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proudofmykids said:
I guess they aren’t that into stats. No II despite 100 percentile mcat and other T10 IIs.
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proudofmykids said:
I guess they aren’t that into stats. No II despite 100 percentile mcat and other T10 IIs.
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EmbryonalCarcinoma said:
This is a friendly reminder that no MCAT score will guarantee an applicant an interview at this or any other institution.
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Your comment seems to overlook that the application isn’t reliant on an mcat score; as it references other T10 II success. Vandy has a reputation of leaning toward higher stats, this N=1 anecdote suggests otherwise for that reputation.
 
proudofmykids said:
Your comment seems to overlook that the application isn’t reliant on an mcat score; as it references other T10 II success. Vandy has a reputation of leaning toward higher stats, this N=1 anecdote suggests otherwise for that reputation.
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OK. I amend my statement. No MCAT score and/or interview at a top institution guarantees you an interview at another top institution.
 
EmbryonalCarcinoma said:
This is a friendly reminder that no MCAT score will guarantee an applicant an interview at this or any other institution.
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not to contradict but traditionally Vanderbilt likes high stats. They dont automatically admit once interviewed and expect you to promise your first born for that A.
 
texasvandy said:
They waitlist a whole bunch. So make your own extrapolation from there as to what it takes..
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you can do an act. but we all know it's an act. It's unreasonable for them to think just because someone promises their first-born, then they will sacrifice it. Lol. Those schools have to learn Game Theory and Contract Law. SMH... The side effect, whcih those schools don't bother to foresee, is that the people who really want to go there get buried by those who just want to get an acceptance at zero cost other than writing a asskissing piece.
 
hydrophobicmed said:
you can do an act. but we all know it's an act. It's unreasonable for them to think just because someone promises their first-born, then they will sacrifice it. Lol. Those schools have to learn Game Theory and Contract Law. SMH... The side effect, whcih those schools don't bother to foresee, is that the people who really want to go there get buried by those who just want to get an acceptance at zero cost other than writing a asskissing piece.
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Vanderbilt is a small expensive school.
People who interview there do get into many other schools.
Most of the merit scholarships are gone to the initial admits.
So people are not always motivated to write those letters pledging their first born because they are looking at other admissions and deciding they dont actually care to put in the effort to write that letter.
 
texasvandy said:
Vanderbilt is a small expensive school.
People who interview there do get into many other schools.
Most of the merit scholarships are gone to the initial admits.
So people are not always motivated to write those letters pledging their first born because they are looking at other admissions and deciding they dont actually care to put in the effort to write that letter.
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my point is that writing the letter doesn't mean anything, because it's not binding.
 
hydrophobicmed said:
my point is that writing the letter doesn't mean anything, because it's not binding.
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Sure but you are missing the forest. People dont actually care to write them in many cases because most people are honest and don't give a rodent's behind that they did not get into that one school for the bragging rights if they are not really interested.
 
texasvandy said:
Sure but you are missing the forest. People dont actually care to write them in many cases because most people are honest and don't give a rodent's behind that they did not get into that one school for the bragging rights if they are not really interested.
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I noticed your username has “vandy” in it. Coincidence?
 
texasvandy said:
Sure but you are missing the forest. People dont actually care to write them in many cases because most people are honest and don't give a rodent's behind that they did not get into that one school for the bragging rights if they are not really interested.
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Totally agree with this, and going through the process myself has made me change my view on LOIs. I remember being at the interview day of one school that strongly encouraged sending LOIs towards the end of the interview cycle, for example, and at the time thought: that's just silly, literally every person in this room is going to send a letter because they just told us to.

Once you have an acceptance that you're happy with though, as many Vandy applicants will, that changes. Sure, writing a letter is only 10 minutes of work, but if someone doesn't care that much anymore, why would they even bother with those 10 minutes? So the school is still getting some useful info out of those letters.
 
EmbryonalCarcinoma said:
I noticed your username has “vandy” in it. Coincidence?
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I have no relationship to Vandy. It is someone's name in my family.

xkcd6330 said:
Totally agree with this, and going through the process myself has made me change my view on LOIs. I remember being at the interview day of one school that strongly encouraged sending LOIs towards the end of the interview cycle, for example, and at the time thought: that's just silly, literally every person in this room is going to send a letter because they just told us to.

Once you have an acceptance that you're happy with though, as many Vandy applicants will, that changes. Sure, writing a letter is only 10 minutes of work, but if someone doesn't care that much anymore, why would they even bother with those 10 minutes? So the school is still getting some useful info out of those letters.
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Exactly. In June people are willing to do anything for an interview but by December when a school puts you on waitlist but you have a few admissions under your belt, you really dont care all that much and think may be someone else needs that admission more than me. I have a sample size of one from earlier cycles who did not write one for a different reason - not planning to attend due to fit.
 
Vandy said during the interview day they do value letters of interest. In terms of letters of intent, the portal says wait till April:

Can I submit a letter of intent? Yes. We welcome letters of intent after April 30, 2020
 
AlexCarusoStan said:
This just reeks of privilege and entitlement...
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I actually didn't take it that way. I think the point was not that s/he definitely deserved an interview but that typically a school that is loves high-stat applicants would have at least offered one (much like other T10 peers did). That goes to show how random the process can seem at times. Some lower ranked schools didn't even offer me interviews whereas some of my reaches offered me IIs.
 
For reference on this, when I interviewed they said the admin committee would meet in the last week before Christmas vacation and send out calls afterwards. Can't remember if they said Tuesday or Thursday, but last year calls happened on Wednesday of the analogous week

thefencingjared said:
So are we thinking that the admissions committee meeting was today and the calls/Rs/defers will start tomorrow?
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thefencingjared said:
So are we thinking that the admissions committee meeting was today and the calls/Rs/defers will start tomorrow?
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MSTP admissions committee at least is meeting today and told us we could hear back before Christmas, but I'm assuming they are on a similar timeline to MD admissions.

EDIT: lmao i'm a tweak and just trying to get on Christmas break. Thought yesterday was Wednesday. MSTP admissions committee is meeting on WEDNESDAY, not yesterday.
 
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mdphdhopefulapplicant said:
MSTP admissions committee at least is meeting today and told us we could hear back before Christmas, but I'm assuming they are on a similar timeline to MD admissions.
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Well, we'll know either when the first person gets the call and posts here today or when the day passes and nobody hears. Best of luck y'all, hope it's good news and soon!
 
I didn’t apply here, but my friends have been anxious about this school. I want you ALL to know that regardless of whether or not you get the magical phone call/email, you are all WORTHY, smart, amazing future doctors. This process is awful, so keep your chins up! The majority of people don’t even apply to med school, let alone have a shot at vandy. I hope you all get a magical A in time for christmahannakwanzakkuh!!
 
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