| frazzled,
I admit that my experience is dated, but I do have a sense that Vandy kids have a certain sense of entitlement. While in college at Sewanee, I was a kid blessed to go (because of a scholarship) to a summer program at Oxford that involved kids from Sewanee, Rhodes, and Vanderbilt. The kids from Vandy were aloof and distant from the rest of us in a way that left a lasting impression on me. Then a year later, I went to George Peabody College for a Masters degree; Vandy absorbed Peabody the next year, and for $1500 I could have had my degree from Vandy instead of Peabody. It was not just because I didn't have the spare change than I decided not to go that route. Just didn't want to get the degree from Vanderbilt. I might have been stubborn, (yes, it is likely) but I was struck again and again that the students at Vandy seemed cool and aloof. Sounds like perhaps not a lot has changed. My niece went to UVa, though, and she, a very down to earth person, absolutely loved it! |