Vandy was a very good college 20 years ago, a cut below the Ivies, and doubtlessly it remains a very good college a cut below the Ivies. Given that elite college brands have been taking a clobbering lately, I daresay Vandy looks better and more grounded in more eyes over Columbia and Yale. |
Your feelings don’t mean much. Why don’t you look at actual statistics? Look at rankings to start Vanderbilt #18 Wake forest #47 Northeastern #53 Tulane is #73 |
As will a tattoo. |
Vanderbilt seems to have a super wealthy privileged culture. I know someone who is there - seven figure family income - and she feels poor compared to her peers, one of whom is Apple Paltrow-Martin and another is the kid of Marc Cuban, I think? |
The problem with sending them where you want them to go is that you are not the person going. They are. And they will need to have the intrinsic motivation to tackle all that college will throw their way. You really want to kill that with control and manipulation? This will have an enduring impact on your relationship with your adult child for the remainder of both of your lives. That is of far greater importance than whether they graduate from one T20 college or the other. Not saying you shouldn’t weigh in with advice, but I’d loosen the grip on the actual decision.
Your move. |
We just went through all this. The Early Decision acceptance rate was 15 percent this year. The Regular Decision acceptance rate was 3.7 percent. |
Key thing to note is that it is not an ivy, not even Cornell. I recommend the ivies, undergrad ivy cannot be passed up. |
It's an overrated school, but kids seem to like it because of the warm weather and Nashville. |
Both of the George Stephanopoulos’ and Ali Wentworth‘s kids attend as well. |
There are ~7000 undergrads there. They are not all rich. My DC certainly isn’t and neither are most of their friends, several of whom receive financial aid. |
It’s a fantastic school. Don’t worry. College is what the student makes of it. You could go to an ivy and sleep in and get low grades or you could go to a non-ivy and study hard and connect with professors and really learn. You are placing way too much emphasis on an ivy. |
I think it's apparent that this site has jumped the shark and been overrun by teenagers, lunatics, and the idiots that engage them. |
Yes, and the Ivies have no wealthy or famous kids 🙄. Pretty sure Apple’s brother is going to Brown next year… Seriously, people. Get a grip. My kid is ant Vandy and had a great freshman year. Has a really nice mix of friends (and yes, even some on financial aid - gasp) and has really enjoyed his classes and professors. Seems like the kids are bright and engaged, but not cutthroat at all. And we have been pleasantly surprised by the diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints there. |
Does “hard to get into” equal “great school”? What programs at Vandy are highly ranked?
It has a low acceptance rate. But is not known to be particularly strong in any area. |
This Vanderbilt is pledging to provide full-tuition scholarships without loans to all students with families making less than $150,000 annually. https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/02/18/vanderbilt-guarantees-full-tuition-scholarships-to-all-students-with-family-incomes-below-150000/ |