Vanderbilt Life for an Indian Male

LHSCary
Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:14:47 +0000

I would agree with Pancaked^^ much of the segregation seems to be “self-segregation.” Last year as a freshman my D was assigned a roommate by the school whose parents had been born in China but we are not Asian. The roommate did have several friends who are Asian but her boyfriend is not and she did not exclusively associate with Asians. My daughter’s chosen group of friends include girls who are African American, Indian, Cuban American and “southern” ;-)
And IF you should go to Vanderbilt and IF you should get a roommate that doesn’t suit, it appeared there were lots and lots of girls that my daughter knew who switched roommates during first semester; I was surprised how accommodating the housing office was being.
Regarding your question about playing a guitar–many of the dorms have separate music practice rooms so if you really were driving your roommate crazy you could go to one of those rooms I suppose.