On Hold at VCU!!!!!! (OOS)

[DrBorisCA]

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OK, who else was put on hold?? Any acceptances? Just got emailed the status change right now!

 

[jon0013]

OK, who else was put on hold?? Any acceptances? Just got emailed the status change right now!

i think thats pretty standard post interview...means u didnt get cut which is good..everyone who gets in gets placed in hold first...i think next round of acceptances is mid feb???

 

[DrBorisCA]

i think thats pretty standard post interview...means u didnt get cut which is good..everyone who gets in gets placed in hold first...i think next round of acceptances is mid feb???

Do they reject at this point too or just at the end? Wish I didnt have to wait again, but I guess Im still in the game...

 

[jon0013]

Do they reject at this point too or just at the end? Wish I didnt have to wait again, but I guess Im still in the game...

they do reject if your interview score was higher than 2.5....im guessing you interviewed in january right....

 

[ShyRem]

I'm OOS and in the 'hold' pile post-interview, too. Been there since the beginning of October. I hear few OOS get accepted early, but the OOS waitlist moves MUCH quicker than the in-state list. Hope we won't have to wait that long, tho.

 

[Gulgul]

Boo. 🙁

 

[DrBorisCA]

I'm OOS and in the 'hold' pile post-interview, too. Been there since the beginning of October. I hear few OOS get accepted early, but the OOS waitlist moves MUCH quicker than the in-state list. Hope we won't have to wait that long, tho.

Thats good to hear! Thanks Shy!

 

[DrBorisCA]

So was my being put on hold considered my late January status change?

 

[wannagraduate]

When did you interview? I didn't know they did any sort of status change til that early/mid February date.

Thanks!

 

[DrBorisCA]

When did you interview? I didn't know they did any sort of status change til that early/mid February date.

Thanks!

I interviewed 12/14...

 

[crazy_cavalier]

I'm OOS and in the 'hold' pile post-interview, too. Been there since the beginning of October. I hear few OOS get accepted early, but the OOS waitlist moves MUCH quicker than the in-state list. Hope we won't have to wait that long, tho.

wooo being in state rocks! slow movements VA hollaaahhh

psyche

 

[jbone]

they do reject if your interview score was higher than 2.5....im guessing you interviewed in january right....

So am I to assume that if we are "on hold" we have a score lower than 2.5? If so, that is great news. Dr. H said that last year, they accepted up to the 2.3's. COME ON BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Apparition]

So am I to assume that if we are "on hold" we have a score lower than 2.5? If so, that is great news. Dr. H said that last year, they accepted up to the 2.3's. COME ON BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I believe they cut at 3.5 post-interview, unfortunately. Can someone confirm this?

 

[crazy_cavalier]

Anyone know how they calculate their score? Is it a formula that includes interview, gpa, mcat, etc?

Each person on the committee scores you individually on a scale of 1 to 5 in 0.5 increments. The lower the score, the better (it's like the European grading scale ). At the end, they throw out the highest and lowest scores, then sum them, then average them. That is your composite score, which determines your fate (accept, reject, and movement along the waitlist).

Since each adcom member gets to vote individually, the criteria weighted in arriving at your total score will vary. Some on the committee might value the MCAT most and give a 1 to someone with a 40, regardless of E.C's or GPA. Other adcom members will look for the non-cognitive aspects and place more significant weight on experiences (or letters of reference). Others might place all the dice on GPA. It varies.

In the end, I think it's fair to say that VCU seeks to accept a good balance between the cognitive and non-cognitive aspects of the applicants, and as long as you're in good shape in both of those facets you'll be fine.

 

[crazy_cavalier]

I believe they cut at 3.5 post-interview, unfortunately. Can someone confirm this?

A 3.5 or higher will result in being cut... I doubt they outright reject anyone with a 2.5 post-interview. No, 2.5's to 3.0's wont have a rejection, but will probably have to suffer through waitlist limbo 🙁

 

[ShyRem]

Dr. H told my group at the interview that those 3.5-5.0 are outright rejected post-interview. All others are on 'hold' until 3/15, when they look at the list. Then they make another 'waitlist' vs. 'rejected' cut, usually at about 2.5-2.8, depending on the list.

 

[Apparition]

Dr. H told my group at the interview that those 3.5-5.0 are outright rejected post-interview. All others are on 'hold' until 3/15, when they look at the list. Then they make another 'waitlist' vs. 'rejected' cut, usually at about 2.5-2.8, depending on the list.

I thought everyone who is on hold will be either accepted or waitslisted. Don't only the 3.5+ get rejected, and the rest only when class starts?

 

[Orth2006]

Dr. H told my group at the interview that those 3.5-5.0 are outright rejected post-interview. All others are on 'hold' until 3/15, when they look at the list. Then they make another 'waitlist' vs. 'rejected' cut, usually at about 2.5-2.8, depending on the list.

It seems they should just reject above 2.8 post-interview if they are gonna use that as the cuttoff in March anyway. WHy make the applicants wait till march only to be rejected. I dont remember if she mentioned what the cutoff was in MArch when I interviewd. But I remmeber her saying above 3.5 post interview got rejected.

 

[Apparition]

It seems they should just reject above 2.8 post-interview if they are gonna use that as the cuttoff in March anyway. WHy make the applicants wait till march only to be rejected. I dont remember if she mentioned what the cutoff was in MArch when I interviewd. But I remmeber her saying above 3.5 post interview got rejected.

3.5+ people don't get the hold status. they get rejected a couple of weeks post-interview, not on one of the offer dates.

 

[ShyRem]

I could be misremembering - this *was* in September. Perhaps it was those between 1 and 2.5-2.8 have a shot at getting off the waitlist and others don't? But I DO know that folks from 3.5-5 get rejected post-interview.

Hey, it was a long time ago.. I've been sittin' on hold THAT long!!! 😉

 

[jbone]

I could be misremembering - this *was* in September. Perhaps it was those between 1 and 2.5-2.8 have a shot at getting off the waitlist and others don't? But I DO know that folks from 3.5-5 get rejected post-interview.

Hey, it was a long time ago.. I've been sittin' on hold THAT long!!! 😉

Dr. H told me that they did not get above the 2.3's last year. If that helps. 😳 Damn this sucks. I hope someone from the adcom is reading this and will give us input. HELLO.....End our misery. Please. 👍