@welphereigo : I’ve never heard of gdI (what is that?). Also, My guess is that most people are comfortable (much more than comfortable) with how Vanderbilt is now and also, the issues you cite may become less of a problem as Vanderbilt diversifies ethnically. Sounds like it is having growing pains so to speak. Other schools diversified more quickly when they became selective and Vanderbilt is doing so more slowly so the growing pains phase is kind of surfacing now…but it doesn’t seem to affect that many students as you can’t be constantly claiming in surveys that they are so happy with the experience.
I suppose it depends on what you’re looking for. If one wants more of an emphasis on multi-culturalism but with the sense of school pride/spirit Vanderbilt has, then you’d generally be more interested in places like NU, Duke, Cornell, USC, and top publics like Berkeley or UCLA, and maybe many other Ivies (I’m trying to stick to places with engineering though and places with the more “rah rah” feel. Seems most Ivies have much less of that despite being D-1 and are more intellectual and put time into other non-sports or Greek related traditions).