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Submitted my secondary on September 26th and was just randomly logging in to my portals and saw that I have been placed "on hold for re-review". I didn't even get an email notifying me about my hold... so I have no clue how long it's been like this.
 
Is anyone else having trouble logging into the interview portal that Donovan sent? I feel like im putting in the wrong password or something lol
 
apoptotic_bleb said:
Has anyone written an update letter post-II before hearing back?

to clarify I interviewed on 10/27
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redheart33 said:
also wondering this!!!
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Yep! I've had an update ready in the queue to send to GW for a few weeks, but waited until after my interview to send it in case there were aspects of the interview day to include in the letter

Edit: just interviewed last week on 11/06, submitted update on Monday 11/09 along with thank-you letters
 
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roroleo101 said:
im seeing a few people say that their interview was with the director of admissions! did anyone else interview with the director or a dean? or did you guys have other faculty?
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I interviewed with a dean of admissions! When I joined the call my initial thought was it was a mistake and they'd leave soon so my real interviewer could join lol.
 
eltoroloco said:
I interviewed with a dean of admissions! When I joined the call my initial thought was it was a mistake and they'd leave soon so my real interviewer could join lol.
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The dean interviewing applicants is interesting because GW holds blind interviews. I would assume the dean would be involved in the process, no? I wonder if this is due to interviews being virtual this year or maybe dean does not look at applications until post-ii?
 
shinnn_annz said:
The dean interviewing applicants is interesting because GW holds blind interviews. I would assume the dean would be involved in the process, no? I wonder if this is due to interviews being virtual this year or maybe dean does not look at applications until post-ii?
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The dean is certainly involved in the process, but probably does not screen applications for IIs. From what I hear those people are usually separate from adcom members.. could be wrong tho.

Edit: FWIW I also interviewed with another dean at a different school. Though this person was not dean of admissions.
 
I've got an interview scheduled and confirmed for this Tuesday, 11/17 but still haven't heard anything regarding my interview time. They said in their initial email that I would be notified no later than 24 hrs before my interview, but did anyone else who interviewed with GW have a similar experience? I'm planning on emailing/calling the admissions office tomorrow, but I'm curious when other folks got their interview details from GW.
 
medjawn said:
I've got an interview scheduled and confirmed for this Tuesday, 11/17 but still haven't heard anything regarding my interview time. They said in their initial email that I would be notified no later than 24 hrs before my interview, but did anyone else who interviewed with GW have a similar experience? I'm planning on emailing/calling the admissions office tomorrow, but I'm curious when other folks got their interview details from GW.
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I got the faculty link 11/2 for my 11/6 interview, but got the student one on 11/5. Then day of I got a call saying my faculty interview was rescheduled, so I got a new link day of!
 
tuams26 said:
I got the faculty link 11/2 for my 11/6 interview, but got the student one on 11/5. Then day of I got a call saying my faculty interview was rescheduled, so I got a new link day of!
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Weird timing, but I just got my faculty interview link about 20 minutes ago. Thanks!
 
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but when adding an update (I'm on a pre-II hold), should the text of the update be in an attached PDF, or should the entirety of the update be pasted in the the "message" box?
 
portal say "correspondence of your status has been sent by email" is this a reject?
 
1470258369 said:
Pretty sure I was just rejected as well. Portal says "Correspondence concerning the status of your application has been sent via e-mail," but no email just yet. Was complete in early September and put on hold in early October. Will update when the email arrives.
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Received the same status this morning but no email, have you received an email yet?
 
1470258369 said:
Nope, nothing yet. I did a reverse search of the exact phrasing of the status update and got one hit in the 2008–2009 thread. Someone said they actually had that status for a few weeks before receiving an interview invite! I'll take any shred of hope I can get, but definitely not going to get ahead of myself here.

Here's the post:
forums.studentdoctor.net

2008-2009 George Washington University (GWU) Secondary Application Thread

Mid-Nov interview also? haha, honestly waiting is the hardest part, but GW is worth it for me. *crosses fingers* :luck::luck::luck: my thoughts exactly. Throw me on the mid-Nov waiting bus
forums.studentdoctor.net forums.studentdoctor.net
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thanks for letting me know! Lets stay positive and hope for the best 🙂 but have people gotten that correspondence and a reject as well?
 
1470258369 said:
Definitely! And good question. I'm also curious about what the update status for IIs has looked like previously? I know that your status goes to "under review" before an II, but not sure what happens after that. I've been checking my portal every day and still had a hold status last I checked (yesterday evening).
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Same for me, from what I believe I never went under review! Have people that have received preII Rs received a different status on their portal?
 
For people who sent an update through the GW portal, can you see your update on the portal or did you only get an email confirmation?
 
*sees a wave of R's starting*
*flies to inbox to see if an email has been sent*
*sees no email and takes a deep breath of momentary calm*
*realizes that we're still in danger*
*panic eats oreos*

But in all seriousness, for those who got pre-II R's, keep your chin up! You're all amazingly successful people and you'll get that II soon (if you haven't already!). Best of luck to y'all 🙂
 
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