@123Mom123 - I do think most Vanderbilt students live on campus all four years and I was looking forward to that for my son. He loved the residential college system and the Commons area for freshmen (10 freshman dorms all together) is fantastic. Unfortunately, due to de-densifying the dorms this year because of Covid, he decided to live off campus this year. Hopefully he’ll be back on next year. He did go to an accepted students day in April of senior year and we were very impressed will all aspects of the school, including the location in Nashville.
With regard to Greek life, I think 40% of males at Vandy are involved. My S was very happy to pledge a fraternity where he felt great about the character of its members, but made it through pledging (they rush casually in the fall and pledging starts in Jan.) and then everything shut down. So he missed out on most of the events he was looking forward to in spring. Over the summer, there was much controversy and discussion (mostly through social media) about Greek life, with many Greek and non-Greek students and alums calling for abolishing Greek life on campus, due to the history of exclusion, unfair advantages gained by Greek students etc. S was involved in many zoom meetings and discussion listening to those who felt they were hurt by there being Greek life on campus. There was much debate about if/how Greek life could be reformed to be more inclusive to minority or lower SES students, with many believing getting rid of the whole system was the only option. It seems like it was an important issue to address, with a lot of healthy debate, and I think my S benefited from being involved. I don’t know where things stand at this point because coronavirus has limited any Greek activities that would have taken place this fall.
S hasn’t had much involvement with career services yet because it is the start of sophomore year for him. However, he has been applying for internships and clubs on campus as well as rushing a business fraternity. I get the impression that he has access to and information about a number of career related opportunities. I have heard good things about career services.