Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent of current student from DC. Vanderbilt is not nearly as fun as DCUM says it is. No T20 school with the highest entry barriers is going to be fun. V. is very demanding once you’re in, just like Cornell or JHU or Duke. Really.

No it isn’t. It’s known for grade inflation, and this was the experience of family members who have attended in recent years.

As long as it takes half the class test optional, Vandy is going to be the weak link in the T20, popular with kids who don’t have a chance at the test required schools.

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PP you’re responding to. You post on every thread about your cousins who attended Vanderbilt years ago. My source, my junior who attends now, is a better source. There is grade DEflation within econ, engineering, and the pre-med tracks. It’s actually a problem.

I strongly suspect your years-back cousins attended Peabody school within Vanderbilt, which is for education majors and marketing and sales types. Grades are easy in Peabody/HoD

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent of current student from DC. Vanderbilt is not nearly as fun as DCUM says it is. No T20 school with the highest entry barriers is going to be fun. V. is very demanding once you’re in, just like Cornell or JHU or Duke. Really.

No it isn’t. It’s known for grade inflation, and this was the experience of family members who have attended in recent years.

As long as it takes half the class test optional, Vandy is going to be the weak link in the T20, popular with kids who don’t have a chance at the test required schools.

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PP you’re responding to. You post on every thread about your cousins who attended Vanderbilt years ago. My source, my junior who attends now, is a better source. There is grade DEflation within econ, engineering, and the pre-med tracks. It’s actually a problem.

I strongly suspect your years-back cousins attended Peabody school within Vanderbilt, which is for education majors and marketing and sales types. Grades are easy in Peabody/HoD

+10 This my current junior’s experience as well.
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parent of current student from DC. Vanderbilt is not nearly as fun as DCUM says it is. No T20 school with the highest entry barriers is going to be fun. V. is very demanding once you’re in, just like Cornell or JHU or Duke. Really.

Yes I think that happens to any t20 school, especially now. These schools are all very different from what they were 30 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Amazing school to go to if you’re premed, pre health, or into hard stem. Their medical center is outstanding!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hot everywhere.
It’s the new Duke.
Beware of some of the social vibe if a girl though.

As a Vandy alum, I implore you to never equate us with that school again. We're the anti-Duke.

How do? I found them to be similar in many ways, which is a GOOD thing!

Duke was more rabid about basketball, and Vandy has a better location with Nashville. But both were very centered on the student experience, and were teeming with very smart, well-rounded, social kids. Perfect balance between academic rigor and a fun social scene.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent of current student from DC. Vanderbilt is not nearly as fun as DCUM says it is. No T20 school with the highest entry barriers is going to be fun. V. is very demanding once you’re in, just like Cornell or JHU or Duke. Really.

No it isn’t. It’s known for grade inflation, and this was the experience of family members who have attended in recent years.

As long as it takes half the class test optional, Vandy is going to be the weak link in the T20, popular with kids who don’t have a chance at the test required schools.

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PP you’re responding to. You post on every thread about your cousins who attended Vanderbilt years ago. My source, my junior who attends now, is a better source. There is grade DEflation within econ, engineering, and the pre-med tracks. It’s actually a problem.

I strongly suspect your years-back cousins attended Peabody school within Vanderbilt, which is for education majors and marketing and sales types. Grades are easy in Peabody/HoD

Huh, this was within the past 5 years, and neither was in Peabody. Nor are they my cousins. Perhaps you are confusing me with another poster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent of current student from DC. Vanderbilt is not nearly as fun as DCUM says it is. No T20 school with the highest entry barriers is going to be fun. V. is very demanding once you’re in, just like Cornell or JHU or Duke. Really.

No it isn’t. It’s known for grade inflation, and this was the experience of family members who have attended in recent years.

As long as it takes half the class test optional, Vandy is going to be the weak link in the T20, popular with kids who don’t have a chance at the test required schools.

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PP you’re responding to. You post on every thread about your cousins who attended Vanderbilt years ago. My source, my junior who attends now, is a better source. There is grade DEflation within econ, engineering, and the pre-med tracks. It’s actually a problem.

I strongly suspect your years-back cousins attended Peabody school within Vanderbilt, which is for education majors and marketing and sales types. Grades are easy in Peabody/HoD

Huh, this was within the past 5 years, and neither was in Peabody. Nor are they my cousins. Perhaps you are confusing me with another poster.

One was business, the other pre health.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When I applied, Vanderbilt had much lower standardized scores than UVA and W&M. Times change.

When was that? 1980?

Acceptance rate was 65% in 1993.

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/09/vanderbilts-criticism-us-news-tone-deaf-opinion#:~:text=In%20the%201990s%2C%20Vanderbilt%20admitted,number%20is%20under%2010%20percent.

Ok not 1980 but still…really? 1993? 32 years ago?? By 2000, Vanderbilt’s acceptance rate was 32% and has been steadily dropping since. Yeah, times do change.

Argumentative much?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent of current student from DC. Vanderbilt is not nearly as fun as DCUM says it is. No T20 school with the highest entry barriers is going to be fun. V. is very demanding once you’re in, just like Cornell or JHU or Duke. Really.

No it isn’t. It’s known for grade inflation, and this was the experience of family members who have attended in recent years.

As long as it takes half the class test optional, Vandy is going to be the weak link in the T20, popular with kids who don’t have a chance at the test required schools.

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PP you’re responding to. You post on every thread about your cousins who attended Vanderbilt years ago. My source, my junior who attends now, is a better source. There is grade DEflation within econ, engineering, and the pre-med tracks. It’s actually a problem.

I strongly suspect your years-back cousins attended Peabody school within Vanderbilt, which is for education majors and marketing and sales types. Grades are easy in Peabody/HoD

Huh, this was within the past 5 years, and neither was in Peabody. Nor are they my cousins. Perhaps you are confusing me with another poster.

One was business, the other pre health.

There’s no undergrad business major. Try again

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt is fine but I don’t know any kid who chooses it over the ivies. My niece is going to start there this fall. We are thrilled for her. She is a strong student but was rejected by the 4 ivies she applied to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parent of current student from DC. Vanderbilt is not nearly as fun as DCUM says it is. No T20 school with the highest entry barriers is going to be fun. V. is very demanding once you’re in, just like Cornell or JHU or Duke. Really.

No it isn’t. It’s known for grade inflation, and this was the experience of family members who have attended in recent years.

As long as it takes half the class test optional, Vandy is going to be the weak link in the T20, popular with kids who don’t have a chance at the test required schools.

.

PP you’re responding to. You post on every thread about your cousins who attended Vanderbilt years ago. My source, my junior who attends now, is a better source. There is grade DEflation within econ, engineering, and the pre-med tracks. It’s actually a problem.

I strongly suspect your years-back cousins attended Peabody school within Vanderbilt, which is for education majors and marketing and sales types. Grades are easy in Peabody/HoD

Huh, this was within the past 5 years, and neither was in Peabody. Nor are they my cousins. Perhaps you are confusing me with another poster.

One was business, the other pre health.

There’s no undergrad business major. Try again

That was her area of interest, went into consulting after graduation. Trying to protect anonymity. Sorry your kids struggled there despite the grade inflation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is fine but I don’t know any kid who chooses it over the ivies. My niece is going to start there this fall. We are thrilled for her. She is a strong student but was rejected by the 4 ivies she applied to.

Does anyone choose it over other T20?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is fine but I don’t know any kid who chooses it over the ivies. My niece is going to start there this fall. We are thrilled for her. She is a strong student but was rejected by the 4 ivies she applied to.

Does anyone choose it over other T20?

A good percentage of students at Vanderbilt got in ED, so it's the only school they chose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is fine but I don’t know any kid who chooses it over the ivies. My niece is going to start there this fall. We are thrilled for her. She is a strong student but was rejected by the 4 ivies she applied to.

Does anyone choose it over other T20?

Doubt it . It sounds like fun and frivolous place…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is the greatest and the best. DS is having the time of his life in his frat and the HOD program, he has a solid internship lined up this summer and enjoys the classes.

+1 rising junior landed a killer internship - sooo hard to get for the summer after sophomore year. DC landed it by networking with alumns from greek house and business frat. And already has a better internship for junior year, which should translate to a job offer. My kid absolutely luvs it there, and had several ivy acceptances

younger sibling a junior in hs in DCUM region says it’s top 5 in terms of dream schools for the elite and cool kids