2015-2016 Virginia Commonwealth University Application Thread

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Got an email about a status change this morning, however, when I logged in to my portal, there was no update to my status. Still shows "Your M.D. file is now complete. The Sub-Committee will now do a review of your application. Once this review is complete, you will receive a status update regarding your profile", which is what I have had for quite some time now. Has anyone else had an issue where there is a status update email but no change to their status online?
 
maverick15 said:
Got an email about a status change this morning, however, when I logged in to my portal, there was no update to my status. Still shows "Your M.D. file is now complete. The Sub-Committee will now do a review of your application. Once this review is complete, you will receive a status update regarding your profile", which is what I have had for quite some time now. Has anyone else had an issue where there is a status update email but no change to their status online?
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The same happened to me this morning. They need to stop giving unnecessary anxiety. I've been complete since July 22 also.
 
When I called the office, the person on the phone told me that those status changes (back and forth) or notifications sometimes occur when someone checks your file out, etc.

In other news, II! They sure moved quick once it was past the first, very slow, reviewer.
 
mehc012 said:
When I called the office, the person on the phone told me that those status changes (back and forth) or notifications sometimes occur when someone checks your file out, etc.

In other news, II! They sure moved quick once it was past the first, very slow, reviewer.
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Congrats!!! I've about given up, I've had the complete status since 7/23. I check the portal every once in a while but I doubt it will ever change
 
Called them today and spoke to a nice woman who checked the status of my application. She says that I have not been rejected and it shows that my primary application is still sitting in the "pool of applications for initial screening"

She was unable to tell me why it has been sitting there for 11+ weeks, however.

I guess a little transparency is better than nothing :shrug:
 
catie_jane said:
Called them today and spoke to a nice woman who checked the status of my application. She says that I have not been rejected and it shows that my primary application is still sitting in the "pool of applications for initial screening"

She was unable to tell me why it has been sitting there for 11+ weeks, however.

I guess a little transparency is better than nothing :shrug:
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Okay cool. The woman I called yesterday wasn't quite as open, so glad to hear we (or at least you) are definitely still in the running.
 
mcatjelly said:
Okay cool. The woman I called yesterday wasn't quite as open, so glad to hear we (or at least you) are definitely still in the running.
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I'm sure that if I am, you most certainly are as well

I'm sure our applications are sitting next to each other in this "pool" haha
 
Complete 8/17...am I qualified to join this pool? Also, can we clarify how many men are already in this pool?
 
But seriously you guys I sent my secondary in on July 4th, the first possible day you could even send it (I filled out the prompt about the girl with menstrual cramps before they realized the error) and I just got an II a few days ago.

It's a slow, agonizing process.
 
@herdsoccer, I believe they're referring to this:

mehc012 said:
Just a reminder, since it got buried wayyy back in the thread and it seems that VCU is starting to make progress on statuses (finally):

It seems like there are 4 levels of status updates:

1. "The committees file review indicates that they are very interested in your candidacy. We are trying to get all candidates at your priority score interviews as soon as possible IF we have an adequate number of interview slots."

2. "The committee's file review indicates that they are interested in your candidacy. However, due to the increase in the applicant pool this year, it is clear weMAY be unable to interview all the candidates at your priority score. If we do find that we are unable to grant an interview, you will be notified by e-mail in March."

3. "The committee's file review indicates that they wish to consider your file over the next several weeks before making a decision about interview. Your file will be reviewed again by a small sub-committee before making a final decision. Once a decision has been made on your profile, you will receive an email regarding your recent status update."

4. "The committee's file review indicates that they would like to consider your file further. We are now in the process of scheduling interviews and will continue to do so through February. Unfortunately, the committee indicates interest in far more candidates than we are able to interview. Since we are dependent on the Committee member's schedules for interview spaces, we are unable to predict when or if we will be able to schedule you this year. If your status changes, you will receive an email regarding your recent status update."


However, people have gotten interviews, already, from all status levels, so no need to be overly concerned if you don't see #1. They seem just as inconsistent about this part as they have been on everything else thus far.
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For fairness' sake, I want to point out that, while I maintain that the admissions office here seems to have their hands tied/be quite unhelpful during the initial review phase, I want to make sure to mention that they have been supremely kind and helpful since I received an II. I had to reschedule, as the earliest available date for me on the portal was after I will have left the country, and they went through plenty of effort to find me an opening sooner.
 
Any info on what the interview day looks like? All I've got is a date and time. I know it says they serve sandwiches, so I'm assuming there's more to it than just a single interview. I guess they'll email more information eventually, but I'm trying to make plans with family while I'm in town.
 
mehc012 said:
Any info on what the interview day looks like? All I've got is a date and time. I know it says they serve sandwiches, so I'm assuming there's more to it than just a single interview. I guess they'll email more information eventually, but I'm trying to make plans with family while I'm in town.
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You either have a morning interview or an afternoon interview. I had an afternoon interview at 2pm so I didn't have to show up until around 11 which is when thy begin the information session. Only had 7 interviewees that day so we all sat around a table where Dr. Whitehurst-Cook along with 2 m4 students introduced the school and such. Then some financial aid guy comes in and talks for a while. Then you have lunch which were chicken wraps and you eat with 2 m2 students. After that a tour was given by 2nm4 students. If you had a morning interview then that concludes your day around 1:45ish.
 
hotlineBLING said:
You either have a morning interview or an afternoon interview. I had an afternoon interview at 2pm so I didn't have to show up until around 11 which is when thy begin the information session. Only had 7 interviewees that day so we all sat around a table where Dr. Whitehurst-Cook along with 2 m4 students introduced the school and such. Then some financial aid guy comes in and talks for a while. Then you have lunch which were chicken wraps and you eat with 2 m2 students. After that a tour was given by 2nm4 students. If you had a morning interview then that concludes your day around 1:45ish.
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Awesome, thanks so much!
 
so I just received an email that said that my status has been changed. I log onto the portal thinking I am going to get the MAY status or the FURTHER status or the **** YOU status. Nope. literally just got a status that said that a sub commitee is going to analyze my file to see if the file is going to be forwarded to file reveiw. what does that even mean??
 
Im76at711 said:
what exactly does your status say?
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"Your M.D. file is now complete. The Sub-Committee will now do a review of your application. Once this review is complete, you will receive a status update regarding your profile."

Complete since 7/23
 
mk2015 said:
"Your M.D. file is now complete. The Sub-Committee will now do a review of your application. Once this review is complete, you will receive a status update regarding your profile."

Complete since 7/23
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read my precious post literally one before your last one.... I just got a "status change" that isn't really very informative at all. It says the same exact thing but in different words. haha
 
Im76at711 said:
read my precious post literally one before your last one.... I just got a "status change" that isn't really very informative at all. It says the same exact thing but in different words. haha
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Interesting. We're you marked complete already?
 
mk2015 said:
Interesting. We're you marked complete already?
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oh sorry man I am in a conversation with someone else from a different school and I thought that you were him... for VCU I am marked complete
 
I have an interview here next week. any suggestions?
 
Amyyy said:
I have an interview here next week. any suggestions?
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I enjoyed my interview day. The interview with the M8 (MSTP student) was very relaxing and conversational (I am not MSTP myself).
Great campus, they have a nice interview day itinerary (which is quite different from the application process and all the IT problems they had).
 
@Amyyy & @mehc012

It's very laid back and conversational. You'll have a few presentations- on the school, financial aid, the INOVA campus, etc. Tours are given by M2 students. The tour guides have absolutely nothing to do with the admissions process. Your interview (singular) will be with a faculty member or M4 on the adcom. They normally last 60-75 minutes. Again, they keep it very relaxed and conversational. The interview questions will be simple and straightforward. They'll ask about what you do for fun, clinical experience, research experience, blemishes on your application, etc. I wasn't asked about anything related to ethics or the ACA. If your interview is in the morning, you should be done around 1pm. Afternoon interviews normally finish up around 5-6pm, I believe.

Getting an II means that you've got the general qualifications they're looking for on paper. The interview is really just test of how well you handle sitting down with a total stranger and chatting for an hour-ish. Just be yourself and remember that all of the interviewers have well-trained BS detectors.

After your interview, you'll be ranked on a scale (I believe it's something like 1-5). The interviewee rankings are compared after the all of the interviews for that round of offers have completed, and then their decisions are sent out. You'll either be accepted, rejected, or placed on hold. If you're placed on hold, you'll be compared with the next round of interviewees and could potentially be offered a seat during the next set of decisions. After all of the initial admissions offers are sent out, all of the applicants that are "on hold" are reviewed again and either rejected or offered a spot on the alternate list.

I hope this answers some of your questions. Let me know if you have any more. Good luck!!
 
Medic5522 said:
@Amyyy & @mehc012

It's very laid back and conversational. You'll have a few presentations- on the school, financial aid, the INOVA campus, etc. Tours are given by M2 students. The tour guides have absolutely nothing to do with the admissions process. Your interview (singular) will be with a faculty member or M4 on the adcom. They normally last 60-75 minutes. Again, they keep it very relaxed and conversational. The interview questions will be simple and straightforward. They'll ask about what you do for fun, clinical experience, research experience, blemishes on your application, etc. I wasn't asked about anything related to ethics or the ACA. If your interview is in the morning, you should be done around 1pm. Afternoon interviews normally finish up around 5-6pm, I believe.

Getting an II means that you've got the general qualifications they're looking for on paper. The interview is really just test of how well you handle sitting down with a total stranger and chatting for an hour-ish. Just be yourself and remember that all of the interviewers have well-trained BS detectors.

After your interview, you'll be ranked on a scale (I believe it's something like 1-5). The interviewee rankings are compared after the all of the interviews for that round of offers have completed, and then their decisions are sent out. You'll either be accepted, rejected, or placed on hold. If you're placed on hold, you'll be compared with the next round of interviewees and could potentially be offered a seat during the next set of decisions. After all of the initial admissions offers are sent out, all of the applicants that are "on hold" are reviewed again and either rejected or offered a spot on the alternate list.

I hope this answers some of your questions. Let me know if you have any more. Good luck!!
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Thanks!
Yeah, bit of a heart attack at my last interview when I realized that the tour guide was also one of our group interviewers...glad that's not the case here.
 
those of you who got an ii, how long after you were marked complete did you get a notificiation that you were invited?
 
Im76at711 said:
those of you who got an ii, how long after you were marked complete did you get a notificiation that you were invited?
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Three, three and a half months, give or take. Which makes it fourish months after I submitted the materials, because it took quite a while for the complete notification as well.

However, I am sure there are people who had much, much faster turnaround, which makes this entire exercise pointless. My timeline and yours may look nothing like one another's, and that doesn't necessarily mean anything about either of our apps or chances. This process is incredibly nonlinear and fairly inconsistent on an individual level, even if things tend to shake out statistically over all students at all schools across all cycles.
 
Status update just now to

Your M.D. file is now complete. The Sub-Committee will now do a review of your application. Once this review is complete, you will receive a status update regarding your profile.

I guess we're getting somewhere, haha
 
xerei said:
Status update just now to

Your M.D. file is now complete. The Sub-Committee will now do a review of your application. Once this review is complete, you will receive a status update regarding your profile.

I guess we're getting somewhere, haha
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Welcome welcome. This is what we've all been experiencing.
 
xerei said:
"we got your app"
"we might look at your app"
"we looked at your app"
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More like
"we got your app, we might look at your app, OK, we will definitely look at it at some point, we're looking at it, we'll look at it some more at some point, we're looking at it, we're looking at it, we're looking at it, we might look at your app." And then all of a sudden you finally get a status, lol.
 
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