Virtual Evals System?

[dmcR600]

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Hi all,

I asked my pre-professional advising office when my committee packet would be sent to schools. I received the following response:

"We have not yet sent any packets to schools via Virtual Evals. The service has not yet officially opened. Yours is on top of the pile. Don't worry. It will be there on time."

My question is when will the VE system open? Should I go ahead and call up an admissions office to ask? Has anybody already had their LORs sent in via VE this cycle?

Thanks in advance.

 

[MassTransport]

It's open, my packet was sent through VE two weeks ago. They might mean your college hasn't been given access to it yet.

 

[dmcR600]

Or it could mean he's pulling my leg and hasn't completed my committee letter, despite having interviewed me and received all LORs at the beginning of May. Damnit! 😡 end rant

thanks for the reply

 

[Phoenix.]

Or it could mean he's pulling my leg and hasn't completed my committee letter, despite having interviewed me and received all LORs at the beginning of May. Damnit! 😡 end rant

thanks for the reply

I'm in the same boat. I just found out that the pre-health office is still in the process of editing my committee letter (LORs submitted by early May), so it hasn't been sent out to Virtual Eval yet. I hope they submit it by July 18th (my MCAT release score). I'd hate for the committee packet to be the only thing holding my app from getting reviewed. I'm still trying to get secondaries turned around within a day or two of receiving them, but knowing that my committee letter isn't even finished yet definitely does take a little wind out of my sails.

 

[Nokternal7]

My undergrad school openly states they won't be sending out any letters until August 1st.

 

[146233]

My undergrad school openly states they won't be sending out any letters until August 1st.

That's still plenty early, if the rest of your application is complete at schools by then.

 

[waitforme]

hi all,
can somebody please explain to me what exactly virtual evals is. my school uses it too... so are the letters all digitally sent to the schools or do they still use paper method...?

 

[armybound]

hi all,
can somebody please explain to me what exactly virtual evals is. my school uses it too... so are the letters all digitally sent to the schools or do they still use paper method...?

I believe they're all loaded online for schools to download.

My school also has not sent mine, but other pre-meds at my school says theirs have been sent and received..

 

[waitforme]

i read that some med schools might take longer to get your LORs so is that why they say it might take a long time for your LOR to show that they've been received?

 

[Phoenix.]

I got the email that my letter was uploaded to VirtualEvals yesterday. My curiosity is how this works exactly. If a school already has already received your secondary, at what point are they going to realize that your LOR is now available and download from VirtualEvals? Baylor, BU and MCW all have online status pages that say that they haven't yet received my LORs from my school via VirtualEvals. Perhaps it just hasn't been updated (I'll check next week, of course), but it made me wonder what the process is.

I wonder if it's the same for having your MCAT score reported after you've submitted your secondary as well. Do they have to actively download it? If that's how it works for both VirtualEvals and MCAT scores, perhaps it could be weeks before they realize that an app is complete unless an applicant bugs them? Thoughts?

 

[MassTransport]

VE makes the packet available to the school online as a PDF file. The school can opt to receive an e-mail whenever an applicant's packet is available or use a piece of software that automatically downloads packets. My guess is that it'll take a human to match up a packet to a secondary.

 

[146233]

VE makes the packet available to the school online as a PDF file. The school can opt to receive an e-mail whenever an applicant's packet is available or use a piece of software that automatically downloads packets. My guess is that it'll take a human to match up a packet to a secondary.

I think you're right. My school told me that Georgetown, MCW, and Jefferson had all downloaded my packet within an hour or two of them being uploaded. So far, only Jefferson's status page indicates my file is complete.

 

[AppleseedCast]

are you guys seriously finished with some secondaries already? ::attempts to catch up::

 

[AppleseedCast]

does anyone know which schools don't use virtual evals. Are your committees going through virtual eval even if the school websites don't say anything about them using the system?

 

[Phoenix.]

does anyone know which schools don't use virtual evals. Are your committees going through virtual eval even if the school websites don't say anything about them using the system?

Here's the link to see which schools don't participate:

http://www.virtualevals.org/participants/nonusers/

As of now, the following schools don't use VE:

MD Programs

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (it is likely they will join VE a bit later in the cycle)
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (BS/MD program)
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (primarily BS/MD program)
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

DO Programs

Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
NY College of Osteopathic Medicine of the NY Institute of Technology

 

[MassTransport]

Dang, that's a short list. I didn't even know VE existed at my school until I got an e-mail from them. It's insidious, is what it is.

 

[doinmybest5840]

Here's the link to see which schools don't participate:

http://www.virtualevals.org/participants/nonusers/

As of now, the following schools don't use VE:

MD Programs

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine (it is likely they will join VE a bit later in the cycle)
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (BS/MD program)
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (primarily BS/MD program)
University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine

DO Programs

Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
NY College of Osteopathic Medicine of the NY Institute of Technology

Likewise, does anybody know which schools REQUIRE you to send your LORs via VirtualEvals? The whole system/process seems confusing to me, but I haven't looked into it too much, and I'd prefer to send things by mail if possible.