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I hated it, and then I kind of got into it, and now I that I'm looking at it again I'm having mixed feelings
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Honestly wasn't expecting to receive a secondary but just got one.
Secondary Recieved!
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Does it count against us if we put No on the FERPA Waiver?
Maybe they lowered the GPA screen too. Got a secondary with <3.6.
Thinking the same thing! Just got mine with under a 3.8
just got it!
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Holy Moly!!! OMG!!! Biggest shocker thus far!!! Never ever ever ever expected this invite!
Secondary just now!
This cycle's game of would you rather: Would you rather write one 1200 word all-encompassing autobiography for Vanderbilt, or six 600 word essays for Duke?
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Just got a secondary. Does anyone know if they lowered thier cut offs because I honestly was not expecting to pass thier initial screen?
Is it worth filling out this secondary with a 513/4.0 ? I'm hesitant
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Hmm, I do wonder if Vanderbilt is still screening this year. I heard that Mayo, which had a heavy screen in previous years, didn't screen this year so it wouldn't be unprecedented. Alternatively, depending on the type of problem Vanderbilt was having with AMCAS, perhaps they were able to review applications the entire time but couldn't send out secondaries until now, so all of them were sent at once.
I would - The infographic shows that they have accepted 70th percentile MCAT scores and yours is above that.
Has anyone with a low GPA (<3.5) gotten a secondary? I realize the infographic shows 3.1 as the lowest they accepted last year, but I still have very little hope of getting a secondary from them.
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So what are y'all putting for the FERPA Waiver?
Anyone having issues paying for the secondary? I put in my card information, and got a "This has failed" message. However, they successfully charged my credit card!
Waive your right. Otherwise, they could get suspicious as to why you AREN'T.
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Hopefully, it is the second option. We need more schools to screen, not less.
According to their admissions website, they are still screening out ~2/3 of applicants prior to secondaries being sent.
Did anyone get secondary from Vandy yet? I believe they were released today.
I got my secondary today. In the previous page, people reported receiving the secondary yesterday.
After what happened with mayo, I'm not gonna let myself get excited about getting this one.
Secondary today!
Well if we received that initial email saying that they participate in a screening process, isn't it fair to assume that they're still screening this year? (Just trying to be a beacon of hope here, haha. But I also think this is a very rational assumption).
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That was my assumption. I mean, the e-mail said they were screening, so I took them at their word. Lol
Secondary today, BTW. 3.6/516, so they must not be screening all that hard!
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Mayo said the same thing.
I'd hope they were still screening rigorously (whether holistically or by stats) simply because no one should have to write this autobiography unnecessarily 🙁
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And Vanderbilt's is 1200 words (not characters), so >6000 characters. At least you can kill 2 birds with 1 stone if you're applying to both!
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I would bet a large sum of money that they are not screening this year. Maybe due to the amcas->vanderbilt transmission of apps error and inability to screen until now so they just said screw it and sent it to everyone.
Kind of wish that was true, but I definitely haven't seen a secondary and I did receive the email saying they were looking through my application.
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With all this talk about not screening, you guys sure do know how to bring a person back to Earth. (I suspect it's correct though.)
I'm not applying to UCSD, but my Vanderbilt essay actually started out way over 1200 words (more like 15000 characters) and had to get cut back a lot. So it's less the length and more that writing an interesting autobiography is uniquely not easy lol
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Concise -> 1200 words -> mfw
I wonder if Vanderbilt will still be releasing their first interviews on August 9 like it says on their timeline... not to be thinking too far ahead when I haven't even submitted my secondary 
Do we know if this is strictly numerical?
I asked if they're able to release that information, and they told me that they don't disclose too much information about the screening process.
My GPA is <3.6 and I still got a secondary, so if it strictly numerical is then they might have lowered standards.
I get the feeling that they are not screening. I know someone who got a secondary on Saturday after getting verified on Friday...
I believe they are screening.
I haven't received one yet.
Verified 6/28
3.2/519
I haven't received one yet.
Verified 6/28
3.2/519
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What were the stats? They might have been high enough for the auto secondary
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I have a 3.8+ and 515+ and I experienced something similar. Verified last week and secondary within 2 days.
3.9+ and 515-520 I believe
I think my MCAT is more like 35-36. Maybe my GPA made up for it? idk
