Vanderbilt and on campus housing

Parent Cafe
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<p>I just found out that my son made it past round 1 in the internship selections at Vanderbilt. After doublechecking the web site I was reminded that this internship does not provide housing and that interns must make their own supervised housing arrangements.</p>

<p>I have an old friend who lives in Nashville that I was hoping Rob could rent a room from if accepted to this internship. But after searching Facebook I see that my friend is having a midlife crisis and enjoying the single life again. I don’t think he would be the best influence on my son so I’m now wondering what I would do for living arrangements.</p>

<p>Is dorm housing a scarcity at Vanderbilt? That would be the ideal set up. It is not offered as an option at the summer science web site. He is still a minor at 17 so maybe the sponsoring department does not want to be responsible for minors.</p>

<p>Has anyone faced this problem of making living arrangements in Nashville?</p>

<p>Diana</p>

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<p>I failed to mention that my son is a high school junior and will begin his senior year after completing the 6 weeks of summer research at Vanderbilt (if he gets accepted.)</p>

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<p>You should post this in the Vandi section, there might be some student is willing to sublet you their quarter for the summer.</p>

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<p>I suggest calling the program office and asking them for suggestions. My D had a tough time finding a sublet a couple summers ago, because no one seemed to want undergrads … it would be tougher for a high school student. The program office may have some ideas.</p>

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<p>I can’t imagine that the program doesn’t offer dorm housing or suggest options for a high school student. Perhaps you get more info when he definitely gets the internship.</p>

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<p>^As a high school student myself, I’ve applied to multiple internships that don’t offer housing. I second posting in the Vandy forum if he gets it.</p>