Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

It was really a great experience - everyone was amazingly nice and welcoming, and the interview was very low-stress - basically just a conversation to find out more about me. The tour was pretty brief and there was some downtime, but I got to sit in on the anatomy and neuroscience classes so that was cool.

Interview questions they asked

Tell me about your research.

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What was the most interesting question?

Who has been an important mentor for you?

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What was the most difficult question?

How do you think the new HIPAA privacy regulations will impact the future of research? (I kinda brought it up, so don't worry it wasn't completely random or anything)

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How did you prepare for the interview?

read over my amcas and reviewed the research i've done, read feedback, did a mock interview at school

What impressed you positively?

How happy and friendly all the students are - they seem to be having a great time and learning a lot too. My interviewer said vandy gets the best student satisfaction rating every year in a survey of all the med schools. They seem to have great faculty too, and the administration is really helpful - the school is very focused on the students.

What impressed you negatively?

lots of lecture time (but they do really well on boards), not the greatest in terms of diversity

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

If you have a morning interview you can be done by like 1:30!