Speaking personally here, but I posted in this thread ~ mid-December gushing about my interview experience, and it 10000% carried over to the Closer Look day. All of the current students were extremely kind and genuine and I felt that I learned a ton from them during closer look and the informal event(s) they put on.
All of the prospective students were also great and we all clicked throughout the day. It actually made me a little sad knowing most of us had not committed yet and could end up somewhere else. The campus was beautiful, the facilities were amazing, and we got to speak with the simulated patients team which was my favorite part. They are dedicated to keeping up-to-date with "our generation's" ethics/values and providing amazing feedback to students during our training. Meeting the simulated patients and hearing their stories/experiences with students over the many years was really cool and not something I got to appreciate at other schools.
I've gone to a few other second/closer look events, one of them a school I thought I would rather go to than UVM (and another that actively turned me off from the school lol), but I can confidently say I did not feel this way after any of the other second/closer look events. They all felt so formal/corporate but at UVM it truly felt like they valued us and were trying to recruit applicants.
I think PTE is still April 30th and CTE is in June? PTE does not affect much, the CTE date is the important one that schools are either keeping at April 30th or extending due to the finaid mess. Some schools will withdraw you from their school if they are notified you CTE at another school, so that is something you need to look into for everywhere you applied!
