Courtesy of Ms. Nutella:
Stats
~6700 applicants
~1600 invited to complete secondary
~500 invited to interview
~220-230 accepted
Secondary (there is a rigorous screen)
- Write a brief autobiography. As completely and precisely as possible, give a picture of yourself, your family, and events you consider important to you. In doing so, identify the values that are of greatest importance to you. If you have completed your undergraduate education, please comment on what you have done or have been doing since graduation. (1200 words or less)
- Please discuss a challenging situation or obstacle you have faced in the past. Why was it challenging? How did you handle it? Knowing what you know now, would you do anything differently? What did you learn? (500 words or less)
Important Dates (2014-2015)
First secondary invite: July 1st, 2014
First interview invitation: August 4th, 2014
First acceptance: December 16th, 2014 via phone call (75% scholarships extended in acceptance offer)
Deferral to February notification: December 17th, 2014 via portal update
First pre-interview rejection (pre and post secondary): December 17th, 2014 via email
First waitlist: February 24th, 2015 via email and portal update
First post-interview rejection: February 24th, 2015 via email and portal update
Interview
One 1-hour long open-file interview with a faculty member. One 20-30 minute behavioral interview (tell of a time you did XYZ, tell me of one challenge you faced) which is closed file with another faculty member.
Curriculum
1 year condensed preclinical; pass/fail. The first year of core clerkships (MS2) is also pass/fail.
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Notes
- Vanderbilt anticipates extending 75% tuition scholarships to 75% of their incoming class.
- 6700 applications received for 2014-2015 cycle; HEAVY screening for secondaries (only 1600 or so given out)
- as per the 2014-2015 application thread, applicants surmised that stats greater than or equal to a 3.8 GPA and 37 MCAT were automatically screened in for a secondary. Students below these stats were personally reviewed for secondaries. Note that this has not been confirmed by the Vanderbilt office.
- 2x waves of decisions: if you interview before mid-November, you should hear back around mid-December. You will be accepted or rejected or placed on hold until February. Another batch of decisions are released in February: results can be accept, reject, or waitlist.
- Not much waitlist movement in recent years, according to new admissions director/dean
- Prior match results.
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