Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is very hot now at our private. A lot of smart kids want academics AND school spirit/fun. Duke used to be the top choice in this group so it's great to have another school with similar characteristics. Sports are fun. Other than state flagships, there are not many medium size schools with those characteristics. I know, bc we looked... I am not a parent vandy booster. My kid goes elsewhere. But vandy really does check a lot of boxes, and kids are happy there. It's positive all around to have more great options for kids.

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Anonymous wrote:With the transfer QB from New Mexico State (Pavia who came with his coach), Vanderbilt's football team is great, but what happens when he graduates ?

If your kid had acceptances from Stanford, Northwestern, & Duke (high academic schools with Division 1 football programs), would your kid really choose to attend Vanderbilt rather than these schools ?

I can understand that some may prefer the more moderate weather at Vanderbilt than at Northwestern, but very few would turn down an offer of acceptance to Stanford or Duke in favor of Vanderbilt.

LinkedIn released its first ever top colleges for long-term success list in August of this year (2025) identifying the top 50 colleges for career outcomes; Vanderbilt is ranked at # 13, Northwestern at #11, Stanford at #10, and Duke is at #2 behind only #1 Princeton. (Brown is #14, Columbia is at #18, and Yale is at #19).

With respect to the wealth generated by school football programs among Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Stanford, & Duke, Big Ten Conference Northwestern is probably #1, then SEC Vanderbilt, then ACC Duke & Stanford. Sidenote: Northwestern University is constructing the most expensive football stadium in D-1 history (over $850 million) which should be open by Fall of next year (2026). But is anyone really selecting among these four stellar academic institutions based on the football programs ?

Sidenote: Northwestern University's new football stadium is designed to be more intimate than other major conference teams with a capacity of just 35,000 (a reduction of 12,000 seats from its former capacity of 47,000) and seats which are closer to the field (better sightlines) than other Power 4 conference schools. Vanderbilt's football stadium capacity is 40,350, Duke's stadium capacity is at 35,018, while Stanford's football stadium has a capacity of 50,424.

The LinkedIn ranking showed career outcomes for grads from just the last 5 years based only on LinkedIn information.

It’s not anywhere remotely “best schools for long term success”.

It also screws any colleges with large %ages of pre-med since those grads would still be in med school…though not sure if doctors are big on LinkedIn.

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Anonymous wrote:You do realize when you start posts like this it just makes us think less of Vandy.

You don’t see any Stanford or Duke boosters on here desperate for DCUM’s affection.

It is definitely a troll. Report it to Jeff. I did.

Anonymous wrote:With the transfer QB from New Mexico State (Pavia who came with his coach), Vanderbilt's football team is great, but what happens when he graduates ?

If your kid had acceptances from Stanford, Northwestern, & Duke (high academic schools with Division 1 football programs), would your kid really choose to attend Vanderbilt rather than these schools ?

I can understand that some may prefer the more moderate weather at Vanderbilt than at Northwestern, but very few would turn down an offer of acceptance to Stanford or Duke in favor of Vanderbilt.

LinkedIn released its first ever top colleges for long-term success list in August of this year (2025) identifying the top 50 colleges for career outcomes; Vanderbilt is ranked at # 13, Northwestern at #11, Stanford at #10, and Duke is at #2 behind only #1 Princeton. (Brown is #14, Columbia is at #18, and Yale is at #19).

With respect to the wealth generated by school football programs among Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Stanford, & Duke, Big Ten Conference Northwestern is probably #1, then SEC Vanderbilt, then ACC Duke & Stanford. Sidenote: Northwestern University is constructing the most expensive football stadium in D-1 history (over $850 million) which should be open by Fall of next year (2026). But is anyone really selecting among these four stellar academic institutions based on the football programs ?

Sidenote: Northwestern University's new football stadium is designed to be more intimate than other major conference teams with a capacity of just 35,000 (a reduction of 12,000 seats from its former capacity of 47,000) and seats which are closer to the field (better sightlines) than other Power 4 conference schools. Vanderbilt's football stadium capacity is 40,350, Duke's stadium capacity is at 35,018, while Stanford's football stadium has a capacity of 50,424.

Anonymous wrote:You do realize when you start posts like this it just makes us think less of Vandy.

You don’t see any Stanford or Duke boosters on here desperate for DCUM’s affection.

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for referencing the article, which I am attaching to this post. Vandy just had its largest transfer class ever, 400 enrolled transfers. Most do live off campus. https://vanderbilthustler.com/2025/09/10/vanderbilt-transfer-students-required-to-live-off-campus-or-on-campus-with-random-roommate/

For comparison sake, freshmen class size is 2300, so that is a massive number of transfers. Definitely a back end route in.

There was also an article a year or so ago on the success of the transfer program and how the transfer students really enriched campus life.

How do they have so much room for so many transfers? Do they really lose that many students per year?

They don’t lose students. They plan for transfers.

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Anonymous wrote:Barf. No interest.

do share your “interests” - or here’s a novel thought- ask your kid! The striver mom directing all her “kiddo’s” decisions. Barf..

That’s my kid’s reaction. No interest in going to a red state where the girls dress up for football games.

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt is very hot now at our private. A lot of smart kids want academics AND school spirit/fun. Duke used to be the top choice in this group so it's great to have another school with similar characteristics. Sports are fun. Other than state flagships, there are not many medium size schools with those characteristics. I know, bc we looked... I am not a parent vandy booster. My kid goes elsewhere. But vandy really does check a lot of boxes, and kids are happy there. It's positive all around to have more great options for kids.

Anonymous wrote:You do realize when you start posts like this it just makes us think less of Vandy.

You don’t see any Stanford or Duke boosters on here desperate for DCUM’s affection.