Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:33     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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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? News to me.


+2. I don’t anyone talking about Vanderbilt. Haven’t seen it come up on an acceptance list in years, actually.


You either live in a narrow universe or the wrong one. Vanderbilt gets a lot of talk these days. It’s ok to admit it.


Based off your post, I’m happy to not live in your universe. Thanks.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:31     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.


I don’t think Jewish families act like a monolith.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:31     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


+2. I don’t anyone talking about Vanderbilt. Haven’t seen it come up on an acceptance list in years, actually.


You either live in a narrow universe or the wrong one. Vanderbilt gets a lot of talk these days. It’s ok to admit it.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:30     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?


Only people I know trying to go there are Trump supporting families that deem the top colleges and Ivies as too liberal. Not sure I want to attend college with people that are anti anything above the Mason Dixon Line.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:28     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


+2. I don’t anyone talking about Vanderbilt. Haven’t seen it come up on an acceptance list in years, actually.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:27     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:There will always be a people in the NE and Mid-Atlantic who can’t fathom that a quality education exists outside of their region, but UVA, W&M, Duke, Vanderbilt, UNC, and Davidson are all fine Southern schools. If people actually visited these schools and familiarized themselves with their decades of high achievement, they might realize that intellectual pursuits are not restricted to their narrow set of “elite” schools. Further, if NYC/Boston did not have their historical good fortune of being the country’s base for trade/commerce/banking and those jobs were located elsewhere, it’s unclear that outcome-obsessed parents would even care about the Ivy League.


Hedge funds are moving to Florida. Exchanges are moving to Texas. Charlotte already has significant IB and banking exposure. Opportunities are proliferating.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:26     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote: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.


No it isn’t. It’s known for grade inflation, and this was the experience of family members who have attended in recent years.

As long as it takes half the class test optional, Vandy is going to be the weak link in the T20, popular with kids who don’t have a chance at the test required schools.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:25     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?


I haven't heard a single person mention Vanderbilt. No idea why your social circle seems keen on it.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:20     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:
ED1 to Vanderbilt has around a 30% admit rate.


Source?

Official site only says 13% ED acceptance rate.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:18     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
I think Vanderbilt has been popular here for a while. I'd say 10 years.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:16     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
There will always be a people in the NE and Mid-Atlantic who can’t fathom that a quality education exists outside of their region, but UVA, W&M, Duke, Vanderbilt, UNC, and Davidson are all fine Southern schools. If people actually visited these schools and familiarized themselves with their decades of high achievement, they might realize that intellectual pursuits are not restricted to their narrow set of “elite” schools. Further, if NYC/Boston did not have their historical good fortune of being the country’s base for trade/commerce/banking and those jobs were located elsewhere, it’s unclear that outcome-obsessed parents would even care about the Ivy League.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:10     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s not


Sorry your kid didn't get in.


Sorry you have no original thoughts.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 12:04     Subject: Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote: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.



Are you watching the news this week? That drama is hardly trump-related.

Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:54     Subject: Re:Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Anonymous wrote:Not at our boys’ HS. Lots of Duke and Penn, more NE schools- Ivies, BC, GU.

Very few if any apply to Vanderbilt. And none go


+1
We aren’t seeing it. It became very trendy when Gwenyth’s daughter went. We aren’t seeing at our HS either.
Anonymous
Post 05/09/2025 11:53     Subject: Re:Why Is Vanderbilt So Hot Right Now With DMV Families?
Not at our boys’ HS. Lots of Duke and Penn, more NE schools- Ivies, BC, GU.

Very few if any apply to Vanderbilt. And none go