2015-2016 Virginia Commonwealth University Application Thread
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Same here, it says my application is being evaluated.
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Any consensus on what "week of july 5th" means? Does july 8 count?
Also - just saw one of my LORs on the status website - but they've mislabeled it as a science rec, when its from a non-science teacher.... >.< is it worth correcting them on that?
Also - just saw one of my LORs on the status website - but they've mislabeled it as a science rec, when its from a non-science teacher.... >.< is it worth correcting them on that?
Same - it's bc of LORs, there's a new message on the login-screen about it. It really sucks though.
How do you check what is missing?
Got it thanks. I think my LORs have still not gone in. All else seems to be there.
I think the schools have to go out and grab them for the files. It seems that haven't done that, or they haven't linked it into their system. As no one is reporting a "complete" status, we are all in the same boat. I'm not worried, YET. VCU seems to be on the IT struggle bus anyway. Let's not push that bus over the edge!
good to know. just making sure it wasn't on my end.
I've been complete since yesterday
VCU's IT Department be like YOLOSWAG420
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Sadly, I had to google that one. I'm so out of it.
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Any tips? Nearly every sentence in my essay starts with "I would," and none of my English major friends can suggest anything better.
Use a clause first, start with Although XXXX, or While Doing XXXX, During X X X. Mix it up a bit.
Got a status change email
Thank you!
One of my LoRs that was submitted but the other ones were not. Should I send the two remaining letters via Interfolio?
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Only one of my lors shows up and it's marked as science when it's humanities >.<
Lol I had the same thought. When I first starting reading this year's thread I thought I was accidentally in last year's because I checked it out for info a while back.
My only issue with writing this: Is it considered a confidential conversation if you discuss it with an attending after she leaves?
Read up on HIPAA. Relevant medical information can be shared with fellow providers if it contributes to the health and well being of a patient.
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Well thats sorta my point. Telling a patient that its confidential when its not really is making it a hard question to answer IMO, given the importance of privacy
You're missing the point of the previous good answer - it IS still confidential as long as you discuss it for a reason with another doctor. Your definition of confidentially isn't the same as the laws
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Completed now!
Nice! When did you submit? I submitted on the 5th and am still waiting for my LoRs to show up.
@Hokiehi a few days after yours.. im sure your status will be updated soon 🙂
Do they change it periodically throughout the season? My essay was:
Imagine that you are a medical student taking an admission history of a woman for a minor surgical procedure. She is accompanied by her husband who is very friendly and overly eager in answering your questions. The husband leaves to pay the parking meter and you proceed with your physical examination of the wife. You notice some bruises on her upper arm. When you ask about the bruises, she states that she recently fell in the kitchen and asks you not to bring it up when her husband returns. You suspect domestic violence. How would you handle this situation? (You may use any resources for your answer)
Imagine that you are a medical student taking an admission history of a woman for a minor surgical procedure. She is accompanied by her husband who is very friendly and overly eager in answering your questions. The husband leaves to pay the parking meter and you proceed with your physical examination of the wife. You notice some bruises on her upper arm. When you ask about the bruises, she states that she recently fell in the kitchen and asks you not to bring it up when her husband returns. You suspect domestic violence. How would you handle this situation? (You may use any resources for your answer)
This answers my question posted below, thanks!!
No they just had an IT issue and the new prompt wasn't uploaded so the prompt from last year was on the secondary for everyone who received the secondary early. The prompt you posted is the one for this year! 🙂
In the "lapses" question, I wrote about the year I had a really obvious nose dive in grades (2.88 sGPA, EEK!)
but didn't really talk about my "gap year" because my gap year involved me being in a post-bacc grade enhancement program, which i'm assuming is pretty much the same thing as undergrad anyway... lol
I know we've talked about the lapses question a lot, but do you think this is the way to go for this question?
but didn't really talk about my "gap year" because my gap year involved me being in a post-bacc grade enhancement program, which i'm assuming is pretty much the same thing as undergrad anyway... lol
I know we've talked about the lapses question a lot, but do you think this is the way to go for this question?
Oh good because that's the one I answered! Sent mine in last night!!
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Okay, I have tried 1000 times on every internet browser known to man to upload a photo on my secondary, and every time I save the page, the photo is gone. Anyone have this problem and figure out how to resolve it? I really want to submit this app today but would like to include the photo since they suggest it. 😕
I know this is really a stupid solution like turning off the computer and then turning it on, but did you hit the upload button-if there is one.
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I don't have an exact solution for you, but if you really want them to have a photo you could email it to admissions with your AMCAS ID # and just explain why you couldn't upload it.
Did anybody have FAP for their secondaries? Does anybody know if VCU takes FAP, and how you supposed to pay for the secondary with FAP? Any input is appreciated!
