<p>Dear you,</p>
<p>May I ask you whether you went to Vandy Black and Gold Days or not ?</p>
<p>Have you ever asked to sign in with blue sheet or blue card? Vandy asked my daughter to visit, however, she even did not get anything to sign in. They only gave her one package for this school information. It made me feel uncomfortable. If somebody on this Forum went to there, please share your comments here and tell us what happen? My daughter wants to go Vandy really bad. I really do not want to hurt her feelings. If Vandy is not interested her, then, do not send a lot of information and induce her to apply it. it brought us to visit Vandy for several times. We are not rich to paid for this back and forth game. </p>
<p>Who can tell me what happen?</p>
<p>One mom</p>
<p>My daughter is a 2009 Vanderbilt graduate. Black and Gold Days are open houses for high school students and their families; 4 or 5 were offered this past semester. It’s a half-day program that consists of an information session, walking tour, panel discussion, and activities fair. </p>
<p>When you say that Vanderbilt asked your daughter to visit, do you mean that she received a personalized invitation, or a generic mailing about this program? Are you saying that you and your daughter were invited to attend the event several times (“it brought us to visit Vandy for several times”), or that you actually visited several times? If your daughter visited and is concerned because she was not able to sign in, she can email the Vandy admissions department and make sure they know she enjoyed attending their program.
All colleges use mailings to “induce” students to apply. This does not mean that the college has decided to recruit specific students because the college is especially interested in them, or has decided in advance to admit these students. You do not need to invest money in visiting colleges before your daughter is accepted.</p>
<p>Can your daughter’s guidance counselor help her formulate a college search plan? The counselor should be familiar with college marketing.</p>
<p>She wants to go but her ACT grade is around 30. She loves Vandy and always put it at No1 choice. </p>
<p>The first time was we visited by ourself. We visited several colleges. This time is Vandy’s counselor in my area sent message and asked her to visit.</p>
<p>So far, my D has not gotten any e-mail or thanks notes from Vandy yet. I know, she is sensitive. I can feel a little bit she will get “rejection”. I just do not want to hurt her feelings. You know, undergrad education is a common knowledge. My D loves Vandy campus and Nashville. Plus, Vandy has good programs for her to study. It is not too far for us to visit her. That is a big thing. Before she visited B&G Days, they did send a lot of materials to her. Right now, I can feel her six sense of Vandy rejection. </p>
<p>She does not want to talk about it. I do not know what happened. I did not go but my Hub went to with my D. Whatever she told me was : I love it, I love it. I got motivation to work hard. … </p>
<p>Anyway, anybody can put your comments and opinions here, that would be wonderful for my D. She loves Vandy so much and I can not help her. I just worry that one day Vandy rejects her, how much hurt she would get.</p>
<p>Thanks for your comments</p>
<p>Cornellmom,</p>
<p>I would not worry about the fact that your D hasn’t received a thank you from Vandy for attending Black and Gold days. My D went to PreVu last summer and I don’t remember her receiving any sort of thank you and if she did it was way after the fact. If your daughter just went this week then it would be too soon too hear something anyway. When we went my daughter received the typical informational packet that is received at college visits. It covered everything including financial aid. The only additional thing that she received was a t-shirt from the bookstore. I’m not sure what more you were hoping for her to receive. I’m sure she received the same information, etc as everyone else so don’t worry about that.</p>
<p>I have no idea what you mean by the “blue sheet” or “blue card”. When we went they had students at tables that took our names and gave name tags and checked my D’s name off. Vanderbilt will continue to send mailings to you but so will a lot of other schools. Receiving the mail doesn’t guarantee admission to any school because these schools have no idea at this point in time what their applicant pool will be.</p>
<p>I don’t know if “around a 30” means a 30 or slightly under or slightly over. I would recommend that she retake the ACT to try to get her score as high as she can. However, a high score isn’t going to guarantee admission but it isn’t going to hurt. </p>
<p>Please make sure that she has some good back up schools and not to get her heart set on one school. I know that is easier said than done but it would be wise just in case things don’t work out for her. I wish your daughter the best of luck!</p>
<p>ACT 30</p>
<p>I wish somebody will share some experience with me. Right now, my D even does not apply and look for any scholarships. I do not have a lot of education in US. I really can not help her. Who can give me some hint what I should do as a mom?</p>
<p>My advice to you is to educate yourself as much as possible on the college search process. CC is a great start. I don’t post much but I have received so much valuable information by reading various college confidential forums. Get to know what you can about the schools she is interested in. Vanderbilt has an excellent admissions blog [The</a> Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University](<a href=“http://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/]The”>The Vandy Admissions Blog | Vanderbilt University) You can go back through that to get an idea of their process. I found it so helpful throughout the application process for my D. Maybe you can find something similar for other schools she is interested in. </p>
<p>As far as the scholarships go, I wouldn’t worry about her not applying yet. There may not even be very many that are available at this point in time for a junior. She will be needing teacher recommendations for scholarships and for college apps. She should be lining those up right now. My daughter had a teacher that she had wanted to do a rec letter for her and he announced to his class in the middle of May last year that he couldn’t take anymore requests. I had never even thought that she would need to ask for it so early. For scholarships she should check with her guidance office at school. They should have lists for the kids to check and may even post them online. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Dear Funningmom,</p>
<p>I sent one private E-mail to you. Would you please to read it?
Thanks</p>