2011-2012 Vanderbilt University Application Thread

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I received a 'restricted' call at 3:37 Vandy time today. For students who have already been accepted this cycle - is it possible this was the Dean? I do not typically receive restricted phone calls, but it seems too early in the day to receive that sort of call. Is there any other place we can check our status?

Any input would be much appreciated - best of luck to those waiting to hear!
 
EleanorAutumn said:
I received a 'restricted' call at 3:37 Vandy time today. For students who have already been accepted this cycle - is it possible this was the Dean? I do not typically receive restricted phone calls, but it seems too early in the day to receive that sort of call. Is there any other place we can check our status?

Any input would be much appreciated - best of luck to those waiting to hear!
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My call was from an actual number.
 
EleanorAutumn said:
I received a 'restricted' call at 3:37 Vandy time today. For students who have already been accepted this cycle - is it possible this was the Dean? I do not typically receive restricted phone calls, but it seems too early in the day to receive that sort of call. Is there any other place we can check our status?

Any input would be much appreciated - best of luck to those waiting to hear!
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It's a non-restricted number and I heard he leaves a voice mail for those that miss the call. Also, your status page would change and allow you to accept an offer if you do receive one.

Good luck! 😀
 
Scholarships are given out starting from this week! For those who are still waiting, you may get an acceptance and a big check at the same time! Cheer up!
 
lxz said:
Scholarships are given out starting from this week! For those who are still waiting, you may get an acceptance and a big check at the same time! Cheer up!
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Cool, where'd you hear this? Or is it from last year's thread?
 
percy said:
Cool, where'd you hear this? Or is it from last year's thread?
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I got an email that saying the scholarship are given out from this week to April. The second part of getting acceptance and money together is my speculation tho... This thread needs more positive energy!
 
lxz said:
I got an email that saying the scholarship are given out from this week to April. The second part of getting acceptance and money together is my speculation tho... This thread needs more positive energy!
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Hmm has anyone else got this email? I never got the active review email so I'm wondering perhaps I am somehow out of an email loop. On the other hand, before that I received the secondary invite emails fine.
 
I just realized I forgot to post here when I got my invitation to interview. For those curious/still waiting- Submitted 11/7, received, 11/15, II 11/30. There were still plenty of dates available in Jan, Feb, and maybe a few in March?
 
percy said:
Newp.
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Don't worry about this email. I sent one a month ago asking about the scholarship thing. This is just a responding email from the office after 32 days. So nothing official.
 
lxz said:
Don't worry about this email. I sent one a month ago asking about the scholarship thing. This is just a responding email from the office after 32 days. So nothing official.
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Ah, thanks for investigating, then! (Agreed about thread positivity!)
 
killercow28 said:
I was told to address update letters to Lindsay huddleston, the person that should have sent you your interview email.
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I've attempted several times to email/call her, but I never get a response. Only when I CC Pat Sagen on my emails do I ever get a confirmation email.
 
Dr Callis said:
I've attempted several times to email/call her, but I never get a response. Only when I CC Pat Sagen on my emails do I ever get a confirmation email.
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I've also experienced this problem. When I called the admissions office, they told me to forward my stuff to LH. What do you think is the best thing to do? Would it be weird to directly CC the dean of admissions?
 
Just to confirm, previously I also got a second call from a different dean, and he also told me that scholarships will be released starting in December. He did not say exactly when in December though.
 
Cinclus said:
I sent my update letter to Dr. Sagen, and she told me it was added to my file.
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I sent an update letter to Dr. Sagen yesterday and she emailed me this morning that it will be added to my file. This seems to be the way to go in terms of updates, for anyone reading.
 
I dont have anything to update. Can I just call and ask about my status. Who should I contact? I've been waiting for 16ish weeks now. Is there even a point?
 
Got a call today from one of the deans: He offered me a nice scholarship. Best day ever!!
 
I wrote Dr. Sagen, too and didn't get a confirmation. Called the office, they said to send it to a certain email, which I did. Grr. that people get Dr. Sagen to respond to them.

Grr. for the long wait!

When people say they got an interview email, what do you mean? I just got the snail mail saying that they wanted to interview me...
 
NatrixCaelicola said:
I wrote Dr. Sagen, too and didn't get a confirmation. Called the office, they said to send it to a certain email, which I did. Grr. that people get Dr. Sagen to respond to them.

Grr. for the long wait!

When people say they got an interview email, what do you mean? I just got the snail mail saying that they wanted to interview me...
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I think the first wave of invites to go out received an email invitation as well as snail mail..
 
NatrixCaelicola said:
I wrote Dr. Sagen, too and didn't get a confirmation. Called the office, they said to send it to a certain email, which I did. Grr. that people get Dr. Sagen to respond to them.

Grr. for the long wait!

When people say they got an interview email, what do you mean? I just got the snail mail saying that they wanted to interview me...
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I only received snail mail, then when I submitted my secondary/ signed up for interview date, I got email.
 
I had a question about scholarship distribution! I don't really think of myself as a superstar of sorts that would attract scholarship offers but I don't discount it. More likely I'd feel any shot might be in a redistribution of turned down offers so I wanted to ask about how that works. Lets say a scholarship is offered to student A for 75%, student B for 50% nothing for student C. If student A turns down the offer, goes to another school, do they scramble to offer someone else that 75% or is that just money saved for the school. If they were to go and offer the 75% to student C it doesn't seem fair to student B who might have deserved 75% more. So basically I'm asking do scholarships at the top when turned down 1) Get never used 2) Redistributed to other people 3) Bump everyones offer below up, so say now B would get 75% and C would get 50%. Thanks for any insight. This is mostly for curiousity but also helps me assess financial aid possibilities if no initial offers are made.
 
LJ1000F said:
I had a question about scholarship distribution! I don't really think of myself as a superstar of sorts that would attract scholarship offers but I don't discount it. More likely I'd feel any shot might be in a redistribution of turned down offers so I wanted to ask about how that works. Lets say a scholarship is offered to student A for 75%, student B for 50% nothing for student C. If student A turns down the offer, goes to another school, do they scramble to offer someone else that 75% or is that just money saved for the school. If they were to go and offer the 75% to student C it doesn't seem fair to student B who might have deserved 75% more. So basically I'm asking do scholarships at the top when turned down 1) Get never used 2) Redistributed to other people 3) Bump everyones offer below up, so say now B would get 75% and C would get 50%. Thanks for any insight. This is mostly for curiousity but also helps me assess financial aid possibilities if no initial offers are made.
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My guess is option B.

From what I understand, scholarship offers come from different sources (different donors, diversity, research, etc). Each of these sources has a committee.

The person who gave me the scholarship call yesterday (one of the deans from one of these departments) said that they had a meeting last week and that after reviewing and ranking the files they selected, they were pleased to offered me a scholarship.

So it seems that each scholarship source committee selects some candidates, ranks them, and awards the scholarships based on that.

Again, this is just a guess based on the 90 sec conversation I had yesterday. Feel free to PM for more info.
 
Lexicon0 said:
I think the first wave of invites to go out received an email invitation as well as snail mail..
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I was in this group.

GoZags said:
I only received snail mail, then when I submitted my secondary/ signed up for interview date, I got email.
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I got an email after I submitted, too.

On a side note... hopefully this Sunday, right before Christmas, will be a happy and cheerful time!
 
Should updates be sent by snail mail or email? or does it not matter?
 
I updated by email..

Anyone else send one in this week and not get a reply?
 
Do we need to include any special information, such as our AMCAS number?
 
So for those of you who had a chance to call the office of admissions this week, did you have a chance to find out if Dr. Zic was planning on making the acceptance calls this Sunday?
 
DangerRoss said:
So for those of you who had a chance to call the office of admissions this week, did you have a chance to find out if Dr. Zic was planning on making the acceptance calls this Sunday?
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i doubt the office will tell if we called. I really thought last week was going to be the week, but I was wrong. Not much to do but wait it out.
 
I'm hoping that acceptance phone calls go out today!! It seems plausible with the holidays coming up and all...

12+ weeks and counting since my interview!!
 
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