Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

Vanderbilt was not in my top 5 schools before my visit, but now it is ranked as my #1 because the faculty,

Interview questions they asked

How did you spend your summers? What extracurriculars were you involved with?

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What was the most interesting question?

Tell me about a time when you felt that you let yourself and other people down.

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What was the most difficult question?

Why did you take a year off and how would you like me to explain that decision to the Admission's Committee?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Talked with other students, looked over Vandy website, re-read my AMCAS statement. On the day of the interview, I went to class for a few hours then went on the student tour and finally interviewed.

What impressed you positively?

The students are incredibly friendly and social...not your typical med school students. They seem very close-knit and supportive of one another. The school provides a lot of support (in terms of professors donating extra time/tutors) for any students who are having academic difficulties, and before my visit I didn't realize how well Vandy students did on the Boards. The medical school and hospitals/medical facitlities and undergraduate institution are all located is close proximity.

What impressed you negatively?

My interviewer was very strange (and I later found out other students felt similarly). Nashville was a smaller city than I had realized.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Vandy has FABULOUS students.