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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b] academic/career advising was practically nonexistant.  Students really are on their own there in that regard).[/b]

. . .. That's a huge negative. Where do vandy grads who don't go directly on to top law or grad schools go? It is one of my huge negatives regarding Hopkins and why I would never recommend hopkins to a student unless they are sure they want to directly go to some form of graduate school.

I think for schools like hopkins and vandy it is unacceptable given the resources per student these schools have. [/quote]

Yes, I agree . . . I was very disappointed in that, and surprised as well.  My daughter at Elon has had great advising in her first year there.

The Vandy students are very resourceful and most know what they want to do and how to plan for it  . . . a lot of my son's friends are working at top consulting firms like Deloitte and Bain, or at other companies(he was in the HOD program), and most are making great money and have no complaints.   My gripe with it was in terms of signing up for classes, creating a plan for their 4 years.   My son navigated it OK but did end up taking the wrong stats class and having to take another one later because his advisor didn't take time to work through his program with him, and he didn't take some other classes he should have had for the career he was interested in.  It's working out fine for him, but he was rejected from one grad program because he didn't have some necessary prerequisite classes, which never should have happened, so  it could have been better.   I think that's probably a drawback of the "research university" thing. . . professors are paid to publish and students are secondary.  My son did have a better experience with professors in the HOD program than he did in Arts and Sciences (he double majored in Econ).

That is my one gripe (that and the "non-discrimination" policy that discrinates against religious groups but that's a whole different discussion).  Overall Vandy was a great experience for him and he'd choose it again in a heartbeat.
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