<p>Ok so I just visited and stuff. Students aren’t really on campus yet so I couldn’t get a good ideas, so I have a few questions about student life that I couldn’t really gather.</p>
<li>The campus is really isolated, which is kind of cool, but my guide said that no one really leaves campus… is there fun stuff to do on the weekends on campus? What do people do?</li>
<li>How’s the food?</li>
<li>How are the students? Most people I’ve talkedto that went to Vandy LOVE(D) it but one or two have told me that it’s full of spoiled, annoying kids. I know there are annoying kids at all colleges…but is this exceptionally annoying at Vandy?</li>
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<p>Thanks, I appreciate any opinions!</p>
<p>I’m surprised that you’d describe the campus as isolated - it’s in the middle of a busy, upscale section of the city, with shops, restaurants, and hotels all around. There’s a very busy hospital smack dab in the middle of campus, and lots of traffic. Did you mean the campus seemed deserted without students there? That will certainly change when everyone arrives. According to my daughter, there’s plenty to do on and off campus. The only limitations are your budget and your workload.</p>
<p>My d thinks the food is pretty good, with several options on campus (which describes most colleges today). However, she does tire of it at times and goes through several gift cards at Panera every semester.</p>
<p>I hope some students will respond to your last question. No place is full of spoiled, annoying people unless that’s what you want to find there. Yes, there are some spoiled, annoying kids at Vandy - and at every other school, too.</p>
<p>real quick: the campus is physically isolated. it’s in the middle of a city but is fenced off and what not, has a huge amount of acreage, and is just as scenic as it gets (if you’ve ever been to one of the main parks in london, i kind of equate it to that). in terms of integration into the city, it’s not isolated at all. a lot of students go downtown (meaning right outside their door pretty much) on nights and weekends while others go to parties on frat row or just around school. students that get accepted to the non-partying top schools choose vanderbilt because of the fact that work hard play hard is a living motto. </p>
<p>food is good. if you haven’t heard of the commons, might want to look into that. a completely new dining facility has been built along with that $150MM project…making the food better than good.</p>
<p>i’ve visited so many times and for the most part hung out with people i knew but felt comfortable with absolutely everyone. there are so many different types of people running around that absolutely any stereotype you hear will be way off the mark.</p>
<p>“No place is full of spoiled, annoying people unless that’s what you want to find there. Yes, there are some spoiled, annoying kids at Vandy - and at every other school, too.”</p>
<p>a) yes, if you look for something, you’ll find it.
b) while there are in fact a larger contingent of students that have boarding and prep school backgrounds than say, at a place like minnetota community college, VERY few people are arrogant in any way shape or form.</p>
<p>and yes, pretty much everyone loves it.</p>
<p>ok thanks, thats what i was thinking and also hoping…
can you still party if you’re underage, or what is there to do? that’s what I don’t see because the student tour guide I had said he didn’t leave campus a lot, so if you don’t go around town and stuff for fun, what is there to do?
I am sure there are lots of things, and Vanderbilt is attractive to me because of its “work hard play hard” reputation. I want to go to a good school without being a huge hermit or something…</p>
<p>frat parties are non-exclusive. all you need to get in is your student id card at which point the debauchery begins (just to clarify, i actually was asking about this…every single person i ran into whether they drank or not noted that nobody will ever feel compelled to drink). obviously there are plenty of alternatives to frat parties if you just want to go out and have fun or go out and drink or whatever. it’s college and everyone from the former chancellor who went to frat parties at 2am to the vanderbilt police knows that. odds are your tour guide wasn’t a big fan of drinking and/or partying which isn’t a problem whatsoever but i wouldn’t judge the school (either positively or negatively) based on one person. the school has so much going for it the fact that students happen to be able to party their assess off while solving cancer should be a plus but don’t give that too much priority…you’ll be able to have a good time regardless of where you go.</p>