2019-2020 Vanderbilt

[lunarwater]

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It says that 495 have been sent out and that they usually interview approximately 500 applicants. Does this mean that they are done with sending invites or potentially that only a few more will be sent out? Not sure where you got the 60

last year they sent 551, see below link

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Edit: In all honesty, they scheduled 551 last year and they have sent 495 II this year. This may not include people who decline interviews so there could be more than ~60 II left to go.

 

[tall_expat]

last year they sent 551, see below link

Welcome to MD Admissions

Welcome to MD Admissions

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Edit: In all honesty, they scheduled 551 last year and they have sent 495 II this year. This may not include people who decline interviews so there could be more than ~60 II left to go.

 

[Pre-med9820]

If you look at their online tracker they have around 60 more invites to send. Probably 1 or 2 more waves in December

Am I mistaken, or does the tracker say 2018-19 and is not for this years application cycle?

 

[deleted996731]

Am I mistaken, or does the tracker say 2018-19 and is not for this years application cycle?

Op was showing how they sent 550 ii last cycle and therefore we can expect the same this year.

 

[eqb]

Not sure if this is specific to MSTP, but can anyone who’s interviewed tell me how they / others took “semi-casual”? For the dinner and brunch.
Thanks!

 

[931kra]

Not sure if this is specific to MSTP, but can anyone who’s interviewed tell me how they / others took “semi-casual”? For the dinner and brunch.
Thanks!

I am a guy and was planning on wearing chinos, a sweater and some loafers for non-business professional activities!

 

[Caterpillar34]

aRRRRRRghhhh. Complete late July.

 

[Med.Geek]

Got chopped 🙁
complete late July as well

 

[YammyYum]

R. Completed mid Sept

 

[BUSM24Student]

R comp 8/1

 

[lukesup_12]

R, complete 8.14

 

[iSick]

R, complete 8/14

 

[PrincessPunchy]

Pre-II R just now

 

[lactoseintolerant]

R. Complete 7/9

 

[romeonachos]

pre-II R. Complete early August. womp womp

 

[tuowl15]

Pre-II R as well, complete mid-July. It was a long shot and my stats just aren’t there (LM 73), good luck to everyone who didn’t get axed!

 

[MedStudent2301]

Joining the R wave here fam
Complete late July


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[383517]

R. I guess im not diverse enough, cause apparently that matters...

 

[931kra]

R. I guess im not diverse enough, cause apparently that matters...

Sorry you were rejected, but this comment is flippant and irrelevant. Diversity in all its forms DOES matter, and each applicant is diverse in different ways. I’m sure the decision was hard for them to make, but don’t take it personally or blame it on things like this!

 

[blurb_123]

R. This was a reach anyways.

 

[FatherTime-PhD]

R. Welp, glad they at least told me. Best of luck everyone!

complete mid July, PRE II

 

[croissant_lover]

anyone know what it means if you survived this recent R wave but haven't heard anything else?

 

[adventum]

anyone know what it means if you survived this recent R wave but haven't heard anything else?

my first guess is it means you haven't been rejected yet

 

[tessellations]

anyone know what it means if you survived this recent R wave but haven't heard anything else?

I think all it means is that you haven’t been rejected yet.

edit: @adventum beat me to it lol

 

[jecki46]

anyone know what it means if you survived this recent R wave but haven't heard anything else?

Maybe they are going in alphabetical order. Still more R's to go!

 

[drlarin]

anyone know what it means if you survived this recent R wave but haven't heard anything else?

I thought I survived the R wave and then I checked my spam :/
(hoping this isn't the case for you!)

 

[hrqtalwq]

Any MSTP applicants get interview invites in the past month? I confirmed with the office that my app is in the "on hold for later interview" category, just wondering if that waitlist has moved along? I was complete in late July.

 

[ar456]

Any MSTP applicants get interview invites in the past month? I confirmed with the office that my app is in the "on hold for later interview" category, just wondering if that waitlist has moved along? I was complete in late July.

Did you just email the office to ask about the status of your application?

 

[hrqtalwq]

Did you just email the office to ask about the status of your application?

Yes, they are super receptive to ppl reaching out about their application.

 

[maryidafrancis]

Yes, they are super receptive to ppl reaching out about their application.

how did you word the email? i'm a regular MD applicant and want to see where i am in the review process but don't want to sound rude or annoying. thanks!

 

[hrqtalwq]

how did you word the email? i'm a regular MD applicant and want to see where i am in the review process but don't want to sound rude or annoying. thanks!

I phrased it as asking for a general application status update because the MSTP website they get back to us within 6-8 weeks (its been longer than 8 weeks for me). Might be different for MD applicants though, I am pretty sure they are reviewed by different committees. I also emailed the MSTP office and not the regular MD admissions office.

 

[proudofmykids]

Looking at the 2019 class Stats, just how slanted is Vanderbilt toward non-traditional applicants? Would seem nearly impossible for traditional applicant to come close to these averages (based on class size of 100).
Welcome to MD Admissions
Average:
1950 Research Hours
620 Community Service Hours
940 Clinical Exposure Hours

 

[deleted972488]

Looking at the 2019 class Stats, just how slanted is Vanderbilt toward non-traditional applicants? Would seem nearly impossible for traditional applicant to come close to these averages (based on class size of 100).
Welcome to MD Admissions
Average:
1950 Research Hours
620 Community Service Hours
940 Clinical Exposure Hours


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Averages can easily be skewed by outliers. For example, I applied with about 10 times the amount of the average research hours you calculated. According to the MSAR data, the class is primarily composed of people who are 19 to 23.

 

[u_raptor]

Looking at the 2019 class Stats, just how slanted is Vanderbilt toward non-traditional applicants? Would seem nearly impossible for traditional applicant to come close to these averages (based on class size of 100).
Welcome to MD Admissions
Average:
1950 Research Hours
620 Community Service Hours
940 Clinical Exposure Hours


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I mean it seems reasonable to me...
I have 2k research hrs as a trad. If we round up 195k, that's about 2k per student (not counting the extra hours because of the 60% non trad). It's possible.

 

[proudofmykids]

I mean it seems reasonable to me...
I have 2k research hrs as a trad. If we round up 195k, that's about 2k per student (not counting the extra hours because of the 60% non trad). It's possible.

I’m not following what you mean? ( I bolded above.)
Total average hours was 3500 which seems incredibly high for traditional student.

 

[u_raptor]

I’m not following what you mean? ( I bolded above.)
Total average hours was 3500 which seems incredibly high for traditional student.

195000 research hours, with 90 students. Comes out to about 2.1k hrs per. Now, 60% took time off. Those that are non trad likely have more hours (for insatce, a phd may have 20k hrs in hand). These non trads would skew the numbers to be higher than they seem. So while the avg per matriculated student is 2k, the actual research may be a lot lower for trads.

There are about 2 phd per class (they have a phd to md program), lets say each has 20k hrs. That would mean between them is 40k hours. If we take 40k out of 195k hrs total, that means the rest of the class has 155k hrs total. 155k/88 students means 1.7k hrs average. As you can see, just having two phd's in the class massively skews the avg hours per student.

If 60% of 90 students in the class are non trad, that is about 54 students. lets say each non trad student has 2.5k hours. That is 135,000 hours (52 non-trad non-phd). Add in the phd numbers to get 175,000 hours. Lets subtract the non trad hours from total to get 60000 hours left over that is made up of trad students. 36 trad students, 60,000 hours between them, we get about 1600 hours per trad student (which is very much attainable). And this is assuming non trads ONLY have 2.5k hours, when I know many that have more than that.

Ultimately, non trad numbers will massively skew the total amount of hours to be higher than what one would think. If we account for this, we see that trad hours are very much reasonable!

 

[deleted972488]

I’m not following what you mean? ( I bolded above.)
Total average hours was 3500 which seems incredibly high for traditional student.

That's not how averages work, though. Average hours does not mean typical amount of hours.

If you average my hours with nine people that reported 0 hours, you get the average you reported.

 

[kittykat55]

So do we think the first wave of decisions will come out next week?

 

[babykarat]

For MSTP at least I remember hearing it would be by dec 15, and if not then january

 

[the_expert]

yup they said mid dec for my sept interview date

update: checked last year's thread and they started calling dec 19

 

[neurosabre]

December 19 was a Tuesday last year. Do y'all think they'll start calling on Tuesday (12/17) of next week or wait until the 19th?

yup they said mid dec for my sept interview date

update: checked last year's thread and they started calling dec 19

 

[deleted688779]

December 19 was a Tuesday last year. Do y'all think they'll start calling on Tuesday (12/17) of next week or wait until the 19th?

Check the year before that and see what they did.

 

[kittykat55]

It actually was a Wednesday, so I think we're looking at 12/18

December 19 was a Tuesday last year. Do y'all think they'll start calling on Tuesday (12/17) of next week or wait until the 19th?

 

[neurosabre]

Lol you're completely right. Glad they can't see that I can't read a calendar. In 2017-2018 they started making calls on December 21, which was a Thursday...so I really don't know what to think

 

[aspiringdoctor87]

Is sending a letter of interest for Vanderbilt generally favored?


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[the_expert]

Is sending a letter of interest for Vanderbilt generally favored?


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as compared to what

 

[u_raptor]

Is sending a letter of interest for Vanderbilt generally favored?


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based on my experience with interview day, they are seemed very keen on hearing that you want to go there and that you believe Vanderbilt is a good fit

 

[unluckyadhessiveness]

Can any current student comment on the extent of the need based aid? On interview day they said they are committed to meeting at least 20% of COA but online it says at most 20%.

 

[Fore7630]

Are they done with IIs?

 

[maryidafrancis]

they sent out 551 last year, right? because that's the number they're at on the current cycle's tracker