College Life Category
2014 – The Year I Got Into Vandy
Dec. 14, 2014—Time to bring the curtains down on 2014. The year of my life perhaps. The year I got into Vanderbilt.
Sami Reads the Viewbook
Dec. 12, 2014—Now that I’ve been home for almost a week with no schoolwork (wait, what?), and have been trapped inside by a lovely and uncharacteristic California rainstorm, I’ve starting coming up with some pretty nerdy ways to entertain myself. And I missed my Vanderbilt so much that I decided to dig up the viewbook they sent...
Christmas Tea Time Photo Journal
Dec. 12, 2014—. . . . . . . . In my last post I talked about Tea Time, a gathering of students that come together to enjoyeach others’ company, some tea, and sweets every Tuesday night at 10 pm. To understand more about it you should read my last blog post. Here are some pictures from...
Only at Vanderbilt: A Class Full of Tap-Dancing, Fashion, and Symbiosis
Dec. 11, 2014—Okay, shameless plug: take The Art of Blogging with Professor Little before you graduate, and I promise you'll thank me later.
Thanksgiving Shenanigans
Dec. 3, 2014—Hello friends and Happy Thanksgiving (a little late, but at Vandy it’s always a good time to be thankful)!a
An End to 4 Years of Football
Dec. 1, 2014—With Vanderbilt’s last game of the season against Tennessee, it capped the last football game of my undergraduate career. Sure, by the end of the Tennessee game, I was bitter that we had not finished the season with a win, losing by a narrow margin of 7 points. But, it was time for the season...
I Missed Being a Stereotypical College Student
Nov. 30, 2014—So I just returned from my first time away from Vanderbilt in THREE MONTHS, and let me tell you, it is good to be back. Don’t get me wrong, it was great seeing my friends and family back at home, and even better getting a break from class and tests and essays and homework and...
Thankful for Thanksgiving
Nov. 30, 2014—A few things I'm thankful for this Thanksgiving...
7 Questions to Stop Asking Your College Student
Nov. 27, 2014—Upon being home for several days, it has dawned on me that not every conversation back home is created equal. The reality of being home for college students is that there are many acquaintances and high school friends' moms' cousins' aunts to answer to when the barrage of career and education-related questions are inevitably hurled our way. It's good to ask university-folk about what they've been up to, but here are a few things to consider not asking around the dinner table this holiday. Your sleep-deprived college student will thank you.
‘m Thankful for Vanderbilt Greek Life
Nov. 26, 2014—After going through recruitment at the beginning of my second semester at Vanderbilt, I became a sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma, but this post isn’t titled ‘Why I’m Thankful for Kappa’ for a reason. By the nature of Greek Life at Vanderbilt, Kappa wasn't the be-all and end-all of my experience, and for that I am truly thankful.