<p>I have to decide tomorrow and I don't know what to do? Any advice? I am also wait-listed at Chicago which is my first choice. Help!</p>
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<p>vandy and donât look back. BC is overrated</p>
<p>Which do you think is going to get me into a good law school?</p>
<p>vandy has better academics PERIOD also higher ranked.</p>
<p>i am leaning toward BC but like the idea of the ranking for Vandy. I donât like that Vandy has large class size. I like the core curriculum that covers everything at BC does Vandy offer anything similiar? Also I want to have fun but donât want to get caught up in the greek system and end up blowing grades and chances at good grad school BC does not have greek system so maybe students are more serious?</p>
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<p>Vandy has a very low squirrel to student ration!!
If i remember right it is like 4:1. That right there is some pretty persuasive stuff. haha</p>
<p>Vanderbilt has large class size? Compared to what?? </p>
<p>Boston and Nashville are pretty different. I like Boston quite a bit, but Iâd rather be an undergraduate in Nashville. </p>
<p>There arenât any beaches, though, in case your name indicates that you canât live without one.</p>
<p>You donât have to go Greek at Vanderbilt, although about 99% of the people on CC seem to think you do. My son is at Vanderbilt, is not greek, and nonetheless is completely happy with the school.</p>
<p>The weather is better in Nashville. I lived in MA for a long time, so Iâm not just hypothesizing about that.</p>
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<p>edit: *** is all that typo gibberish at the top of my post? ^</p>
<p>Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>beachkid, at almost every universities in the nation, Greeks actually have a higher GPA than non-Greeks. In todayâs college environment, students with Greek letters have the best social scene, tend to be leaders on campus, get much more out of their college years, and are much better connected than non-Greeks. Itâs true that the Greeks have a more active party scene â but what that means is that the Greek System provides a safe environment for unsafe actions. If you look into cases of alcohol poisoning, rape, theft, etcâŠyouâll find that itâs much less of an issue in the Greek System than it is in the dorms where there is not an organized social system there to support you.</p>
<p>I donât know anything about Vanderbiltâs Greek scene, but I just wanted to throw that out there.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt, TN is so much better than Boston. Ewwww, cold weather :(</p>
<p>I donât mind the cold. I snowboard. I am a serious student and I like to balance that with fun but I am not someone who needs to be at every party. Yet, I wonder if everyone else is will I become like them?</p>
<p>What is the diversity at the campuses? I am NOT a preppy. More the relaxed kickback but smart type.</p>
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<p>I applied to Harvard and MIT but was denied. perfect math sat, 12 APâs, student gov, 500 service hrs. blah blah still did not get in.</p>
<p>Ever heard of anyone transferring in? Would BC be easier to transfer from?</p>
<p>Harvard is not accepting transfers now, MIT is ridiculously difficult to get in as a transfer.</p>
<p>I recommend you check out the âCollege Visitsâ section, to give you an idea of the atmosphere at either school.
<a href=âhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/boston-college[/url]â>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/boston-college</a>
<a href=âhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/vanderbilt-university[/url]â>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/vanderbilt-university</a></p>
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<p>I realize the reigning stereotype on CC is that Vanderbilt is all about partying, but you should put as much faith in that as other stereotypes. Is it a more entertaining campus than many others, and its connection with Nashville gives students a lot of options for down-time entertainment, but the vast majority of students are serious about their studies. The student body is strong going in, and very strong coming out.</p>
<p>You know, my son almost passed on Vanderbilt because of all the negative stuff among his peers. After visiting twice and speaking at length with professors and administration, sitting in on classes and looking into research options, he changed his mind. No campus is for everyone, but I assume you have visited and liked Vanderbilt enough to keep it on your list.</p>
<p>Forget about transferring into Harvard or MIT.</p>
<p>Both fine schools. And if anyone tells you that one will track you better into the âreal worldâ or grad school they are blowing smoke up your ***. </p>
<p>Ask these Vanderbilt supporters how many Vanderbilt students stay to live and work in Nashville? Meanwhile, thousands of college grads become young professionals working in Boston or the surrounding area every year because they love Boston. Thatâs a big difference. So, if you want to make contacts to stay in Nashville, Vanderbilt is your place. If you want to make contacts to stay in Boston, BC is your choice. If you just want to go on to grad school, either will take you anywhere you want to go if you apply yourself.</p>
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<p>^^^I donât really know how many Vanderbilt grads stay in Nashville. Since both VU Law and VU medical schools take a number of their own grads, certainly some do. </p>
<p>Iâm pretty sure the reason a lot of BC grads stay in the Boston area is because they are from the area to begin with. Vanderbilt draws a lot of students from all parts of the country now, and many attend Vanderbilt with no intention of staying in Tennessee afterwardsâwhich seems perfectly reasonable to me.</p>
<p>I loved living in Massachusetts (15 years) but I still think Nashville is a great place to be a student.</p>
<p>EDIT: Perhaps I should state clearly that it is not my intention to dissuade you from BC. If you are leaning toward BC, there may well be a completely valid reason, and you should go there. My reason for entering this discussion is because I am a bit bothered by the seemingly large number of students who pass on schools about which they donât know much, or âknowâ things that are inaccurate. If I have personal knowledge of a school that I see misrepresented, I make a small attempt to correct the record. Both are good schools, absolutely. I am definitely no slave to rankings.</p>
<p>I would vote for Vandy. Unless BC is offering a much better FA package.</p>
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<p>I donât mind that you donât answer my question but I do mind you changing it. Itâs a cheap trick. </p>
<p>I love people that warn the O.P. about biased views and then introduce their own. We all have biases. But you take a plus and make it into a minus. Gee people that live near or around Boston want to stay there. Wow, what an awful testament to the city. Meanwhile Boston is one of the most popular and sought out cities in the country with an intellectually stimulating community matched by only a few others. Meanwhile, 71 percent of BC students come from out-of-state.</p>
<p>Look when itâs all said and done you will regret not going to vanderbilt. Itâs exponentially better than BC.</p>
<p>ctyankee, Iâm sorry you think I changed the question and definitely was not trying to engage in cheap tricks. As I stated, I am not trying to dissuade the OP from BC. Vanderbilt has a long waiting list full of students who really, really want to attend Vanderbilt, and I imagine Vanderbilt, and all other schools, benefit by enrolling students who are enthusiastic.</p>
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<p>And out of region?</p>
<p>It isnât saying anything negative about BC or Boston to point out the obvious: a lot of people like New England, so they choose to go to school there and then they choose to live there. But it also isnât saying anything negative about southern universities to point out that a lot of people choose to go to school there in order to experience something new, and then they return to the part of the country where their family lives.</p>
<p>What nonsense. Nobody goes to Yale because they love New England. They tolerate New Haven because Yale is there. People donât go to Amherst because they love New England they go because itâs pretty and has a stimulating and interesting community. People donât select Boston because of the âregionâ they select it because of what it offers. And our O.P. can catch a bus from Boston to snowboard at Stratton or other locations. Where is he going to go snowboarding if he goes to Nashville? If a guest speaker comes to another college in the Nashville area what would that college be? Meanwhile, when I was at Northeastern University, Iâd hear about and attend guest speaker events at M.I.T. and Harvard or maybe just Hynes Convention Center. </p>
<p>This Boston area now changed to New England region stuff is just sophistry. Both BC and Vanderbilt are far from being diverse student bodies, but if you want to go out of region, BC has 84 countries represented on campus, Vanderbilt has 55.</p>