Internal Medicine·Nashville, TN

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Signal lift14%59%+45 pp with a signal here

Allocate signal →Track an away here22-26 pooled · applicant-level

Step 2 invited

p10 – p90

Sample N

938

applicant rows

This cycle

no tracked aways yet

Match rate

5.7%

53 of 938 matched

01Cohort funnel2022-26 pooled · applicant-level

N = 938

Applied

938

100.0%

Invited

397

42.3%

Matched

5.7%

Steepest cliff: invite → match (87% of invitees did not match here). Interview prep and ranking strategy carry the weight.

02Away rotation impactpast cycles

+73pp lift

Non-rotators

12%

specialty avg.

Rotators

86%

6 of 7

Interview lift

+73pp

vs not rotating

Of 7 prior-cycle rotators, 85% got an interview vs 12% for the average non-rotator across this specialty. Rotating here outpaces the typical specialty-wide pattern.

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Interview day

From notes past applicants shared, 2025-26 to 2026-27

Format: Virtual · Zoom; Zoom, AM or PM half day · 2026-27
The day: A 30-minute APD or faculty interview and 10 minutes with the PD; 2026-27
After the day: Most liked it less; 1 more, 1 the same, 9 less · 2025-26
Gift: Box of Nashville treats; 2025-26

What they asked · 2025-26

Tell me about yourself.
What do you think your future career will look like?

Worth knowing

2+2+2 schedule; no 24s for interns, but upper levels take 28-hour call every third day in ICUs. 2026-27
VUH and the VA sit next to each other; Epic, with CPRS at the VA. 2026-27
Night float on all floor services. 2026-27
A yearly meal allowance plus 3 to 4 provided lunches a week. 2026-27

Paraphrased from applicant notes. A tag shows once two notes mention it; the number is how many did.

Training sites2 hospitals · Nashville