February, 2010
The DON'Ts of Applying to College (Part I)
Feb. 25, 2010—A few weeks ago I was asked to sit on a panel and speak to the Junior Class at one of my Westchester County High Schools. I spoke to the junior students and parents regarding the Do’s and Don’ts of the College Search Process. For any of you juniors (or sophomores) this will hopefully be a...
Vandy iPhone App Now Available
Feb. 18, 2010—The new student-developed Vanderbilt iPhone app has now been loaded into the iTunes app store for your download.
Service Work at Vanderbilt
Feb. 16, 2010—During high school I was president of a service organization. As a RA in college I was required to coordinate monthly service projects that the women on my floor would find engaging. Service work was a fairly regular part of life. However, when I started graduate studies I found myself repeatedly finding reasons why I...
The Newly Historic Old Gym
Feb. 15, 2010—Another wintry day in Nashville didn't deter big crowds of visitors from campus on President's Day with a full Black & Gold Days and two afternoon information sessions. Visitors for the daily info sessions likely didn't know they would be a part of Vanderbilt history when they got up this morning.
Vanderbilt Takes a Web 2.0 Medal in Social Media Olympics
Feb. 12, 2010—Looks like our adventures writing to you and collectively playing around on the interwebs has been recognized by College Surfing as Vanderbilt University was recently named a "Web 2.0 College" in the "College Olympics." Thanks for all your support of this blog, for being a Facebook fan, following us on Twitter, and the many Vanderbilt feeds. Exciting stuff.
#12 UT @ #24 Vanderbilt – ESPN 7 pm EST
Feb. 9, 2010—It is Rivalry week in college basketball and our cross state rival Tennessee comes to town. Vandy Fanatics, our school spirit org. called for a “WHITE OUT” so all fans will be wearing white to support the ‘Dores. We will need sophomore star Jeff Taylor and freshman John Jenkins to return to form tonight in...
2010 ED2 Decisions Mailed and Total Applications Update
Feb. 6, 2010—Yesterday afternoon, the latest rounds of admissions offers left 2305 West End Ave. Early Decision II applicants should receive their admissions decisions sometime early this coming week in the mail. As we are now able to get a glimpse of the entire Early Decision pool and admitted class, here’s some information on the profile of that class.