Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Admission statistics

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Admission process notes:
The most competitive applicants are offered an opportunity to submit a Vanderbilt-specific secondary application and are under consideration to be invited for a virtual interview.

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Requirements notes:
Vanderbilt will accept the following options: Committee Letters. If your college writes a committee letter WITH additional faculty letters attached, this will meet our requirement. We understand if the total number of letters in that committee letter packet contains more than five letters; the additional letters will not negatively impact you. If you then send an additional letter outside of the committee packet, please reflect on if the additional letters will truly give us additional insight on you. If your college writes a committee letter WITHOUT additional faculty letters attached, you will want to send additional letters. We accept 3-5 letters from candidates. Pre-Health Advisor Letters. If your college writes a Pre-Health (or Pre-Med) Advisor letter and does not provide additional letters from others in that letter, you will want to send additional letters. We accept 3-5 letters from candidates. Individual Letters. We accept 3-5 letters from candidates and are more concerned with the quality (and information gathered) rather than quantity of letters. The vast majority of applicants will only send three letters, but we know everyone’s journey to medicine is different; it may be better to collect an additional letter or two to document that journey.

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GPA, MCAT notes:
Vanderbilt will accept the old test scores for three years. The GPA range for the most recent entering class was 3.5-4.0, and the MCAT range was between the 74th and 100th percentile.

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Deadlines notes:
Submit your AMCAS application between May 30 and November 1. Invitations to complete the secondary application will be extended as early as mid-July. The secondary application is due no later than November 15. The last date for official transcripts to arrive at AMCAS is November 18. Last day to confirm acceptance of admission offer is April 30.

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