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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Vanderbilt is a T20 but is not talked about much on DCUM. Why?  Is there something about the school that this area does not like?

Curious since my junior DC is considering it and most in the DC area are like Vanderbilt? Where’s that?  Yet everyone knows Duke. [/quote]

Southern and greek elements.[/quote]

UVA has a lot of Greek elements and is discussed in almost every other thread. UVA Greek percentage is 30%, Vanderbilt 21%.

So what if it is further south - can you explain? I honestly just don’t get it.

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The politics of TN do not align with most people on DCUM. No one wants to send their kids there unless they're an R or a D in name only. [/quote]

And yet, red state schools are more popular than ever…. I’m one of the PPs above whose kid is at Vanderbilt.  I’m also a solid D, not in name only.  Can’t stand TN politics but that was not the litmus test for DC to choose a school.  And it turns out my kid likes not living in a bubble and having actual conversations with kids with different backgrounds and beliefs.  I get if you were worried about state politics influencing the curriculum (e.g., UF), but that’s clearly not an issue at a school like Vanderbilt.  [/quote]

No I'm worried about my kid living in a state with those politics. Your privilege makes you immune. Everyone is not a white hetero male. And if you sent your kid there who isn't those things, that is on you! Good luck in TN. [/quote]

Aw, same to you! Good luck to your white nonbinary AFAB kid at Wesleyan![/quote]

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