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Not Greek? No Problem!

Mar. 29, 2012—What is life at Vanderbilt like for a non-Greek?

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Why Vanderbilt?

Mar. 27, 2012—Every once in a while I reminisce back to those wonderful (ha!) months of high school during which I googled different universities every day, wrote personal statements, and stressed about SAT scores…maybe more so now because soon I will have to do the same thing to apply to graduate school…and I remember discussions I had...

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The Big Question: Why Vanderbilt?

Mar. 19, 2012—Why Vanderbilt?

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Vanderbilt ≥ Home?

Mar. 11, 2012—Only one semester into my life at Vanderbilt, I already feel like a seasoned veteran. Here are my 5 Reasons Why Vanderbilt ≥ Home. No offense mom!

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The First Day

Mar. 7, 2012—A short post that I wrote a while back about my first days at Vanderbilt University.

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To New Beginnings

Mar. 2, 2012—The first post into the life of Jae Maeng. This is my story.

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A Freshman in Disguise: Move Crew 2011

Feb. 19, 2012—If you ask any undergraduate student about the day he or she first moved to college, he or she can give you a clear account of that eventful day. Mainly, this is due to the excitement, anticipation, and possibly fears of moving into a new home. However, if you ask a Vanderbilt student, all the students remember move in day because of Move Crew.

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Applying for VUcept

Jan. 30, 2012—So this year I have decided to apply for a position as a VUcept leader!  Who knows, I might get my own group of little freshmen next year to guide through orientation and their first semester!

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My Shout-out (or How to be an Inside ‘Dore)

Jan. 25, 2012—Applications for first-year students to be Inside Dores bloggers are due today at 4:00 pm! I have few illusions that this article will be of assistance to applicants at such a late hour (if I even finish this before the deadline), but I decided this was a good occasion to write about being an undergraduate...

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Bid Day ’12!

Jan. 16, 2012—As I mentioned earlier in the week, Bid Day was yesterday! After a week of recruitment, freshmen (and some sophomores) were finally offered bids from one of the nine panhellenic sororities on campus.

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Go Greek

Jan. 12, 2012—This time last year, I was blogging about going through recruitment and joining a sorority. I hate to sound like a broken record but recruitment has taken up most of my free time for the last week, so I figured it would be the easiest thing to blog about.

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My Best Advice

Dec. 31, 2010—2010 was quite an eventful year for me. Not only did I start college, but I successfully survived my first semester! Though my grades were not as high as I hoped the would have been, I have learned so much more outside of the classroom than I ever expected. Here, I give you the few...

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