting 6 months I suppose. I got the "Your M.D. file is now complete. The Admissions Committee will now do a comprehensive review of your application. Once the review is complete, your file will be prioritized, and interviews will be granted based on your priority score and the date your file was completed." email from them just today. Holding my breath to see what happens. I suppose I won't hear anything from them until at least next week anyway as my new MCAT score won't be released until then.

Don't hold your breath too long! I and others have had that status for over 3 weeks.
 
Don't hold your breath too long! I and others have had that status for over 3 weeks.
(Stops holding breath) (GASP!) Whew I'm glad you said something, I was getting blue in the face!
 
II invite on 8/3, OOS, Could only schedule for dates in February.
Complete 7/8 and received MAY status on 7/31
Good Luck to those still waiting for that II!
 
Scheduling into February already... 🙁

Ouch. 😢 On the upside, I think a lot of people will end up withdrawing if they get acceptances prior to that date. VCU is an awesome school, but if someone reaches the later half of the interview cycle with an acceptance in hand and a struggling bank account, I'd bet they'd forego their pending interviews.

I got the "very interested" status on 7/30, so I'm hoping I get an II in the near future. :whistle: Interested to see what dates people get this week.
 
I wouldn't worry about the dates that people are getting invited for. I'm IS but I was able to pick any monday morning slot 9-10 am from September through I think February. They also interview 10-11 am and in the afternoon so I'm sure there's still a ton of slots free before February.
 
Ouch. 😢 On the upside, I think a lot of people will end up withdrawing if they get acceptances prior to that date. VCU is an awesome school, but if someone reaches the later half of the interview cycle with an acceptance in hand and a struggling bank account, I'd bet they'd forego their pending interviews.

I got the "very interested" status on 7/30, so I'm hoping I get an II in the near future. :whistle: Interested to see what dates people get this week.

I completely agree. People who are receiving IIs will not wait for VCU to provide status updates once accepted. I presume spots will open up due to withdrawn applications.
 
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How long does it take for VCU to process LORs? My letters should have been sent last week but still no word from the school. Other places have already confirmed receipt
 
How long does it take for VCU to process LORs? My letters should have been sent last week but still no word from the school. Other places have already confirmed receipt
Took them over a week to receive mine. Not sure if this is the norm or not 🙂
 
How long does it take for VCU to process LORs? My letters should have been sent last week but still no word from the school. Other places have already confirmed receipt

Took them over a week to receive mine. Not sure if this is the norm or not 🙂

AMCAS got my packet on Friday the 1st, and VCU is showing they received them today (Tuesday the 5th).
 
Just wondering if it's normal to be notified you won't get a secondary without having your MCAT scores in yet? I'm OOS 3.8 GPA. Is this something I should call about?
 
I was complete 7/9 and still waiting, good to know they haven't forgotten about us.
 
Finally complete today! Ugh, but from what I'm seeing with people who were complete back in July, I won't be getting my app looked at until like October lol
 
My status keeps changing between "Your file is complete. It will be forwarded to the Admissions Committee" and "Your M.D. file is now complete. The Admissions Committee will now do a comprehensive review of your application. Once the review is complete, your file will be prioritized, and interviews will be granted based on your priority score and the date your file was completed. Please do not call the Admissions Office requesting special dates. Please continue to read all paragraphs below."

I had the latter for about 3 weeks and now the past few days its been changing between the 2 daily. Is it a computer glitch or should I call them?
 
I swear, if I'm asked to provide feedback to this school about their application process, I'm going to advise them to do away with these status updates. Just send everyone an email when their application is complete, when they are invited to interview, and when a final status (accept, reject, waitlist) is determined. This thread is about 3 times as it should be, all on account of these cryptic messages everyone is receiving. Any old timers on this forum want to tell me what possessed VCU to adopt this system in the first place?
 
Hi!

I've been lurking/benefiting from everyone's posts for the past few weeks, so I figured I'd finally post something!

Secondary invite: 7/9
Submitted: 7/19
Complete: 7/29

Got the "MAY" status today.

Applying md/phd, OOS, sGPA/cGPA/MCAT 3.8/3.9/31, lots of research exp.

Good luck all!
 
What's the "May" status?! Also do you get to choose a date or they just give you one? Thanks in advance!
I got the message that basically says based on my priority as an applicant, they may or may not end up offering an interview to me. I think someone posted it verbatim a few pages back. To answer your other question, I have to call admissions in the morning because I'm getting a message saying there are no more available slots.
 
Welp that was way more complicated than I thought!

I got the "very interested" status today!
 
Got the II 3 days ago, but there were no opens lots until today. MAY status 3 days before II.
 
II today! IS, complete 7/20, "May" status 8/3. ~3.7 cgpa, ~3.5 sgpa, >35 mcat
 
Damn it I submitted everything by July 14th but they didn't check my green card until now so I was just marked as complete. I should be okay right? :/
 
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