2015-2016 Vanderbilt University Application Thread

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I couldn't help myself. Especially after I watched the second one a few weeks ago.

Do you REALIZE what you've DONE?!!?

 

[Munty]

I think my file must have fallen behind someone's desk

 

[Doug Underhill]

You can get a secondary from Vandy with just a good MCAT, even if your GPA is kinda janky. Ask me how I know.

 

[mehc012]

You can get a secondary from Vandy with just a good MCAT, even if your GPA is kinda janky. Ask me how I know.

Must've been following me on here or something 😛

Aka n=2 over here.

 

[bearintraining]

You can get a secondary from Vandy with just a good MCAT, even if your GPA is kinda janky. Ask me how I know.

clearly not enough, seeing as mine is 522..

 

[Xenith]

clearly not enough, seeing as mine is 522..

Need a good mcat and GPA

 

[bearintraining]

Need a good mcat and GPA

agreed - but that was not what the previous poster suggested

 

[Xenith]

Oh didn't see that part. I know the automatic secondary is screened around a 3.9 and 37 about.

 

[Me.D.]

I got a secondary with a 3.5 - it happens, but ya definitely not automatically...

 

[USSWasteland]

clearly not enough, seeing as mine is 522..

Yeah I'm right there with you... Just reject me already Vandy.

 

[Chasing Never Land]

I'm just gonna send them my secondary, which I prewrote in May. Maybe it'll impress them enough to offer me a secondary lol

 

[Cytokine2014]

Does anyone who interviewed last Friday 10/30 have any thoughts to share on the interview day experience or Vandy in general? My day is coming up in the next couple weeks and I would love to hear what folks have to say!

 

[phuynh94]

Does anyone who interviewed last Friday 10/30 have any thoughts to share on the interview day experience or Vandy in general? My day is coming up in the next couple weeks and I would love to hear what folks have to say!

Check out by MD Apps! 🙂

 

[BurghMed]

Check out by MD Apps! 🙂

arguably my favorite mdapps of all time. Edit: congrats on all your success this cycle, you're killing it.

 

[Cytokine2014]

Check out by MD Apps! 🙂

Oh, I definitely have read it already. 🙂 Thanks!!
And congrats!

 

[ubertrooper60]

Safe to just go ahead and give up on getting a secondary at this point? Even if I got one, I feel like it's no longer worth it.

 

[starlite911]

Safe to just go ahead and give up on getting a secondary at this point? Even if I got one, I feel like it's no longer worth it.

I'm in the same boat.

 

[bearintraining]

I'm in the same boat.

still waiting also 🙁

 

[ac909009]

No interview invites sent out today? They've been sending out interview invites every other Wednesday. Anxiously awaiting a change of status (for the better!)

 

[PushPull]

Does anyone know if Vanderbilt accepts post-secondary and pre-interview updates?

 

[Cytokine2014]

Waiting until December/February for a decision is going to be so incredibly hard. Solidarity, anyone?

 

[meant4med]

Waiting until December/February for a decision is going to be so incredibly hard. Solidarity, anyone?

YES! I don't even know what I'll do with myself if they defer my decision to Feb..

 

[meant4med]

Does anyone know if Vanderbilt accepts post-secondary and pre-interview updates?

Very, very friendly to updates at any time from my experience at least. They add stuff to your file, whatever you sent. You can include abstracts, papers, etc. as PDFs too.

 

[JMMTB]

Woohoo!!! Finally got my official reject! Good luck to everyone else.

 

[gyrfalcon]

Woohoo!!! Finally got my official reject! Good luck to everyone else.

+1

 

[Bookish]

+1

+2

 

[phantomlimb]

.

 

[hiphopcrates]

+2

+3

no secondary, so I figured
best of luck to those of you with IIs

 

[Mercedes_benzodiazepine]

+4
good luck to everyone still in the running!!

 

[heebeejeebies]

And so the hammer finally falls.

 

[pangpang]

Rejected just now pre-secondary. What a ****ing waste of money

 

[p0gono]

Rejected just now pre-secondary. What a ****ing waste of money

Less of a waste than post-secondary!

 

[donovank730]

Rejected pre secondary finally! First rejection and it didn't sting at all. I have to say it was a pretty sterile email, was not the most comforting but I really don't care.

 

[heebeejeebies]

Rejected pre secondary finally! First rejection and it didn't sting at all. I have to say it was a pretty sterile email, was not the most comforting but I really don't care.

It was like a break up that both sides knew was coming for a while, cold yet without hard feelings.

 

[ayooogago]

Got mine as well a few minutes ago. GL to those still in the running.

 

[MedHopeful09]

Rejected pre-secondary.

With all the secondary luck I've gotten, I thought I might as well take a chance. I hope the taylor swift school of medicine appreciated my donation and that tag was probably the only reason I applied hahaha

 

[cinnamon717]

To the people who got rejected: what were your MCAT scores/GPAs? I just got my rejection email too, pre-secondary, and I feel like my scores were at least competitive enough to get me a secondary (although I'm not complaining about them saving me the money). I guess it just kinda stings to realize I wasn't even good enough to make it through the first screening...

 

[baebae69]

rejected but for the best since I don't think I could handle their curriculum

 

[baebae69]

To the people who got rejected: what were your MCAT scores/GPAs? I just got my rejection email too, pre-secondary, and I feel like my scores were at least competitive enough to get me a secondary (although I'm not complaining about them saving me the money). I guess it just kinda stings to realize I wasn't even good enough to make it through the first screening...

36 MCAT 3.75GPA at grade-deflated school

 

[bearintraining]

Rejected pre-secondary. Stats in sig. Added on 8/18 and notified of screening in progress on 8/20. Oh well.

 

[maxn]

Just got the axe as well, pre-secondary

 

[heebeejeebies]

To the people who got rejected: what were your MCAT scores/GPAs? I just got my rejection email too, pre-secondary, and I feel like my scores were at least competitive enough to get me a secondary (although I'm not complaining about them saving me the money). I guess it just kinda stings to realize I wasn't even good enough to make it through the first screening...

I've got one of them LizzyM's in the 75-78 range.

 

[CellPowerhouse]

Vandy just handed me my first rejection. LizzyM 66-70, good research, etc. My wallet appreciates that they never asked me to pay the secondary fee.

 

[medicalCPA]

I saw an email from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, and was happily jumping up and down, thinking I had finally gotten a secondary. Nope, rejection.

 

[USSWasteland]

+3

no secondary, so I figured
best of luck to those of you with IIs

Now I'm EXTRA confused. No secondary, no rejection despite those going out apparently, still floating in the ether.

 

[tea guzzling traveler]

axed as well, pre secondary.

 

[mashinator]

Rejected presecondary! Still stings I must admit but it's all good >.>b

LizzyM 70

 

[ac909009]

Wow it really was d-day yesterday. Any rejections go out post-secondary and pre-interview?

 

[penguinparty]

Just got the axe as well, pre-secondary

+1

 

[Rainbow Zebra]

+1

+234