Applicationstation background check?

[London22]

Did anyone else get this? Just received an email and when I logged in to the applicationstation site and it has a $150 background check fee.
The part that confuses me is the email said I was being sent it because I was "conditionally accepted" to a school however it doesn't say what school, and none of the schools on the list of who use the service have interviewed me.

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[kilegna]

Did anyone else get this? Just received an email and when I logged in to the applicationstation site and it has a $150 background check fee.
The part that confuses me is the email said I was being sent it because I was "conditionally accepted" to a school however it doesn't say what school, and none of the schools on the list of who use the service have interviewed me.

Where? In optomcas?

 

[London22]

Where? In optomcas?

Not directly in the Optomcas application. It's a separate background check thing you log into called Certiphi on a website called applicationstation. Apparently the price varies based on where you live and what's on your record but I don't get why mine is so expensive?? Then again I live in an expensive city...but still I have nothing on my background except 2 speeding tickets from like 4+ years ago that were both appealed and removed.

This is the list on OptomCas:
Participating Institutions for 2017–2018

• Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry
• New England College of Optometry
• Northeastern State University – Oklahoma College of Optometry
• The Ohio State University College of Optometry
• Pacific University College of Optometry
• Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University
• Southern College of Optometry
• State University of New York State College of Optometry
• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
• University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry
• University of Houston College of Optometry
• University of Missouri at St. Louis College of Optometry

 

[London22]

Oh man lol so I figured out where I got confused.

Everyone who was accepted to a school off this list ends up receiving this "conditional acceptance background check" email. Unless you're a murderer or have DUIs on your record and some other crazy stuff on there, then you will be all cleared.
I was actually accepted at NECO on the list. I thought there was a typo when I saw the "conditional" thing and freaked out for nothing...LOL but it doesn't literally mean conditional acceptance. Just that the acceptance is contingent off the final check at these schools.

 

[futureoptometrist23]

Oh man lol so I figured out where I got confused.

Everyone who was accepted to a school off this list ends up receiving this "conditional acceptance background check" email. Unless you're a murderer or have DUIs on your record and some other crazy stuff on there, then you will be all cleared.
I was actually accepted at NECO on the list. I thought there was a typo when I saw the "conditional" thing and freaked out for nothing...LOL but it doesn't literally mean conditional acceptance. Just that the acceptance is contingent off the final check at these schools.

Hey! I know its been two years but did you receive this before you received an acceptance from neco?

 

[hellok111]

Not directly in the Optomcas application. It's a separate background check thing you log into called Certiphi on a website called applicationstation. Apparently the price varies based on where you live and what's on your record but I don't get why mine is so expensive?? Then again I live in an expensive city...but still I have nothing on my background except 2 speeding tickets from like 4+ years ago that were both appealed and removed.

This is the list on OptomCas:
Participating Institutions for 2017–2018

• Midwestern University Arizona College of Optometry
• New England College of Optometry
• Northeastern State University – Oklahoma College of Optometry
• The Ohio State University College of Optometry
• Pacific University College of Optometry
• Southern California College of Optometry at Marshall B. Ketchum University
• Southern College of Optometry
• State University of New York State College of Optometry
• University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry
• University of California, Berkeley School of Optometry
• University of Houston College of Optometry
• University of Missouri at St. Louis College of Optometry

I asked them why it varied too and they said it is based on the state? I don't think it is what is actually on your record. I did one for UAB and it was 50 i think...maybe thatsg because I live in rural florida and the school is Alabama...but yeah I would maybe recommend asking their customer service they were very kind!