Its a good school. Like a lot of its peers like Alabama, Auburn, UT Knoxville, UT Austin, Michigan, Georgia, etc. sports plays a huge role. They are trying to improve their football team. Their mens basketball team has really improved.

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Anonymous wrote:My child is a freshman there and loves it! Mid size, strong academics, fun sports, social, good weather, etc.

My kid hates it. Super easy classes. Boring parties. Is transferring to W&M

Wow! Which classes are easy?

Dp, but have had several family members who attended and reported it to be MUCH easier their private high school.

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Anonymous wrote:A friend's kid goes there. The student population is incredibly wealthy - think USC on steroids. They have a 7 figure household income and their daughter was one of the poors there, for example....spring breaks on private islands, etc.

DS is in a mid-tier Greek house at Vandy currently. Exactly no one in his mostly privileged house of ~40 guys fits this description. A few are even poor! and on scholarship (ie, Vanderbilt pays their Greek dues for them via financial aid). They even get stipends to travel with the fraternity to weekends away and national meetings.

Are there students there now like Apple Martin amd Alexis Cuban? Sure, but they are the outliers. For better or for worse I have spent a lot of time there in the dormitory hallways, the parking lots, and even occasionally tailgating or eating in the coffee shop. It is most certainly NOT as you describe.

I’m surprised because this is not what I’ve heard from my kids friends who attend there.

Four or five Greek houses dominate the social scene and getting bids from those houses can make or break your time there.

It is a really good spot for kids who are comfortable in a very sheltered closed uber-wealthy environment.

You see a lot of tri-state… Connecticut, New York, New Jersey kids or private/celebrity LA kids. Or Chicago private school or wealthy Chicago suburban kids.

The private high school scene there does connect a lot of kids together before they even even get on campus.

A lot of parents are here seem well intended, but your impressions aren’t necessarily what life is really like. Have your kids talk to kids from their school. Have them meet up with them on campus for coffee and ask about what their days and nights are like.

Not what you are all describing. And campus “impressions” are often wrong…

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Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

Probably miserable. Very cliquey atmosphere, overwhelming majority of whites. Depends if your kid is into greek system and drinking. Huge drinking culture. Campus was fairly empty when we visited, it sort of felt like a commuter school but it was the weekend.

No, the campus feels very, very Asian these days. An Asian incoming freshman will have lots of company. I don’t disagree about cliques, but it must be pointed out that there are strong and omnipresent Asian cliques everywhere you go on campus. Including dorms.

Terrible experience for my son.

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Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

The Asian kids on Reddit who end up at Vanderbilt because of prestige are often unhappy. It's a common transfer demographic--search the transfer board and you'll see.
Vandy is a rich white person's school.

Ageee. Social Country club life is defined by Greek life.

Anonymous wrote:A friend's kid goes there. The student population is incredibly wealthy - think USC on steroids. They have a 7 figure household income and their daughter was one of the poors there, for example....spring breaks on private islands, etc.

DS is in a mid-tier Greek house at Vandy currently. Exactly no one in his mostly privileged house of ~40 guys fits this description. A few are even poor! and on scholarship (ie, Vanderbilt pays their Greek dues for them via financial aid). They even get stipends to travel with the fraternity to weekends away and national meetings.

Are there students there now like Apple Martin amd Alexis Cuban? Sure, but they are the outliers. For better or for worse I have spent a lot of time there in the dormitory hallways, the parking lots, and even occasionally tailgating or eating in the coffee shop. It is most certainly NOT as you describe.

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Anonymous wrote:Red state

Deep blue city.

Doesn't really matter. Neanderthal laws enacted by the state are what matter. Good luck finding an OB/GYN in a few years.

Serious question- has there ever been a college thread on DCUM that you haven’t commented on with respect to statewide reproductive rights?

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Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

The Asian kids on Reddit who end up at Vanderbilt because of prestige are often unhappy. It's a common transfer demographic--search the transfer board and you'll see.
Vandy is a rich white person's school.

Vandy is 39 percent white.

Wow. Are there any top 20s that are majority white?

Vandy is simply a diverse school -

39.5 white
18.8 asian/pacific islander
11.5 black
11.1 hispanic
8.8 international
5.7 two or more
4.1 unknown

I don't think any top 20 is majority white. Except Notre Dame, mostly due to there being few Asian or black Catholics.

This excuse again. Check out the demographics for USF, USD, Seattle University, St. John’s and Loyola Marymount

How is this an excuse? Have you even visited Notre Dame? Not the same vibe as the majority Jesuit schools you list above. MUCH more Catholic and harder to attract non-Catholic students, if they even want more non-Catholics. My Catholic student, attending a Jesuit high school, crossed ND off the list off the list as feeling too conservative and a little cultish.

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Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

The Asian kids on Reddit who end up at Vanderbilt because of prestige are often unhappy. It's a common transfer demographic--search the transfer board and you'll see.
Vandy is a rich white person's school.

Vandy is 39 percent white.

Wow. Are there any top 20s that are majority white?

Vandy is simply a diverse school -

39.5 white
18.8 asian/pacific islander
11.5 black
11.1 hispanic
8.8 international
5.7 two or more
4.1 unknown

I don't think any top 20 is majority white. Except Notre Dame, mostly due to there being few Asian or black Catholics.

This excuse again. Check out the demographics for USF, USD, Seattle University, St. John’s and Loyola Marymount

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

The Asian kids on Reddit who end up at Vanderbilt because of prestige are often unhappy. It's a common transfer demographic--search the transfer board and you'll see.
Vandy is a rich white person's school.

Vandy is 39 percent white.

Wow. Are there any top 20s that are majority white?

Vandy is simply a diverse school -

39.5 white
18.8 asian/pacific islander
11.5 black
11.1 hispanic
8.8 international
5.7 two or more
4.1 unknown

I don't think any top 20 is majority white. Except Notre Dame, mostly due to there being few Asian or black Catholics.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

The Asian kids on Reddit who end up at Vanderbilt because of prestige are often unhappy. It's a common transfer demographic--search the transfer board and you'll see.
Vandy is a rich white person's school.

Vandy is 39 percent white.

Wow. Are there any top 20s that are majority white?

Amazing school what not to like.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

The Asian kids on Reddit who end up at Vanderbilt because of prestige are often unhappy. It's a common transfer demographic--search the transfer board and you'll see.
Vandy is a rich white person's school.

Vandy is 39 percent white.

Anonymous wrote:What is vandy like for an Asian kid on a Pell grant

The Asian kids on Reddit who end up at Vanderbilt because of prestige are often unhappy. It's a common transfer demographic--search the transfer board and you'll see.
Vandy is a rich white person's school.