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<p>Did you just type "LMAO"? What are you, twelve years old? It's not just this particular comment; I haven't been on this forum long, but I've seen your username around and you've made your fair share of anti-Vanderbilt comments (I could go through your posts and point them out to you, but, hey, not everyone has the time to make 6342 posts -- whoops, I mean, the time to point out something so trivial). </p>

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<p>You didn't know that this thread was about Vanderbilt even though it was posted in the Vanderbilt forum?</p>

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<p>Nice ad hominems. I don't really care what you think of me. Your reply makes it obvious that you have no ground to stand on. Had you any, you would have refuted one of my statements, but sadly, you have nothing to say. Good job. Hopefully they'll teach you how to debate at Vanderbilt. ;)</p>

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<p>Perhaps they'll teach critical reading at Vanderbilt as well. As I said, I was scrolling through the "latest posts" section, which encompasses the latest posts on the entire website, regardless of forum. Naturally, one can see a title (on the left) and find interest without glancing to the right to find out what the forum is. </p>

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<p>Or perhaps, instead of giving an excuse, you could find one anti-Vanderbilt comment from myself. Oh, I'm sure you'll scroll back through this thread and grab my quote about Emory and Vandy being comparable - the one you so hopelessly latched onto when you first attacked my character. To you, I've committed the cardinal sin. Hopefully you'll realize that one's school doesn't get better by spending time in a forum bashing its peers.</p>

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<p>brand_182, you should practice what you preach. Skimming through your posts you seem to get very offended when people refer to Vandy as the "Harvard of the South". And when you troll for WashU (did you go there?) you get offended when people consider Vanderbilt the better school. I don't have time to search through all your posts -- but on a Vassar/Vandy thread you say "Vandy is a great school, but it's not as amazing as a lot of people are making it out to be". Many of your other comments about Vanderbilt are similarly vague making it seem like you have never visited/researched the school. Your comments would carry more weight if you elaborated on your specific experiences with Vandy.</p>

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<p>Case in point: Vandy is a great school, but all of the pro-Vandy people on this thread, for instance, say Vandy is far better than Emory and in another thread people are saying Vandy is going to pass Duke up soon. That's what I'm talking about.</p>

<p>I've never been offended by the "Harvard of the South" remark. I just said that there are other schools that deserve that title. All of this is beside the point, however, as I've never spoken negatively about Vanderbilt. Even in the instances you noted, Vandy was being compared to other schools. In that thread, practically everyone was saying "Vandy is clearly the best school," so I felt it necessary to stand up and inform everyone that Vassar is not some inferior school to Vandy but that they offer two different types of education and both are great. </p>

<p>I dunno when I've done WashU trolling, unless you mean defending that school. I was admitted but did not attend. </p>

<p>Typically, you're only going to see me pop up in a thread if there's a bunch of crap being thrown around - as in this one! I even made it easy: there were three statements that I disagreed that had no foundation. You can read them again, if you'd like, to see that I have nothing against Vanderbilt, but I do have something against people making false statements and I'm willing to argue with them.</p>

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<p>Emory hasn't "spiked in the ranks" any more than Vanderbilt.</p>

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i'll die if washu actually breaks into the top 10 </p>

<p>It certainly has the qualifications to do so, and has done so once. Might wanna buy that coffin.</p>

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<p>I wouldn't be so quick as to speak for the entire adminstration. Every top 20 university cares about their image, and that includes ranking.

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<p>this is the second time you've tried to discredit my quote about vanderbilt not caring about the rankings.<br>
the problem, however, is that the associate dean of the college of arts & sciences, Russ McIntire, said that at the open house for admitted students this april. He said something to the extent of vanderbilt being top-20, and it could be higher if they were concerned (e.g. emulate WashU and manipulate selectivity)</p>

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<p>TheWaffleIron, you don't know what you are saying though.</p>

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<p>That's great and all, but I'm not so sure I'd believe you regardless of who you quoted. To say that a top 20 school that's on the rise like Vanderbilt does not care about its ranking and image is naive, IMO.</p>

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<p>ok i phrased it wrong. i should clarify. basically, from listening to him and speaking with people on campus, i got the impression that rankings aren't a true priority for the administration, though they definetly still would take notice to Vanderbilt rising in the rankings this year (hypothetically speaking).</p>

<p>i just realized this isn't thread worth the trouble, so i'll just go ahead and say i was wrong, thereugo and brand_182 are right, so if u could challenge someone else's post now, I would be greatly appreciate it. Hell, i have a good friend whos going to Wesleyan, and I could set up a facebook meeting.</p>

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<p>Look, I'm not trying to insult you. We're just debating something that I find unlikely. Vanderbilt may truly not care about its ranking much, and if so that's fantastic, I just don't personally believe it, even if it comes from the mouth of the President. IMO, if a uni truly doesn't care about the rankings at this point, they'll stop submitting data to US News as that's slowly becoming more common.</p>

<p>I appreciate the thoughts if they weren't sarcasm, but I prefer not knowing anyone before I get there.</p>

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<p>chancellor gee has many a time noted his complete disdain for the ranking systems. vandy has many a time expressed heavy focus on continuing to improve undergraduate life from an already amazing experience to an ever better experience as opposed to funneling those resources into research (well...more research, let's not forget it is a premier research institution as well) and the manipulation of acceptance rates (<em>cough</em> don't even need to say it <em>cough</em>) (= higher rankings)...hence the multi-million dollar freshman commons project. actions speak louder than words. rankings are nearly irrelevant to vanderbilt.</p>

<p>every time i think about it, i just love vanderbilt more and more. work hard play hard. balance. ying yang.</p>

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<p>bumpity bump</p>

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<p>Both Emory and Vandy are very good schools and have great reputations. I would say that the majority of non-Southerners though would not be able to tell you WHERE Vandy is located, but may vaguely know that Emory's in Atlanta (or at the very least Georgia). However, Vanderbilt, it seems, has more of that wow-factor, than Emory. People seemed more impressed when I told them I was interviewing at Vanderbilt than Emory. BTW, i'm just talking strictly about reputation perceptions, nothing to do with ranking, etc.</p>