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What “Type” Are You?

Football_2012 Undergraduate Admissions Counselor Carolyn Pippen breaks down the myth of Vanderbilt as a "type" school.

Posted by Carolyn Pippen on October 21, 2011 in Academic Life, Diversity at Vanderbilt, Political Life at Vanderbilt, Student Life, , , , , , , , , , ,

On to Finals

This is always an interesting time of year at Vanderbilt. Everyone has just returned from a week-long (plus two weekends) Thanksgiving Break. It’s not wise for us professors to suggest to our students that they’re going off on vacation for a week. The way our academic calendar is structured, students inevitably have some work, sometimes...

Posted by Frank on December 2, 2009 in Academic Life, Balance, College of Arts and Science, Commons, Diversity at Vanderbilt, Freshman Commons, Housing, Living on Campus, Nashville, Political Life at Vanderbilt, School of Engineering, Vanderbilt in Pop Culture, Vandy Athletics, , , , , , , ,

Vandy Admissions Deadlines: Your to-do list for this weekend

There’s a great line from an Arrested Development episode, spoken as a teaser by a TV news anchor, “Packs of wolves loose on the streets of Orange County – we’ll tell you what it means for your weekend when we come back.”  Just thought of it when I was writing the title for this post. ...

Posted by Thom on October 31, 2008 in Advice for Parents, Application Process, Early Decision, File Reading Explained, Political Life at Vanderbilt, , , , ,

Why You Should Care About Robert Kennedy

For as much bluster that the French get in our current political sphere (Freedom Fries . . . really?) the center of Washington, D.C. with its sweeping boulevards, towering columns and monuments, perpendicular vistas, and multitude of parks and park benches is as French as any American city gets. Makes sense, in that it was...

Posted by Thom on May 29, 2008 in Political Life at Vanderbilt, Preparing for College, , , , ,

Fried Oreos, Going Potluck and the VU Waitlist

Happy Memorial Day from IndianapolisYesterday I attended my 8th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. It’s not that I’m a big race guy sitting in the stands with a stop watch charting lap splits or anything. I go because it’s a sporting and cultural phenomenon, both on the track and off. Here’s a sport where even the...

Posted by Thom on May 26, 2008 in Political Life at Vanderbilt, Waitlist

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