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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UVA will have more of the preppy, wealthy vibe. It's present at Vanderbilt but the academic rigor is heightened a notch compared to UVA, which will bring in more normal work-hard play-hard kids. I would go for Vanderbilt.[/quote]

I completely disagree. Apple Martin goes to Vanderbilt. There are kids with serious family money there. My child would not fit in in that environment. Greek life is huge and it’s in the south. In addition, you want to save money since med school is going to be so expensive. I’d go cheaper undergrad and UVA had an excellent med school.[/quote]

Yeah my perception of Vanderbilt is unserious rich kids who want a veneer of prestige. [/quote]

No, that’s Brown.[/quote]

Untalented rich kids waltz into Vanderbilt.[b] That doesn’t really happen at at Brown[/b][/quote]

Omg, are you serious?  The international wealth, in particular, is staggering.  Esp from the Middle East and kleptocratic former Soviet bloc countries.  [/quote]

Plus all the celebrity kids. Coincidently, Apple’s brother, Moses, attends Brown. SJP and Matthew Broderick’s son. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones have kids at Brown.  Stephanopolis daughters at both Vandy and Brown (one may have graduated by now). I could rattle more off, but you get the idea.[/quote]

That just gives them an edge. It doesn't replace the rigor needed to be a viable admit or thrive there. The ones we know have talent and do the work.[b] Brown is not a slack school. [/b]They do have some work/life balance, but my kids are studying/working most of the time an involved in some artistic/athletic/club endeavor the rest.[/quote]

If you were to design a slack school from the ground up, the first 2 things you would do is eliminate any sort of required courses or distributions, & the second thing is to allow a bunch of pass/fail classes. [/quote]

The third thing you would do is allow a grading scale that would allow an average GPA of 3.85 on a 4.0 scale.[/quote]

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