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to the OP, u started this thread to get other people's opnion's of vandy. why are you shooting down the opinions people give you?
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<p>well I have my own opinions too. I appreciate the opinions in here but I am not going to buy them all. Yes they(Rice Emory Vandy) all get lumped as equal for being southern private schools but if I were to insert an opinion it would be that Rice and Vandy are pretty much equal, with Rice being a notch above Vandy, and Vandy being a notch above Emory. By the attitudes of some of the people in here, you would think I stated that Emory was a horrible school. Thats not what I meant.</p>
<p>No... I do not like Emory or Vanderbilt. I would prefer to go to lesser-mentioned schools like UC Boulder or Berkeley or Naropa U before I would ever attend Vanderbilt. What I don't like about Vanderbilt is the student body. A few overachieving Ivy rejects and the shallow, un-intellectual, dominant Greek life.</p>
<p>I want to go to a school that offers great intellectual and academic opportunities, as well as a healthy social life; I do not want to go to a school with a bunch of insular academics. But when the social life is dominant, and the academics and intellectuality are sacrificed, that's even worse. Your argument is that "Vandy" offers a robust social life. Yes, it does, and for a particularly un-intellectual set in my opinion. More so than the academics, which seem to lack in result.</p>
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no, I consider Emory to be academically better than Vandy. If you want to compare sports or social scene we can look at the playboy ranking.
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<p>Really? Even though the stats are in favor of Vanderbilt? Again, where are you coming from with this?</p>
<p>and I got it. thanks. but it just reinstates my notion that Vandy is thrashed upon by many because they view the student body as such. So much to the point that it doesnt get its due and a school like Emory is viewed as academically better when all stats point otherwise.</p>
<p>I know Emory has more money and more research and it's harder to get into. I also think Atlanta is better than Nashville. Other than that they are about the same.</p>
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I know Emory has more money and more research and it's harder to get into. I also think Atlanta is better than Nashville. Other than that they are about the same.
<p>When it comes down to their respetive colleges, Vandy takes the prize. </p>
<p>Atlanta vs Nashville is a personal preference but I am not crazy about southern cities to begin with so its not like I am choosing between NY or LA.</p>
<p>Is there something wrong with that Blairt? Man, you belong at Reed or University of Oregon if you constantly bicker about the presense of a greek system at a private college.</p>
<p>I have heard that what blairt says is accurate. Many people who want to go to a top private don't want the state party school feel that Vandy might have.</p>
<p>thats fine not trans. If that is preferable to them then to each his own. but I cannot stand how some people bash Vandy because of the student body and deny that its an academically sound school. All I was hinting at was that Rice and Emory get more respect because they lack the big social scene that Vandy does.</p>
<p>Along with images of top firms recruiting the students, international guests giving lectures, prestigious degrees being awarded at commencement. C'mon Vandy has a frattish image but it also balances it out with superb academics. Even then I knew someone from University of Alabama where they have REAL frats and he visited Vandy for a football game. Basically he told me that Vanderbilt had a bunch of faux frats where nerds ran everything. Atleast to him Vandy frats seemed like a joke and excuse for otherwise nerds to shun their nerdiness through a big social scene.</p>
<p>Not trying to buy anything. But atleast now I do know what I have always suspected. And that is that Vandy's social scene and student body are a major turnoff to some people and the reason why it doesnt get the recognition it deserves.</p>
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Vanderbilt has a state school party feel
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<p>Vanderbilt "feels" nothing like a state school. The only state school with any similiarities to Vandy is University of Virginia. The park-like campus has a very historic feel and their are lots of traditions here. The social scene doesn't diminish the intellectual atmosphere of the campus. You will find beer pong/frat parties at lots of top schools --Duke, UPenn, Dartmouth, etc. It doesn't make the school any less prestigous.</p>
<p>Ruben, don't feed the trolls. Vanderbilt does very well with recruiting and thats really all that matters. Most people would consider schools with D-1 sports, pretty girls, and a good social scene as a positive.</p>
<p>I figured as much. I mean I have love for Emory but I knew I was feeding trolls when they kept insisting that it was above Vandebilt when stats prove otherwise. Not to pit the two against each other but regardless of whatever opinion of the social scene, Vandy is headed to a bigger stage.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt wins cross-admit battles when you look at Revealed Preference Data. Emory's admission department "tracks interest" when you apply in an attempt to improve their yield. Vanderbilt doesn't need to do any of that.</p>
<p>Academically, they each have their strengths and a choice should come down to personal fit.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt has lots of intellectuals and students who go on to do great things. The last Nobel Peace Prize was won by a Vanderbilt alumnus (Yunus).</p>