ED acceptance rates can be misleading and it’s def not 30%. RD is under 5%

My freshmen daughter is there now and she’s thriving despite fitting none of the typical SEC southern criteria. She’s Navy ROTC, rushed a sorority, met incredible friends, works really hard, plays kind of hard too ☺️. What I’ve been most impressed with are her peers…..so driven, kind, self-motivated and just genuinely great people. We are only paying 20k for room and board so that’s great, but the total tuition is 98k. Insane. I will say she gets incredible 1:1 support and tutoring for anything she needs but I can’t imagine paying that much for any undergrad degree. We only saved for 45k a year and were adamant that either of us would take on debt and I’m really happy with the outcome that she decided to go ROTC.

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Anonymous wrote:When I applied, Vanderbilt had much lower standardized scores than UVA and W&M. Times change.

When was that? 1980?

Acceptance rate was 65% in 1993.

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/09/vanderbilts-criticism-us-news-tone-deaf-opinion#:~:text=In%20the%201990s%2C%20Vanderbilt%20admitted,number%20is%20under%2010%20percent.

Ok not 1980 but still…really? 1993? 32 years ago?? By 2000, Vanderbilt’s acceptance rate was 32% and has been steadily dropping since. Yeah, times do change.

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Anonymous wrote:When I applied, Vanderbilt had much lower standardized scores than UVA and W&M. Times change.

When was that? 1980?

Acceptance rate was 65% in 1993.

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/09/vanderbilts-criticism-us-news-tone-deaf-opinion#:~:text=In%20the%201990s%2C%20Vanderbilt%20admitted,number%20is%20under%2010%20percent.

Anonymous wrote:When I applied, Vanderbilt had much lower standardized scores than UVA and W&M. Times change.

When was that? 1980?

Anonymous wrote:Test optional. I will say it louder for those in the back: TEST OPTIONAL

+1 million

Vandy is TO and ED is a nice bump

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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.

You don't need to maintain a B average when you are only there for a semester.

When I applied, Vanderbilt had much lower standardized scores than UVA and W&M. Times change.

Why would DMV kids go to Georgetown? Explore.

ND & Georgetown continue top Vandy with lots of DMV families.

I think Vanderbilt is popular because of its Ed acceptance rate and more test optional acceptance rate. I know a lot of students who got accepted in rd, but surprisingly got rejected at uva , umich and uc’s. And unc.

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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: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

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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.