Vanderbilt undergrad, graduating with 40k debt : worth it?

happymomof1
Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:47:53 +0000

As for whether or not you can handle Vanderbilt: The admissions office staff doesn’t get paid to make admissions mistakes. If they think you can do the work, you can. The adaptation period might be a bigger challenge there than at KU, but know that you are fully capable of handling it. That is the least of your concerns.

The distance may be a much bigger issue. Nine hours by car, am I correct? That is almost certainly farther than your parents would want you to drive solo, so that means two round trips for one of them at every major holiday or break, unless you can get another kind of transportation for at least part of the way. If you are close enough to Kansas City to fly in and out of there, you might be able to cut down on the total travel time, and at least your folks wouldn’t have to do so much driving.