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Does this school show preference to Virginia residents aka I'm confused because on the website it says they accept 81% from Appalachian region...meaning only 40 seats (out of 200) are left for out of region students??
Does Ohio count as Appalachian? Cause most of my family is from SE Ohio which is about as Appalachian as the others haha. I would love to get in here!!
Ohio does receive preference. Also keep in mind that they give preference to the specific appalachian areas of those states (however, even if you are from those states and not in appalachia you still have a better chance of getting in than somebody from the west coast for example).
Thank you!
Does this school show preference to Virginia residents aka I'm confused because on the website it says they accept 81% from Appalachian region...meaning only 40 seats (out of 200) are left for out of region students??
Ok, I may have lied, kind of... http://www.vcom.vt.edu/aboutvcom/recruitment.html
Apparently their Appalachian focus is specifically VA, NC, SC, and TN. I know they pull in a lot of WV'ers, which is clearly Appalachia. I also know a lot of NJ, PA, and OH students make their way into the class. There are obviously more than just those 4 states that comprise Appalachia, so I wouldn't worry about it too much. Especially if you're from a rural area anyway.
I received the same email today.
Submitted primary to AACOMAS on 6/4
Primary released 6/21
Nova just emailed me today and sent out the link for the secondary. I am still waiting to hear back from others.
are there any essays?
Well I just found out that VCOM won't accept a LoR from a DO that's an intern. Great. Guess my hat's out of the ring for this school...too bad, I really like it but I'm not going to start looking for another DO to shadow this late in the game.
You definitely SHOULD look for another to shadow! This will show them that you are still being proactive and that you really want this! Don't give up so easily, gotta have a little fight in you if you want to make it! *sending positive thoughts your way*
any word/character limits for the secondary essays?
@ Adamb83, I am going to be a MS1 at VCOM-CC in August. I went to school and live in a major city no where near SC and I had no problems. If you have applied early and fit with VCOM's mission statement you should be golden. Good luck.
I went to college in SC. Do you think that helps me at all? I would love to go to the Carolina Campus, but I'm from a suburban town in NJ, and I feel like this may work against me.
Is anyone else having trouble with formatting the secondary? Lol.
I'm using Open Office and it keeps getting screwed up. Maybe I need MS Word.
yea through interfolio.Did u submit your LOR's and stuff?
by email?Complete!
Got an email asking for my summer grades, which are in progress, before being sent to committee. Does anyone else find that interesting?
I am filling out my secondary and there is a part which asks you to, and I quote, "check the languages which you are able to communicate". How is everyone interpreting this question? I can communicate in Spanish (took 8 yrs of Spanish throughout high school and college) but am by no means fluent. Is this asking for fluency or just ability to communicate? I am confused as to what to put. Thanks!
Hey guys,
Quick question about the formatting on this secondary... how are you all doing the checks when it says "Check yes or no", etc. Are you using one of the shapes in Office? Or do you think it'd be better to print it out after typing the essays, handwriting the biography info, and rescanning it??