| I posted earlier about some of my own negative impressions of Vandy as a student in the early 80's. I would suggest one way to quantify the issues that might be most pertinent to FRAZZLED1.
You list your location as NY.
On my Freshman hall there was a fair amount of geographic diversity. However, after the first year, kids fom MI, OH, IN and three from South FL all transferred out. I don't think it was a problem with academics. I just don't think they liked the social scene. On the other hand, almost all of the guys from the South, particularly the deep South where I am from, ended up graduating. I know that most colleges publish their retention rate. However, in the case of Vanderbilt, an interesting question might be, "of the kids who do not graduate, what is the percentage of those not from the South?"
If you can get an answer to that question, you might have a better idea whether the non-Southern kids are happy there. |