A week or two. Not much actually.
Yeah makes sense that they give the earlier batch to the slow person. They know that they'd need a head start. 😛
It does suck, especially since it seems they're already booked through to late November.
Meanwhile at the first meeting of the year for the VCU Admissions Committee:
If you look at last years thread, they do not send II like other schools. They will put 'weaker' candidates scheduled out in February, but give them the invite near their completion date. I actually think this is much better than having to wait for months when the school knows it won't give you an interview till towards the end. As one of those 'weaker' folks stat wise, I fully expect that when/if I get a interview, it will be in Dec or later.
*John wakes up from rip-van-winkle-like slumber* "what day is it? Dec 20th, oh crap, where did I put those interview files. OH well time to just stamp every third app..." And that's how VCU picks...
That's interesting, and a pretty good system actually. Thanks for letting me know!
You asked for John, he answered. Why would he pick your app when he can assign it to someone else?
That is what I'm thinking. Since I was complete before some of the people who were offered, i should have higher priority and should get an interview. But who knows 😛 It's not a rejection so I got that going for me which is nice 😉
Is that really how we should look at it?
They say they prioritize it based on completion date and score. So if they are consistent with what they publish I think so... Is that how you interpret it?
Yeah, further isn't actually a bad status, people have gotten interviews off of it within a few days sometimes. May or further both have a decent shot at interveiw, its the status below that (#4, the 'concerns' one), that is the one you don't want (I feel horrible saying that but its true).
If it works this thread will have a new deity to worship 😉
They emailed saying you had a status change, or did you just check?
I still don't have any status besides complete. Guess my app got thrown in the slowest pile.
I literally got the email that I had an update 2 minutes after I posted. Sometimes it pays to be a smart-ass.
I measure payment in how many days it takes med schools to get back to me. Pretty rich if I do say so myself.
Sorry HandsomeRob. These guys don't know what their missing if they refuse to send you an II.
Dammit John. I need these people to be in my class to continue our sarcastic shenanigans.
Probably moving some of John's workload to somebody else. 😉
It's a glitch. I got a few email last week switching between the 2 status updates. It should remain at "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." once the glitch is dealt with.
