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Choosing the Right Dore

Mar. 31, 2014—Soon, you will be all receiving your regular decision letters from the colleges that you have applied to. And within a month, you'll have to decide which door you want to enter for the next four years of your life. This is a short post on why you should open the correct dore and become... a Commodore.

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Good Morning, We’re Your Tour Guides

Dec. 7, 2013—Giving tours is one of my favorite things to do on campus. Not only do I get a chance to stand in front of a crowd of prospective students and their parents and younger siblings (and sometimes their uncles, cousins, and grandparents) and tell them all the ways in which Vanderbilt is the awesome school...

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How Do I Know?

Sep. 21, 2013—Answering the real question at the root of my family's inquiries: how do I know that I'm in the right place here at Vandy?

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Friday I’m In Love

Sep. 15, 2013—Who said Friday the 13th is automatically a terrible day? Whoever it was, I have proved them wrong and avoided the supposedly inevitable bad luck.

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I’m Gonna Miss It Here

Dec. 15, 2012—With the cold weather seeming like its here to stay a while and all of my friends starting to head home for Winter Break, a constant thought in everything I do has been "I'm going to miss Vandy next semester."

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Blueberry Muffins and the Taste of Disappointment

Nov. 6, 2011—Yesterday morning I forwent the standard weekend Rand Brunch with some friends in order to try my hand at nearly-forgotten culinary skills, namely the baking of muffins of the blueberry variety. As I mixed water and pre-made muffin mix, I couldn’t help but think of myself as a pioneer, preparing to live only from the...

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And So It Begins…

Jan. 28, 2011—Hey there! Starting now, for an indefinite period of time (roughly equal to 7 semesters), I’m going to be sharing my life at Vanderbilt with you, the prospective students (“prospies”) and parents, in order to hopefully give you a better understanding of what life here is like and why you should pursue your undergraduate career...

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