College Fairs and VU Visiting Your High School Category
A Counselor’s Year in Review
Jun. 4, 2012—Carolyn reflects on her first year as a counselor in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
Vanderbilt Road Warriors
Feb. 9, 2012—Carolyn Pippen on the lengths we'll go to find future Commodores.
Come meet us on the Coast to Coast College Tour
Aug. 19, 2011—In September and October, Vanderbilt will be on the Coast to Coast College tour with Dartmouth College, Northwestern University, Princeton University, and University of California-Berkeley. In 14 cities in eight states, we will host joint presentations about selective college admissions for prospective students and their families. To learn more, visit the Coast to Coast website, like the Coast to Coast...
Have mission. Will travel.
Feb. 8, 2011—In my last post, I talked about all the places we go overseas and how many international students find their way to us. What about the domestic students (the ones who fill 94% of our class)? How does OUA reach out to y’all?
Gatekeepers
Nov. 18, 2009—When I was a high school student visiting colleges and universities I had no idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. I was a first generation college student and just the idea of going to college was both overwhelming and exciting. During a visit to Indiana University (which I eventually attended for...
VU Roadshows Facebook and Mea Culpas
Jul. 31, 2009—The summer is gear-up time for our office. Plans are being made, flights being booked, and programs being scheduled. Our biggest tradition in travel is our 2 week, nationwide blitz of admissions receptions called Vanderbilt Roadshows. We hit 52 cities in 10 days all across the U.S. These programs are meant to provide the latest details on admissions and financial aid, and start the school-year and travel season off with a bang. They are open to all grades and you can register now.
Gameday Coming to Vanderbilt: students already making ESPN acronym signs
Sep. 29, 2008—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...
Answer: Jalapeno Poppers, Kentuckiana, and Existentialism
Aug. 27, 2008—Question: What are you left with after 12 hours of driving across the Greater Midwest with OUAer Brad Weiner? The Midwest Road Show last week was a blast, if nothing else because of the wonderful new friends we made in the cities we visited. The programs we attended were full of bright & interested students and families and...
On the Road Again
Apr. 10, 2008—Newman’s character from Seinfeld famously quipped, “The mail never stops Jerry.” And so goes admissions work. Less than two weeks have passed since our decision letters have left the office and we’re all out on the road simultaneously talking to admitted students and families, and introducing ourselves to interested students for the incoming class of...
October is College-Fair-O-Rama!
Oct. 10, 2007—I’m at my home away from home, the Hartford Airport (technically, my home away from home is the Nashville airport, but I know this place pretty well too), waiting to head back to Nashville for a quick turnaround (home for less than 16 hours). I flew up for just one college fair last night, and...
Why do I visit high schools?
Oct. 5, 2007—As I was thinking about this blog and all of the details I have included about where I go and what I do, it never occurred to me that maybe the students don’t really get WHY I do these high school visits. In order to benefit the readers of my blog (in addition to the...