<p>I was recently admitted, and Vandy is definitely one of my top choices (their aid makes them even more of a top choice haha).
Obviously to get into Vanderbilt, all the students are smart and have great capacity. But my question is: is Vanderbilt the kind of school where, wherever you go, it is common to see people are discussing new things they've learned, or sharing different ideas just for the fun of it, and the like?
To put it another way, as an example I was given while visiting another college, it is not uncommon for students at this other college to be discussing the flight patterns of bees, or Aristotle's poetics until 2 in the morning. Does this kind of thing happen at Vandy?</p>
<p>And also, how difficult are the classes? Or does it depend on what you decide to take? </p>
<p>It’s a school full of smart kids. I mean it’s not like walking around Athens circa 400BCE but people are intelligent and it’s very apparent in the way they talk. </p>
<p>However, people don’t talk about Aristotle’s poetics until 2 in the morning. That’s a bit of a romantic way of looking at how intelligent people interact and it’s just not the case.</p>
<p>How difficult classes are is mostly dependent on the class/professor. Some classes are hard and unavoidable, particularly intro classes. Some are incredibly simple. Some have heavy work loads and some have really light ones.</p>
<p>CesVar, sounds like the Grinnell brochures! I am sure you can find people who are interested in the same things that interest you. However, I would not consider Vandy as being “typically” as you describe. There are all sorts of students with all kinds of interests.</p>
<p>The college I was referring to is Carleton, so Grinnell was a close guess haha</p>
<p>Thanks for the answers though On paper, Vandy seems like just as good of a fit as Carleton when I visited, but I’m hoping O can visit Vandy next month so I’ll see. Thanks again though</p>
On paper, Vandy seems like just as good of a fit as Carleton when I visited, but I’m hoping O can visit Vandy next month so I’ll see. Thanks again though</p>