Lord have mercy.
I was just thinking of the name of the student from California in about 2004 when this board was on a different primitive format and my eldest was applying to Vandy along with a grand total of 11,000 students that next year. Oh yeah. times have changed~!
His name on here was Evil Robot. His problem was whether or not to attend Yale (where he was getting some modest sum of need aid) or to take the full tuition of the Cornelius Vanderbilt. Back when Vandy was much less selective than Yale. Less prestigious than it is today nationally.
And not that many Californians wanted to come to Vanderbilt…unlike today. He came to Vandy. Then he was hired by Google. Immediately. Oh…he stayed at Vandy five years total and did a masters in engineering somehow and interned at Google before they made him a real job offer.
We all loved Evil Robot. Such a sweet guy. Did what was best for his family’s welfare. Didn’t hurt him a bit. He had a great time at Vandy. He appeared here on CC once or twice after his career was jumpstarted in Silicon Valley.
Evil Robot, where are you?