Vanderbilt c/o 2018 applicants Forum

[Yeezus]

Anyone going to the dinner and bar review tonight? Hope to see some of you there!

[adil91]

Speaking of deposit deadlines..when are Vandy's deposit deadlines?

[RubyRod]

Speaking of deposit deadlines..when are Vandy's deposit deadlines?

4/24 I believe.

[altf4]

Speaking of deposit deadlines..when are Vandy's deposit deadlines?

4/24 I believe.

Yep. Check or money order only.

[adil91]

Speaking of deposit deadlines..when are Vandy's deposit deadlines?

4/24 I believe.

Yep. Check or money order only.

Is that the only deadline? And how much do you need to deposit?

[Hikikomorist]

Anyone going to the dinner and bar review tonight? Hope to see some of you there!

I had planned on it, but Delta overbooked and offered money to fly later.

[Yeezus]

Well my first impression of Nashville in my first night of ASW was that it's a pretty cool place. If I end up turning Vanderbilt down, it certainly won't be because of the people and atmosphere.

[KMart]

Well my first impression of Nashville in my first night of ASW was that it's a pretty cool place. If I end up turning Vanderbilt down, it certainly won't be because of the people and atmosphere.

This is really good to know, because I couldn't make it out there for ASW . Feel free to share your experiences haha.

[keekztresq]

Well my first impression of Nashville in my first night of ASW was that it's a pretty cool place. If I end up turning Vanderbilt down, it certainly won't be because of the people and atmosphere.

This is really good to know, because I couldn't make it out there for ASW . Feel free to share your experiences haha.

I went to the first ASW and was super excited because Vandy had been my top choice for a while. Everyone was really nice and informative, and the facilities are excellent. That said, I didn't get an overwhelming feeling that the students were happy to be there, although to be fair it was in the middle of the semester on a Friday and I'm sure everyone was tired by that point. It had a VERY southern feel to it, which could be good or bad depending on what you want. For me personally, it isn't really what I'm looking for. I ended up going to the ASW of another similar ranked school and they just had lots of wow factors that I didn't really get from Vandy. As far as Nashville goes, it's a cool town but it doesn't have a lot of the opportunities that being in a big city would offer. But if you're into the music scene I don't think you could be in a better place. It basically feels like a really big college town. I hope this helps at least a little bit!

[Yeezus]

Well my first impression of Nashville in my first night of ASW was that it's a pretty cool place. If I end up turning Vanderbilt down, it certainly won't be because of the people and atmosphere.

This is really good to know, because I couldn't make it out there for ASW . Feel free to share your experiences haha.

I went to the first ASW and was super excited because Vandy had been my top choice for a while. Everyone was really nice and informative, and the facilities are excellent. That said, I didn't get an overwhelming feeling that the students were happy to be there, although to be fair it was in the middle of the semester on a Friday and I'm sure everyone was tired by that point. It had a VERY southern feel to it, which could be good or bad depending on what you want. For me personally, it isn't really what I'm looking for. I ended up going to the ASW of another similar ranked school and they just had lots of wow factors that I didn't really get from Vandy. As far as Nashville goes, it's a cool town but it doesn't have a lot of the opportunities that being in a big city would offer. But if you're into the music scene I don't think you could be in a better place. It basically feels like a really big college town. I hope this helps at least a little bit!

I have to disagree with you on that. I got the impression that everyone I talked to genuinely likes Vandy and are happy with their decision to attend. This could obviously just be self selection, but the students here seem passionate about their love for Vandy. It definitely has a southern feel, but I don't think it's THAT southern. Then again, I live in Atlanta and used to live in Kentucky, so someone coming from the north might have a different view. I don't really have anything bad to day about Vandy. I might turn them down, but it's only because I got more money from what some people would say is an objectively "better" school.

[180kickflip]

I'm at ASP now, and I also got the impression that the students at vandy really like being here and are all happy with their decision to attend (and I talked to students outside of the guides that self selected to talk to us).

As far as the city..I can see where someone would get the "big college town" feel, but I think it has a lot to offer beyond that. I drove and came for 4 full days, so I may have ventured a bit farther than some people who came for visits, but even in the area right around Vandy I had a lot of fun. Yes, it's southern, but I didn't feel like it was so southern or slow paced that it wouldn't be a very enjoyable 3 years here (Ive lived in NYC, jersey city, Nj, and Boston, so I'm used to fast pace).

Family stuff is forcing me to reapply next cycle, but if I got the right $ from vandy, I would feel good about coming...even though the student panel dodged my question about whether or not they would pay sticker to attend lol

[keekztresq]

Just to clarify, I spent all last summer in Nashvikke and felt like I really got to know the city. There are lots of cool restaurants and things to di, depending on what you're inti, but I felt like it reminded me a lot of my college town, which for me was not necessarily bad, but just not ideal. I still don't think it offers the same opportunities that a big city offers, but it's definitely not a bad place to be! Maybe just not for everyonr

[KMart]

my question about whether or not they would pay sticker to attend lol

This is such a great question to ask. Have you asked it at other schools & what did they say about it?

[RubyRod]

my question about whether or not they would pay sticker to attend lol

This is such a great question to ask. Have you asked it at other schools & what did they say about it?

If they dodged it, my guess is the answer is no

[JFO1833]

Withdrew from Vanderbilt. Seems like a great place, good luck to everyone.

[Yeezus]

even though the student panel dodged my question about whether or not they would pay sticker to attend lol

To be fair though, that wasn't exactly the best question. If you ask 100 people, you'll probably get 100 different responses. The answer all depends on the individual and the situation that they are in.

[KMart]

If they dodged it, my guess is the answer is no

Sorry, it meant to read as what did other students at other schools say about the question. It read really poorly, my fault.

[180kickflip]

even though the student panel dodged my question about whether or not they would pay sticker to attend lol

To be fair though, that wasn't exactly the best question. If you ask 100 people, you'll probably get 100 different responses. The answer all depends on the individual and the situation that they are in.

What's the best question?

I mean...I'm fine with getting 100 different answers if they're all honest and grounded in something reasonable. If they gave responses based on their personal situation and how they weighed pros/cons, I think it would be really valuable and insightful...but what actually happened is the panelist who was a JD/MBA candidate needed the panelist next to him to explain what I meant by "fully debt financed" and then didn't respond, the ex military panelist started looking down, and the two panelists at the end (one who was headed to SF biglaw and one who was a skadden fellow) just reiterated that there are no opportunities available from other schools that you can't get from vandy.

It was like when the girl specifically said that she wanted to stir the pot and asked them what was something that they did not like or something that they thought could be done better at the school, and all that the panel would say was "well, the coffee in the building isn't very good...but there's starbucks right across the street, so even that isn't a problem." I came away pretty impressed with vandy, and Nashville, as a whole, but I would've appreciated a little more opinion and a a little less sell.

I didn't visit many schools, so I don't have too much to compare the responses to, but when I talked to students at Michigan, the first thing they said was to negotiate as hard as I could. Not sure if that was more encouraging than the vandy responses or not, but it did make me feel like they were being more up front with me.

[docdoc]

Well my first impression of Nashville in my first night of ASW was that it's a pretty cool place. If I end up turning Vanderbilt down, it certainly won't be because of the people and atmosphere.

This is really good to know, because I couldn't make it out there for ASW . Feel free to share your experiences haha.

I went to the first ASW and was super excited because Vandy had been my top choice for a while. Everyone was really nice and informative, and the facilities are excellent. That said, I didn't get an overwhelming feeling that the students were happy to be there, although to be fair it was in the middle of the semester on a Friday and I'm sure everyone was tired by that point. It had a VERY southern feel to it, which could be good or bad depending on what you want. For me personally, it isn't really what I'm looking for. I ended up going to the ASW of another similar ranked school and they just had lots of wow factors that I didn't really get from Vandy. As far as Nashville goes, it's a cool town but it doesn't have a lot of the opportunities that being in a big city would offer. But if you're into the music scene I don't think you could be in a better place. It basically feels like a really big college town. I hope this helps at least a little bit!

I have to disagree with you on that. I got the impression that everyone I talked to genuinely likes Vandy and are happy with their decision to attend. This could obviously just be self selection, but the students here seem passionate about their love for Vandy. It definitely has a southern feel, but I don't think it's THAT southern. Then again, I live in Atlanta and used to live in Kentucky, so someone coming from the north might have a different view. I don't really have anything bad to day about Vandy. I might turn them down, but it's only because I got more money from what some people would say is an objectively "better" school.

I also got to talk with a few students outside of the self-selected ambassadors at last weekend's ASP, and all of them were very happy with their decision to attend Vandy as well.

Although, I stayed with a friend who went to Vanderbilt for undergrad during ASW, and they were very "eh" about the experience there. But then, undergrad, so take with the biggest massive fucking grain of salt (Also: the negatives they stated were pretty blanket for student life pretty much any very good school).

I also have lived in the South all my life, including the Deep South, and prefer not to be in a massive city (e.g. NYC, Chicago, DC).

[docdoc]

I would feel good about coming...even though the student panel dodged my question about whether or not they would pay sticker to attend lol

That was you? Excellent job.

[Big Red]

I went a little off the beaten path at the ASW to talk to people about vandy and it was mostly positive, but people were also pretty realistic about there being objectively better placement options elsewhere. The one phrase I heard a couple of times is that you can't go wrong there, which depending on what offer you're looking at strikes me as true

one of the things that really struck me comparatively about vandy was how young the student body is, which I thought made the school a little more undergrad-y socially, but it wasn't exaggerated. Like that they don't rank and love Nashville

I really wouldn't put too much thought into the student panel, but it's not like the panelists are straight up lying to you. Someone at my asw asked a 3l straight up how much she was making after graduation, which was super squirmy and pretty much all i remember about the panel

[Hikikomorist]

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[docdoc]

one of the things that really struck me comparatively about vandy was how young the student body is, which I thought made the school a little more undergrad-y socially, but it wasn't exaggerated. Like that they don't rank and love Nashville

Well, people didn't get shit-wrecked off the free beer at Blackacre, so its not **that** much of an undergrad-y socially atmosphere.

also i didn't get that sense from most of the people there, except for the ambassadors, who were mostly K-JD. Most of the non-ambassador people I spoke to were not K-JD.

[Big Red]

Alrighty so maybe I'll be totally clear - at no point was I under the inpression the law school was a frat house. When I said it seemed undergrad-y I didnt think of it as a bad thing, just that that kind of communicated one of the things that made vanderbilt different. The fact that the student body scews young is something you could get from class profiles

[supersplittysplitter]

Regarding the complaints about the student panel, I think that's pretty much par for the course at ASWs. You're not gonna get a straight answer if you ask "what's the worst thing about this law school?" All you're gonna get is spin and propaganda. At one ASW I went to everyone on the panel said the worst thing about the school was a lack of diversity; it was so lame and disingenuous that a five person panel could only come up with one answer.

Obviously it would be helpful for prospective students if we could get some more objective answers. Unfortunately, the professors and admitted students aren't trying to help us make a decision, they're just trying to sell us on their school.