<p>I'm new to this site, but am not new to Vanderbilt - I'm currently a junior and have loved it every second I have been here. Just a little bit about me, I'm originally from MA, am fairly liberal, and chose Vandy over a bunch of other schools (I had no idea where I wanted to go, ended up applying to 16), that include Penn, Rice, Miami, Wake, and BC. </p>
<p>Feel free to ask me any questions about, preferbly by PM and I'll be glad to get back to you.</p>
<p>Regardless of what schools you end up looking at, the best piece of advice I can give anyone is to do an overnight at your top 2-3 schools - it definitely gives you an honest perspective, and that's how I made my decision.</p>
<p>Vandy has a great economics program that is headed up by a guy named Buckles, who worked for President Reagan and was largely responsible for the economic moves that Reagan made. He actually wrote the textbook that is used. He knows his stuff and will provide you with a great foundation if you want to go into business. </p>
<p>Also, Vandy offers several management minors.</p>
<p>Wannagotocollege - You are correct, there is no "business" major per say. However, there is a great program, HOD, which is an interdisciplinary major and Vandy's most popular major. It combines courses from business, psych, econ, sociology, and likewise courses and is great for someone who wants to leave their options open. A lot of HOD grads go on to b-school or law school, other graduate programs, or enter the workforce in corporate and non-profit sectors. Many top consulting firms also recruit HOD kids from Vanderbilt, since it is a unique major.</p>
<p>I came into Vandy undecided (A&S) and have since decided to major in HOD, but I still take classes in A&S as well and am doing a minor in Managerial Studies, which is another good option for business-minded individuals.</p>
<p>I hear that within the next year or two, Managerial Studies will become a new A&S major, as well.</p>
<p>Thanks - What does HOD stand for ? (Human and Organiztional Development perhaps). In any event can you send me an online link to a description of that major? I was unable to locate. Also if that is what I decide; can I apply to A&S and can I declare HOD as my major</p>
<p>Pasch - Thanks so much for the link on HOD.</p>
<p>How does this program within Peabody compare in rigor of admission to College of Arts and Sciences. How easy is it to trnsafer between the two schools?</p>
<p>Hi, hate to jump in...but when I went on my college tour they said that it is extremely easy to transfer between the two.... or to take classes/major at both</p>
<p>yeah, you can take classes in different schools. However, if the class is popular and the spots are filled, the spots go to the people who are enrolled in that major first. You get the second spots if there are any.</p>
<p>Sorry it's taken me a while to respond to your questions, I wasn't able to get on this site for some reason. Anyway, as a lot of ppl mentioned, it is extremely easy to TRANSFER between A&S/Peabody, but it is more difficult to sign up for classes in a major outside of your own (does not apply to freshman year really).</p>
<p>I applied to A&S and then transferred over after freshman year (but took an HOD intro course spring semester of freshman year). My best advice would be to go in undecided because it's easiest to transfer in that case, rather than to transfer out of a major.</p>
<p>MY LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT VANDERBILT (in response to that question): for me, its honestly the few* people here that manage to uphold the stereotype that permeates Vanderbilt. Don't buy into it, because it's certainly not mainstream, but there are a select few that do a nice job of living up to the vandy stereotype. </p>
<p>Aside from that, parking on campus isnt great, but its manageable. You would never be in a situation where you cant find a space, but you'll be lucky on a normal day to find a space in the lot most convenient for you.</p>
<p>It's easiest for me to receive questions via EMAIL or PM, but I don't mind checking on here every few days, btw.</p>
<p>To all of you that applied ED, GOOD LUCK!!!</p>
<p>Question- I am considering applying edII to vanderbilt, but I have yet to see the school and may be flying out within the next week to look at it. I have looked at the curriculum, majors, talked to a friend extensively about the school (he did a summer program there) and have even watched a movie on the school, all of which make me more anxious to see, and apply to the school. Getting to the question part.... if I were to come within the next business week, dec 18-23, do you know if there would be any tours or info sessions? Possibly even someone to speak to (admissions person)?</p>
<p>I was wondering if you know anything about the engineering side to Vandy? I have visited campus and toured around with a bme student, and i was wondering if you (or anyone of you) know much about the engineering side...also, this may sound funny, but how is the campus dining? I had dinner at the Mellow Mushroom one night (probably one of the best pizzas I've ever had) and was wondering about the other dining places and the campus dining...?</p>
<p>Shananigans- call the admissions office to set up a tour. The only downside is that there won't be any students around, as we're all on break.</p>
<p>jrock- I can't really tell you much about engineering, but the food is really good on campus. Some of my friends on other campuses eat out like every night because the food is so bad, but Vandy has plenty of different options, and the main dining hall, Rand, is good too. Your card also allows you to eat at Chili's, Bread&Co, Wendy's, Papa John's, and other local restaurants.</p>
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<p>yeah, I'm an engineer. what do you want to know?</p>
<p>Thanks for replying. I was wondering what the courseload is like as an engineering student? Are you bme? do you have time in your schedule to take other courses other than those required for engineering? English-credit wise, how many did you take?</p>
<p>Well, I came in bme like many other people. Then I decided that I didn't like bme freshman year (They have these really cool modules in engineering that you do stuff in the major first semester to let students see whether he or she wants to pursue that major; I changed after doing the ChE one.)<br>
Vanderbilt will tell you that the normal course load is 14-18. That's a big range. Not to mention that that is the low and high of the credit range. I typically take 17-18 to "get my monies worth." A lot of people take 14-16. That comes out to about 4-5 classes with or without labs. It's definitely manageable. </p>
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<p>yes, that's what so great about vanderbilt. you get to take great a&s classes as an engineer. Actually, you sort of have to. I haven't taken any English related credit classes and I probably won't.</p>
<p>did you take AP/IB courses in high school? if so, which ones and how did getting 4/5's on the AP or the comparable in IB help with/affect credits and what classes you have to and chose to take?</p>
<p>yes, the only ones that helped me as far as shaving off credits that I have to take were English and Calc. Ok, so for engineering, the department takes AP credits. so if you did well on say english (4/5) you don't have to take 6 hrs of humanities (engineers have to take 18 total (9 humanites, 9 social science)). For calc, you can get out of 155a with a 4/5 on AB or get out of 155a and 155b with a 4/5 on BC exam. </p>
<p>I took chem, cal, spanish, english, us history.</p>