December, 2007
Hitting “Shuffle”
Dec. 27, 2007—My birth year says that I’m a member of Generation X. We were one of the first to embrace random bite-sized info. Early adopters of ADD. That and grungy plaid. And maybe a culture of ennui too . . . so like whatever. Chance me It is a guilty pleasure to log on to College...
Paper Blizzard
Dec. 20, 2007—Brad went downstairs and got some shots of all the crazy paper we’re dealing with right now. Though it pains me to say so (sorry, Mother Earth), we estimate that we will deal with over 1,000,000 pieces of paper in this year’s application cycle. We try to use technology to minimize the paper where possible...
“Wave on Wave”
Dec. 19, 2007—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,...
ED I Mailing Day
Dec. 13, 2007—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...
Al Gore is our co-pilot . . .
Dec. 13, 2007—What’s up blogland? This is Thom and I’m a member of the freshly minted Vandy Admissions Blog Team. Like Chick-fil-a says, “We didn’t invent the chicken, just the chicken sandwich” so say we. “We didn’t invent the Admissions Blog, but Al Gore invented the internet and he’s a Vandy guy . . . so yeah.”...
Go 'Dores!
Dec. 13, 2007—Since I’m a new part of the admissions blog team, I thought I’d drop in and say hi. I’m an admissions officer in my seventh year at Vanderbilt, and I’m a VU alum as well. I don’t think any of us new guys will be able to match Christina’s early posts on admissions, but we’re...
Signing Off…
Dec. 11, 2007—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...