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Anonymous wrote:Why is it popular? Gorgeous campus, top 20 university, test optional, in a fun city (Nashville), not as geeked out as many other top 20 schools. How is this even a question?

A school as selective as Vanderbilt should not be TO.

Agreed. But the question is “Why is Vanderbilt so hot?” Test optional and ranked in the top 20 (really important to many families) is the main reason. The entire debate about whether a test optional school should be in the top 20 is another thread.

I don’t think so. Most of the T20 were still test optional this cycle. And pre-covid, Vanderbilt had among the highest test scores in the country.

Whatever surge happened this year was more likely due to viral videos of Vandy students taking the goalposts down Broadway after their football team beat Alabama. Don’t underestimate the appeal of that among 18 year olds. There are very, very few T20 schools where it looks like students are having a good time. I’m sure Michigan, Duke, and Notre Dame experience surges in apps whenever their teams do well. Because it looks like a fun experience for students, which is something this generation of students really yearns for.

Dp, but there was a clear trend this year in f test optional schools receiving increased apps and the opposite of those going back to test required. Vandy is an outlier for how many they accept test optional compares to schools ranked similarly.

When the common data sets come out we will know how test optional affects apps.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it popular? Gorgeous campus, top 20 university, test optional, in a fun city (Nashville), not as geeked out as many other top 20 schools. How is this even a question?

A school as selective as Vanderbilt should not be TO.

Agreed. But the question is “Why is Vanderbilt so hot?” Test optional and ranked in the top 20 (really important to many families) is the main reason. The entire debate about whether a test optional school should be in the top 20 is another thread.

I don’t think so. Most of the T20 were still test optional this cycle. And pre-covid, Vanderbilt had among the highest test scores in the country.

Whatever surge happened this year was more likely due to viral videos of Vandy students taking the goalposts down Broadway after their football team beat Alabama. Don’t underestimate the appeal of that among 18 year olds. There are very, very few T20 schools where it looks like students are having a good time. I’m sure Michigan, Duke, and Notre Dame experience surges in apps whenever their teams do well. Because it looks like a fun experience for students, which is something this generation of students really yearns for.

Dp, but there was a clear trend this year in f test optional schools receiving increased apps and the opposite of those going back to test required. Vandy is an outlier for how many they accept test optional compares to schools ranked similarly.

When the common data sets come out we will know how test optional affects apps.

Isn’t there a 12-15 month lag?

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it popular? Gorgeous campus, top 20 university, test optional, in a fun city (Nashville), not as geeked out as many other top 20 schools. How is this even a question?

A school as selective as Vanderbilt should not be TO.

Agreed. But the question is “Why is Vanderbilt so hot?” Test optional and ranked in the top 20 (really important to many families) is the main reason. The entire debate about whether a test optional school should be in the top 20 is another thread.

I don’t think so. Most of the T20 were still test optional this cycle. And pre-covid, Vanderbilt had among the highest test scores in the country.

Whatever surge happened this year was more likely due to viral videos of Vandy students taking the goalposts down Broadway after their football team beat Alabama. Don’t underestimate the appeal of that among 18 year olds. There are very, very few T20 schools where it looks like students are having a good time. I’m sure Michigan, Duke, and Notre Dame experience surges in apps whenever their teams do well. Because it looks like a fun experience for students, which is something this generation of students really yearns for.

Dp, but there was a clear trend this year in f test optional schools receiving increased apps and the opposite of those going back to test required. Vandy is an outlier for how many they accept test optional compares to schools ranked similarly.

When the common data sets come out we will know how test optional affects apps.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it popular? Gorgeous campus, top 20 university, test optional, in a fun city (Nashville), not as geeked out as many other top 20 schools. How is this even a question?

A school as selective as Vanderbilt should not be TO.

Agreed. But the question is “Why is Vanderbilt so hot?” Test optional and ranked in the top 20 (really important to many families) is the main reason. The entire debate about whether a test optional school should be in the top 20 is another thread.

I don’t think so. Most of the T20 were still test optional this cycle. And pre-covid, Vanderbilt had among the highest test scores in the country.

Whatever surge happened this year was more likely due to viral videos of Vandy students taking the goalposts down Broadway after their football team beat Alabama. Don’t underestimate the appeal of that among 18 year olds. There are very, very few T20 schools where it looks like students are having a good time. I’m sure Michigan, Duke, and Notre Dame experience surges in apps whenever their teams do well. Because it looks like a fun experience for students, which is something this generation of students really yearns for.

Dp, but there was a clear trend this year in f test optional schools receiving increased apps and the opposite of those going back to test required. Vandy is an outlier for how many they accept test optional compares to schools ranked similarly.

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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 just to make B students feel better

Sorry, B students are not admitted to Vandy.

If they are 6-foot-10 and can consistently drain threes they are

Sadly, the 6’10 guy who can consistently drop 3s and maintain a B average at a top school is still choosing Duke. Maybe one day Vanderbilt basketball can get these unicorns, but that day is not today.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it popular? Gorgeous campus, top 20 university, test optional, in a fun city (Nashville), not as geeked out as many other top 20 schools. How is this even a question?

A school as selective as Vanderbilt should not be TO.

Agreed. But the question is “Why is Vanderbilt so hot?” Test optional and ranked in the top 20 (really important to many families) is the main reason. The entire debate about whether a test optional school should be in the top 20 is another thread.

I don’t think so. Most of the T20 were still test optional this cycle. And pre-covid, Vanderbilt had among the highest test scores in the country.

Whatever surge happened this year was more likely due to viral videos of Vandy students taking the goalposts down Broadway after their football team beat Alabama. Don’t underestimate the appeal of that among 18 year olds. There are very, very few T20 schools where it looks like students are having a good time. I’m sure Michigan, Duke, and Notre Dame experience surges in apps whenever their teams do well. Because it looks like a fun experience for students, which is something this generation of students really yearns for.

Anonymous wrote:I feel like we are going to find out that Vanderbilt messed with their data to make it seem more exclusive than it actually is.

Just a feeling.

Anonymous wrote:TBH the kids go down to Broadway and I would be terrified of my kid going there as opposed to college bars in a college town. Frat scene not what it used to be now that the school is so hard to get into. The frat houses are on campus and most students live on campus. If my daughter were going downtown regularly to drink on a fake ID amid drunk tourists and all the other stuff that goes on down there, I would be very concerned.

Anonymous wrote:ROTC is a good way to leverage admissions at Vanderbilt, Duke, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it popular? Gorgeous campus, top 20 university, test optional, in a fun city (Nashville), not as geeked out as many other top 20 schools. How is this even a question?

A school as selective as Vanderbilt should not be TO.

Agreed. But the question is “Why is Vanderbilt so hot?” Test optional and ranked in the top 20 (really important to many families) is the main reason. The entire debate about whether a test optional school should be in the top 20 is another thread.

Anonymous wrote:ROTC is a good way to leverage admissions at Vanderbilt, Duke, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it popular? Gorgeous campus, top 20 university, test optional, in a fun city (Nashville), not as geeked out as many other top 20 schools. How is this even a question?

A school as selective as Vanderbilt should not be TO.

Agreed. But the question is “Why is Vanderbilt so hot?” Test optional and ranked in the top 20 (really important to many families) is the main reason. The entire debate about whether a test optional school should be in the top 20 is another thread.

Anonymous wrote:It’s hot everywhere.
It’s the new Duke.
Beware of some of the social vibe if a girl though.