How good is Vanderbilt?

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Anonymous wrote:DC wants ED1 to Vandy next year (FCPS). How is the school like, I know it is apparently great for Quality of Life, but how does it compare to an Ivy League school? I want them to go to an Ivy like Cornell or Brown I believe that they are more well known and esteemed, and because I feel like Vandy is like a Wake Forest or Tulane. It feels very overrated, it feels like a southern NEU. Am I wrong? I feel like they can get into an Ivy, I think it would be a waste to go there over an Ivy.

It depends what you mean by “similar to an ivy”. If you mean 75% of undergraduates are in the 1500 and up group(pre-TO) , almost all stem kids took BC calc or multivariable calc in HS, large group of premed gunners, large group of finance bros, focus on liberal arts education even for stem majors, competitive clubs, good med/law/internship placements then yes it is very similar to ivy/T10. Vanderbilt is an excellent well respected school and has been for decades. Who knows why it is getting hate here.
Wake has a slightly less high-testing competitive student body but has the seminar/small classes, good placement and culture of working hard on classes—it is like William&Mary but more sporty. Definitely academic kids at both but not T10/ivy intensity because the majority are not former HS superstars/vals or sals all competing . Tulane is several notches down and is not going to provide anything close to wake or W&M level peer group, let alone Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's an overrated school, but kids seem to like it because of the warm weather and Nashville.

Yeah everyone wants to be a cowgirl/cowboy and Nashville got popular as celebrities bought farms and second homes there.

It played the rankings. That is well known. Most of the kids are test optional likely why after Varsity bullies it’s filled with celebrity kids.

[Anonymous]

^blues

[Anonymous]

The nickname “vandy” makes 🤮

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good luck! Vanderbilt accepted about 22% ED1 this year. Most likely situation is your kid doesn’t get into Vanderbilt so you worrying it’s not good enough is pretty presumptuous of you.

Of course its a great school. It’s been ranked in the top 20 universities in the US for 15+ years now.

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.

That’s ED1 and ED2 combined…
At Vanderbilt, there is basically no bump for ED2. Ed 1 has a much higher acceptance rate (the 22% listed earlier)….when blended with ED2, it brings it back down…..

Almost everyone from our private who applied ED2 to Vanderbilt, was deferred or waitlisted (I forget which).

[Anonymous]

And our highest rigor, 1520+, arty and sporty kid wasted $75 on RD app in test optional environment. Should have listened to the advice!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC wants ED1 to Vandy next year (FCPS). How is the school like, I know it is apparently great for Quality of Life, but how does it compare to an Ivy League school? I want them to go to an Ivy like Cornell or Brown I believe that they are more well known and esteemed, and because I feel like Vandy is like a Wake Forest or Tulane. It feels very overrated, it feels like a southern NEU. Am I wrong? I feel like they can get into an Ivy, I think it would be a waste to go there over an Ivy.

Bizarre comparisons OP. Like NEU? Tulane? You are off your rocker.
Vandy is an excellent school with a strong reputation and outstanding recruitment by firms that do not bother to visit NEU nor Tulane.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And our highest rigor, 1520+, arty and sporty kid wasted $75 on RD app in test optional environment. Should have listened to the advice!

In RD it’s a waste of an application.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And our highest rigor, 1520+, arty and sporty kid wasted $75 on RD app in test optional environment. Should have listened to the advice!

In RD it’s a waste of an application.

Pp. yep. Apparently so. Oh well!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's an overrated school, but kids seem to like it because of the warm weather and Nashville.

Yeah everyone wants to be a cowgirl/cowboy and Nashville got popular as celebrities bought farms and second homes there.

It played the rankings. That is well known. Most of the kids are test optional likely why after Varsity bullies it’s filled with celebrity kids.

Yeah I'd look at the map for reproductive health rights. The south is bad as soon as you leave VA. That is a A LOT to think about---particularly if there is an emergency and they just send you home because they can't treat it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's an overrated school, but kids seem to like it because of the warm weather and Nashville.

Yeah everyone wants to be a cowgirl/cowboy and Nashville got popular as celebrities bought farms and second homes there.

It played the rankings. That is well known. Most of the kids are test optional likely why after Varsity bullies it’s filled with celebrity kids.

Yeah I'd look at the map for reproductive health rights. The south is bad as soon as you leave VA. That is a A LOT to think about---particularly if there is an emergency and they just send you home because they can't treat it.

The clown car has arrived.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's an overrated school, but kids seem to like it because of the warm weather and Nashville.

Yeah everyone wants to be a cowgirl/cowboy and Nashville got popular as celebrities bought farms and second homes there.

It played the rankings. That is well known. Most of the kids are test optional likely why after Varsity bullies it’s filled with celebrity kids.

Yeah I'd look at the map for reproductive health rights. The south is bad as soon as you leave VA. That is a A LOT to think about---particularly if there is an emergency and they just send you home because they can't treat it.

Oh FFS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good luck! Vanderbilt accepted about 22% ED1 this year. Most likely situation is your kid doesn’t get into Vanderbilt so you worrying it’s not good enough is pretty presumptuous of you.

Of course its a great school. It’s been ranked in the top 20 universities in the US for 15+ years now.

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.

That’s ED1 and ED2 combined…
At Vanderbilt, there is basically no bump for ED2. Ed 1 has a much higher acceptance rate (the 22% listed earlier)….when blended with ED2, it brings it back down…..

Almost everyone from our private who applied ED2 to Vanderbilt, was deferred or waitlisted (I forget which).

how do the local privates (esp big 3) do with vandy ED1?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good luck! Vanderbilt accepted about 22% ED1 this year. Most likely situation is your kid doesn’t get into Vanderbilt so you worrying it’s not good enough is pretty presumptuous of you.

Of course its a great school. It’s been ranked in the top 20 universities in the US for 15+ years now.

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.

That’s ED1 and ED2 combined…
At Vanderbilt, there is basically no bump for ED2. Ed 1 has a much higher acceptance rate (the 22% listed earlier)….when blended with ED2, it brings it back down…..

Almost everyone from our private who applied ED2 to Vanderbilt, was deferred or waitlisted (I forget which).

I think ED2 at schools like Vanderbilt is specifically designed to pick up the top students who didn’t get into Stanford and Harvard and similar during the first round. It doesn’t seem to give an edge to anyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good luck! Vanderbilt accepted about 22% ED1 this year. Most likely situation is your kid doesn’t get into Vanderbilt so you worrying it’s not good enough is pretty presumptuous of you.

Of course its a great school. It’s been ranked in the top 20 universities in the US for 15+ years now.

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.

That’s ED1 and ED2 combined…
At Vanderbilt, there is basically no bump for ED2. Ed 1 has a much higher acceptance rate (the 22% listed earlier)….when blended with ED2, it brings it back down…..

Almost everyone from our private who applied ED2 to Vanderbilt, was deferred or waitlisted (I forget which).

I think ED2 at schools like Vanderbilt is specifically designed to pick up the top students who didn’t get into Stanford and Harvard and similar during the first round. It doesn’t seem to give an edge to anyone else.

Is this the same strategy at WashU?