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Stress Coping Tips (from someone who's been there)

Dec. 7, 2009—I’ve had a lot of experience with school and school-related stress. Throughout my undergraduate education, graduate education, and my time here at the OUA I have developed a few coping mechanisms. As many of you await our Early Decision I letters and most of you wrap-up semesters with final projects and exams, let me hand...

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New OUA Website = One-Click Connect to Vandyland

Nov. 11, 2009—Today we debuted our newly structured and redesigned website to our prospective students families and high school partners. Features of the new site a streamlined and dramaticall simplified structure where all of the admissions/financial aid/Vanderbilt information you've asked for is one click away including a "find your major" drop down. No more having to crawl through dozens of websites just to find your major.

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What You Could Learn from Rocking "Rock Band"

Nov. 6, 2009—Eran Egozy, co-founder and Chief Technical Officer at Harmonix Music Systems which develops the interactive music video game Rock Band will speak 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Vanderbilt's Student Life Center. The talk will address creativity in leadership and the cultural impact of the many wildy popular interactive music games on the marketplace today.

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ED1 Deadline News and Notes

Oct. 31, 2009—For those of you applying early decision you know that November 1st is the application deadline.

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VU ranks 12th for economic diversity

Sep. 29, 2009—The New York Times draws attention to the important topic of economic diversity on American college campuses. U. S. News and World Report's ranking of top colleges by economic diversity is based on the percentage of undergraduates eligible for federal Pell grants.

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Building – Building – Building

Sep. 23, 2009—Renovation to the Historic Old Gym Continues. We now see where the new entrance to our new visitor's space will be. They are also beginning the restoration of the tall windows in the southern side of the building. Exciting Stuff.

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2009 Vanderbilt Tenth Day Enrollment Report

Sep. 14, 2009—Annually, the Office of Enrollment Management takes the official enrollment snapshot for Vanderbilt University. This morning, our Vice Provost for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions issued a report to the University community regarding the incoming class of 2009 and the state of the enrollment for Vanderbilt.

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Just be Yourself: The role of personality in coping with applying to college

Aug. 17, 2009—Thanks to many of you for the signs of support and interest in my doctoral research. I wanted to post some additional information about my research and what we found in hopes that it may be helpful to you and your family.

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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.

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Waitlist Released: VU 2013 Class Full

Jul. 15, 2009—Later today we will be emailing official word that we are releasing our waitlist for the Vanderbilt class of 2013. If you have been following along, you know that we haven't made any offers to the list since late May. We had been waiting to release the waitlist just in case we needed to make more offers. Like most things in highly selective admissions, on one hand it is exciting that that we're one step closer to the next incoming class starting at Vandy, on the other, I also know that this comes as a disappointment for those of you that were still out there waiting.

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On My Way

Jul. 6, 2009—Good morning blog readers, friends, and people who were mysteriously sent here using Bing: This blog began several years ago as an experiment. It was not rolled out with fanfare, nor was it vetted through a massive team of consultants in suits. In fact, it was quite the opposite. I built a simple site on...

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Common App Available for VU Class of 2014

Jul. 2, 2009—All is still quiet on the waitlist front, and I have no news there. The waitlist is still open and active. We have officially closed all transfer admissions however for the Fall. Today we'll be sending out the following email to all rising seniors on our mailing list announcing start of a new admissions cycle.

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