<p>you holier than thou preachers are annoying and couldn’t be further from the truth with your cute messages. greek life has almost nothing to do with this clothes concept. what, like a third of guys and half of girls are greek? i’d venture to say that a MUCH higher percentage of the school dresses in the style i described than that, and not to fit in. that huge majority dresses that way because that’s the way they’ve always dressed. (also, they call it a component of class. OMG that is not class! i don’t care, that’s what they call it.)</p>
<p>if someone wants to fit in, stop being raging lunatics trying to recruit them to your anarchy clubs and just let it be. trust me, nobody is listening anyway, if anything you’re only making yourself look silly and possibly bringing up their deep-seated insecurities. like it or not, if someone wants to be a part of most groups at vandy and likes that style, well, they’re going to have a pretty awesome college experience by dressing that way. HORRIBLE! people accepting you is such an awful thing! And if they decide to change their style before they get to college, that doesn’t mean they will be walking around all the time thinking about how they look and wondering if it’s ok, more than likely they’ll be too busy being accepted and having oodles of noodles. reading your posts, it seems like you think that’s how it works, which only shows that you might have some confidence issues. </p>
<p>see kfc, see how easy it was to identify that you didn’t go to vandy? do you really think having former ties to the medical school gives you proper credentials to describe the undergraduate style? i could be an undergraduate at rollins or stanford or w&l or davidson etc and still describe the vandy style perfectly without ever having been there</p>
<p>“see kfc, see how easy it was to identify that you didn’t go to vandy? do you really think having former ties to the medical school gives you proper credentials to describe the undergraduate style? i could be an undergraduate at rollins or stanford or w&l or davidson etc and still describe the vandy style perfectly without ever having been there”</p>
<p>I guess your reading comprehension is a little weak, so let me explain in big letters “I USE TO WORK THERE” can you read that? That means I obviously spent almost everyday of my life there for a few years. You can imply that to mean anything you want, but imply this, that means I obviously seen every person that walked through the danm place on a daily basis year after year. That would entitle me to have a direct observation of the fashion treands that occur there and much more than you, someone who has just “visited” a few times.</p>
<p>“do you really think having former ties to the medical school gives you proper credentials to describe the undergraduate style?”</p>
<p>Former ties? They are current ties and I frequent the campus on a monthly basis, if not more. I also wonder why you keep refering to the “undergraduate style” as if it is some special ethnic group or something. Undergrad is simply the education level someone is at, I do not see how it is related to some sort of style or thought process. There are many people at the undergrad level from all over the world.</p>
<p>“see kfc, see how easy it was to identify that you didn’t go to vandy?”</p>
<p>I could have easily lied and you would have never known the difference, I can even tell you who is wearing what tomorrow at Vandy, the weather, traffic, and what cars are parked in the garage if I wanted to.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that someone should expect to be invited to every social group if they dress in sweatpants and a hoodie everyday. That’s simply not true. Your not gonna go party in those clothes. But, if you are trying to tell me people will only fit in if they wear J crew flip flops and Lacoste polos, I think it’s a dumb idea to want to fit into that norm. Now if you are suggesting that you wear nice clothes (i.e. blazers, dress shirts, sundresses etc) to fit into the social dynamic than yeah, that makes sense. There is a difference between dressing nice to fit the norm, and asking for brand names. If a specific BRAND name makes you fit in, that’s just ridiculous and snobby.</p>
<p>KFC,
“You can imply that to mean anything you want, but imply this, that means I obviously seen every person that walked through the danm place on a daily basis year after year.”</p>
<p>Don’t you mean “you can infer that… but infer this,”? What you said makes no sense. Since you go to Vanderbilt so often, take a trip over the the English department.</p>
<p>But seriously chill, it’s a forum. Just give people good advice and move on.</p>
<p>good call GNC, i agree. as it happens, those companies make those clothes and are easily accessible. i’m sure everyone would much rather have a tailor, but the world has changed, well i guess technically we do have tailors, they just go by chinese names and are halfway across the world.</p>
<p>hey kfc, i meant the vanderbilt undergraduate style. haha, ethnic group, good one. you really got fired up didn’t you? you should call the ACT department, those crazies gave me a reading comprehension score clearly much too high.</p>
<p>you know ive been thinking about dressing up like kim jong-il some nights with the sunglasses and the crazy man haircut. girls wont be able to resist.</p>
<p>“Don’t you mean “you can infer that… but infer this,”? What you said makes no sense. Since you go to Vanderbilt so often, take a trip over the the English department.”</p>
<p>Ad hominens, love them. I already have my degree, but thanks anyway. I did mean “imply” by the way.</p>
<p>"But seriously chill, it’s a forum. Just give people good advice and move on. "</p>
<p>Glad you singled me out, but I didn’t start the condescending remarks, I just clearly staed my opinion in which someone then attacked my credibility, I defended it.</p>
<p>“hey kfc, i meant the vanderbilt undergraduate style. haha, ethnic group, good one. you really got fired up didn’t you? you should call the ACT department, those crazies gave me a reading comprehension score clearly much too high.”</p>
<p>No, not fired up at all.</p>
<p>I do not see what an ACT score has to do with anything other than stating you have a certain comprehension level coming out of high school and a certain score taking a test, yippy yea. It still does not mean you comprehended my post because a clearly stated your mistake.</p>
<p>This has gotten INCREDIBLY petty, and horrendously off topic.</p>
<p>Drop the grammer talk and grammar policing, it’s a poor way to win an argument online.
vandyclassof2013 - Comments like that are out of place, and show a severe misunderstanding of ANY education system.</p>
<p>That being said, someone close this thing, or atleast get back on topic.</p>
<p>Okay, back on topic!
For VandyPanda, I’m not sure if you are a guy or gal, but regardless, you are from California (I am a native so I do know that weather!). Get ready for really steamy, hot weather in August and early September. Our nights, however are very unlike California weather which just about always gets really chilly even in the dog days of summer. But nights here can be quite pleasant and warm, but the air conditioning gets cranked up pretty high in some stores and restaurants at times. Shorts and extra tshirts(tank tops for girls) make it a lot more bearable and cotton is your friend, you will die in knit or synthetic fabrics
Winters have intermittent very cold weeks, with single digit lows at night interspersed with lows in the 30s.I think you will freeze in sweatpants and a sweatshirt in the winter here. I would wait until you arrive here to buy a good winter jacket as selection tends to be better than in California. Metro Nashville usually gets much less snow accumulation than the suburbs,if we get any at all and it rarely lasts for 24 hours.
It doesn’t just rain here, it pours and gets so windy that often a big umbrella is no match for it and will turn inside out. Rain jacket or poncho with a hood is essential. Waterproof shoes from REI of LL Bean are great for guys, and you can get lightweight rain boots if you are a gal. You can go cheap at Target or splurge and get designer ones, whatever you do just have something to keep your feet dry sloshing across campus.When we get some of these 2-3" rainfalls in an hour, regular shoes or flipflops just won’t cut it!
The prevalence of mosquitoes is an entirely separate topic which I won’t discuss as it will get off topic again.</p>
<p>Hey thanks alot! im a girl btw but yeah wow do you think north face apparel is good enough for winter there? thanks for you response ,it is just what i needed, because if you didnt tell me would freeze my ass off with just sweatpants =] … im going to miss California weather =[</p>
<p>my D went down with just her northface (which was always warm enough, layered, for my S) but she was cold. She ended up wearing a short pea-coat most of the winter, and a light weight down jacket with a hood on really cold days. I think this past winter was colder than it had been in past years.</p>
<p>the great part about nashville though is that the winter isn’t really that long. Dec, Jan and Feb are cold but then it gets nice again. There is a lot of rain though. An umbrella and rain boots are a must.</p>
<p>My D has several North Face coats- a warm parka, a winter rain jacket and a fleece jacket. She also has a pretty wool dress coat which she hates but I think she looks great in it.
North Face winter gear will be your best bet here. Except for the fleece jacket, all of her North Face jackets have hoods. She is going to Fossil today to buy an umbrella that she really likes. She will have to wait a bit to get some rain boots but those are on her to buy list for sure. A good pair of leather gloves is another good investment and will last forever. Nobody wears mittens here.
She will have to choose wisely on which coats/jackets to bring to the dorm,though as she won’t have room for all of them.</p>
<p>hope4,
You are so lucky to be local. Your D will be able to swap out clothes as the seasons change and won’t have to worry about how to move out the entire assemblage at the end of the spring semester. Move out is so much worse than move in.</p>
<p>Alright, I will give my 2 cents, hopefully I can help. I am a current Vanderbilt student who is from California. As far as what you wear on a day to day basis, style is not a huge deal, if you want to fit in, where polo type shirts, some boat shoes, and shorts. (that is when weather is above 55) During the winter, it switches to some kakis and a north face jacket. I would not worry that much about during the week, because people are busy doing their day-to-day, but when you go to parties or go out and such, you could wear what I described above if you want to fit in.</p>
<p>Well, I agree that she is lucky to be local, but her perspective, as of now, is that she doesn’t want to be able to rely on having access to our other car or to trade out clothes as she feels it is not fair to those who live far away! She plans on pretending she lives really far away. I think her intentions are very sweet and admirable, but I suspect she will be hounded by hallmates and classmates to get the car so they can all go shopping, to the movies,out to eat, to Target,etc.
She is a very good driver and from a safety standpoint, I would rather she drive than befriend others with cars who are not familiar with traffic here and may not have very good driving skills.
But just because she is a good driver, it doesn’t mean anyone else is. She had her first accident last week-she was at a stop sign and some goober turned left in front of an oncoming car and forced another innocent driver into her car. I hope that will convince her to use one of our cars instead of someone else! Thank goodness she was not injured. We have $2500 damage to the car but it was the only one that was drivable after the accident. Luckily, everyone had insurance.
She offered to go out to lunch with me once a month after she moves in but I do not want to do anything else with her unless SHE asks.If there are any must have items for her, she knows where my office is at Vanderbilt and can drop by to pick things up whether I am there or not.</p>