What is Vanderbilt?
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A prestigious university in Nashville, Tennessee, that boasts the greatest party scene of any Top 20 school. The girls here are hot; the guys here are lucky; the frats and sororities have their own little worlds that you can choose to be a part of or not. The Greek system is prominent at Vanderbilt, but only about 40% of the students are actually Greek, so you can have a great social life without being Greek. The professors are amazing; the campus is beautiful; Nashville's a fun town. Vanderbilt is the perfect university because of its relatively small size (6,000 undergrads, 5,000 grad students) and wide selection of majors. This is the greatest place on Earth and can only be described with one word: Heaven.
If you get accepted to Vanderbilt University, you're set for life.
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Considered the "Harvard of the South." Ranked 18th in the nation. A highly selective university. Average SAT scores range from 1200-1600. Nationally, the average SAT score is 1000. Additionally, the students are not only intelligent, but notorious for their good looks and monetary wealth (a fair portion, that is). Students are erudite, assiduous, fun-loving, and witty. The school is very tough academically. Students are strong verbally and have exceptional vocabulary. Actually, the students are all good at pretty much everything. Hence, the reason it is 18th in the U.S. The campus is 300+ acres and beautiful. Not too large a student body and not too small, either. It is essentially, a perfect school. Congratulations if you've been accepted.
Student 1: Veronica, where are you going to college?
Veronica (me): I'm going to Vanderbilt University.
Student 1: Wow...impressive. That's a very good school. It's gonna be hard, you know?
Veronica (me): Yeah...I think I'll manage, though. *grin*
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That university in Nashville Tennessee. Where everyone wears polo shirts with the collars popped, guys have seersucker shorts and flip flops and girls miniskirts and Ugg boots or flip flops. Where the frats and sororities reign supreme. Where drunkeness is expected. Where your social status as a freshman is determined by whether you live in Branscomb or Kissam. Where there are more rival fans than Vandy fans at football games. Where everyone is too rich and spoiled to give a crap about the world.
Vanderbilt is tres prep.
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1. The only college in U.S. News’s top 20 to get either an A+, A, or A- in College Prowler’s girls rankings
2. One of the only universities to get an A+ for girls from College Prowler
Person 1: Dude, I'm going to Vanderbilt!
Person 2: Yeah, that's like a top 20 school, right?
Person 1: Yep - and unlike the other schools in the top 20, the girls actually look like girls!
Person 2: No way!
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"The girls here are smart, and some of the most unbelievably beautiful and fashionable around. The guys reap the benefits. The fraternity and sorority scene rules and it is not uncommon for girls to drop out of school when they don't get into their top-choice sorority freshman year. Money oozes out of the student body (for the 2nd most expensive school in the country, what did you expect?)...so, we take shots before going out, but they are always Grey Goose and we use Peach Stoli to make screwdrivers. Pre-partying at some of the most posh and expensive bars around town is commonplace...getting obliterated at Boundary or P.F. Chang's ($8-&15 drinks) before going downtown on a Thursday is routine. Football games(although our team is perpetually awful) are formal affairs: guys wear ties and jackets, girls wear cocktail dresses and there is a tailgate at almost every frat house. Everyone is obliterated and dressed-to-impress...football games are a 'see and be seen' affair. Frat parties are unbelievable, they go entirely overboard on their themes: filling their entire house with sand and adding waterfalls off their porches for 'Tiki Parties.' hiring Vanilla Ice to come play for a Saturday night party, and having formals at New Orleans, Destin, The work-hard, party-hard attitude is prevalent and there is substantial pressure to predominate at both." All of this, plus a top-20 school, can you say "work hard, play hard."
If you want to attend a top-notch school, but also enjoy an amazing social life, then Vanderbilt is the only place for you.
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The 18th ranked University in the country, according to US News and World Report. Vandy also seems a bit preppy at first, but is really what you make of it. You don't have to wear polo shirts. You dont have to get the finest blonde women either. Usually the two go hand in hand. So, if your smart, you should come to Vandy, because the majority of those who slander it are probably just jealous because they were waitlisted or rejected, or just never applied because they weren't good enough. If your preppy and smart, congratulations, you will find the most attractive blonde women in all of the US, who just want you for your money, polo shirts and AVs. If your a middle class liberal New Yorker like me, bring your girlfriend from home!
Will: Are you going out tonight at Vanderbilt to drink, wear a polo shirt and pick up blondes with syphilis?
Matt: Eh, I think I'll get drunk tonight with my high school girlfriend and have sex with her instead. Then in 5 years I'll make more money than all of my friends.
Will: That sounds almost as good as never worrying about money at all!
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The Harvard of the South, where all cool rich southern people go. Preppy, fratty, perfect.
If you're going to pledge ZBT, just go to a state school,
Vanderbilt is much to preppy for that.
