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[quote=Anonymous]Everything being said here about Wake Forest was said about Vanderbilt when I attended 35 years ago.  When I toured Wake with DC, I was struck by how similar it was not just in the culture but in the sense of the college being at the same kind of inflection point.  Ready to break out of its place as a top regional school and to be recognized as a top national university.  Anyone matriculating now will ride the same wave that I did after graduation.

Vanderbilt prepared me well for Ivy for grad school.  While I wish Vandy had been more racially and socio-economically diverse (as it certainly is now), I do not regret not having escaped the orthodoxy of thought that I faced in grad school.  It's really interesting that southern universities are looked down upon by Chicago/HYP types for the very traits they themselves possess.  Namely, a lack of inclusivity and tolerance.

Wake has a lot going for it, including a top-rate faculty.  Yes, any student will -- gasp -- get to know more conservative, white, Southerners.  I did during my time in Nashville, and it has served me well to realize that they aren't the fascist racist rubes of your imagination.

I really encouraged DC to apply, which she did as a "safety," and I was a little bit sorry when she chose a school that is more acceptable to DCUMers. [/quote]

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