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[zestyzigzagoon]

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Not sure if they redisburse or not.

Dafuq they do with the money then. I hate it here😭😭

 

[coffee3421]

Is that it for March wave or do they call throughout the day?

 

[Badabingmd]

Is that it for March wave or do they call throughout the day?

I’m crying and hoping there will be more calls

 

[Reading-girl]

I’m crying and hoping there will be more calls

Lmao same I feel like death

 

[liao1]

Does anyone want to bite the bullet and call the admissions office lol

 

[futuremd000000]

Just placed on waitlist

 

[liao1]

Just placed on waitlist

+1

 

[Knäckebröd]

WL :/

 

[Reading-girl]

WL :/

+1

 

[Badabingmd]

+1

+1

 

[zerotofate]

+1

+1, since I’ll have no chance at a merit scholarship, I will be withdrawing!

 

[Wataheal]

WL, will be withdrawing. Good luck to those awaiting results!

 

[bob12364747474]

Dafuq they do with the money then. I hate it here😭😭

Heard that they intentionally over award merit scholarships in anticipation of those who will give them up to go elsewhere

 

[premed8446]

+1, since I’ll have no chance at a merit scholarship, I will be withdrawing!

So WL equals no chance of merit for sure? Should probably take the merit money elsewhere and run!

 

[wannabeamedstudent]

Does vandy waitlist everyone that interviewed and was not accepted? or did they send some rejections? (+1 waitlist)

 

[saltedcaramel20]

other than merit scholarships, what does the financial aid look like?

 

[Pre Med Hopeful 456]

Think it’s just need based aid if you didn’t get a merit scholarship. I’m not sure how generous they are in that regards.

 

[pinkgalaxy]

Anyone know when financial aid is typically released?

 

[Zwenx]

Does anyone know if Vandy will match scholarship offers at other schools?

 

[zestyzigzagoon]

Does anyone know if Vandy will match scholarship offers at other schools?

If it’s a merit scholarship, I don’t think so :/

 

[Pre Med Hopeful 456]

Does anyone know if Vandy will match scholarship offers at other schools?

Nah they don’t match merit scholarships. Idk about need based aid tho.

 

[pinkgalaxy]

Anyone know when financial aid is typically released?

To answer my own question, accepted students can probably expect financial aid offers at the beginning of April.
2022: April 5
2021: April 5
2020: April 7
2019: April 8


Some people find out by checking their portal in the Document Upload tab.

Financial aid offers are out! I didn't get an email, but if you log in to the portal, you can look under the "Document Upload" tab, and then see the Financial Aid Packet as one of the documents on the right-hand side (posted around noon yesterday). Hope that helps!

There are few reports on SDN, but those that did post indicate that the financial aid packages are pretty bad. See below (2020-2021 is omitted, did not catch many financial aid posts):

2021-2022:

Laughed at my financial aid summary, turning down A this wk… best of luck to those on WL

2019-2020:

Did I read the financial aid Q&A correctly or am I mistaken here? If a student turns down their merit scholarship to matriculate elsewhere, Vanderbilt won't redistribute that money to other potential candidates. If true, my withdrawal will be coming soon.

Does that only apply post-enrollment or even now? Did anyone interpret that question differently?

They don't redistribute because they give out more merit scholarships than they actually anticipate to enroll.

With that said, during my interview day, the person who did the financial aid presentation provided an anecdote in which a scholarship was awarded to someone who asked because the prior holder had withdrawn. It is possible that their current scholarship redistribution policy only crystallized recently, IDK.

2018-2019:

Good news and bad news!
Good news - Got my financial aid package today
Bad news - Vanderbilt will be VERY expensive. Also they specifically say in the FAQ that when someone with a scholarship withdwaws, they don’t distribute those funds to someone else. Nor do they match offers from other schools

Here’s to hoping one of my others schools comes through with a decent offer!

ALSO apparently they don't combine merit and need-based aid but not sure since this was from 2020:

They don’t combine merit and need based aid... sad. Will be withdrawing

Was really surprised to hear this, because I got great merit aid from Vandy but it is still my most expensive school because of this 🙁

Me too!! Full tuition scholarship and the rest in loans. Crazy that it ended up costing the most

Couldn't find anything about matching need-based aid from other schools, but they definitely do not match merit scholarships from other schools.

The 2019-2020 thread had the most posts regarding people's frustrations with financial aid packages if y'all want to look more into it. Hoping that Vandy will be generous to us!!! Fingers crossed! (sorry for the long post but figured this would be helpful to folks)

 

[Pre Med Hopeful 456]

To answer my own question, accepted students can probably expect financial aid offers at the beginning of April.
2022: April 5
2021: April 5
2020: April 7
2019: April 8


Some people find out by checking their portal in the Document Upload tab.


There are few reports on SDN, but those that did post indicate that the financial aid packages are pretty bad. See below (2020-2021 is omitted, did not catch many financial aid posts):

2021-2022:


2019-2020:



2018-2019:


ALSO apparently they don't combine merit and need-based aid but not sure since this was from 2020:




Couldn't find anything about matching need-based aid from other schools, but they definitely do not match merit scholarships from other schools.

The 2019-2020 thread had the most posts regarding people's frustrations with financial aid packages if y'all want to look more into it. Hoping that Vandy will be generous to us!!! Fingers crossed! (sorry for the long post but figured this would be helpful to folks)

Welp I’ll keep my expectations low then lol. Thanks for looking and reporting stuff you found on the older threads!

 

[cvspopcorn]

Is there an accepted students Groupme / FB group?

 

[sunshine&hope]

Anyone else still waiting on financial aid package?

 

[zestyzigzagoon]

Anyone else still waiting on financial aid package?

Yes they’re supposed to come out April 14th

 

[Pre Med Hopeful 456]

Will be withdrawing my A. Darn shame as I really enjoyed what the school offers but that need based financial aid package was not it at all.

 

[zestyzigzagoon]

I also just withdrew my A. Best of luck to all of those who are still in the running!

 

[ocddad]

Best of luck to all waitlisters. Have a good weekend and hopefully good news will come next week.

 

[medapplicant2481]

Anyone send in a letter yesterday and receive any kind of confirmation of receiving it.

 

[futuremd000000]

Anyone send in a letter yesterday and receive any kind of confirmation of receiving it.

Yes, haven’t received confirmation

 

[Reading-girl]

Yes, haven’t received confirmation

+1

 

[wineweeb]

Any waitlist movement yet?

 

[goldwind7]

I think I'm going a little crazy lol

 

[phdandtired]

Do they call you off the waitlist or will it just be an email/portal check? Thanks

 

[medapplicant2481]

Hopefully, today is the day.

 

[coffee3421]

Anyone hear anything?

 

[Predmed6519!]

Any changes in the groupme?

 

[bob12364747474]

Any changes in the groupme?

Down to 118 from ~160 a week ago

 

[futuremd000000]

Down to 118 from ~160 a week ago

Is everyone in the GroupMe an incoming student? I’m surprised they are still over class size

 

[peroxisome]

Is everyone in the GroupMe an incoming student? I’m surprised they are still over class size

Def not! I know people at second look who are not attending and are still in the groupme!

 

[liao1]

Received confirmation of LOI 30 minutes ago lol

 

[medapplicant2481]

Any news?

In a different thread, gyngyn(adcom) said that the cyms tool report is bugged which is delaying schools decisions.

 

[juicyjpd]

Accepted about an hour ago!!!

 

[coffee3421]

Y'all think there will be more calls?

 

[futuremd000000]

Anyone know how many people have been added to the groupme since yesterday?

 

[youngdoctor7]

Anyone else heard anything? GroupMe changes?

 

[liao1]

FB says “+16 in the last week”

 

[pitayo]

Just got accepted on Thursday! Does anyone have a link to the groupme?

 

[slightlycharred]

anyone else just get the email?