Vanderbilt University

Loved the school, it's now my #1 choice.

The school did a great job of having friendly faculty/staff for interviews and was available to answer any questions we had. Interview day was small (only 6 other students in my "group") and didn't drag on for forever.

Looked at questions on SDN, prepared answers to the most common questions.

Nothing really

Pretty much everything. The interviewers were super super nice, the students were all nice and pretty relaxed. The building we spent most of the day in was very open and all the school of medicine buildings were easy to get to. On my interview day, the M1s were on a field trip break day and they still came to say hi in the morning. Students seemed happy there and the faculty was really supportive.

Thought about how I would answer interview questions I saw on SDN.

It was a great interview day! They were very kind.

Both of my interviews were in the morning.

I'm not too sure I like Nashville

The interviewers were really kind, and especially all of the deans of admission. Also, the research is really impressive here.

Read SDN, researched school

The closed-file interview is all behavioral/HR-type of questions, and I believe they recycle questions. So it's very helpful to read SDN interview feedback ahead of time, or even better, ask someone who has interviewed here in previous years

My open-file interviewer was a very stern person. He just went through his list of questions and didn't try to have a conversation with me at all. The lack of response from him made the interview a lot more stressful than it needs to be.

People at the admissions (not just my interviewer) seem to have read my app!

Read SDN interview feedback, re-read my app, and practiced with someone else

Don't sweat it.

Read up on my research!

SDN. No need to super prep tho.

Really loved the school, the curriculum is awesome, students seem happy, Nashville would be a great place to live

Nashville is in the Central Time Zone