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Hot Chicken and Data Days

Nashville has plenty of culinary choices. But there is one type of food which is distinctive to Music City: Hot Chicken. Hot Chicken is southern-style pan-fried chicken cooked in a cast-iron skillet. There is, however, one twist. The chicken is breaded in a super-secret blend of spices which give the chicken its…hot. And trust me,...

Posted by Brad on February 24, 2009 in Admissions Committee, Application Process, File Reading Explained, , , , , , ,

Admissions deadlines for Admissions Officers

You think you're the only one that gets stressed meeting admissions deadlines? Our officers are reading their eyeballs out right now, pouring over applications trying to meet our own internal priority deadlines. In our office, we set goals as to when all applications should be first read, second read, and decisioned (more on this term and a minute), etc. One such priority deadline is coming up this week.

Posted by Thom on February 16, 2009 in Admissions Committee, Application Process, Early Decision, Standardized Testing, ,

2009 EDII Information and RD Update

To the Vandyblogger Community: It was a great weekend. We all got a brief chance to relax between mailing ED 2 letters on Friday and finding freshly stacked, unread bins of regular decision applications Monday. As promised, here are some are some statistical data points regarding the 2009 Early Decision pool. Remember, it is our practice to report both...

Posted by Brad on February 9, 2009 in Admissions Committee, Early Decision, ,

Super Mega Hella-Blizzard 2009

A blizzard of another kind is winding down at 2305 West End Ave at the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. During the height of the days surrounding our January 3rd application deadline, our operations staff was handling an avalanche of mail. On January 5th we received 30 bins of mail. That following week, each day brought an additional 10 bins of materials to our office.

Posted by Thom on January 20, 2009 in Admissions Committee, Application Process, Balance, Blair School of Music, Commons, Early Decision, Freshman Commons, Music, Nashville, , , , , , ,

The College Admissions Essay Part II: Beyond gimmicks and hooks

We talked yesterday about the importance of voice in your college application essay.   Today let’s discuss the second insight your college application gives our admission officers, specifically, how you put your thoughts together to convey a point. In college a buddy of mine introduced me to a friend of his at a party like this, “Hey...

Posted by Thom on September 12, 2008 in Admissions Committee, Advice for Parents, Application Process, College Application Guides, File Reading Explained, The College Essay, , , , , ,

Headed to Admissions Committee…

Well, I just finished reading the last of my ED applications. Whew! We received a few hundred applications more this year for ED than we did last year, and due to technical issues beyond our control, we just started reading those applications right before Thanksgiving. So… it has been a busy couple of weeks to...

Posted by Thom on November 29, 2007 in Admissions Committee, Application Process, File Reading Explained, VU Admissions Statistics, Vandy Athletics

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