<p>what would you guys say that Vandy's peer schools are? I say Rice, Emory, Notre Dame.</p>
<p>That's about right. Add schools like Georgetown and Northwestern.</p>
<p>There is considerable overlap with applications to Washington Univ St. Louis, especially from students from the midwest/southern midwest.</p>
<p>The schools are similar size, both have a lot of premeds, include engineering schools, both are urban, both are top20 and both offer merit scholarships.</p>
<p>WashU really? I would have said UVA over WashU.</p>
<p>Well, Tex, I don't know anything about UVA. But I do know quite a few students who applied to both Wash U and Vanderbilt, because in some respects they are similar, and that is why I suggested they may be viewed by some as "peer schools".</p>
<h2>Schools like Rice and Notre Dame are probably Vanderbilt's closest academic peers.</h2>
<p>However, in terms of "typical student" -- I'd say Duke, Princeton, Dartmouth, Georgetown, Wake Forest, University of Southern California, Middlebury, Colgate, UVA, UNC, and Boston College.
[Some of these are reaches; some are safeties but they all tend to attract socially balanced kids similiar to Vanderbilt]</p>
<p>Duke, Gtown, UVa, Emory come to mind...</p>
<p>There are none!</p>
<p>Georgetown, Notre Dame, William & Mary, Emory would be similar in size, students, and environment.</p>