2025-2026 Virginia Commonwealth (VCU)

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Does anyone know if VCU accepts letters of intent before they give you a post interview decision?
 
Does anyone know if VCU accepts letters of intent before they give you a post interview decision?
I honestly don't know. I sent one anyways after I was put in hold last month. But they only replied with "thank you for your continued interest" so hoping it counts for something but I also heard they don't care for it much? Idk
 
Does anyone know if VCU accepts letters of intent before they give you a post interview decision?
or after haha. Idk if timing makes a difference given that they don't seem to value LOIs much if at all

Updates/interest letters are(?) accepted but it sounds like you get a fixed score after the interview, so I don't quite understand why they'd take them if your score won't change. But maybe that's why there's some conflicting info in past threads about whether updates are accepted -- sure you can send them but it won't do much?

Would love to hear if anyone has more insights about LOIs/updates!
 
or after haha. Idk if timing makes a difference given that they don't seem to value LOIs much if at all

Updates/interest letters are(?) accepted but it sounds like you get a fixed score after the interview, so I don't quite understand why they'd take them if your score won't change. But maybe that's why there's some conflicting info in past threads about whether updates are accepted -- sure you can send them but it won't do much?

Would love to hear if anyone has more insights about LOIs/updates!
During my interview, they specifically said that they only wanted grade-related updates. Not sure if that's changed since my interview date, but they also didn't say anything about LOIs.
 
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Does anyone know when is first day of school and white coat ceremony?
Current M1 here, not sure when it’ll be this fall but our first day of orientation was 7/21, white coat was 8/1, first day of actual classes/biochem was 8/11. I don’t think the fall schedule is finalized/posted yet but that should probably be coming up soon
 
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Do we know if they are doing them in batches or will waitlist and admitted people know at the same time?
the other dates this year have all come out at once, but I would have thought more would be reported. Of note, there is really bad weather in richmond today and clinics are closed and places have lost power so maybe this impacts things idk
 
the other dates this year have all come out at once, but I would have thought more would be reported. Of note, there is really bad weather in richmond today and clinics are closed and places have lost power so maybe this impacts things idk
Has it only been MSTP reported As?
 
i’m just gonna assume that they’ve gone out and i’ll see yall on the waitlist xoxo (although idek if everyone who got holds makes it to the WL? i truly hope we do tho)

& congrats to everyone who got an A today!!! :banana:
 
I would assume MSTP so far. But not sure, shall be more reported here if regular MD A is released.
Idk only like 3 As were reported here in Feb right, and 2 on Admit? And I think Feb & March are roughly the same # of As at least according to that one document floating around, so I’d expect roughly the same amount of activity
 
Idk only like 3 As were reported here in Feb right, and 2 on Admit? And I think Feb & March are roughly the same # of As at least according to that one document floating around, so I’d expect roughly the same amount of activity
But only one here so far.
 
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Regarding the waitlist offer - why are they asking us if we hold a seat at another school or not? If we do surely that wont change out odds of getting off the WL right?