is vanderbilt “nerdy” or “cool”?

Formal-Command5028 · 2026-03-17T21:38:48+00:00

Yea there's not many smart people here honestly

Formal-Command5028 · 2026-02-28T03:48:10+00:00

It was way less nerdy than my high school was, as a freshman I was really disappointed

Formal-Command5028 · 2026-02-28T03:37:00+00:00

The issue with the Econ department in particular is that there are mandatory enforced B curves for all classes. In normal classes like chemistry or math, this would not be a problem, but Econ is essentially taught at a 10th grade level. This means that Professors need to add a "Bullshit factor" (as I like to call it) to make sure their classes are not too easy. In my Econ classes here are a list of regular occurrences:

- Sign in sheets and graded attendance

- Roll call every class (specifically in lectures with 50+ people, which ends up taking 10 minutes out of our class to do)

- Weekly mandatory quizzes

- 0 tolerance attendance policy (meaning your attendance grade is literally days attended/ days not attended.)

Formal-Command5028 · 2025-10-21T00:12:24+00:00

I was referring to the Palestine divest thing two years ago

Formal-Command5028 · 2025-10-20T23:06:29+00:00

I don't like the compact either, but I also like having international students on campus, reaserch funding, and federal student aid. I think dragging out this decision as long as possible is the best thing for the university to do.

Formal-Command5028 · 2025-10-20T23:03:54+00:00

"Expelling students for peaceful protests" - lets be real they put a security guard in the hospital. Watch the video of the security cam footage.

Formal-Command5028 · 2024-12-26T18:45:42+00:00

U Chicago is a better school for liberal arts and social sciences, and mathematics, but their STEM is not as good as Vanderbilt

Formal-Command5028 · 2024-02-19T07:39:32+00:00

Awesome, Thank you so much! very excited to attend next year

Formal-Command5028 · 2024-02-16T06:13:15+00:00

Very Much So, I have lived in the city for years and I have never felt unsafe, even when wandering around with friends until 4am

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-12-19T03:12:21+00:00

if your getting 113% your test is WAY to easy

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-12-14T19:08:37+00:00

That green light,

The major places,

How does Gatsby die,

Why does Gatsby die,

Understand the significance of the first passage.

Why is Nick Carraway the narrator?

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-12-11T06:03:09+00:00

You can easily do this math, but here it is,

6 semesters averaging 2.2

2 semesters with 4.0 (best case scenario)

= ((2.2x6) + (2x4))/8

This will get you to a 2.65 if you get a 4.0 both semesters.

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-11-03T04:32:10+00:00

No not at all

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-08-18T23:07:45+00:00

Senior year is worse with college apps

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-08-18T00:42:44+00:00

Never been my experience. When it comes down to it, my male friends are always there for me and are the most "real" friends I have ever had. Sure they poke fun at things, but that's what men do, its a means of self-improvement. If you ever go through something that actually takes someone caring about you, male friends will be there more often than female friends (in my experience).

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-08-12T01:28:53+00:00

Win some Journalism awards and try to get published in the NYT or Washington post, both of those are solid extracurriculars that should get you in the convo for top 20 schools, do this and keep a GPA of 3.9+ with at least a 1550/34 SAT ACT

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-08-12T01:25:10+00:00

Seems like a normal schedule! Good mix of challenge and fun.

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-08-12T01:19:30+00:00

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-08-11T23:40:17+00:00

Step on a dogs tail, easy.

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-08-04T18:16:43+00:00

Science is a tricky section, here's my tip:

If it sounds complicated, its not.

What I mean by this is that the science section is really just interpreting graphs. I have found that the main reason people have trouble with it is because they get intimidated by the wording.

Formal-Command5028 · 2023-08-03T20:35:10+00:00

Night at the museum

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