General Information Category
Meet Mary Beth Hettinger
Aug. 6, 2010—This year we’ll be profiling each of our admissions counselors here in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Through these profiles you’ll see that we’re from all over the world, we specialize in different tasks, and we really love the city of Nashville! This week I’d like to introduce you to Mary Beth Hettinger… My hometown...
Summertime at OUA
Jun. 29, 2010—People I meet throughout life often believe my job is on a 10-month contract with summers off work. Contrary to belief, however, there is a great deal of behind-the-scenes work to be done in the summer months and I am here at OUA year-round. So what exactly do admission counselors do when they’re not traveling...
Counselor Conference 2010
Apr. 8, 2010—Between April 8th and April 11th the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will host Counselor Conference 2010. It’s just another way we try to reach out to our students and truly learn about the context from which they come. For the next three days we will have 100 high school counselors from 28 states, the District...
Part II – The DOs of Applying to College.
Mar. 5, 2010—This is part II of a three part article. Check out part I (Don’ts of Applying). 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 helpful list of what to do and what not...
Check out our new Student Blog, Inside 'Dores
Mar. 3, 2010—I am happy to unveil our new student blog, Inside ‘Dores (the “Dores” is our nickname, short for the Commodores). We are excited for the launch and hope that Inside ‘Dores will be a helpful resource for you to discover Vanderbilt. We have nine fantastic bloggers who represent all four classes and schools (College of Arts and Science, School...
Change is Inevitable – Except From Vending Machines
Aug. 14, 2009—My apologies to Robert C. Gallagher for borrowing his quote, but I thought it appropriate. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Vanderbilt is changing and growing to meet the increase in visitors we've seen over the last 3 years.
A Circuitous Route to Understanding Diversity at Vanderbilt
Jun. 27, 2008—At some point last evening, while watching the 2008 NBA Draft, my mind wandered to memories of my middle-school days and my friendship with Freddie Johnson. He was a Caucasian blonde-haired, lanky, but cool kid from the upper middle class side of Houston. I, on the other hand, was an African American kid of slight...
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.”...