2015-2016 Virginia Commonwealth University Application Thread
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Your should see in your secondary that your fee is waived if you have FAP.
Submitted all letters via AMCAS with my primary (verified mid-June) and still not complete.
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Okay thanks - just wanted to make sure I wasn't the only one. Hopefully they get our letters soon!
Secondary submitted July 7th.
Letters received by AMCAS July 10th.
Letters received by VCU & file marked "complete" yesterday, July 17th.
Note: I did the CERT program and will have a guaranteed interview. That might explain the quicker processing time compared to others I am seeing on here.
Letters received by AMCAS July 10th.
Letters received by VCU & file marked "complete" yesterday, July 17th.
Note: I did the CERT program and will have a guaranteed interview. That might explain the quicker processing time compared to others I am seeing on here.
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I submitted the secondary on the 7th and my letters were with AMCAS in early June - still not complete.
Same
I had to call VCU and provide them with my FAP approval for them to waive my secondary fee
I feel like because there are a lot of us, letter services are getting a bit clogged
I think as long as your letters are all transmitted to amcas, you can just sit tight for a bit - have any of your letters been forwarded to any schools?
yeah some of my schools say they got it and others say that they havent received the letters yet
is the prompt in the OP they only essay question for the VCU Secondary this year?
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Same here other schools have the LORS that are in amcas. Seems like this school has more than its share of tech problems.
The OP actually has the wrong prompt. It was the initial prompt, but, like last year, VCU screwed up. The prompt about the 15-year-old girl is last year's prompt. They sent it out this year, and then they changed it to the new prompt after about two weeks. Am I making sense?
I submitted an essay response to the 15-year-old girl question. I'm not sure what the current prompt is.
Current prompt (2000 characters):
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)
it still says im incomplete .. 🙁
I'm kinda glad I answered the first prompt. Lol.
Omg just looked at the NYMC thread on Casper, what a clustered&@k. I will keep my complaints about V c u to myselfAmen to that
Exactly......no man or women should ever have to go through that. I could probably use it for the overcoming adversity essays
Chasing Never Land, I understand your problem with talking to a doctor after stating that it is confidential. I was a resident advisor and had personal issues with speaking to residents and then documenting incidents... The key to understand is that privacy and confidentiality are different things. Privacy would mean that only people that are on a need to know basis are aware of the issue versus confidentiality would mean that you keep the information to yourself... With issues where the patient is at risk, it is important that the incident is documented for his or her safety. Don't know if that helps at all but thought I'd give you my 002/100.
I submitted 7/04 and am still incomplete bc of my LOR as well. I'm going to wait til the 24th (2 weeks after my letters got uploaded to virtual eval) to e mail them.
I actually added this school to my list late last week (I've been verified since 6/02) in comparison to my initial list, so I just received the "preliminary screen" this weekend. How long did it take before a secondary was given? Also, does anyone suspect its a hard stats screen rather than a quick, hand review of a file?
Thanks!
Thanks!
This should help you out. It may take a little bit since they have a bunch of applications to review. If you receive a secondary, that means that you are well on your way!
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I still find it hard to believe less than a third receive the secondary! But I guess it is great news to receive one! 🙂
Look like 3-4 posts up. It's quoted. Also if you read the thread earlier it is also stated.
Vcu screens?
not to get technical but a third is .333 so.. 0.31 is less than a third
A third of 9000 is 3000. 3000/9000=1/3= .33333. 2800<3000 and .31< .33 so it is less than a third.
lol
Yes. Apparently heavily pre-secondary according to : http://www.medschool.vcu.edu/admissions/md/application_status/
Huh.... Did anyone else just get the secondary without a preliminary screen email?
I got a verification email stating they received my AMCAS app before I got the secondary. 7/2 for the verification email 7/3 for the secondary.
No biggie. I like math haha. 🙂
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Might be either-or. I have a 3.5 and a 32 and got the secondary. But maybe there is more to it.
Just got this email very early this morning. Complete 6/2. Did anyone else receive this?
"Your profile is currently being reviewed by the Sub-Committee. This review will determine whether or not your profile will be forwarded for File Review. You may check your status online at any point during this process."
"Your profile is currently being reviewed by the Sub-Committee. This review will determine whether or not your profile will be forwarded for File Review. You may check your status online at any point during this process."
Yup got this too on the 17th.
@The Tower I never received this email (only your account has been changed in the past 24 hours notice). my app was just completed last week though. Were your LORs in on 6/2 as well?
