I am Canadian though, was born outside of Canada though 🙂
When was your application complete at VCU?
Yes. I have been a Canadian citizen since June 2015. I do not consider being a foreign national with a PR card = being Canadian.
did you get an email when your app had been reviewed?
I don't believe so, I received an email when I was offered an interview
+1 man. I’m taking it as a soft R at this point. I think this is the same status that all the rejected people had last cycle too
If we wanna be optimistic, we’re probably in that line of 2000+ apps the top have made it past the sub committee and are waiting for the general committee to review them based on internal ranking. If anything it looks like we’re all ranked super low on the totem pole lol
Dean mission makes it sound like a bunch of II will drop down from the heavens after the magical oct 15 date since a bunch of applicants will be good samaritans and give up all their extra ones
This totally happened last year... There was still II activity into the new year. I don't think II's were still as abundant, but your chances are far from nil and you've made it a long way.
When were you complete?
Does VCU do yield protection (or limit the # of *canadian mstp applicants they consider?)
I replied to Dean Mission's post that we could PM him if we have been complete since July and still have this status. He was able to tell me the exact date and time that my sub-committee review was complete and that my file was in line for a full board review even though my status still has not changed.
Last year he said that VCU does not yield protect. Although, we're all too aware that acceptance offerings are still highly calculated.
I wasn’t doubting that my app wasn’t past sub committee review. He told me the same thing. I was taking it as a soft R since most of the interivew dates are taken and since I still haven’t been reviewed by the full board yet, it likely means my internal ranking is pretty low compared to most of the other applicants
I think the system updates at like 6pm and you'll get an email then?
My guess is we’re all in line for the full committee review
By “your chances don’t go down” they mean even though you interviewed early, if you’re not accepted immediately they can still come back to you later. It’s a nice way of saying you weren’t passed over. You’ll still be competing against a larger pool of people though
It means they reviewed your file
So can i expect an II or an R this week? They've made a decision right?
Hard to say. You might get either tomorrow or you might get it 3 months from now. All that really means is that the full committee has reviewed your app and gave it a committee score. If it’s high you’ll get an II. If not it’ll be a rejection or you’ll be on hold basically
I think they do post II since things like updates are allowed but not pre II
Could just be lag time. Could also be that your scores weren’t low enough for an R. At least last year VCU didn’t send out mass pre II rejections until feb/March
