Vandy in the next rankings

midmo
Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:28:30 +0000

JohnC, my son was born in New England, spent part of childhood there, then we moved to the midwest and lived there until he started at Vanderbilt. We aren’t southerners, and he didn’t choose Vanderbilt because it is a southern school, but because it had the best combination of many factors he wanted in undergraduate school. It may well be that many of the things he likes about Vanderbilt are due to its southern feel, but that isn’t everything he likes about it.

One thing he does not like about the south in general is high summer heat and humidity, but even that has not prevented him from staying on in Nashville over the coming summer to do research with a professor.

Based on my son’s experiences, and those of the many non-southerners he is friends with, you will find Vanderbilt to be a friendly, welcoming place that also offers top academics and a lot of activities from which to choose.