<p>I'm looking seriously at Vandy and was just wondering a bit about the social outlook of the school. I know the school has the southern preppy stereotype. This doesn't really concern me much but are there any/many students from the East Coast. Northeast more specifically. There definitely is a type of social difference based on regions where you grew up and I was just wondering how diverse it was, in regional respects. For instance, I'm from Baltimore and somewhat of a city guy. Are most of the students sort of country southerners?<br>
Not that I can't make friends and get along with this type of stereotype but it's obviously nice to at least have a few people who can somewhat relate with you. Thanks for any input.</p>
<p>Baltimore is pretty southern to us midwesterners! I don't know how many are at Vanderbilt from your neck of the woods, but I know that there are many NY'ers. There is a push to get easterners, from what I gather. I would think there will be quite a few easterners in next year's class.</p>
<p>Is being from the Northeast (NY, specifically) considered a geographic advantage when applying to Vanderbilt?</p>
<p>i don't think you'll have any problem finding kids from the northeast. The school is quite geographically diverse and there is an abundance of kids from the northeast, DC etc.</p>
<p>Here's a link to the admissions dept.'s page on geographic diversity: Admissions:</a> Vanderbilt University . It shows a total of 1340 students (of an undergrad population of about 6400) from New England, NY, NJ, PA, Delaware, and your home state, MD, which fields an individual total of 271. So yes, it is geographically diverse. My daughter is from upstate NY - her best friends at Vandy are from NJ, Long Island, OH, KY, TN, and CA.</p>
<p>Nice to see your post, Bridie! Are you making plans for graduation? How have 3 years flown by like that???</p>
<p>I know about 5 people at Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Two are from Washington D.C., another from NYC, one from just outside of Lexington, KY, and the last was raised in Atlanta.</p>
<p>A small sample size but I think it is resembles the increasing geographic diversity at Vanderbilt.</p>
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<p>Maybe five years ago (when my son -we're from Connecticut was acce[ted) but not anymore-- I have heard MANY tales of highly qualified applicants from here being outright rejected- not even wait-listed- in the last few years.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. I was actually shocked to see that Maryland has so many students at the school. The only other other states with more are Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, New York, Illinois, and Texas.</p>
<p>Kelsmom, I agree that the Baltimore - D.C. area isn't really true northeast. But, it's definitely not southern until you get into the southern/rural Virginia areas. Philly- D.C. is more of it's own Mid-Atlantic area or so I'll call it. Not southern, but not filled with guidos or New England supremacists.</p>