Thoughts on Vanderbilt University?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vandy is a fantastic school and extremely popular in our full pay town. For those lefties insisting on insulting a great schools like Vanderbilt or Duke, you would never apply there. Enjoy Wesleyan, Oberlin, and Brown.

What are you talking about? There are plenty of limousine liberals running around Vandy.

[Anonymous]

Have heard about more than one pre-med student at Vandy say that it a more competitive environment rather than collaborative, with a weed-out culture that can be fairly brutal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Location is excellent. It’s IN the city, & an easy bus ride to the lively part of town where many bars & restaurants with great live music are.

There are also some bars & restaurants adjacent to the campus.

Campus is nice—fairly compact. The only drawback is the university hospital is in the middle of the campus. I would hope you eventually get used to the frequent sound of ambulance sirens.

Nashville is overrated...depressing to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Location is excellent. It’s IN the city, & an easy bus ride to the lively part of town where many bars & restaurants with great live music are.

There are also some bars & restaurants adjacent to the campus.

Campus is nice—fairly compact. The only drawback is the university hospital is in the middle of the campus. I would hope you eventually get used to the frequent sound of ambulance sirens.

Nashville is overrated...depressing to me.

I found everything about Vandy, including the campus to be overrated. We unintentionally visited during parents’ weekend, and the behavior of some parents with kids attending Vandy at the info session was beyond appalling. Really turned me off the school. Lots of very entitled questions/berating AO about sibling preference, and speaking over and correcting tour guide.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

Probably miserable. Very cliquey atmosphere, overwhelming majority of whites. Depends if your kid is into greek system and drinking. Huge drinking culture. Campus was fairly empty when we visited, it sort of felt like a commuter school but it was the weekend.

Emory may be a better or easier choice in this situation.

[Anonymous]

Above poster. For the Asian Pell Grant kid- Emory may be a better choice than Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

I enjoyed my four years at Vanderbilt, and while I was from fly over country and didn't really want to go to school in the south, it far exceeded my expectations. The campus is awesome and it is anything but a commuter school (almost everyone lives on campus all four years).

My friends were mostly super smart and have done well for themselves. I wouldn't stretch my budget to pick Vanderbilt over UVA but it is a very different experience, imo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still the south, think girls in pearls and guys in ties. After 4 years, they can't wait to get out, but definitely enjoy their time while there.

This.

[Anonymous]

Super super easy academics. Even Brown will find that too much. Otherwise very fun place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A friend's kid goes there. The student population is incredibly wealthy - think USC on steroids. They have a 7 figure household income and their daughter was one of the poors there, for example....spring breaks on private islands, etc.

DS is in a mid-tier Greek house at Vandy currently. Exactly no one in his mostly privileged house of ~40 guys fits this description. A few are even poor! and on scholarship (ie, Vanderbilt pays their Greek dues for them via financial aid). They even get stipends to travel with the fraternity to weekends away and national meetings.

Are there students there now like Apple Martin amd Alexis Cuban? Sure, but they are the outliers. For better or for worse I have spent a lot of time there in the dormitory hallways, the parking lots, and even occasionally tailgating or eating in the coffee shop. It is most certainly NOT as you describe.

100% correct!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still the south, think girls in pearls and guys in ties. After 4 years, they can't wait to get out, but definitely enjoy their time while there.

This.

No

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Still the south, think girls in pearls and guys in ties. After 4 years, they can't wait to get out, but definitely enjoy their time while there.

This.

Not this. This is outsider fan fiction. It’s not 1982 anymore

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How would you compare to UVA? Is Vanderbilt worth the extra money if in-state for UVA?

Yes, definitely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How would you compare to UVA? Is Vanderbilt worth the extra money if in-state for UVA?

Yes, definitely.

Can you give more specifics? They seem kind of similar to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have heard about more than one pre-med student at Vandy say that it a more competitive environment rather than collaborative, with a weed-out culture that can be fairly brutal.

But I thought classes were easy, according to the posts above?