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Connecting with Your VU Admissions Counselor

Thank You Cards I just finished a book titled “Don’t Stalk the Admissions Officer” where the advice was average at best, but the humor was timely.  Many of my students want me to have a face to put with their name, but in the quest to become real to me, a few students exhibit unreal behavior.  Examples include...

Posted by Kylie on August 4, 2010 in Advice for Parents, Application Process, Preparing for College, Vanderbilt Blogs, Visiting Vanderbilt, , , , , , , , , ,

What College Admissions Officers REALLY Want You to Know

Standing in the reference aisle of Border’s yesterday I found myself both overwhelmed and amused with the plethora of admissions advice displayed on the shelves. One book, in particular, jumped out at me, the subtitle was “What College Admissions Officers Don’t Want You to Know”. As I flipped through the chapters I found absolutely nothing...

Posted by Kylie on August 2, 2010 in Admissions Committee, Advice for Parents, Application Process, College Application Guides, College Confidential, Demonstrated Interest, Vanderbilt Blogs, , , , , , , , ,

Application Season is Coming and Late Summer Waitlist Update

In less than two weeks, the Common Application will close down last year's version, take it offline only to reappear in a fresh version on August first. All of you rising seniors thought you had more time right? So what should you do after you register for the fall Road Show in your town, and subscribe to the Vandy Admissions blog? In a word, organize.

Posted by Thom on July 2, 2010 in Application Process, Road Shows, Waitlist, ,

VUCast covers VU 2010 Mailing Day

Ever wonder what happens to your admit letter before it starts the journey to your house?

Posted by Thom on April 12, 2010 in Application Process, , , ,

Counselor Conference 2010

Between April 8th and April 11th the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will host Counselor Conference 2010. It’s just another way we try to reach out to our students and truly learn about the context from which they come. For the next three days we will have 100 high school counselors from 28 states, the District...

Posted by Kylie on April 8, 2010 in Academic Life, Application Process, General Information, , , , , , , , , ,

Letter Checking Nearly Complete: Mailing Currently on Schedule

Everything is still looking good for a tomorrow morning mailing of our decision notifications. Decision checking went very well and we are now into the letter checking phase, where we will check each letter that will leave our office tomorrow to make sure that the envelope and the letters match. Barring any last minute delay the letters should leave here tomorrow.

Posted by Thom on March 25, 2010 in Application Process, , ,

Mailing Week 2010 Begins

Today we began decision checking on all completed applications for the Vanderbilt class of 2014. This is the first of a multi-step process of getting our decisions out the door which we intend to do by this Friday, March 26th.

Posted by Thom on March 22, 2010 in Application Process, , , ,

An End to the Long Wait

For most of you, the holidays contained turkey, pie, presents, and LOTS of college applications. College applications were due in early January and then after years of preparation and a flurry of activity, you had nothing to do. Perhaps you leaned back in your desk chair, put your arms behind your head, and breathed out...

Posted by Kylie on March 22, 2010 in Application Process, , ,

Our Own Selection Sunday

Sports talk radio was hammering the NCAA basketball selection committee as I waded through traffic and rain drops this morning. The committee was enduring the yearly second guessing of their work and as they did I thought about how I spent my day yesterday – in Vanderbilt’s own selection committee. I feel for them. Admissions...

Posted by Thom on March 15, 2010 in Admissions Committee, Application Process, , , , , ,

The DON'Ts of Applying to College (Part I)

A few weeks ago I was asked to sit on a panel and speak to the Junior Class at one of my Westchester County High Schools.  I spoke to the junior students and parents regarding the Do’s and Don’ts of the College Search Process. For any of you juniors (or sophomores) this will hopefully be a...

Posted by Nesbitt on February 25, 2010 in Application Process, College Application Guides, , , , , ,

IMPORTANT NOTICE – Issue With Incomplete Emails

Yesterday, as a result of a software bug, the emails we sent yesterday to all incomplete applicants may have contained inaccurate information regarding what pieces of the application were still missing. The following corrected email will be sent this afternoon. If you received two emails DISREGARD THE FIRST EMAIL. The correct email will feature the special text at the beginning of the email describing the technical error and is dated January 19, 2010. We have communicated this problem to the software manufacturer and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience to anyone who received the first email.

Posted by Thom on January 19, 2010 in Application Process,

Deadline Weekend 2010

Our postmarked deadline for ED 2 and RD is January 3, 2010. If you are submitting online with the Common Application, I highly recommend you finish and submit prior to 11:59 am on the 3rd - just a thought.

Posted by Thom on January 1, 2010 in Application Process, Early Decision, , , , ,

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