<p>I really wanted to go but I was busy on that weekend... :( </p>
<p>How was it, and what were your impressions of Vanderbilt?</p>
<p>My D attended Mosaic. She absolutely loved VU. People were so nice and she made great friends.</p>
<p>I went to MOSAIC and I can honestly say that it was one of the best weekends I’ve ever experienced. Everyone was really nice and accommodating. You could stop students walking outside and ask them about Vanderbilt and they would happily respond. Also the campus is one of the most beautiful campuses I have ever seen. I think the “Work Hard, Play Hard” motto really fits Vandy. I fell in love with Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>As someone who attended MOSAIC many years ago, I want to make sure you guys understand that you’re not getting an absolutely true impression of Vanderbilt. To put it bluntly, Vanderbilt is much more white-bread than what you probably saw during this one weekend.</p>
<p>feenotype, many years ago the demographics of Vandy undergrad were extremely different than they are today…for sure. We lived and worked in Nashville in a past life and my spouse has a Vandy degree plus our son is now a freshman. The alum and the current student body are having very different experiences in terms of diversity. Take a look at the student body admissions demographics as the info is shared for the class of 2014 and you will see a very big change that has been taking place at an accelerated pace in the last five years.</p>
<p>thanks for everyone’s feedback :)</p>
<p>ahh i wish i could have gone! so mmendo12, outside of the prospective students participating in MOSAIC, did you see a lot of interaction among current students from different backgrounds? i’ve heard that for the most part, minorities hang out together at Vanderbilt, but i hope that’s just an exaggeration.</p>
<p>About minorities from America, that is false. There is A LOT of interaction between such minorities and non-minorities as if the difference did not exist. </p>
<p>However, about internationals, maybe that is true. Internationals have a language barrier, are new to this country, etc., and tend to stick together for such (obvious?) reasons. </p>
<p>Bottom line: There is no sort of divide among students of different backgrounds that are from America, though perhaps it exists with some of those from abroad.</p>
<p>As someone who attended MOSAIC, I really enjoyed the oppotunities to talk to current students and, like mmendo said, it was easy to go up to anyone and ask them about their experience. Unfortunately, many of the URMs told me that it was difficult for them to be accepted if they weren’t the sorority/fraternity-joining type and that the multicultural organizations at Vandy were, in their opinion, subpar. And yes, mangoo, in general, it seemed like the minorities hung out together.</p>
<p>I went to MOSAIC… I feel like they tried to give off the impression that vanderbilt is pretty much all minorities… which i could care less about… it was fun tho…</p>
<p>Let me guess…“GO GATORS!!”, right ALandeta…? ;)</p>
<p>ya and who r u</p>
<p>what is MOSAIC?</p>