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The kids that I know that are miserable at Vanderbilt are not social. If you were a social person, you will be fine.[/quote]

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I have a student at Vanderbilt and can confirm this is pretty accurate. My DC is social and happy in greek life, goes out a lot. The students I know who are DC's friends and children of my friends who are more introverted definitely have a different experience, and a few that I can say have struggled a lot because the social scene primarily revolves around partying and drinking.

As far as OP's original query - I'm not sure I agree with the sentiment that it's not a pressure cooker - because it is. They ABSOLUTELY 100% compete with each other. Even best of friends / boyfriends / girlfriends won't disclose internship opportunities, interviews, connections, etc. to help out friends if they are the same year/same cycle for internships.

Vanderbilt career services is totally useless, maybe it's like this at elite schools? They do absolutely nothing - zip - zero - zilch to help the students in any phase of the job search. [b]There was a huge recent thread in the Vanderbilt parent Facebook group about this, Vandy kids aren't getting internships like you would expect for a T20 university. This creates intense competition for a very small pool of opportunities. At the end of the day, many of them are settling for companies that they could've gotten into going to much less expensive, lower ranked schools.[/b] [/quote]

Very troubling . Thx for sharing.[/quote]

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