2019-2020 Vanderbilt

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FatherTime-PhD said:
FINALLY SUBMITTED THIS BEAST! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Same I have no idea what they want in the autobiography, but I was so eager to get it over with I didn't really care. Did people just write about their life starting from when they were born through highschool up until now? Or was it meant to be more recent?
 
helpmeout441 said:
Same I have no idea what they want in the autobiography, but I was so eager to get it over with I didn't really care. Did people just write about their life starting from when they were born through highschool up until now? Or was it meant to be more recent?
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I had a paragraph about each major life period. So, a birth to highschool paragraph, a paragraph about basic training, a paragraph about becoming a leader and lab tech, a paragraph about a new job and marriage, an adversity paragraph with said new job and a new child, a filler paragraph that brought me to college, and a paragraph about college.
 
FatherTime-PhD said:
Honestly, I don’t think there’s one way to write it. I went with the more common chronological method I guess. Kind of just focused on telling them what me who I am. Mine was very story like though, not sure if that was the right thing to do lmao
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Mine was also very chronological. The main problem I had is that everything that I did during college since high school was already covered in my primary, so my autobiography contains a lot of stuff from middle school and high school. Hopefully vanderbilt shows me mercy.
 
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helpmeout441 said:
Mine was also very chronological. The main problem I had is that everything that I did during college since high school was already covered in my primary, so my autobiography contains a lot of stuff from middle school and high school. Hopefully vanderbilt shows me mercy.
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I think that’s fine as long as you didn’t just copy and paste stories
 
PrincessPunchy said:
Just submitted Vanderbilt secondary. It says my application is complete...on 7/19/2019. Is that on Greenwich Mean Time, because it is still 7/18/2019 both here and Nashville... Maybe they do next business day?
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Dang, submitted on the 11th and letters still marked as not received. Would it be appropriate to call, or should I wait it out?
 
I have collaborated with Vanderbilt on a few projects through my work at a local pediatric hospital. Should I check "Yes" for the
"Please let us know if you did research at Vanderbilt University or Vanderbilt University Medical Center" question?
 
A_Sentient_Ape said:
I have collaborated with Vanderbilt on a few projects through my work at a local pediatric hospital. Should I check "Yes" for the
"Please let us know if you did research at Vanderbilt University or Vanderbilt University Medical Center" question?
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Probably not... unless part of that collaboration involved you doing research physically AT Vanderbilt.
 
GlioblastomaM said:
Here is what the c/o 2023 M1 was talking about in last year's thread.

I don't think a personal essay for the challenge is off-limits, the prompt never makes an explicit distinction. If your application isn't personal enough, I would argue it would benefit more from a personal essay, and vice versa. Notwithstanding, I believe whatever you feel is more compelling to write about is putting your best forward, here.

Just speculation from a fellow applicant, though. 🙂
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Does anyone know who the info on the linked page is from? Is this just some general admissions advisor or is it the committee from the actual school themselves that is providing those responses?
 
HunterXDoc said:
It's a generic advising company, they don't have any insider information on the topic from Vanderbilt, I believe they have those excerpts for every school.
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Ah that makes me more hesitant about following their advice then. I initially used a personal challenge essay but changed it to professional after reading that but now I'm torn.
 
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sourpatch fetish said:
How long did it take for them to reply after you emailed and ask? I also had issues paying my fee (it's their stupid payment processor...I did a quick google search for that error and it came up everywhere), emailed early morning (5am EDT) and haven't gotten a response.
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I wouldn’t say it is a fetish, but I too love the moist embrace as my mouth fills with saliva induced by those sweet sweet sour gummy children.

On topic - they responded to me in about 35 minutes...so not sure your holdup.
 
MemeLord said:
I wouldn’t say it is a fetish, but I too love the moist embrace as my mouth fills with saliva induced by those sweet sweet sour gummy children.

On topic - they responded to me in about 35 minutes...so not sure your holdup.
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Be me, just woke up
See a notification on Vanderbilt -> oh crap did they send out II
Get to read about sour patch fetishes
It's too early for this
 
u_raptor said:
Be me, just woke up
See a notification on Vanderbilt -> oh crap did they send out II
Get to read about sour patch fetishes
It's too early for this
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u_raptor said:
In all seriousness, this is one of the ones I am most hoping for/looking forward to IF I got it. I got in for undergrad but it was too expensive, willing to spend it for med school though.

Vandy plz
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Exact same situation, was deciding between it and my state school, but it was just too expensive to be worth it. The campus and Nashville are amazing though. They also gave me a free vandy backpack for the admitted students tour which was cool.
 
licensed to ill said:
Exact same situation, was deciding between it and my state school, but it was just too expensive to be worth it. The campus and Nashville are amazing though. They also gave me a free vandy backpack for the admitted students tour which was cool.
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Are you me?? Chose my state school as well 🤣
 
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