<p>hey, guys, why vandy is so expensive. it costs me $48,000 a year. i am not complaining about it. i just want to know why? like if the professor is really good? the accomdation is awesome? or some technology in that school is really expensive?</p>
<p>anyone knows?</p>
<p>The toilets are made out of gold.</p>
<p>They professors’ offices are carpeted in angora wool.</p>
<p>Basically, the students from rich families (those that can unload $50,000 in COA a year and not break a sweat) subsidize the students from not-so-rich families (the ones getting need-based financial aid).</p>
<p>The financial aid at Vanderbilt was the best I’ve seen so far. I had a fafsa EFC of $875, and Vanderbilt only asked my parents for $1000 and gave me about $2500 in loans, which I still won’t have to pay because of outside scholarships :). So yes, I think the money must go to subsidize not-so-rich families.</p>
<p>Their dorms are godly</p>
<p>I stayed at Vanderbilt for two nights a week ago, and the dorms were certainly not godly. Small, dark, and dank come to mind.</p>
<p>Maybe I stayed in the wrong one?</p>
<p>small dark and dank? which building were you in?</p>
<p>I stayed in a single in Dyer Hall of Kissam Quad. My host’s room was kinda messy, so that might have had something to do with the small part. I guess it was OK, but not under any circumstances was it godly.</p>
<p>Hahaha, well, Kissam basically looks like bunkers. That’s why you want Branscomb or Barnard/Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Kissam Quad is basically the oldest and dumpiest housing on campus. Not saying I didn’t have a great time when I was living there though :). It’s all what you make of it…</p>
<p>Speaking of which, it’s a common theme among Vanderbilt students to wonder where our tuition/housing money is actually going. Nowhere useful, for sure :).</p>
<p>Dean McIntire’s fast cars, I was given to understand at scholarship weekend.</p>
<p>As to where the money is going, I’d like to point you to the “Was Vandy generous with fin aid to you?” thread. Vanderbilt meets all of it’s students’ need, often with the vast majority of the money being grants, not loans. Also, I think it would be interesting to note that tuition, room, and board only counts as 9% - that’s right - nine percent of Vanderbilt’s total revenue while accounting for 15% of expenditures. So, although the tuition may seem like a lot, Vandy is still eating a significant portion of the cost of educating all of us.</p>
<p>My host told me Kissam Quad is going to be razed and replaced in a few years anyway, so I guess the housing is only going to get better!</p>
<p>yea the new dorm is supposed to open in 2008</p>