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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid is current Vanderbilt student and reports that they are surrounded by not-that-smart students for some reason. Kid is not in engineering or pre-med.

So, a good strategy might be to apply TO with an inflated 4.5w and a bunch of ECs that are available for purchase. This seems to be a winning formula for the time being.  Don't submit that score because the school is looking for super high scores from the low percent who do submit scores. Doesn't mean they won't admit you, as kid's current experience demonstrates.[/quote]

Could not disagree more with this[/quote]

Because you’re a student there also experiencing the same class contributions, writing and interactions with fellow students as my kid? Do tell.

Kid is clearly not picking the right classes, dorms and clubs. Most of their peers aren’t as bright or interesting as their high school cohort. Big letdown tbh[/quote]

Bc my kid is having a vastly different experience than yours.  Two students do not a study make. Mine is an upperclassman who tells us their peers are extremely bright, hard working students.  Fantastic academic environment.  Raves about professors.  Opportunities abound. Socially found a variety of interests and sports. Brand new residential colleges are transforming the campus.  [/quote]

You just said a bunch of words that don't negate what I (PP) said about my kid's observation and assessment of so many of their peers. My kid, also an upperclassman, would agree there are a lot of hardworking students and many good to great professors at Vanderbilt. They would also agree with you that Vanderbilt offers new & expensive places to sleep and the usual array of clubs you'd find at every $90k/yr school.

Our kids will have agree to disagree about the intellectual atmosphere though. Letting in half of your student body test optional, as Vandy has done for years now, has consequences. Ask MIT and Yale.

If the school remains committed to this nonsense, then OP's kid might as well seize the opportunity to join the burgeoning TO cohort

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