Interview Application Information
What is the Vericant K-12 Interview Season?
The Vericant K-12 Interview Season usually starts on June 1st and ends on May 31st of the following year. For example, Interview Application Season 2024 is from June 1st 2023 to May 31st, 2024.
The Vericant Summer Program Interview Season is from September 10th to August 31st of the following year. For example, the 2025 Summer Program Interview Application Season refers to the period from September 10th, 2024 to August 31st, 2025.
The Vericant Undergraduate and Graduate Interviews do not have application season restrictions.
How long are Vericant Interview results effective for?
Vericant K-12 Interviews are effective until May 31st of that application season. For example, Vericant K-12 Interviews for the 2025 application season (i.e. applying for enrollment in Fall 2025) will no longer be able to be sent to schools after May 31st, 2025.
The validity period for the Vericant Summer Program Interview ends August 31st of each application season. For example, the Vericant Summer Program Interview results for the 2025 application season cannot be sent to any summer school programs after August 31, 2025.
University/Post-graduate Interviews are valid for 1 year starting on the day of the interview. For example, if you interview on May 8, 2024, it will expire on May 9, 2025.
What are the Vericant Interview packages and pricing?
For details about packages, prices and services for Vericant K-12 official Interview, VPI, Summer Program Interview, University/Post-graduate Interview, please see the pricing page.
How many times can I do the Vericant Interview?
K-12 Interview applicants: Applicants can do up to 3 Vericant official Interviews in one application season. There is no limit for VPI Interviews. You must wait a minimum of 14 days between two official interviews or one VPI and official interview. There is no required wait time between two VPI interviews.
Summer Program Applicants: Applicants can participate in a maximum of 3 Summer Program Interviews per summer program application season. There is no required time interval between two Summer Program Interviews or between a Summer Program Interview and a Pre-interview (VPI), but there is a 14 day interval between the Summer Program Interview and the official Vericant K-12 Interview.
Undergraduate/Graduate school applicants: Applicants can do the interview as many times as they would like and there is no required wait time between interview attempts.
Please note: Each interview package (including but not limited to the Vericant Pre-Interview and the official Interview) only contains one interview.
Can I change my interview type after registering?
Unfortunately, once registration and payment are complete, the interview type cannot be changed. For example, the Vericant Pre-interview cannot be changed to the official Vericant K-12 Interview and vice versa. When booking an interview, please make sure you are registering for the correct interview type.
What if I don’t upload my ID photo or if my uploaded ID photo is not verified?
You can do the Vericant Interview without uploading your ID, but you will not receive your interview results until a valid ID photo is uploaded. Therefore, you must upload a valid ID photo before you are able to send your interview results to any schools.
How do I change the interview time or location? What’s the reschedule fee?
Changing the interview time or location are collectively referred to as “rescheduling.”
Students can reschedule their interview at least 24 hours before their interview and can only be rescheduled to an available interview slot in the same application season. For example: If you already registered for an interview during the 2024 Interview Season, you can only reschedule to another available interview slot before May 31, 2024.
How to reschedule: Please login to your Vericant account and request a reschedule in your profile.
The reschedule fee is $100 USD*. There is no refund for interview cancellations after a reschedule.
*For students residing in Mainland China, please refer to www.vericant.cn for more accurate pricing information.
How can I receive my interview faster?
Purchasing expedited service allows you to shorten the processing time and receive your interview faster.
K-12 Interview applicants can:
Upgrade from 10 work days to 5 work days: 1180 CNY ($160 USD)
Upgrade from 10 work days to 3 work days: 1980 CNY ($260 USD)
Upgrade from 5 work days to 3 work days: 800 CNY ($100 USD)
Summer Program Interview applicants can:
Upgrade from 5 work days to 3 work days: 800 CNY ($100 USD)
This is different from upgrading your package, which would allow you to send the interview to more schools and receive expedited service. Please see “How do I upgrade my package?” in the FAQ for more details.
University (undergraduate or graduate) Interview applicants can upgrade from 3 work days to 1 work day. The cost is 1980 CNY ($270 USD). You can purchase fast delivery at any time on your interview management dashboard.
*For students residing in Mainland China, please refer to www.vericant.cn for more accurate pricing information.
Interview cancellation and refund policy
To request to cancel the interview before the interview date, please email info@vericant.com or call 010-84856364. The time of the interview cancellation request is determined by the time of email or phone call.
Refund policy:
If the applicant requests to cancel the interview within 24 hours of payment and the cancellation request is not within 5 days of the interview (inclusive), they will be refunded 80% of the interview package cost.
If the applicant requests to cancel the interview at least 7 days before the interview date (including the 7th day), they will be refunded 50% of the interview package cost.
There is no refund if the applicant requests to cancel the interview within 7 days (not including the 7th day) before the interview date.
There is no refund if the applicant is absent (including absence due to health reasons) from the interview.
Refunds are only applicable for interview package costs. There are no refunds for rescheduling fees, expedited delivery fees, SEED reports and other add-ons.
There will be no refund if the interview is canceled after it is rescheduled.
Can I create more than one Vericant account?
Each applicant may only create one Vericant account to register for an interview. Should an applicant use a duplicate account to register and complete an interview, the result will be invalidated and no refund will be issued.
