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Learn about Vanderbilt through VirtualVU this summer!

Jun. 18, 2020—For high school students thinking about college, this summer — like everything else in our world — is probably looking quite different than what you might have expected three months ago. While this is a time traditionally filled with college road trips and campus tours, you’ve had to transition to learning about college from home....

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VU’s Updated Virtual Tour – A (Virtual) Walk in the Park

Jul. 22, 2014—Vanderbilt's updated Virtual Tour puts an interactive walking tour of campus (and much more) at your fingertips.

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PreVU 2013 Wrap Up

Aug. 6, 2013—The summer open house team extends a big thank you to all who helped make this year a success.

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Campus Visits 101

May. 24, 2013—Information on campus visit options at VU and 10 tips on how to make the best of it.

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Guest Blog: PreVU Vanderbilt This Summer

May. 2, 2013—Senior Admissions Counselor Laura Sensenig gets us psyched for PreVU 2013.

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A Counselor’s Year in Review

Jun. 4, 2012—Carolyn reflects on her first year as a counselor in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

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Guest Blog: Take Time to PreVU Vanderbilt Before Your Senior Year

Apr. 6, 2012—Admissions counselor Patrick Boswell tells us why rising seniors and their parents should take time this summer to PreVU Vanderbilt.

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Fall 2012 Application Available Soon

Jul. 15, 2011—Believe it or not, it is already mid-summer and time to start thinking about filling out your college applications. Over the next week, we are mailing Part I: The Vanderbilt Common Application Supplement to rising seniors. If you are reading this and are not already receiving mail from us, you can sign up for our mailing list here: http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/forms/mailing-list.php

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Register Now for PreVU Events

Jun. 10, 2011—PreVU 2011: Register Now for July and August Events! Vanderbilt University’s visit program, designed for rising seniors, kicks off later this month, but there is still room to register for the July and August events.  PreVU participants learn about Vanderbilt’s academic experience and our unique first-year students’ living and learning community, The Martha Rivers Ingram...

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PreVU Registration Now Open!

Apr. 15, 2011—Spend a day getting the inside story on our admissions process, learning more about our superior academics, finding out how we support diversity, discovering what we do to make Vanderbilt affordable, taking a campus tour, and seeing for yourself what life is like at one of America’s top universities.

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Register Now for PreVU Events

May. 3, 2010—PreVU 2010: Register Now for June and July Events! Vanderbilt University will host twelve PreVU events for rising high school seniors during June and July. PreVU is a half-day visit program that explores Vanderbilt’s academic experience and the new first-year students’ living and learning community, The Commons. Rising seniors and their families will have numerous...

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PreVU Days: Good Morning Class of 2014

Jun. 15, 2009—It's with a mixture of excitement and amazement (didn't we just finish an admissions cycle) that I will welcome a new group of prospective students this morning at our first PreVU Days. These summer days are fun for us in that we get to meet new friends from all across the country, and collectively start turning our thoughts to the fall.

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