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AMCAS Verified 7/31. I am assuming I will not receive a secondary...I'm not part of the 0.1 percentile with >37 MCAT. That's OK Vanderbilt, a MD is a MD.
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AMCAS Verified 7/31. I am assuming I will not receive a secondary...I'm not part of the 0.1 percentile with >37 MCAT. That's OK Vanderbilt, a MD is a MD.
I wonder how many secondaries they have left to give out, especially since they interview so few.
Anyone know when they send rejections?
Submitted 06/03/14, verified 06/19/14 because one of my transcripts was delayed. 36 MCAT, ~3.8 sGPA and cGPA, graduate degree gGPA 4.0
I suppose I'm out of the running too 🙁
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+1 still waiting on a secondary as well, AMCAS verified 7/14 iirc...
At this point I probably wouldn't return the secondary even if they did give it to me. Clearly they don't see much they like in me.
At this point I probably wouldn't return the secondary even if they did give it to me. Clearly they don't see much they like in me.
Well I guess it's not just stat based. Your numbers look up to par.
I wonder when they send rejections? Anyone know?
i feel bad because I actually fell for one of those automatic e mails they send, telling me to APPLY TO VANDERBILT. I wrote back asking if they legitimately wanted me to apply because I had a reasonable chance or if it was just an automatic e mail... and the guy actually wrote back and was very nice. but it just seems stupid if they send those without actually intending to give a secondary. my stats are slightly below their averages anyway, so its not like they really NEEDED my application
Don't feel bad. Falling for marketing strategy does not make you stupid, it just makes you a human. Maybe they do NEED your application because what you might bring to the table besides the stats. It's never a bad idea to give it a shot. Best of luck.
On the bright side, Vanderbilt doesn't charge you a fee on top of AMCAS unless you're sent a secondary application. So there is that.
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Has anybody who submitted their secondary in September, heard back about an II?
Is the Vandy class size 85? Why do they need to accept 240 for a class of 85? That's a low yield!
Eh, I was told "nearly 200" on my day, so I don't know what's correct. Wish we could get a concrete answer... I don't know what US News says.
I guess the best you can do is wait.
It's low yield because historically, Vanderbilt has fought over the same people that WashU, Penn, and Emory (among other schools) also want.
And the class size is 88 (74 MD and 14 MD/PhD)
Does Vanderbilt still do the behavioral interview? I loved my interview day here last year, but the questions I got from my interviewer were kind of ridiculous
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lol that's reassuring
(No hate, appreciate the input, it's just funny)
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Questions like...?
Yep, called the "short interview" but the questions I got were not ridiculous at all and it wasn't stressful
They ask things like "Tell me about a time you failed" or "Tell me about time you thought you did something right but in retrospect you realized what you did was wrong."
Congratulations and good luck!!
Still no secondary. Essays still waiting to dance. =(
I would appreciate some morsel of hope, Vanderbilt, a simple status update, if you will. Or you could even dash my hopes with a rejection letter. Either is fine at this point, though I'd highly prefer the former...
SAY SOMETHIN' I'M GIVIN' UP ON YOU.
I would appreciate some morsel of hope, Vanderbilt, a simple status update, if you will. Or you could even dash my hopes with a rejection letter. Either is fine at this point, though I'd highly prefer the former...
SAY SOMETHIN' I'M GIVIN' UP ON YOU.
BlackMann! DO NOT GIVE UP!! (At least, not until the school makes you shout "Uncle"!) We dwell in uncertainty. . .even though "uncertainty" is a nomadic tent rather than a fixed structure. I am also wearied by Vanderbilt's coyness, but. . .silence ain't "no." (Rah. Yay! Go, team!)
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This might be kind of a dumb question, but does Vanderbilt look at your letters of rec before sending a secondary?
I don't think so. I received a secondary without my LOR having been sent in.
On a related note, does anyone know if Vanderbilt looks at your LORs before extending an interview invite?
It was my understanding that your application would need to be complete before a II, and everywhere else your app isn't complete until LORs are received, so I am going to go with common sense that Vandy isn't different in that regard.
Some schools will extend an II without a complete app. Michigan comes to mind. I would guess there might be others as well.
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I have similar stats and was also very disappointed to not receive a secondary, this school started as my top pick. It seems like this year was already different from previous years so I'm not sure if you can compare, but I heard the latest for a secondary was September in the past.
I think I saw November from older threads.
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*edit* try to remember that your interview is closed file as you answer questions! I frequently forgot this and would have to backtrack. So instead of saying "well this one time when i was in a group project doing x y and z" say "as an x major i had the opportunity to take y class and work on z project. In this project I did...."
Been complete for three months now with no II, just waiting for the rejection I guess.
Same here 🙁
Same
Same... But I like to tell myself that even if they received the applications of most of their 240 future acceptees early in the cycle, they would still have to wait and spread out their interview invitations over a certain time frame, otherwise no one else would apply... So really, perhaps we are in a "future interview" pile that's just waiting to be extended....Maybe? Possibly? A girl can hope 🙂
Glad to know I'm in good company!
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Another "waitress" here 
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Tipping you with some luck!Another "waitress" here
When does Vandy do its first round of acceptances?
If I remember right, I think they said on/around Dec 15.
