Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 03:17     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So weird how Emory gets insulted and mocked for its Oxford campus. Saying its a back door and that its easy to get into despite the 13% acceptance rate. For some reason I feel Vandys new 3?, 4? Campuses wont get the same treatment when the acceptance rate is near 100% the first few years.


oxford is a “backdoor” i guess to an already undesirable school with very very shoddy freshman stats (gpa is around and class rank is abysmal). main emory campus is only 37% yield. no one wants to use the front either

If this makes you feel better. Only one poster on this forum gives a crap about yield and its you. And a 3.84UW, with a 1510/34 test median is shoddy? You're trying too hard. What we do know is that Emory Oxfrod will be much more selective than Vandy’s B campuses.


76% in top 10% of class. So what is that 3.84 due to? soft classes? 35% at Emory have above a 3.75 GPA - it's 88% at Vandy and a lot higher at top privates. Meanwhile Emory has 35% under a 3.5 where as good schools have close to 0% in this category. VCongrats on your median 1510 with test optional. The fact is Emory always has and always will enroll second tier students.

Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 01:13     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:The West Palm campus is to be grad only, I believe. About 1000 undergrads in San Francisco. NYC campus looks gorgeous and teeny tiny.

Also, one of the big financiers of the West palm campus is Miami dolphins and Hard Rock stadium principal owner Stephen Ross.

You know — the guy with a biz school in the upper Midwest named after him

What's the purpose of these campuses? Just seems like a waste of money.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 00:41     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are they increasing the size of the freshman class and splitting them up between all FOUR US campuses?

What other T20 has more than 1 US campus?


JHU has separate campuses for different
majors. But homewood is small.


That doesn’t count.


It’s also not really true. Homewood is over 100 acres and houses all Arts and Sciences and Engineering undergrads. Schoolsof Nursing and Peabody Conservatory are elsewhere in the same city.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 00:38     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
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Anonymous wrote:Any thoughts?

I don’t know why it’s necessary? And that poor art school where the current students knew nothing about it and just our above to begin their next semester.

https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/01/13/vanderbilt-university-to-establish-full-time-academic-campus-in-san-francisco/


Vanderbilt seems to have a gazillion dollars these days. And they are certainly bringing it when it comes to the major sports. Football, basketball, baseball and so on.

Interesting times. This is all very new for anyone that went to Vandy over the past ten years or so. Vandy basketball is top ten presently. Vandy football is the same. Same with women's basketball. Vandy is a major sports school in 2026.

It's all very weird.


They don’t have a gazillion dollars though. Not even in the T20 for largest endowments. Perhaps that’s why it’s relatively easy to “donate”one”s kid in.


This is wrong. They’re #18

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/universities-with-the-biggest-endowments


outdated with latest here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment


19th overall, getting closer to falling out of top 20.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 00:16     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
What other T20 has more than 1 US campus?


Cornell Tech--joint between Cornell University and Israel's Technion. Graduate only as of now.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 00:14     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
What other T20 has more than 1 US campus?


Cornell Tech (joint between Cornell and Israel's Technion)
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 00:08     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So weird how Emory gets insulted and mocked for its Oxford campus. Saying its a back door and that its easy to get into despite the 13% acceptance rate. For some reason I feel Vandys new 3?, 4? Campuses wont get the same treatment when the acceptance rate is near 100% the first few years.


oxford is a “backdoor” i guess to an already undesirable school with very very shoddy freshman stats (gpa is around and class rank is abysmal). main emory campus is only 37% yield. no one wants to use the front either

If this makes you feel better. Only one poster on this forum gives a crap about yield and its you. And a 3.84UW, with a 1510/34 test median is shoddy? You're trying too hard. What we do know is that Emory Oxfrod will be much more selective than Vandy’s B campuses.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 23:52     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:So weird how Emory gets insulted and mocked for its Oxford campus. Saying its a back door and that its easy to get into despite the 13% acceptance rate. For some reason I feel Vandys new 3?, 4? Campuses wont get the same treatment when the acceptance rate is near 100% the first few years.


Duke has an international campus with a 5% acceptance rate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Kunshan_University

i doubt Vandy would sully their degree with a high let alone 100% acceptance rate elsewhere.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 23:40     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
The West Palm campus is to be grad only, I believe. About 1000 undergrads in San Francisco. NYC campus looks gorgeous and teeny tiny.

Also, one of the big financiers of the West palm campus is Miami dolphins and Hard Rock stadium principal owner Stephen Ross.

You know — the guy with a biz school in the upper Midwest named after him
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 23:36     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:So weird how Emory gets insulted and mocked for its Oxford campus. Saying its a back door and that its easy to get into despite the 13% acceptance rate. For some reason I feel Vandys new 3?, 4? Campuses wont get the same treatment when the acceptance rate is near 100% the first few years.


oxford is a “backdoor” i guess to an already undesirable school with very very shoddy freshman stats (gpa is around and class rank is abysmal). main emory campus is only 37% yield. no one wants to use the front either
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 23:32     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Any thoughts?

I don’t know why it’s necessary? And that poor art school where the current students knew nothing about it and just our above to begin their next semester.

https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2026/01/13/vanderbilt-university-to-establish-full-time-academic-campus-in-san-francisco/


Vanderbilt seems to have a gazillion dollars these days. And they are certainly bringing it when it comes to the major sports. Football, basketball, baseball and so on.

Interesting times. This is all very new for anyone that went to Vandy over the past ten years or so. Vandy basketball is top ten presently. Vandy football is the same. Same with women's basketball. Vandy is a major sports school in 2026.

It's all very weird.


They don’t have a gazillion dollars though. Not even in the T20 for largest endowments. Perhaps that’s why it’s relatively easy to “donate”one”s kid in.


This is wrong. They’re #18

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/universities-with-the-biggest-endowments


outdated with latest here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_universities_in_the_United_States_by_endowment
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 23:28     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
DC applied ED2 to Vanderbilt. This is making us pause… where’s it all going?
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 23:00     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tech

AI

Tech

AI

Tech.

Did I mention internships? For a subset of students, this is smart. It is a small expansion that students who want tech interniships can tap into at the right time.

Santa Clara U punches WAY above its weight for a reason. That reason is location.

We are not interested in Vandy. But if we were, I’d endorse this.


I guess I get this but Vanderbilt is much better in life sciences and healthcare.


Perhaps they have a growth mindset and the wherewithal to do something about it? This is a stab and growing in relevance, not just popularity. I imagine the talent pool of professors will be rich.

I don’t ow how it will be implemented, but the move is wise.

Acceptance rates are checkers. Future departments/majors and a need to stay ahead in education is chess. At least they are taking solid action.



It doesn't seem to have worked at well for Northeastern, they were far more popular before the expansion. Now off the map at our private.


Where did Northeastern expand to?


Bay Area and London, bought out two failing schools


They bought a building in Seattle too! Northeastern ... coming to a theater near you!
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 22:59     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Are they increasing the size of the freshman class and splitting them up between all FOUR US campuses?

What other T20 has more than 1 US campus?


JHU has separate campuses for different
majors. But homewood is small.


That doesn’t count.
Anonymous
Post 01/13/2026 22:56     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Tech

AI

Tech

AI

Tech.

Did I mention internships? For a subset of students, this is smart. It is a small expansion that students who want tech interniships can tap into at the right time.

Santa Clara U punches WAY above its weight for a reason. That reason is location.

We are not interested in Vandy. But if we were, I’d endorse this.


I guess I get this but Vanderbilt is much better in life sciences and healthcare.


Perhaps they have a growth mindset and the wherewithal to do something about it? This is a stab and growing in relevance, not just popularity. I imagine the talent pool of professors will be rich.

I don’t ow how it will be implemented, but the move is wise.

Acceptance rates are checkers. Future departments/majors and a need to stay ahead in education is chess. At least they are taking solid action.



It doesn't seem to have worked at well for Northeastern, they were far more popular before the expansion. Now off the map at our private.


Where did Northeastern expand to?


Bay Area and London, bought out two failing schools