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re: Vandy alums, need advice
Posted by David Webb on 6/22/19 at 11:35 pm
I may be able to give a little bit of perspective as I graduated from Vandy School of Engineering in 1988, and School of Medicine in 1992 and completed my residency in Internal Medicine at Vandy in 1995. I also have two kids who just went through this mess - one who will be a junior at Wake Forest, one who is just just starting at Wash U. That being said, the admissions process is a lot more competitive now then it was pre cellphone.
I believe the admissions officer who stated that your daughters best chance of acceptance was by applying ED1 is entirely correct. They are flooded with applicants who haven taken every AP course known to man, have perfect GPA's and perfect scores. As far as Vandy pitching in any cash - I think that is very unlikely. Females now outnumber male applicants and unless she can claim a minority status (not trying to stir a pot), refugee status, or a politicians kid - you are probably looking at a full 70 K a year. That number will likely increase every year as well. It went up a thousand a year when I was there.
Another thing to take into account is that only covers the undergrad - med school is 4 years and private med schools (except NYU) are typically 50 - 70 K a year. Public institutions I believe are 20 - 30K a year .Residencies are typically 3 - 4 years during which you are paid 25 - 30 K a year, and if your daughter is planning on specializing it is another 3 - 5 years depending on the specialty (30 K a year). I am a cardiologist and finally starting my practice 6 years after graduating from med school. I see residents all the time who are 200 - 300 K in debt and are interested in Med - Peds.,I honestly don't see how they are ever going to get out of debt.
My med school class had 95 students, three of us were from Vandy. At that time, the med school prided itself on drawing students from across the country and honestly gave no preference to Vandy grads. That may have changed, I am too out of the loop now to know if their admission profile has changed
She is obviously driven and will excel wherever she matriculates. Florida is an excellent University and in the end you can't beat being paid to be educated. I agree with your doctor friends whole heartedly.
Hope that helps
I believe the admissions officer who stated that your daughters best chance of acceptance was by applying ED1 is entirely correct. They are flooded with applicants who haven taken every AP course known to man, have perfect GPA's and perfect scores. As far as Vandy pitching in any cash - I think that is very unlikely. Females now outnumber male applicants and unless she can claim a minority status (not trying to stir a pot), refugee status, or a politicians kid - you are probably looking at a full 70 K a year. That number will likely increase every year as well. It went up a thousand a year when I was there.
Another thing to take into account is that only covers the undergrad - med school is 4 years and private med schools (except NYU) are typically 50 - 70 K a year. Public institutions I believe are 20 - 30K a year .Residencies are typically 3 - 4 years during which you are paid 25 - 30 K a year, and if your daughter is planning on specializing it is another 3 - 5 years depending on the specialty (30 K a year). I am a cardiologist and finally starting my practice 6 years after graduating from med school. I see residents all the time who are 200 - 300 K in debt and are interested in Med - Peds.,I honestly don't see how they are ever going to get out of debt.
My med school class had 95 students, three of us were from Vandy. At that time, the med school prided itself on drawing students from across the country and honestly gave no preference to Vandy grads. That may have changed, I am too out of the loop now to know if their admission profile has changed
She is obviously driven and will excel wherever she matriculates. Florida is an excellent University and in the end you can't beat being paid to be educated. I agree with your doctor friends whole heartedly.
Hope that helps
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