Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:53     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:It’s not


Sorry your kid didn't get in.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:46     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
It’s not
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:38     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:We were gossiping about upcoming college applications for next year's seniors, and so many kids want to apply to Vanderbilt. Does anyone have any clue why it has gained so much popularity and traction with families in this area?


It is? News to me.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:38     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Smart but attractive kids.

Have you been to many other top20 schools? They look like revenge of the super nerds.

(signed, parent with no affiliation with Vanderbilt).


It is also considered an “acceptable” southern school, similar toto Duke. Most other southern schools are looked down on, even those with low acceptance rates.


Emory and Rice and Davidson aren’t Vanderbilt but they are also popular with kids from up North


Those schools aren't social though, without the same vibrant social and sports life that Vanderbilt and Duke have.

I group Vanderbilt with Duke, Notre Dame, and, to a lesser extent, Stanford.
Northwestern was in the group too, a decade+ ago. No longer, though there are rumblings that they are revising metrics in the admissions office to admit more "Duke and Vandy-like" kids and fewer Cornell/Rice-type kids.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:37     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
And of course, it helps to be full pay.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:35     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:I think with all the political drama at the Ivies right now, a lot of more culturally moderate families are looking at schools outside the northeast.

Jewish families, in particular, are outright banning their kids from even applying to schools like Columbia, Penn, and Harvard. Now, they're looking heavily at Vanderbilt, given their chancellor's committment to political diversity and punishing anti-Israel campus agitators.


Same. And Duke which also has a LARGE jewish population.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:30     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
I think with all the political drama at the Ivies right now, a lot of more culturally moderate families are looking at schools outside the northeast.

Jewish families, in particular, are outright banning their kids from even applying to schools like Columbia, Penn, and Harvard. Now, they're looking heavily at Vanderbilt, given their chancellor's committment to political diversity and punishing anti-Israel campus agitators.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:26     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Traditionally, it has a thriving Greek Life scene, outgoing students, combined with strong academics. There's also SEC sports on campus.

ED1 to Vanderbilt has around a 30% admit rate. With college admissions becoming near-impossible for DMV families, I think a lot of people in this area have given up on the Ivies altogether and are looking for an escape-hatch early in the college admissions process.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:24     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Smart but attractive kids.

Have you been to many other top20 schools? They look like revenge of the super nerds.

(signed, parent with no affiliation with Vanderbilt).


It is also considered an “acceptable” southern school, similar toto Duke. Most other southern schools are looked down on, even those with low acceptance rates.


Emory and Rice and Davidson aren’t Vanderbilt but they are also popular with kids from up North
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:23     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Great academics. Big time sports (though they tend to stink, not always). More social. Good weather. Nashville is a fun city. Less of the Trump-related drama than the Ivies.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:23     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Parent of current student from DC. Vanderbilt is not nearly as fun as DCUM says it is. No T20 school with the highest entry barriers is going to be fun. V. is very demanding once you’re in, just like Cornell or JHU or Duke. Really.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:23     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:Smart but attractive kids.

Have you been to many other top20 schools? They look like revenge of the super nerds.

(signed, parent with no affiliation with Vanderbilt).


It is also considered an “acceptable” southern school, similar toto Duke. Most other southern schools are looked down on, even those with low acceptance rates.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:22     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
It’s hot everywhere.
It’s the new Duke.
Beware of some of the social vibe if a girl though.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:20     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Smart but attractive kids.

Have you been to many other top20 schools? They look like revenge of the super nerds.

(signed, parent with no affiliation with Vanderbilt).
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:18     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
We were gossiping about upcoming college applications for next year's seniors, and so many kids want to apply to Vanderbilt. Does anyone have any clue why it has gained so much popularity and traction with families in this area?