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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, , , , , , , , ,

Stop Reading This Blog

Seriously, stop it. Not to go all Billy Gates on you, but there's this little squared red X in the top right corner of your computer screen and I'm begging you to punch it in the face.

Posted by Thom on February 26, 2009 in Admissions Committee, Advice for Parents, Balance, College Confidential, , ,

Early Decision II Letters Are Out the Door…

Hello Vandy Admissions Blog Readers, The allegations are true. Early Decision II letters are in the mail. We are in the process of compiling the statistical data and will release the information in the coming days. Best of luck to all applicants and congratulations to all new Commodores.

Posted by Brad on February 6, 2009 in Application Process, College Application Guides, College Confidential, , ,

Of Prom Dates and "Demonstrated" Interest

Don’t judge me but I love Family Guy. I’m not like overly zealous Simpsons-guy or anything like that, I mean I don’t own any of the DVD’s (although I do have all seasons of Entourage and Arrested Development). Peter Griffin has a short stint on the local news doing stand-in op-ed pieces called “What Really Grinds My Gears” which involved nonsensical rants about lindsay Lohan and Starwars. Demonstrated interest, in its current incantation in college admissons, is one of mine.

Posted by Thom on January 14, 2009 in Application Process, College Confidential, Demonstrated Interest, File Reading Explained, Nashville, , , , ,

Hitting “Shuffle”

My birth year says that I’m a member of Generation X. We were one of the first to embrace random bite-sized info. Early adopters of ADD. That and grungy plaid. And maybe a culture of ennui too . . . so like whatever. Chance me It is a guilty pleasure to log on to College...

Posted by Thom on December 27, 2007 in Application Process, College Confidential, File Reading Explained, Standardized Testing

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