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How Admissions Committee at Vanderbilt Works

For the past two weeks I, along with my fellow Associate Director and Director of Admissions at Vanderbilt, have reviewed the decisions of hundreds of individual students all across the country. Think of a meeting that lasts 80+ hours long. Yes, it is that fascinating.

Posted by Thom on March 19, 2009 in Admissions Committee, File Reading Explained, Waitlist, , , , , ,

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, , ,

Late Afternoon Scholarship Update: 2009 Ingram Scholars Announced

More merit-based scholarship news out of Vanderbilt. Late this afternoon, the Ingram Scholarship Program announced the 19 newest Ingram Scholars for the incoming class of 2009.

Posted by Thom on February 20, 2009 in Academic Life, Community Service, Scholarships and Financial Aid, , ,

Would Da Vinci have Gotten the Small Envelope?

A wonderful article appears this week in the Chronicle of Higher Education's Chronicle Review by W. A. Pannapacker of Hope College. In it, Pannapacker portrays the well known genius of Leonardo da Vinci set against the lesser known backdrop of growing biographical evidence that he was a chronic procrastinator.

Posted by Thom on February 18, 2009 in Advice for Parents, File Reading Explained, Preparing for College, , , , ,

Admitted at ED?: advice for approaching the rest of your senior year

All admitted students to Vanderbilt will be asked to submit a final transcript once it comes available and it never fails that we see a very small handful of students who packed up the intellectual circus a little early that last semester. At that point our office has a decision to make, and it is a no-one-size-fits-all determination. My general advice is succinct, if not completely predictable, don't risk it.

Posted by Thom on January 16, 2009 in Application Process, I've been admitted - now what?, Mid-Year Reports, Preparing for College, , , , , , ,

What's in a name? – post-ED1 musings

Q&A Time: Q – How do I check the completeness of my application (i.e., do you have my stuff)?  A – Call 800-288-0432 between 8am-5pm CST or email us at admissions@vanderbilt.edu.  We started running double shifts with our processing staff a couple weeks ago to be able to handle the mountain of paper (remember last...

Posted by Thom on December 19, 2008 in Application Process, Early Decision, File Reading Explained, VU Admissions Statistics, Vandy Athletics, , , , , , ,

Gameday Coming to Vanderbilt: students already making ESPN acronym signs

There are two things I learned yesterday that I didn’t know the day before: 1) The largest truck stop in the world is right outside of Davenport, Iowa.  I mean it’s huge.  Driving to Chicago from Des Moines (for college fairs and high school visits), you can’t miss it.  It takes like a full minute...

Posted by Thom on September 29, 2008 in Balance, College Fairs and VU Visiting Your High School, Nashville, Vandy Athletics, , , , , ,

Tenth Day Enrollment Update

  Recently, the annual “10th day” came and went here on Vanderbilt’s campus.  Tenth day, uncreatively referring to the 10th day of the Fall semester when we line up all the students on alumni lawn and physically count them all.  Well, not really, but we do take a final snapshot of the current state of...

Posted by Thom on September 17, 2008 in Diversity at Vanderbilt, Freshman Commons, Standardized Testing, VU Admissions Statistics, , , , ,

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, , , , , ,

The College Application Essay Part I: Answers from the wizard in aisle 9c

Behold the OCD My two year old son likes to ask me to tell him stories right before bedtime.  I weakly protest but ultimately acquiesce in the effort to get him off to dreamland.  Quite candidly though, I suck at it.  He is a tough, but forgiving audience, mostly finding a matchbox car more entertaining after about two...

Posted by Thom on September 11, 2008 in Application Process, College Application Guides, File Reading Explained, The College Essay, , , , , , ,

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