I'm wondering if us with the 2 bars full either didn't submit as early as some other people who have more bars full, and thus the admissions committee hasn't fully marked our files complete because they haven't been entirely reviewed yet? Or just in general that our files haven't fully been reviewed yet?
Bruh.. thank you for reaching out, pretty sure this is what’s holding me up too
Same thank you so much, going to reach out th them now!
Thank you so much for reaching out! It definitely helped people in this thread for sure.
Of course! So many people have helped me on here so why not pass it on! And I agree, I'm wondering if this will implicate "completion date" since admissions seemed to be aware of this happening...
I was told that our completion date is not affected.
Phew good. So I take it that internally they have the technical dates we were first completed, which isn’t reflected on the portal? This is frustrating lol
I hope so!
Update, took about 24 hours for them to get back to me. Was definitely due to my letters being in a packet and not separate. I now have 3 dark blue, 4 light blue, and says your submitted materials are under initial review with admissions staff for completeness even though the email says that my file is complete and ready to review with our committee.
My email said that exact same thing in terms of the staff saying my file is complete and ready to review despite my portal saying my materials are under initial review. I guess that's a good thing
Not sure about this because last week my LOR receipt date was changing to the current day, and I didn't have the status bars up, but now I have the status bars up and it says under review and the LOR receipt date still updates to the current day.
Release your score report to AACOMAS, on the AAMC site where you registered for the MCAT, and they will send it to all schools.
If you submitted a packet of letters you have to email them and they will update your application. Basically the system counts your packet as only one letter and it has to be overridden.
Mine was 2 dark blue bars when they had my committee letter packet. It changed to 3 dark blue bars after I emailed them and they "checked off" my committee letter packet as having fulfilled all LOR requirements. I think it takes some time between them changing the letters from incomplete to complete, ultimately reflecting 4 dark blue bars - AKA file being complete and ready to review.
I got the email stating that they received my primary on 8/8.
I don’t remember the exact date, but it was the first day they sent out the email to the portal. I’m not sure when it changed, mine was always at 4. I submitted my primary in early June
congrats. when did you interview?
monday so 4 days ago
Congrats!!
Congrats!
I highly encourage you to read through the thread on all the interesting theories on the bars. I on the other hand, have decided to just wait to hear back because I have no clue and can't be bothered trying to figure it out.
Im too neurotic to do that, in my Nancy Drew era atm
Start with 2nd post of this page.
I think this could be the case. Despite the admissions counselor telling me my app was complete, I still have just 3 bars. She said it takes time for processing and it should be visibly complete on the portal "once our team finishes processing your application."
I have 4 for Georgia and 3 for Philly/South Georgia. I don't think its worth worrying about. They'll let you know if they need something and if you're complete, they'll let you know if they want to interview you.
