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"That's Vanderbilt football"
Jan. 8, 2009—Greetings from Nashville, home of the 2008 Music City Bowl Champions, Vanderbilt University! I know that December 31st was a busy day for bowl games, but hopefully you got a chance to watch the Commodores take on the Boston College Golden Eagles. The sports media has done a good job of putting this game into...
What's in a name? – post-ED1 musings
Dec. 19, 2008—Q&A Time: Q – How do I check the completeness of my application (i.e., do you have my stuff)? A – Call 800-288-0432 between 8am-5pm CST or email us at admissions@vanderbilt.edu. We started running double shifts with our processing staff a couple weeks ago to be able to handle the mountain of paper (remember last...
Price in The World Series…
Oct. 26, 2008—It has been a few weeks since I’ve posted. This year my travels have brought me far and wide. Still, I can’t resist the opportunity to express how exciting it is to see Vandy grad (and Tennessee native) David Price pitching on the biggest stage in baseball. If you haven’t heard the ultra feel-good story...
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...
Some Joy in Mudville
Jun. 3, 2008—Vanderbilt was eliminated from the NCAA baseball tournament on Sunday. It was a heartbreaker of a loss – a 2-run homer in the bottom of the ninth – to cap a tough season. I was upset about it at first; I was angry that we lost the way we did, sad that so many of...
This week on the Vandy Admissions Blog
Jun. 2, 2008—Earlier this year, our dear Mr. C went through an extreme makeover of his own, getting a new look. This week’s poll question lets you weigh in on a simple, yet heated topic that was batted around campus: Which look is cooler, new or old? By the way, New Mr. C is on the left...
Decision Week Update
Apr. 28, 2008—A couple quick updates on our waitlist for everyone. We’ve been getting a good number of phone calls and emails asking whether we’ll be going to the waitlist, and while admitted students have a few more days to make their decisions known (reply cards should be postmarked by May 1) it does look like we...
The Basketball Universe sits still for Vanderbilt!
Feb. 26, 2008—Vanderbilt beats #1 Tennessee! A cosmic clash of basketball titans in the state of Tennessee and it is the Vanderbilt Star that only remains. Score: 72 to 69. Electric atmosphere. I was at the center of it all – in the student section. Actually…it was so packed in the gym that I was only able...
The Battle for Tennessee: Vandy vs. #1 Tennessee
Feb. 26, 2008—The BIGGEST men’s basketball game of the year at Vanderbilt is TONIGHT in less 1 hour and 42 minutes! “Basketball Bedlam” will occur tonight when the Vanderbilt Commodores will host the Tennessee Volunteers. Vandy has gone prime time – with the game on ESPN at 8pm Central Time tonight! I am taking a break from...
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...
Headed to Admissions Committee…
Nov. 29, 2007—Well, I just finished reading the last of my ED applications. Whew! We received a few hundred applications more this year for ED than we did last year, and due to technical issues beyond our control, we just started reading those applications right before Thanksgiving. So… it has been a busy couple of weeks to...
Briefly back on campus before trip #2…
Sep. 16, 2007—Wow, the past 2 weeks have gone by quickly! I intended to blog last weekend when I was in Florida for work (I wasn’t too upset to have to spend the weekend there as well), but time got away from me. I am in the midst of travel season, which is super busy. During an...