2016-2017 Vanderbilt University Application Thread

[alcoholdehydrogenase69]

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Just got axed, my first one. Jokes on Vandy I didn't want em


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[Wittgenstein]

when did you submit your primary application to them? im sorry to hear that :/

Sometime in mid to late July I think

 

[NonTradWarrior]

Pre-secondary rejection. LizzyM ~69-73, OOS, non-trad.

 

[LeweezeB]

Just got the old rejection as well. Phew - I didn't want to write an autobiography anyways!

 

[yuio]

Also rejected, LizzyM 75. didn't think I had much of a shot with a 3.6 sgpa but yolo

 

[To be MD]

RIP Vandy.

LM 70-75, submitted 1st week july

 

[always happy boy]

never luckerdog... out of the running pre-secondary here too. complete mid-July...

 

[premedicalstudent]

RIP Vandy.

LM 70-75, submitted 1st week july

 

[Gibbward]

I'm out as well... I guess I won't be having Hattie B's hot chicken every day in medical school 😳

 

[mdapp2021]

Also axed. Good luck to everyone who got through!

 

[chococat111]

Rejected, OOS LizzyM 76

 

[dr2021]

OOS rejected pre-secondary. submitted mid august. LizzyM = 72-75

 

[drmoon408]

A moment of silence for all of us pre-secondary rejections

 

[Skittsie13]

Another pre-secondary rejection (within 30 minutes of another rejection lol). Not surprised (LizzyM 74, primary verified late July) but the email was not the nicest... Oh well. Good luck to those still in the running!

 

[oompaloompadoompadeedo]

How harsh is this screen? What % or number get secondary?

 

[Karabo]

How harsh is this screen? What % or number get secondary?

If you look at post #5 on the first page, about 7000 apply and 1500 get secondaries, so it's a pretty harsh screen

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[Dr. James Wilson]

@Skittsie13 Ditto. I was also rejected today pre-secondary with the same LizzyM. Glad to see I'm not the only one who found the email a bit terse. Perhaps its just my millennial sensitivity showing😉

 

[bruno692693]

Another pre-secondary rejection (within 30 minutes of another rejection lol). Not surprised (LizzyM 74, primary verified late July) but the email was not the nicest... Oh well. Good luck to those still in the running!

Lol yeah the back to back Stanny Vandy rejections stung a bit

 

[WineLover777]

Pre-secondary rejection: October 28th.

 

[flapjack3d]

Just had interview here a few weeks ago. Absolutely amazing place. Top choice so far.

 

[DubaK]

ugh pre-secondary rejection 🙁

 

[gizmoo]

Just got an II on Friday!


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[kdirnfueu]

Just got an II on Friday!


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+1

 

[Lauf Mit Zweck]

Someone on here had said they they stop sending out secondaries the end of October. I emailed the admissions office and they said they will send out secondaries until mid-November. So there's still time. After they stop sending them out I think they'll send a rejection to the rest.

Well, I got the rejection email on Friday. Oh well! I thought I had a chance with a 4.0 in chemical engineering/biochemistry, significant research experience, and a 517 MCAT, but I guess the pool was just super competitive! Kudos to everyone who made it!

 

[MC_Infarction]

Just got an II on Friday!


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When were y'all complete? 🙂

 

[kdirnfueu]

When were y'all complete? 🙂

early august

 

[gizmoo]

When were y'all complete? 🙂

Mid-October for me


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[MC_Infarction]

Mid-October for me


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That's a quick turnaround. Thanks for the response!

 

[ChrisMack390]

Reeeejected!

Oh well, obviously a reach/dream school. Good luck everyone!

 

[shine with me]

Just had interview here a few weeks ago. Absolutely amazing place. Top choice so far.

Congrats and hope you hear good news! I'm interviewing later this week; any advice to share?

 

[flapjack3d]

Congrats and hope you hear good news! I'm interviewing later this week; any advice to share?

Ask the students about your interviewers beforehand. Get some hot chicken while youre there. know/pretend to know why you'd want to go there over other top 10 schools

 

[SubliminalNeuralgia]

Congrats and hope you hear good news! I'm interviewing later this week; any advice to share?

Ask the students about your interviewers beforehand. Get some hot chicken while youre there. know/pretend to know why you'd want to go there over other top 10 schools

Also if you go to Hattie B's for hot chicken be sure to get the banana pudding as well! it's criminally underrated and was IMO the best part of my meal.

 

[shine with me]

Ask the students about your interviewers beforehand. Get some hot chicken while youre there. know/pretend to know why you'd want to go there over other top 10 schools

Also if you go to Hattie B's for hot chicken be sure to get the banana pudding as well! it's criminally underrated and was IMO the best part of my meal.

That sounds great; thanks so much! Can't wait to give all that food a try...

 

[krukshanks]

Does Vanderbilt accept updates prior to interviews?

 

[Medin2016]

Anyone received post secondary rejection? Since submitted secondary, have not heard anything.

 

[deleted682597]

I got an II about an hour ago.

Complete in early October.

 

[flapjack3d]

Anyone know what day the mid December acceptances came out?

 

[BBQ7]

Anyone know what day the mid December acceptances came out?

Last year it looks like it was December 21 (Monday), and years past looks like it was somewhere between Dec. 15-20. Each year will probably be different, but I'll start getting anxious the week or two before Christmas

 

[sleepyturtle]

Anyone received post secondary rejection? Since submitted secondary, have not heard anything.

Same here. Waiting is so stressful ugh

 

[ChaBoi22]

does vanderbilt accept application updates?

 

[iluvbeingpremed]

Any tips for the behavioral interview??? I don't want to freak out by the pressure of the time constraint but I feel like I need time to take a second to think? Basically tips on how to prepare would be great!

 

[kdirnfueu]

vandy does behavioral interviews? Like one specifically dedicated to that? Is that what the 30 minute one (haven't seen app before) is?

 

[flapjack3d]

Any tips for the behavioral interview??? I don't want to freak out by the pressure of the time constraint but I feel like I need time to take a second to think? Basically tips on how to prepare would be great!

The behavioral interview is very relaxed. I thought one of the questions was a little bit strange, but overall this is your chance to show off your reasoning skills and your humanity. You can totally take a few seconds to think. In fact, my interviewer encouraged it.
To put your mind at rest: an example question (not one i was asked), might be something like "tell me about a time when you had to make a difficult decision"

 

[iluvbeingpremed]

The behavioral interview is very relaxed. I thought one of the questions was a little bit strange, but overall this is your chance to show off your reasoning skills and your humanity. You can totally take a few seconds to think. In fact, my interviewer encouraged it.
To put your mind at rest: an example question (not one i was asked), might be something like "tell me about a time when you had to make a difficult decision"

Ah thank you! I was under the impression that this interview was them firing off questions at you and then cutting you off to get through the entire list of questions

 

[wahoodoc]

Do we know which interview dates have a chance of being considered for the December wave?

 

[flapjack3d]

Do we know which interview dates have a chance of being considered for the December wave?

I interviewed the third week of October and they said we were right on the border.

 

[shine with me]

Do we know which interview dates have a chance of being considered for the December wave?

fwiw, when I interviewed in early November, they said we were right on the border as well: might be considered for December, might be considered for January.

 

[FeinMS]

Do we know which interview dates have a chance of being considered for the December wave?

Definitely earlier interviews. Late interviews will depend on how fast your interviewers send in the evaluation report to AdCom.

 

[Medin2016]

when Vanderbilt will stop sending out II? for those of us, who have not get II, do we still have any chance?

 

[wahoodoc]

Thanks for the info! I was also a border date so here's to hoping!