Vanderbilt for International Students?

charlipearl
Tue, 08 May 2018 15:50:33 +0000

Hi Everyone.
My teacher recommended Vanderbilt as a college I should apply to, and it has been a college that has interested me for a long time. I really love a lot of things about it. However, from what I have heard from others and also from what I have seen on the Internet, some possible issues that may arise from Vanderbilt is the lack of international student integration and highly conservative values.
As a minority student, I am afraid that people will be reluctant to interact with me. While I have seen some forums say that there is nothing of the sort and how “my son/daughter has a friend from Africa/Asia/Latin America that is not true”, I have also seen many posts that claim that there is both self-segregation and a wariness (probably unconscious) on the part of local Vandy students to interact with international or minority students.
I have also seen posts on the internet and even on the Vanderbilt site where students claim that they have a hard time adjusting to Vanderbilt.
Moreover, I know that Greek life is a big part of campus, yet pretty much all of the people in photos of Greek life appear to be white. If I am interested in participating in that, will my likelihood of getting in a sorority I want be diminished?
And will I be able to still have a good experience at Vanderbilt and make friends with a variety of people?

Here is one forum that mentions some of these http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vanderbilt-university/1786771-my-vanderbilt-experience-advice-for-incoming-freshmen.html