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ED2 Letters Have Left the Building

Thanks for your patience everyone, but our early decision II letters left 2305 West End first thing this morning. A couple of notes: -As is customary with Vanderbilt early decision, expect all letters to come in small envelopes.-As we’ve discussed before, we very rarely defer from early decision to regular. -If you have not yet...

Posted by Thom on February 14, 2008 in Application Process, Early Decision, VU Admissions Statistics

ED2 Mailing Day Update

The word of the day is caesura. Caesura: noun, plural; a short pause typically found in the middle of a verse of poetry. Often symbolized by a double vertical line (II). Like a pause in the middle of a great work II so too are we in the building of this historic Vanderbilt class. We’ve...

Posted by Thom on February 13, 2008 in Application Process, Early Decision, VU Admissions Statistics

“Waiting is the hardest part”

Was on the road this week on Vandy business to South Carolina . . .ok, it was a conference in Hilton Head . . . you know, Harbortown, lots of golf courses, retirees . . . beach. Rough gig, I know. Traveling is a solitary act, cavernous airports, winding and swift moving streams of people,...

Posted by Thom on February 9, 2008 in Application Process, Early Decision

Incompletes, ED2 & the Timekeeping Shrubbery

This morning we are sending out notifications to all students that as of this morning, are still missing pieces of their application. Don’t panic, simply work with your Vandy OUA counselor to get the materials in to us (who is that? Check out http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Admissions/applyCounselor.php). All of those crates of mail we showed you before have...

Posted by Thom on January 24, 2008 in Application Process, Early Decision, Nashville

“Wave on Wave”

The ED1 wave has just passed here at 2305 West End Avenue. About a week and a half ago I visited the Georgia Aquarium in downtown Atlanta. It’s stunning. So big you can’t see it all from any one vantage point, and can only be absorbed in small portions. Out of all of it though,...

Posted by Thom on December 19, 2007 in Early Decision, Preparing for College

ED I Mailing Day

Well, the files have been read, second read, debated over, and decisioned, the letters printed, checked, double-checked, and today they leave our office. It was without a doubt the most competitive Early Decision year Vanderbilt’s ever seen. A couple of important reminders: 1) As Christina has mentioned before, and as you can see in this...

Posted by Thom on December 13, 2007 in Application Process, Early Decision

Signing Off…

The title of today’s blog is Signing Off, which has a double meaning for me right now. In our office, our most veteran officers can “sign off” on a decision, which means he/she can officially decision an application (admit, deny, or waitlist). It is the end of an application’s process here at Vanderbilt (well, except...

Posted by Thom on December 11, 2007 in Early Decision

Bring on the ED applications!

Today is 14 days past the November 1 Early Decision I (EDI) application deadline at Vanderbilt. Students who applied under this decision plan are those who have decided that we are their #1 college choice. These students, their parents, and their guidance counselors have all signed an agreement indicating that they support this decision. These...

Posted by Thom on November 15, 2007 in Application Process, Early Decision

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