Someone PLEASE reconstruct the hell known as VSAS

[MrDocMD]

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It's a freaking asinine system. Why in all hell do you have to fill out each school's immunization form just to find out a month later you didn't get the elective or sub-I???? Why can't the schools send you the immunization form AFTER they accept you????? Meanwhile, I have a stack of immunization forms I had to have doctors sign only for my school to mix up two of them and send them to the wrong schools and even lose one meant for my sub-I which I now have to fill out, get signed, and uploaded all over again all so that weeks from now they can send me a notice saying they're full.

VSAS is the biggest waste of time, space, bandwidth, and energy ever!

 

[tco]

Not only that, I love paying $35 (then $15) to find out the rotation I want is full. That's the best.

I'm trying three institutions...That's my max money wasted on this POS system.

 

[JRjcu08]

The only good thing that could come of VSAS would be that you could directly transfer all the information you entered to ERAS.
Maybe then I'd feel better about donating $35 to AAMC to still be in limbo for an elective I applied to 8 weeks ago...
Nah.

 

[ilovefishing]

I still have the "pending host institution review" for electives I applied to back in March. One is for an elective that is supposed to start in 4 weeks!! When I call they say "refer to VSAS for the status of your application" UGH!!

 

[secants]

As annoying as it was at first, the places with their own online application got back to me fairly quickly and the coordinators also responded in a timely manner. Plus there's usually no fee unless you accept the elective. I agree though that we really shouldn't need all the health forms unless we're actually accepted.

 

[buccsmf1]

I still have the "pending host institution review" for electives I applied to back in March. One is for an elective that is supposed to start in 4 weeks!! When I call they say "refer to VSAS for the status of your application" UGH!!

same here. still pending for a rotation that is supposed to start on july 8th....

and yeah, having to fill out all those forms BEFORE youre even accepted is ****ing idiotic. some of them required vaccinations that I didnt have........... So just to APPLY, I would have to go out and get a new vaccination. I could write a book on how ****ing awful VSAS is.

 

[Alvarez13]

same here. still pending for a rotation that is supposed to start on july 8th....

and yeah, having to fill out all those forms BEFORE youre even accepted is ****ing idiotic. some of them required vaccinations that I didnt have........... So just to APPLY, I would have to go out and get a new vaccination. I could write a book on how ****ing awful VSAS is.

July is rough. I have one for Aug and not a word. Waiting several weeks. Not sure what happens if I don't get it now.

 

[tco]

July is rough. I have one for Aug and not a word. Waiting several weeks. Not sure what happens if I don't get it now.

It's funny. I applied for a couple a few weeks ago. Heard a, "We're full right now, please try another date or another rotation," and a big nothing.

The other day, I applied to another institution (which is actually a place that I would love to go to for residency). Received my acceptance at nearly the same time as the automated email from VSAS...

 

[ilovefishing]

Had a program reject me for a VSAS rotation two days ago. I called to ask why and they said "Your dates are off by 1 week." My dates are super flexible. Had I not called, they never would have told me there was a (fixable) problem 😡

 

[Banned]

same here. still pending for a rotation that is supposed to start on july 8th....

and yeah, having to fill out all those forms BEFORE youre even accepted is ****ing idiotic. some of them required vaccinations that I didnt have........... So just to APPLY, I would have to go out and get a new vaccination. I could write a book on how ****ing awful VSAS is.

curious as to what NEW vaccinations you encountered. every place i looked at had the usual ppv/mmr/tdap/hepb and recent ppd. anything else is out of the ordinary.

 

[buccsmf1]

curious as to what NEW vaccinations you encountered. every place i looked at had the usual ppv/mmr/tdap/hepb and recent ppd. anything else is out of the ordinary.

one school wanted meningococcal, and need to be given within the last 5 years. Got mine back when I started college, so I'd have to go get another one.

 

[genswim24]

The VSAS is terrible. I remember getting rejections months after the rotation started because it was full. They really do need a new system.