2024-2025 George Washington

[tinkertots23]

did they email to notify you?

They don’t email notify anyone of hold status

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[supercoolkid2000]

what

Have to look on the portal that you wrote your secondary in- there is a banner in green text that says if you are on hold

does hold mean?

 

[sciencerules135]

what

does hold mean?

Nobody knows. It means you are on hold for re-review but nobody knows if it’s good or bad

 

[sciencerules135]

Last year people both on hold and marked as complete got II!

 

[sarcasmrules]

Anyone else submit the 15-16th and still no update to your status? Not sure if that is a bad or good thing

Probably a good thing. Looks like they're doing POE first on applicants they don't quite like and giving a second look at those they deem worth a second look. Either that or they're sending out hold notifications first before sending IIs.

 

[mystery_grape019]

OOS (nova) hold :/ LM 73 submitted 7/17

 

[sciencerules135]

OOS (nova) hold :/ LM 73

when were you complete?

 

[BigtimeFoodie]

when did they start sendings IIs last year

 

[letmein528]

Probably a good thing. Looks like they're doing POE first on applicants they don't quite like and giving a second look at those they deem worth a second look. Either that or they're sending out hold notifications first before sending IIs.

seems like holds and then II based off last year

 

[sarcasmrules]

seems like holds and then II based off last year

So no hold = good news. Or at least they didn't put you on hold just yet.

 

[mystery_grape019]

when were you complete?

7/17

 

[sarcasmrules]

when did they start sendings IIs last year

I believe most schools start sending out IIs the first two weeks of August. The next 2 weeks is when the fun really begins.

For most schools, we get an email that we got an II, right?

 

[supercoolkid2000]

on hold submitted 7/16

 

[psblstnr]

when did they start sendings IIs last year

8/17

 

[letmein528]

So no hold = good news. Or at least they didn't put you on hold just yet.

honestly no hold can mean anything from not reviewed, rejected, or interview invite soon

 

[sarcasmrules]

honestly no hold can mean anything from not reviewed, rejected, or interview invite soon

I was completed on 7/10. They haven't sent out IIs yet and like I said, they may be doing POE first which if you're not on hold, you passed the first round, which is good news.

 

[ribonucleoprotein]

I was completed on 7/10. They haven't sent out IIs yet and like I said, they may be doing POE first which if you're not on hold, you passed the first round, which is good news.

my brain isn’t braining rn what is poe

 

[sciencerules135]

my brain isn’t braining rn what is poe

process of elimination

 

[ribonucleoprotein]

process of elimination

omg lol i’m fried thanks

 

[tinkertots23]

I was completed on 7/10. They haven't sent out IIs yet and like I said, they may be doing POE first which if you're not on hold, you passed the first round, which is good news.

Eh I wouldn’t say this is the case. Nobody knows what a hold means. Some people never get a hold and just get the R.

 

[Eldenring22]

is there anyone who submitted earlier and hasnt heard anything back? im getting neurotic about a silnece lol

I haven’t, it just says complete

 

[SushiSphinx]

Please provide the Admissions Committee with a brief summary of your activities, academics, employment or other occupations to account for full-time activity (approx. 30-40 hours/week) from the point of application through matriculation in 2025. (750 characters)

For this question, do we just summarize the tasks of our activities or can we talk about what we've learned/how we grew? Some of mine are self-explanatory so I think talking about my insights would be better but

 

[ecobio]

submitted 7/16, placed on hold for re-review 7/29

 

[DougEFreshh]

submitted 7/16, placed on hold for re-review 7/29

Was this via email or on the portal?

 

[nauglegross]

placed on hold for re-review 7/29

 

[nauglegross]

Was this via email or on the portal?

Not OP but just checked portal and saw my on-hold. Didn't receive any email from GW, even after submitting my secondary lmao

 

[radrak]

I know they dont take AP Biology, but will other upper level bio courses suffice for their requirement? For example, cell bio, genetics, or anatomy?

 

[flimbo]

On hold for re-review this morning. Complete 7/15.

 

[brandednespresso22]

Has anyone had updates other than holds? Were there any pre-II rejections?

 

[MapoBuldak]

On hold this morning, complete 07/15

 

[sciencerules135]

On hold just now complete 7/15

 

[MapoBuldak]

 

[TOcookiemonster]

On hold; INTL; complete 7/15

 

[bananaman31]

On hold // OOS // Complete 7/17

 

[uglyowl]

On hold, OOS, complete 7/25

 

[Brain Doc]

placed on hold for re-review OOS 8/2

 

[Crunchyshrimpfries164]

placed on hold for re-review OOS 8/2

When did you submit?

 

[Brain Doc]

When did you submit?

7/20

 

[Eldenring22]

It gives me anxiety seeing all of the holds like dang…..feels like I’m next lol

 

[purplegiraffe16]

on the secondary app how does selecting main vs regional campus work? if i select main do i never have the chance of doing regional route? and if i select regional does that take me out of consideration for the main campus route?

 

[tinkertots23]

Has anyone not received a secondary yet from here? Got verified 7/12 and still nothing from GW, I'm getting worried

I would email them and ask! They don't screen

 

[penguindoc2]

anyone else who submitted the secondary in mid july and still on application complete?

 

[Eldenring22]

Me

 

[Crisco387]

Submitted 7/16, on hold for re-review, not sure what day that happened

 

[The Deep]

Submitted 7/16, on hold for re-review, not sure what day that happened

Re-review? Is that normal?

 

[sarcasmrules]

anyone else who submitted the secondary in mid july and still on application complete?

That means they really like you and you're probably getting an II.

 

[neuroscinerd34]

That means they really like you and you're probably getting an II.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that there were a significant amount of people last year that got a hold but still ended up getting an interview, and vice versa, plenty of people that never got a hold that did not end up getting an interview. It seems like GW holds are more neutral than with other schools

 

[sarcasmrules]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that there were a significant amount of people last year that got a hold but still ended up getting an interview, and vice versa, plenty of people that never got a hold that did not end up getting an interview. It seems like GW holds are more neutral than with other schools

Being put on hold now means they'll re-review you later; not being put on hold right now means they really liked your app.

 

[neuroscinerd34]

Being put on hold now means they'll re-review you later; not being put on hold right now means they really liked your app.

Multiple people talked about going straight from "Your application is complete" to an R last cycle, with no II. We can speculate, but we genuinely don't have a concrete idea of what a hold vs. no hold indicates for the future of people's apps:

And below is some insight from a current GW student from this thread last year:
Every year people go from hold -> II. It happens every year. The school gets 15k+ applicants a year and holds at the beginning are simply because they’re trying to triage the mass influx of apps.

I have absolutely no insight on how the admissions committee makes their decisions. I do really empathize with all of the neuroticism because I remember being in all of your shoes and checking my portal every day, but holds don’t mean rejection or re-review and there’s no way to predict it either way. I know people who weren’t on hold, got II, and were then waitlisted and never moved off the WL. And I was on hold, got an II, and was accepted at the tail end of the cycle. It’s really variable, which doesn’t assuage any concerns, but GW does use holds for the true purpose of putting a pause on things and it doesn’t have some underlying meaning to interpret.

 

[Crisco387]

Re-review? Is that normal?

I mean i dunno if it’s normal but others here are getting that, I think they don’t wanna throw my app out just yet but are not super strongly interested if I had to speculate