Vanderbilt - why is it not talked about more on DCUM

[Anonymous]

I went there a long time ago and outside of the South, nobody knew what it was. I think it has risen in rankings since then though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vandy has odd exit success vs their ranking

I know a handful of underemployed vandy grads

They are attractive tho!

Plenty of southern girls go to Vandy for their Mrs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy has odd exit success vs their ranking

I know a handful of underemployed vandy grads

They are attractive tho!

Plenty of southern girls go to Vandy for their Mrs.

1965 called and wants its stereotypes back. Vandy 2024 is for hard working, high stats people from OOS who want to go into biomedical engineering, are asian, don’t care about greek life and hail from Bergen County.

The school you’re all thinking of — with all these wonderful and borderline misogynistic stereotypes — in 2024 is called “Belmont” and it’s literally next door.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve mentioned this in other threads, I have a junior at Vanderbilt and am not impressed by the outcomes compared to peer schools.

We know too many students without internships. My DC had a great freshman internship which helped set the stage and has a decent one this summer (good, not great) but I notice that others who did not get that freshman internship are struggling to catch up.

To pay astronomical tuition for extremely weak career services and outcomes is worrisome.

My DC is in Greek life but I have never heard of any Friday clothing thing. There’s a lot of misinformation on this thread regarding Greek life, housing, business undergrad, etc.

Not surprising. Vandy doesn’t stand out among other T20 schools when applying for internships/jobs in tech or business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vandy has odd exit success vs their ranking

I know a handful of underemployed vandy grads

They are attractive tho!

Plenty of southern girls go to Vandy for their Mrs.

This is stupid. You obviously don’t know anyone who has gone there in the last 10 years. My kid is there. Really likes the school, the classes and the professors. Kids overall seem extremely smart and hard working and are surprisingly diverse (racially and geographically). And most of DC’s upperclassmen friends have great internships and jobs. I’m sure there are exceptions to all of this as there are at all T20 schools but some of the comments here are just ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Pre-covid Vanerbilt's average SAT was top 5 in the country. SAT has proven to be predicative of college success. Vanderbilt students are very bright, very motivated. Many here have children who were denied admission to Vanderbilt. First we see with UChicago, WashU, NEU, UVA. Parents don't know why children getting rejected so they lash out.

[Anonymous]

It costs a billion dollars to go there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pre-covid Vanerbilt's average SAT was top 5 in the country. SAT has proven to be predicative of college success. Vanderbilt students are very bright, very motivated. Many here have children who were denied admission to Vanderbilt. First we see with UChicago, WashU, NEU, UVA. Parents don't know why children getting rejected so they lash out.

And Tufts...the cockroach school...and Johns Hopkings where nobody goes there nowadays...DCUM never let's us down for entertainment purposes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve mentioned this in other threads, I have a junior at Vanderbilt and am not impressed by the outcomes compared to peer schools.

We know too many students without internships. My DC had a great freshman internship which helped set the stage and has a decent one this summer (good, not great) but I notice that others who did not get that freshman internship are struggling to catch up.

To pay astronomical tuition for extremely weak career services and outcomes is worrisome.

My DC is in Greek life but I have never heard of any Friday clothing thing. There’s a lot of misinformation on this thread regarding Greek life, housing, business undergrad, etc.

It's in Nashville that's why. Emory and Rice have great outcomes because of their anchor cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top 20 schools are nearly impossible to get into for ‘regular’ smart kids. Even so, they cost $80-$90k per year, so they are not on my radar. That includes Vanderbilt. Why waste time talking about impossible schools?

DS just got a postcard from Vanderbilt that says "Don't rule out Vanderbilt because of our price!" LOL!!!

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt is an extremely selective college with a particularly good reputation for premed and biological sciences. It is $90,000/year. 90% of people on DCUM posters would give their left arm to get their kid accepted there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is Cornell considered the bottom ivy if Dartmouth is ranked lower by USNews and also internationally? Cornell is higher regarded for tech jobs than most ivies. Finance/consulting that are sought after but the work hours are terrible and many get burned out.

Rough night in Ithaca?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is an extremely selective college with a particularly good reputation for premed and biological sciences. It is $90,000/year. 90% of people on DCUM posters would give their left arm to get their kid accepted there.

Most posters here wouldn’t or can’t afford to spend $90,000/year for an undergraduate degree that would require further and even more expensive schooling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is an extremely selective college with a particularly good reputation for premed and biological sciences. It is $90,000/year. 90% of people on DCUM posters would give their left arm to get their kid accepted there.

Most posters here wouldn’t or can’t afford to spend $90,000/year for an undergraduate degree that would require further and even more expensive schooling.

Count us in!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is an extremely selective college with a particularly good reputation for premed and biological sciences. It is $90,000/year. 90% of people on DCUM posters would give their left arm to get their kid accepted there.

Most posters here wouldn’t or can’t afford to spend $90,000/year for an undergraduate degree that would require further and even more expensive schooling.

Speak for yourself….Sign me up.