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2019-2020 Vanderbilt
Started by PapaGuava
OOS. Secondary received.
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deleted987519
Autobiography still?
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oh no....
How does OOS matter for a private school?
some privates still have noticeable regional biases, I don't think Vandy does though
Ugh, was really hoping no secondaries would be coming out over the weekend. And was certainly hoping this one wouldn’t...
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deleted972488
Autobio + challenge, right?
GloballyMed
Full Member
Really want to apply here but not sure if I am competitive enough. Anyone knows if I might have a chance here given my stats? My ecs are strong.
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deleted972488
You never know unless you try. Nobody here can tell you if you have a chance, especially without knowing your whole application. Even then, we are not adcoms.
I havent gotten a secondary yet! hopefully it has changed from the autobiography.
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deleted972488
Hopefully not... I prewrote...
our luck Vandy and UCSD will get rid of the autobiography lmao
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deleted972488
I will be so salty.
GloballyMed
Full Member
Haha, true. You’re right tho that I will never know if I don’t try. I know they have a rather holistic screening process so I might luck out. Thanks
MSTP?
Ugh I haven’t written this one yet and it sounds like I might have to this week
Tayk33
Full Member
I spoke to the dean of admissions at the SAAHP conference on May 29th and she said that the secondary will have the autobiography prompt.
I received the MSTP secondary here today:
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)
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)
An additional section for MD-PhD applicants to list pubs, presentations, and abstracts.
Same as last year so hooray for everyone else who prewrote! @PapaGuava
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)
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)
An additional section for MD-PhD applicants to list pubs, presentations, and abstracts.
Same as last year so hooray for everyone else who prewrote! @PapaGuava
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Thanks @Beyonce2.0!
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deleted972488
Secondary received.
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deleted976595
+1. Still 1200 word autobiography prompt
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907914
+3
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907914
For anyone who has not yet received a secondary, keep your hopes up obvi, however be aware that they prescreen:
"After this first screening, the most competitive applicants are offered an opportunity to submit a Vanderbilt-specific secondary application and are under consideration to be invited to come to campus for a personal interview. We anticipate that secondary invitations will be sent out starting mid-July, 2019. Approximately two-thirds of the applicants will be offered the secondary application. "
medschool.vanderbilt.edu
"After this first screening, the most competitive applicants are offered an opportunity to submit a Vanderbilt-specific secondary application and are under consideration to be invited to come to campus for a personal interview. We anticipate that secondary invitations will be sent out starting mid-July, 2019. Approximately two-thirds of the applicants will be offered the secondary application. "
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Yup, I can't pay.
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deleted972488
Ugh. I paid and it showed up on my CC statement but the app says I haven't.
I'll email them.
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907914
If you wanna make a GoFund me, I am sure we can each contribute 25 cents to get you your Vandy fee back lol
Serious note - that is unfortunate that they sent out an unprepared application and I am sorry for the intern who is presently being fired. I am sure they will resolve the issue for you.
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deleted972488
They said they are working on it.
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907914
Too many apps simultaneously. My bad lol
so 7/9/2019 is just a day to release unprepared secondary applications. I see how it bee.
Dude I feel that, got like 5 all in one sitting. I hope I didn't copy and paste the wrong school names in the essay writing process.
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907914
I literally just read this - why did I go ahead and pay anyway? Issue not resolved. Gonna spam them.
Looks like the payment issue is fixed!
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deleted972488
Not for me... the system is still saying I didn't pay and I still have proof that I did.
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907914
Same here, issue not yet resolved.
I got this as a response a few years ago. So, presumably, they are still working on it?
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deleted972488
That's the exact same email they sent me a few hours ago.
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deleted972488
Same issue here.
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Let’s spam them s’more
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UCSD
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True that. My vandy essay was the basis of my KH Connect the dots. Took out all of the self loathing and stupid stuff I did and put a positive spin on it, but otherwise...yah
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After emailing them Christina was able to manually update my application to "paid" and I was able to submit. Are others having similar success?
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deleted972488
Still did not work for me.
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