Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 16:41     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
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Anonymous wrote:How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?


It may work, it may not. But their brand isnt strong enough for this. They'll end up hiding the stats of these locations.


They’re not for incoming freshman, so your envy-laced use of the word “hiding” doesn’t work


Dp, but that's actually funny when talking about a school that accepts half the class test optional.
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61% of admitted students submitted scores


Do you think that sounds good?
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 16:37     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?


It may work, it may not. But their brand isnt strong enough for this. They'll end up hiding the stats of these locations.


They’re not for incoming freshman, so your envy-laced use of the word “hiding” doesn’t work


Dp, but that's actually funny when talking about a school that accepts half the class test optional.
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61% of admitted students submitted scores
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 16:13     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
I think it was opportunistic, mostly. combo of a plug and play campus + motivated seller

Plus: housing.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 15:41     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Odd choice of city/neighborhood (it's in the industrial gritty, gentrifying area with lots of furniture stores that gets called "design district").

Also the campus they bought was the CCA, whic was a very creative, abstract modern space. Seems wildly different for Vandy's brand.

I'm just confused by the choice.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 14:53     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?


It may work, it may not. But their brand isnt strong enough for this. They'll end up hiding the stats of these locations.


They’re not for incoming freshman, so your envy-laced use of the word “hiding” doesn’t work


Dp, but that's actually funny when talking about a school that accepts half the class test optional.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 14:52     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?



"Hot" schools without much history or substance. Thanks for pointing that out. Vandy does have a good medical center though.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 14:50     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
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Anonymous wrote:Is it weird for a top 20 private school to have so many domestic satellite campuses?

“recent expansions in New York City and West Palm Beach.”


Tell me that you don't live in DC without telling me. Every other block.


For real. So many universities have programs and buildings in DC. I don't think these programs and real estate are diluting anyone's brand. New York City and San Francisco seem like excellent places for juniors in certain fields to spend a semester. Good for Vandy. It's a rich school and they are using their money to build a more comprehensive experience for their students. They're not taking more students. These are just more opportunities for existing students.

Unpopular opinion clearly, but I don't think this is the same thing. There is one DC and it requires a lot of preparation and formal programming for you to work on Capitol Hill, which is why so many institutions have campuses there (along with the fact that many lobby the government and hold their offices on these small campuses). You can work in finance and tech in Nashville.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 13:50     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?


It may work, it may not. But their brand isnt strong enough for this. They'll end up hiding the stats of these locations.

+100! Vanderbilt also has a very high transfer acceptance rate relative to its peers. Its will only rise with these other campuses.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 13:44     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?


It may work, it may not. But their brand isnt strong enough for this. They'll end up hiding the stats of these locations.


The stats will be the same as in Nashville. They are the same students and some will choose to spend a semester in NYC or San Francisco.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 13:40     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?


It may work, it may not. But their brand isnt strong enough for this. They'll end up hiding the stats of these locations.


They’re not for incoming freshman, so your envy-laced use of the word “hiding” doesn’t work
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 13:35     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?


It may work, it may not. But their brand isnt strong enough for this. They'll end up hiding the stats of these locations.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 13:31     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
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Anonymous wrote:Vandy for example has 3% of students under a 3.5 GPA even with DI recruited athletes vs Emory's 35% under a 3.5 GPA with D3 athletes.

This despite oxford stats gaming by emory (lolz) to try and make your students look better at the main campus.

https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/_includes/documents/sections/institutional-data/emory-common-data-set-2024-2025.pdf

Emory has a very weird resident hater. Emory cds says only 2.97% have less than a 3.5. So I dont know why you are lying? It also says the avg is a 3.84 and that 96% submitted gpa. It says 80% are in the top 10%, but is a meaningless stat as ONLY 5% submitted a class rank. Seems you care about things the industry doesn't care about. Lastly more students submit test scores at Emory than Vanderbilt.


https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/data/factbook/admissions.html

35% below a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale. 23% submitted class rank.

The graph says 2.33% for GPA 3.25-3.49 and 0.36% for 3.0-3.24. So 2.69% combined. Aligned woth the CDS. The chart under the graph seemes to indicate something else. Also, the link posted says 252 students submit class rank thus is 17.5%, which is not a representative sample. Please leave Emory alone. They should honestly doxx you, and get a restraining order against you.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 12:55     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt NYC campus is primarily one semester for juniors. Clearly targeting the internships available summer after junior year. Frankly, that’s smart.

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/nyc/apply/application-process/


This had made Vandy even more of a dream school for my RD Vandy applicant. She's swoooooning


How strange. Most kids go abroad junior year. Far preferable than a semester on NYC.


Yeah, she's a weirdo! I'll be sure to let her know you disapprove. Thanks for your helpful contribution!
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 12:46     Subject: Re:Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
How many of the people complaining about Northeastern and Vanderbilt -- "brand dilution," "embarrassing" -- had those schools on their radar 25 or 35 years ago?

Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 12:43     Subject: Vanderbilt’s new San Francisco campus
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is it weird for a top 20 private school to have so many domestic satellite campuses?

“recent expansions in New York City and West Palm Beach.”


Tell me that you don't live in DC without telling me. Every other block.


For real. So many universities have programs and buildings in DC. I don't think these programs and real estate are diluting anyone's brand. New York City and San Francisco seem like excellent places for juniors in certain fields to spend a semester. Good for Vandy. It's a rich school and they are using their money to build a more comprehensive experience for their students. They're not taking more students. These are just more opportunities for existing students.