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2008-2009 Vanderbilt Secondary Application Thread
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Thank you! I'm reeeeeeaaaaaaaly excited about it! 😀
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Hopefully will see you at Second Look! I still get all jittery when I think about Vandy 🙂
Hey - there seems to be some contradicting info on here regarding the true nature of Vanderbilt's grading system. Can any 1st years verify the correct info?
On the website PDF, it says all vandy classes except electives are H/HP/P/F. This also is in accord with what the AAMC has on their wesbite. Someone previosuly posted that it is only H/P/F or P/F or something like that..can anyone confirm one way or the other?
Thanks!
On the website PDF, it says all vandy classes except electives are H/HP/P/F. This also is in accord with what the AAMC has on their wesbite. Someone previosuly posted that it is only H/P/F or P/F or something like that..can anyone confirm one way or the other?
Thanks!
Looks like they may be offering a scholarship each week. My friend found out the Sunday before you did.
That's cool! Did your friend get the same scholarship? Vandy's website shows a number of different "Honor Scholarships"
First year all classes are P/F. Second year H/P/F. Third/fourth year are H/HP/P/F. Electives and Emphasis are just P/F as far as I know.
i just got an interview to vanderbilt! so very excited, i added the school on the last day. I have a question, how fill is the class right now? Thanks!
Also, did anyone submit more than 3 letters of rec (for those who don't have committees)? Thanks!
Also, did anyone submit more than 3 letters of rec (for those who don't have committees)? Thanks!
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I drove myself, but if you don't have a car maybe the hotel has a shuttle? Or there's allways public transportation.
I also submitted more than 3 in a packet, they seemed to be okay with that. Good luck!
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Good luck at your interview!
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Thanks for all the replies. How many did you submit exactly? Sorry to inquire, I want to submit 6 but I think I should only submit 5.
I'm not sure what Vanderbilt's policy is, but at some schools that set a limit, the limit does not apply when your letters are sent in together as a packet
I believe that's exactly the way Vandy does it. When I called to ask if I could send more than 3, I told them they were arriving as a packet and they said that it was fine.
I don't know, but if you e-mail the office, they might tell you. I had asked them this before the last batch of decisions came out, and they told me that it would be "next week" and sure enough it was.
I was wondering that myself. Also, does anybody know if Vandy accepts people earlier than their 6-8 week post interview policy. Do they save rejections and waitlists for 6-8 weeks later, and accept people before that time, or does everyone wait 6-8 weeks. I interviewed 11/24, and want to know what to expect in the next month... I LOVE VANDY!
I received my acceptance about 4-5 weeks post-interview, but that might be slightly circumstantial, given that I was among the second batch of acceptances, and they may be a bit more backed-up at this point. I don't think they save rejections/waitlists...I think they send all decisions out after they decide on your file, regardless of the decision. They also only send letters in specific batches.
Just acceptances for post-interviewers, or do you think some of us from the waitlist?
I hope it's some waitlisted.
This is what she said a few months ago, "We send out invitations to join the class and wait list letters. It is true that every time we invite we look at the wait list also."
Awesome. Of course, some of you have a better chance to get in there than I do, lol. 🙁
any early nov. interviewers still anxiously awaiting a decision?
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I am.... btw sdn has taken over my life. now that i have discovered sdn mobile, i always have it with me on my phone. i need help...
Holy Jesus in Heaven, Dean's full tuition scholarship. I cried, I screamed, I terrified everyone around me, I had to sit down to breathe so I didn't have a stroke.
This basically qualifies as the best day, well, ever.
This basically qualifies as the best day, well, ever.
AAHHH!!! Now, there's great news! Congratulations!!!
Thank you so much guys. This is basically the best Christmas present the world has ever seen.
Yeah, there couldn't be a better gift. You basically got a quarter of a million dollars!!!
Haha I know. I told the attending here at the clinic and she was like "you just got a half a million dollars of debt off your shoulders. You won the lottery! I've never met a lottery winner before!!!"
that's totally true!!!CONGRAAAAAAAATS!!!!!!!!!
That's fantastic news 🙂 So, are you going to Vandy for *sure* now?
Probably? I can't imagine I'm gonna get a better deal anywhere, so....
fone call from Dean Hill 5 min ago telling me im in...he said that they made decisions last night and he didnt get a chance to call applicants, so they are calling tonight as a nice "present" before the holidays!!! yay, loooved Vandy!!!
Let, how long after your accpetance did they tell you about the scholarship?
Let, how long after your accpetance did they tell you about the scholarship?
Hey congrats!!
I got in on 10/15 and got the scholarship call the day before yesterday, so I guess a couple of months? Although I don't know that you should consider the 10/15 acceptance crowd as a good indication of when you'd be hearing about it, since I'm sure they waited a while before meeting up about scholarships, and now they probably discuss that more often.
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