2014-2015 Vanderbilt University Application Thread

[Graywolf]

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For those waiting on secondaries, when did you submit?

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.

 

[godawg300]

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?

 

[researchismymiddlename]

For those waiting on secondaries, when did you submit?

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 🙁

 

[FindMeOnTheLinks]

+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.

 

[godawg300]

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 🙁

Well I guess it's not just stat based. Your numbers look up to par.

I wonder when they send rejections? Anyone know?

 

[user12]

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

 

[FFH]

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.

 

[dngrg2014]

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

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.

 

[user12]

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.

true

 

[clowiebear]

Has anybody who submitted their secondary in September, heard back about an II?

 

[teefero]

They told me they accept 240 - @teefero ... i'm not crazy right?

Yep 240 for sure. The odds are good 😀

 

[Earl Simmons]

Is the Vandy class size 85? Why do they need to accept 240 for a class of 85? That's a low yield!

 

[hellanutella]

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.

 

[Abstractions]

Is the Vandy class size 85? Why do they need to accept 240 for a class of 85? That's a low yield!

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)

 

[GoPelicans]

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

 

[gettheleadout]

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

lol that's reassuring

(No hate, appreciate the input, it's just funny)


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[XFitWraith]

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

Questions like...?

 

[Copernicium]

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

Yep, called the "short interview" but the questions I got were not ridiculous at all and it wasn't stressful

 

[nemo123]

Questions like...?

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."

 

[shard]

I know most people posting are concerned with interviews but has anyone received a secondary recently (in the past 2-3 weeks?)

I submitted August 8th, no secondary...

Not sure what's going on...

 

[pre-med91]

Complete 7/23…when is it time to stop hoping for an interview?

 

[jaga1603]

II on friday! Complete 8/6. Interview dates in late Nov and early Dec.

 

[BengaliBrat]

II on friday! Complete 8/6. Interview dates in late Nov and early Dec.

Congratulations and good luck!!

 

[BlackMann]

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.

 

[BengaliBrat]

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.

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!)

 

[FindMeOnTheLinks]

This might be kind of a dumb question, but does Vanderbilt look at your letters of rec before sending a secondary?

 

[ithd]

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?

 

[Lakedays]

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.

 

[soccerusa]

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.

 

[Zelda840]

Yeah, Nebraska does that also.

 

[Kay293T]

38 MCAT, 3.75 GPA, Tennessee resident (not that it matters technically, but they have to assume I'd be very interested given the proximity), got the application received email 7/14, and no secondary. I'm pretty sure it was deduced that a 3.8 gpa and 37 MCAT gets you a secondary automatically, so it's pretty discouraging that the comparable switching of that info doesn't merit a closer look. It just makes me feel like something else in my application turned them away. Anybody know when they start sending out rejections? Have they ever sent out secondaries this late, especially this long after an app is received (3 months)?

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.

 

[researchismymiddlename]

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.

+1 @Kay293T! Was really hoping, but alas 🙁

 

[DrDot]

When do they start sending out rejections?

 

[godawg300]

When do they start sending out rejections?

I think I saw November from older threads.

 

[T1p]

Does anyone know if the short interview is closed or open file?

 

[hellanutella]

Does anyone know if the short interview is closed or open file?

Closed file!

Good luck and have an excellent time! My interviewers here embodied Southern hospitality to a T. Really lovely people.

 

[ProbablyAPenguin]

Does anyone know if the short interview is closed or open file?

closed

*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...."

 

[FindMeOnTheLinks]

+1 @Kay293T! Was really hoping, but alas 🙁

+1 74.5 LizzyM and they won't even let me donate $75 or whatever their secondary fee is

 

[T1p]

Closed file!

Good luck and have an excellent time! My interviewers here embodied Southern hospitality to a T. Really lovely people.

closed

*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...."

Thanks for the help. Best of luck to all.

 

[gettheleadout]

Been complete for three months now with no II, just waiting for the rejection I guess.

 

[premedpurposes]

Same here 🙁

 

[ColDocUSA]

Been complete for three months now with no II, just waiting for the rejection I guess.

Same

 

[flowerpower123]

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 🙂

 

[ConsultantMD]

Glad to know I'm in good company!

 

[manofmen]

do you know when vandy interviews till and where we're at right now?

 

[BengaliBrat]

Another "waitress" here .

 

[FFH]

Another "waitress" here .

Tipping you with some luck!

 

[user12]

well, looks like im not getting that secondary. 🙁

 

[CTU Surgeon]

When does Vandy do its first round of acceptances?

 

[soccerusa]

When does Vandy do its first round of acceptances?

If I remember right, I think they said on/around Dec 15.