lgellar

The original question asked how Vanderbilt stacks up against the Ivies and I think it's safe to say that the social scene is a lot better at Vanderbilt than those other schools.

Another important thing to realize is the Southern mystique. Sometimes I feel like Ivies such as Dartmouth, Brown, and Penn get lost in the mix because there's just so many schools in the Northeast and some of them do sound like other, less impressive schools. On the other hand, I think most educated people will regard Vanderbilt as the strongest institution located in the real South.