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VCU update for March
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I pulled my app. today (out-of-state)
Hey everyone! Just checking in to see how everyone is holding up. I've been reading but not posting since I've been out of town.
If you haven't done so, maybe a letter of intent to Dr. Heldberg would help if you are only counting on VCU to come through for you.
Good luck everyone! I know it's easier said than done but don't stress. It won't do anything but give you gray hairs 😉
If you haven't done so, maybe a letter of intent to Dr. Heldberg would help if you are only counting on VCU to come through for you.
Good luck everyone! I know it's easier said than done but don't stress. It won't do anything but give you gray hairs 😉
focus05 said:
8/8 is apparently the first day of orientation; not sure about when the 'last day' one could get in would be. Base your chances on what Dr. H said, I think she is quite truthful, but also appaerntly out of town for several weeks.
I got in at the beginning of June. I wrote some letters and also emailed Dr. H.
She told me that I should hear from the school soon and I did. So I think if you want to know where you stand the email from dr H will tell you alot. Hope this helps for everyone whos waiting. Also for some encouragement I was waitlisted at 7 schools and this was my first acceptance. Good luck to everyone.
She told me that I should hear from the school soon and I did. So I think if you want to know where you stand the email from dr H will tell you alot. Hope this helps for everyone whos waiting. Also for some encouragement I was waitlisted at 7 schools and this was my first acceptance. Good luck to everyone.
focus05 said:
I am out of state, interviewed way back in October
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I called the admissions office today and they said they gave out five acceptances yesterday... This whole process sucks...Anyway, they said its moving slowly and accepted students have 2 weeks to decide, so maybe in 2 weeks there'll be more acceptances....good luck all. 😳
hey guys, one of my best friends got in off the waitlist yesterday. my friend is in-state too. keep the faith. talk to dean heldberg for honest info on your chances. she kept my friend hopeful during their contact this summer, so she gives real answers (at least in this anecdotal case). good luck.
Why are wait lists across the nation moving so slowly this year? What gives? 😕
On a different note, a few of the med students have said in the past that half of their class came from the waitlist but this year just might disprove that notion 😡 . I wonder how many people actually squeeze through at the last minute...
Oh please let us squeeze!
On a different note, a few of the med students have said in the past that half of their class came from the waitlist but this year just might disprove that notion 😡 . I wonder how many people actually squeeze through at the last minute...
Oh please let us squeeze!
sierra89 said:
omg this is so seriously ROUGH!
I mean, is there hope???? class starts in 2 weeks and ONE day.... how late do ppl get accepted? are ppl still going to drop their spots?? I DUNNO! eeps... and I'm on the in-state list which moves slooower....
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focus05 said:
It really is true... that is atleast what Dr. Heldberg said during my interview. Some rich plastic surgeon who was the last person off the waitlist at VCU when he applied has set up a scholarship that gives the last person accepted a full ride.
Wahooali said:"it is close but I just can't predict. We have had no withdrawals in a week so I am concerned it won't happen. There are always those last minute things but.....
We start on August 8th."
From Dr. Heldberg.
ali - i just emailed you. a friend just got off the temple WL and subsequently WITHDREW from MCV - TODAY. i am hoping that this will open up a spot for you! i read this thread awhile back and have been hoping you'd hear some good news. let me know if you hear anything.
good luck ya'll!
today was my day....
see y'all in a week!!
see y'all in a week!!
amy2003uva said:ali - i just emailed you. a friend just got off the temple WL and subsequently WITHDREW from MCV - TODAY. i am hoping that this will open up a spot for you! i read this thread awhile back and have been hoping you'd hear some good news. let me know if you hear anything.
good luck ya'll!
focus05 said:
did you get in off the waitlist?!?! If that is what you meant by your cryptic sentence, then Congrats!
focus05 said:
Wow, Congrats focus!! I guess they are still taking people even this week. Had Dr. Heldberg given you some feeling that you were close to the top of the list?
Looks like it's probably the end of the road for me with VCU. Oh well.. 🙁
Wahooali said:
I'm just happy it's over. I interviewed in early October, got put "on hold" at the end of October, got on the "alternate List" in March and so basically have been waiting for this day (the end!!!) for 9 friggin' months! Dr. Heldberg told me I wouldn't get in a few days ago, but I'm happy that orientation starts today and I can officially forget about VCU 2009...stop imagining myself on the campus, stop mentally planning how I'd move there...etc...
Wahooali...talk to the premed advisor from your undergrad...maybe he/she can suggest what steps you can take and come up with a game plan for when to reapply...don't lose hope, people even go to med school in their 50's! (my uncle did!)
threeeyedfrog said:
Hey dude, wow, same exact situation here. Interviewed in October, waitlisted in March, and just been waiting, wishing, hoping, and harrassing the admissions office ever since. I have been holding out a glimmer of hope, and having a plan of attack about how I could drop everything and head up to Richmond if I did receive and acceptance. If you do not mind my asking, what exactly did she tell you a few days ago?
And as far as my application goes, I know what I need to do to improve it, it is just much easier said than done. For me it is all about the numbers. I have everything else in copius amounts...EMT-B and volunteer with a rescue squad, 3 years of research 2 of those have been full-time with publications, leadership positions, blah blah blah. But then my GPA is borderline, and I refuse to/cannot afford to pay for one of those "certificate programs" to help bring it up. And I am not a good test taker, so my MCAT is pretty weak despite having taken it twice already. So I'm at a loss for what to do about it. So, this is it for me for med school (for now at least). It is getting back-burnered while I pursue something else. I just don't know what that something else is any more. 🙁
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Just met some people who got in yesterday after roll call, one girl one guy
People come so close to acceptance every year. I believe that the few near missed ones should be accepted for matriculation in the following year. In the mean time, VCU could let them get involved (with the school) in a meaningful activities eg post bac, research
etc. Make the most out of the current left over now, and VCU will not have to deal with them anymore. Besides, people might want to apply to the best back up school ever.
I love VCU SOM as much as VCU Adcoms do.
I love VCU SOM as much as VCU Adcoms do.
