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Status just changed to "File Review Now Complete, If you are offered blah blah". Guess I'm on hold? D:

EDIT: Has anyone received an II off of this status yet?
 
Judson said:
Sorry for the double-post, but I just noticed the poster above my last post gave an answer to my last question already. Anyone else have experience with the food in Richmond?
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Stella's near monument avenue has amazing greek food and citizen burger bar in Carytown is amazing with a great beer selection. Seriously though Richmond has every type of food you could want...
 
syke_RN said:
Status just changed to "File Review Now Complete, If you are offered blah blah". Guess I'm on hold? D:

EDIT: Has anyone received an II off of this status yet?
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wondering same thing.. anyone receive II with this status?
 
I've had the "very interested" status since late-August. Would it be advisable to call them? I don't want to seem too pushy though but I really like VCU.
 
I still have

"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."

Does anyone else have this as well???
 
meridethgrey said:
I still have

"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."

Does anyone else have this as well???
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Me! For the past month and a half


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.... and I've been complete for well over 2 months. There are many out there who have been waiting even longer than I have. VCU is slow with the whole process in general so freaking out here isn't helping anyone 🙂 Best of luck to everyone else also waiting and let's all find things to distract us.
 
meridethgrey said:
I still have

"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."

Does anyone else have this as well???
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Me too! For about a month now 🙁 Do you get an email notification for "very interested" or do you just have to keep checking compulsively?
 
Inept said:
Same here, got my secondary turned in the day they sent it, but I haven't even been reviewed yet.


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Yup, you'd think after emailing us the secondary 19 times they would be more excited to review ours
 
I just received the secondary two days ago and I ready to submit but I am confused by one part. What do they mean about the "Explain any lapses in your education?" Is this talking about gaps in time or if you messed up in classes?
 
How long have people typically held the "very interested" status? I've had this for almost 2 months now lol

The Committee's file review indicates that they are very interested in your candidacy. We are trying to interview all candidates at your priority score interviewed as soon as possible if we have an adequate number of interview slots. Please anticipate an e-mail from us regarding a possible interview date."
 
premed66 said:
How long have people typically held the "very interested" status? I've had this for almost 2 months now lol

The Committee's file review indicates that they are very interested in your candidacy. We are trying to interview all candidates at your priority score interviewed as soon as possible if we have an adequate number of interview slots. Please anticipate an e-mail from us regarding a possible interview date."
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I got it two weeks ago and just checked the portal and there was a schedule interview tab!
 
premed66 said:
How long have people typically held the "very interested" status? I've had this for almost 2 months now lol

The Committee's file review indicates that they are very interested in your candidacy. We are trying to interview all candidates at your priority score interviewed as soon as possible if we have an adequate number of interview slots. Please anticipate an e-mail from us regarding a possible interview date."
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+1. I'm speculating that it means our priority score is high enough for an interview, but perhaps lower than those getting earlier interviews? Honestly have no idea but grasping at straws here haha.
 
Gingy said:
+1. I'm speculating that it means our priority score is high enough for an interview, but perhaps lower than those getting earlier interviews? Honestly have no idea but grasping at straws here haha.
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when were you complete?
 
eenes said:
Me too! For about a month now 🙁 Do you get an email notification for "very interested" or do you just have to keep checking compulsively?
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no I never got an email. I'm just checking compulsively haha
 
Any one who interviewed here already: What time was interview day finished? I am trying to catch a flight right after
 
DrBallerBro said:
Any one who interviewed here already: What time was interview day finished? I am trying to catch a flight right after
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It finished at about 2PM. That's what it said on the portal when I received the II and that is exactly what happened on the day.
 
Cotterpin said:
It finished at about 2PM. That's what it said on the portal when I received the II and that is exactly what happened on the day.
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Dope! Thank you! What time did interview day start? Sorry i am so impatient to wait for that email lol
 
DrBallerBro said:
Dope! Thank you! What time did interview day start? Sorry i am so impatient to wait for that email lol
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Check your portal because that's where all of the info will be. You need to get there at 8 to check in and go over the instructions for the MMI. Then you have the MMI from 9 to 11. Then there's an hour-long info session. Then you have lunch and a tour with some students from 12 to 2.
 
porta said:
Got the Interview tab this morning after having "very interested" status for ~1.5 months!
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Nice!! Do you remember how long it took you to come from "sub-committee" status to "very interested"?
 
I believe it was a few weeks from complete file to the "very interested" status, but from the data here so far, it seems you can't really predict a timeline for these status updates and decisions
 
porta said:
I believe it was a few weeks from complete file to the "very interested" status, but from the data here so far, it seems you can't really predict a timeline for these status updates and decisions
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Ha very true! Thanks!
 
porta said:
Got the Interview tab this morning after having "very interested" status for ~1.5 months!
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Now I have to wait for two hours until I'm back home to check! The anticipation....
 
meridethgrey said:
Were you always on the "very interested" status or did it first read how the sub-committee was going to look at your file?
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It first read the subcommittee that I was complete and they were going to read my file. Got the very interested status very quickly after I was complete, like <1 week.
 
Mine also magically provided the "schedule interview" tab after a month and a half of "very interested" status. If only they sent emails. Who knows when it changed. I'm not a compulsive checker of the portals.


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Skittsie13 said:
lol if only this portal worked on mobile like all the others...
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PSA: If you have an iPhone and use safari, when you get to the weird jibberish page on the VCU portal, hold down the reload button and click "request desktop site". This will allow you to view the portal on mobile.


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To all the folks who got a "schedule interview" tab -- I checked back about 2 days after getting mine, and there was a more detailed descriptor of interview day, as well as a document to go along with it. I never got a confirmation e-mail, but I assumed this was the confirmation!
 
Maybe I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning, but how hard could it possibly be to send out email notifications for interviews/holds/rejections? Getting 10,000+ applications isn't an excuse because other schools with equal numbers of applicants do it. It's honestly pretty inconsiderate considering the amount of money/time we pour into these applications.
 
alcoholdehydrogenase69 said:
PSA: If you have an iPhone and use safari, when you get to the weird jibberish page on the VCU portal, hold down the reload button and click "request desktop site". This will allow you to view the portal on mobile.


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Excellent!!! Now I can neurotically check this portal at all times. Thank you for the tip 🙂
 
I've been checking the app portal every couple of days, and this morning a schedule interview tab appeared. My status is still listed as "very interested," so I never bothered to look at the side of the page. Unclear how long that II has been sitting there... lol. It's kind of a refreshing method of handling interviews on VCU's part- discourages the constant refreshing of the email (even though I'm sure we all do this compulsively by now anyway).
 
Spoderman said:
I've been checking the app portal every couple of days, and this morning a schedule interview tab appeared. My status is still listed as "very interested," so I never bothered to look at the side of the page. Unclear how long that II has been sitting there... lol. It's kind of a refreshing method of handling interviews on VCU's part- discourages the constant refreshing of the email (even though I'm sure we all do this compulsively by now anyway).
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That happened to me and several people at my school. My school's premed advisor has said they've been having a ton of issues this year with their portal. She knows about 10 applicants who didn't get an email for either secondaries or II. I think they're aware of it, so don't worry about it having an II sit there for a while. iirc they allowed you to pick dates all the way into February.
 
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droptheruffles said:
That happened to me and several people at my school. My school's premed advisor has said they've been having a ton of issues this year with their portal. She knows about 10 applicants who either haven't received secondaries or II. I think they're aware of it, so don't worry about it having an II sit there for a while. iirc they allowed you to pick dates all the way into February.
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Yep! There's even a date in March. Interesting that they interview on Saturdays as well. Great for us working peeps.
 
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