Academics Category
Midterms are here…
Oct. 4, 2011—It’s that time of the semester again–that time when sleep and sanity are hard to find in many students’ vocabularies, when being surrounded by flawless weather makes you a little angry because you know you can’t let yourself be distracted…but you do anyway. Well, it’s that time for me, at least!
Billy Collins at Vanderbilt
Sep. 18, 2011—Wednesday evening, I had the opportunity to dine with the 2001-2003 poet laureate, Billy Collins. This awesome opportunity was part of an event called Dinner and a Draft, which is put on by The Writing Studio and open to all students, particularly first years. I was excited that as a sophomore I still got the...
I Survived Test Round 1
Sep. 14, 2011—Classes are hard. That is not to say that they aren’t interesting or fun, but classes here definitely require a lot of effort. With that being said, it usually happens that all of your professors have a meeting before the semester starts so that they can choose a week to test you. They all give...
Declaring a Major
Sep. 7, 2011—In the College of Arts and Science, students must declare a major by the end of sophomore year. As of last week, I am officially a Neuroscience major.
Guest Blog by Brett Good ’11
Sep. 4, 2011—Hello everyone. I’m sorry I’m not Laura, who I’m sure provides much more insightful and interesting blog posts than I ever could. My name is Brett Good, and Laura was kind enough to allow me to guest blog. I graduated from Vanderbilt this past May in the College of Arts and Science. Currently I work...
Small Groups in BIG Classes
Aug. 30, 2011—Vanderbilt is a medium to small private research institution. We have an 8:1 student-to-faculty ratio, with over 3,000 full-time faculty members. 81% of classes have less than 30 students and 92% have less than 50 students. Like most schools, however, entry level science courses (the pre-med requirements) often have around 200 students. Don’t fret, though....
Back to School
Aug. 25, 2011—After two days of classes, my nerdy side is coming out again. I love my classes.
Running in Nashville
Aug. 24, 2011—I feel like I’m always in class sometimes. But when I get really stressed out, I go for a run with my best friend, and roommate. No matter where on campus we are, or what project or paper we are working on, we cut an hour out of our days to go run together and...
Classes
Aug. 24, 2011—Choosing what classes to take is always hard- there are so many amazing ones. But what I have decided is to major in Human and Organizational Development, in the Leadership track, and double minor in Spanish and Political Science. I transferred to Peabody College last semester, from the College of Arts and Science, so I...
Back 2 School
Aug. 24, 2011—SCHOOL TIME. Summer flies by, and then it is time to go back to Nashville… hallelujah. I am so excited to be back I can’t even stand it!! My sister said to me the other day that she has been so busy focusing on moving to Nashville and going to college that she almost forgot...