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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it really that great? I thought pretty easy to get into honestly. [/quote]

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This is the issue too.  Most people who don't have college aged kids don't view Vanderbilt as being super elite. Very strong?  Yes.  Ivy level?  No.
People who are late 40s assume it has about a 30% admission rate because that was the reality when we were seniors.

We toured it this summer and I think I had 5 different conversations with friends and coworkers about this.  I would say "kid loved Vanderbilt but it's as hard to get into as Harvard" and coworkers (all hiring managers in their fields) would say, "huh, I had no idea."

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Vandy parent here, in my 50s.

Yes, this is exactly the attitude of my spouse and the majority of my close friends, all of whom were educated in Ivies, WASP, or JHU and Caltech in the case of my 2 high flying research friends.  Not coincidentally, this entire group was born and raised along the Acela corridor.

The only friend who immediately got it was the Duke grad friend, now a biglaw partner. 
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