Vanderbilt University Law School c/o 2019 (2015-2016) Applicants Forum

Petrichor · Post by **Petrichor** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 12:30 pm

checking in. Got an interview scheduled but it is at another college and only 30 minutes long, any tips?

arklaw13 · Post by **arklaw13** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 1:24 pm

Petrichor wrote:checking in. Got an interview scheduled but it is at another college and only 30 minutes long, any tips?

Just be yourself. It's usually a pretty chill ordeal.

Scalvert · Post by **Scalvert** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 3:32 pm

arklaw13 wrote:Vandy 3L here. Also available to answer any questions.

Is living in Nashville as expensive as it looks? I've been checking out rent close to campus

arklaw13 · Post by **arklaw13** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:09 pm

Scalvert wrote:
arklaw13 wrote:Vandy 3L here. Also available to answer any questions.
Is living in Nashville as expensive as it looks? I've been checking out rent close to campus

If you want to live near campus, you'll probably need a roommate to make it affordable, although there are some places that one person could afford. If you're willing to drive a bit, there are a lot of affordable areas. I've lived out in the suburbs the whole time, and it's worked out fine.

Generally · Post by **Generally** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 4:34 pm

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Scalvert · Post by **Scalvert** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:46 pm

Generally wrote:
Scalvert wrote:
arklaw13 wrote:Vandy 3L here. Also available to answer any questions.
Is living in Nashville as expensive as it looks? I've been checking out rent close to campus
I live a walk from campus in a studio for $775. You can find cheap stuff, especially if you have a roommate.

Which neighborhood/apt bldg do you live in? (Or which ones that are in walking distance are affordable? $775 is comparable to what I'm paying now for a 550 sq ft single, so that would be great) Pm me if you'd rather.

GreenJay · Post by **GreenJay** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:00 pm

Scalvert wrote:
arklaw13 wrote:Vandy 3L here. Also available to answer any questions.
Is living in Nashville as expensive as it looks? I've been checking out rent close to campus

If you want to live close to campus in a one bedroom its going to cost you a pretty penny, and rents seem to be going up. I currently live in the Bristol which is super convenient for walking to school and going to Demonbreun street bars. However, as Arklaw said, if you are willing to live farther away like Germantown you can get good deals.

Generally · Post by **Generally** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:01 pm

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Sera Numquam · Post by **Sera Numquam** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 10:27 pm

How are the people there?

shineoncrazydiamond · Post by **shineoncrazydiamond** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 6:52 pm

Hi everyone! For those who have interviewed, or who have one scheduled, how soon after requesting the interview did you hear back about scheduling it?

Scalvert · Post by **Scalvert** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:09 pm

shineoncrazydiamond wrote:Hi everyone! For those who have interviewed, or who have one scheduled, how soon after requesting the interview did you hear back about scheduling it?

I was contacted within 24 hours.

janderson821 · Post by **janderson821** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:47 pm

shineoncrazydiamond wrote:Hi everyone! For those who have interviewed, or who have one scheduled, how soon after requesting the interview did you hear back about scheduling it?

Mine took a about 15 days

OLitch · Post by **OLitch** » Fri Oct 09, 2015 10:59 pm

janderson821 wrote:
shineoncrazydiamond wrote:Hi everyone! For those who have interviewed, or who have one scheduled, how soon after requesting the interview did you hear back about scheduling it?
Mine took a about 15 days

Mine took about a week.

Right2BearArms · Post by **Right2BearArms** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 3:52 pm

GreenJay wrote:
Scalvert wrote:
arklaw13 wrote:Vandy 3L here. Also available to answer any questions.
Is living in Nashville as expensive as it looks? I've been checking out rent close to campus
If you want to live close to campus in a one bedroom its going to cost you a pretty penny, and rents seem to be going up. I currently live in the Bristol which is super convenient for walking to school and going to Demonbreun street bars. However, as Arklaw said, if you are willing to live farther away like Germantown you can get good deals.

Rent is high near campus, and is going up quickly all over the city. Im a May 2015 grad who found a 1 bedroom off of whitbridge road in 2012 for $630 a month, and it only went up to $640 by the time I left last May. It was about a 15-20 minute drive from campus, though I rode the bus all three years, which was around 45 minutes by the time I got to and from stops.

If you live on a line that goes by campus, the bus isnt a bad option. Nashville MTA is decent as far as public transit goes, and the buses are clean and generally on time. Also, students get free rides. I would not recommend using the bus if you cannot get to campus on a single route (3, 5, 7 all go right by campus, maybe a couple others, dont remember), as there are not many cross town routes.

Feel free to PM me with any questions.

Right2BearArms · Post by **Right2BearArms** » Sun Oct 11, 2015 3:53 pm

Sera Numquam wrote:How are the people there?

What exactly do you mean? People are law students; so they can be great and insufferable depending on the time of day/week/year.

Overall, people are fairly laid back and friendly. The student body is pretty diverse in both backgrounds and experiences, as well as goals.

B102 · Post by **B102** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 4:29 am

Checking in!

When I requested my interview I did not get a response within two weeks. I emailed them and they were very quick to set me up with an interview.

Right2BearArms · Post by **Right2BearArms** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 8:21 am

B102 wrote:Checking in!

When I requested my interview I did not get a response within two weeks. I emailed them and they were very quick to set me up with an interview.

The interview requests are sent out to Alumni who are supposed to then get in contact with you and set up a time. Sometimes, people overlook stuff, or forgot they agreed to do interviews this cycle. If you dont hear from an someone about an interview within a week or so of requesting one, contact admissions and they we do their best to get someone else to do it, or they will contact the alum directly and remind them that they agreed to do interviews.

It will have no effect on your application, so dont take it as anything bad, just a lawyer somewhere that dropped the ball a bit.

jumbo2016 · Post by **jumbo2016** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:45 pm

Right2BearArms wrote:
Rent is high near campus, and is going up quickly all over the city. Im a May 2015 grad who found a 1 bedroom off of whitbridge road in 2012 for $630 a month, and it only went up to $640 by the time I left last May. .

Is this about average price for a 1 bedroom? I go to school in the Boston area and our rents are about 800-900 a month for a house with roommates. (I paid 775 last year to live with 4 other people and 1 bathroom and kitchen) These prices look too good to be true!!

Scalvert · Post by **Scalvert** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 7:06 pm

jumbo2016 wrote:
Right2BearArms wrote:
Rent is high near campus, and is going up quickly all over the city. Im a May 2015 grad who found a 1 bedroom off of whitbridge road in 2012 for $630 a month, and it only went up to $640 by the time I left last May. .
Is this about average price for a 1 bedroom? I go to school in the Boston area and our rents are about 800-900 a month for a house with roommates. (I paid 775 last year to live with 4 other people and 1 bathroom and kitchen) These prices look too good to be true!!

That's very inexpensive from what I've seen. A lot of the walking distance apartments look to be $1500+. There are a few places close to campus for under 1200, but I think you have to get lucky. I haven't had a roommate since freshman year of UG, so That may have to change. It's an eye-opener after the amount of rent you pay living in a small midwestern or southern college town. I guess it probably depends on how far from campus you're willing to live.

Right2BearArms · Post by **Right2BearArms** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:32 am

Scalvert wrote:
jumbo2016 wrote:
Right2BearArms wrote:
Rent is high near campus, and is going up quickly all over the city. Im a May 2015 grad who found a 1 bedroom off of whitbridge road in 2012 for $630 a month, and it only went up to $640 by the time I left last May. .
Is this about average price for a 1 bedroom? I go to school in the Boston area and our rents are about 800-900 a month for a house with roommates. (I paid 775 last year to live with 4 other people and 1 bathroom and kitchen) These prices look too good to be true!!

That's very inexpensive from what I've seen. A lot of the walking distance apartments look to be $1500+. There are a few places close to campus for under 1200, but I think you have to get lucky. I haven't had a roommate since freshman year of UG, so That may have to change. It's an eye-opener after the amount of rent you pay living in a small midwestern or southern college town. I guess it probably depends on how far from campus you're willing to live.

Pretty much what Scalvert said. The apartments near campus are all 1K+ for a one bedroom, even the old, small, crappy ones. The Americana is probably the most reasonable cost-wise, but the apartments really are not that nice, and you have to deal with bar noise a lot. OTOH, there is a dedicated parking lot, and its a 3 minute walk to the law school.

You can get apartments for less than 1k/month with a roommate, and a lot of people did so and it worked out fine.

If you really want a 1 bedroom to yourself, there are a couple of complexes on Whitebridge road (3-4 miles from campus, 15 minute drive) that are fairly affordable (at least they were a year or so ago when I last checked.) The complex I lived at was an anomaly, even 3+ years ago. It was literally the cheapest apartment I looked at, and remained so. I believe they were renting for around 700 when I moved out, but the complex was also sold in May, and It looks like the new company is remodeling all the units as people move out and raising rent considerably. If you are interested its called Richland creek.

cc1012 · Post by **cc1012** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:26 pm

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Li'l Sebastian · Post by **Li'l Sebastian** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:52 pm

Do they use the interview for scholarship decisions?

cc1012 · Post by **cc1012** » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:59 pm

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Big Red · Post by **Big Red** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:09 am

cc1012 wrote:
ruizdaw wrote:Do they use the interview for scholarship decisions?
I'm sure an interview looks more favorable as far as admissions and maybe scholarships. I doubt that it factors in too much, if at all. My impression was that the interview was more for helping prospective students than for helping Vanderbilt admissions.

Vandy is pretty mechanical in how they give out scholarships - you can look on LSN to get a better idea of this - but interviewing won't hurt you

shineoncrazydiamond · Post by **shineoncrazydiamond** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:10 pm

B102 wrote:Checking in!

When I requested my interview I did not get a response within two weeks. I emailed them and they were very quick to set me up with an interview.

Thanks! I think I'll send them an email if I don't hear anything this week. Hope it goes well (or went well)!