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‘Tis the season to be…anxious!
Dec. 21, 2009—After a long and hard semester in Vandyland, now is the time that matters most. With finals out of the way, all that is left to do is wait… Wait to see if all of our hard work paid off. During the days leading up to the dreaded “finals week”, something strange happens. Each of...
Finals Week Sanity
Dec. 16, 2009—Being that it is Finals week, I would like to take a small study break and enlist some help from my keen eavesdropping ability to being some funny quotes from common areas around campus. “If I see another math equation I am gonna go Crazy like Issace Newton claiming that Chuck Norris doesn’t push the...
Life as a Freshman
Dec. 15, 2009—So I’m pretty new here – I’m finishing up the first semester in the Blair School at Vanderbilt. I have to say, from the get go this place was a blast. I was delighted that as soon as I got here everybody was so welcoming and kind. Being a new student anywhere can be nerve-wracking;...
December
Dec. 11, 2009—Well it’s become that time of year again… Strange things start happening around campus. My laundry is strictly t-shirts and gym shorts; people play Christmas music during breaks in long classes; you go to 3 sorority/fraternity formals in one weekend; and you start seeing a few less squirrels on campus. This time of year is...
Finals….
Dec. 3, 2009—It’s that time of the year again: finals. Today marked my last exam before going into “finals mode.” During this mode, I become a social hermit. Unless you’re studying with other people (and hopefully, you’re really studying and not slacking off – although that does tend to happen sometimes), most of your friends don’t see...
Change is Inevitable – Except From Vending Machines
Aug. 14, 2009—My apologies to Robert C. Gallagher for borrowing his quote, but I thought it appropriate. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Vanderbilt is changing and growing to meet the increase in visitors we've seen over the last 3 years.
A Circuitous Route to Understanding Diversity at Vanderbilt
Jun. 27, 2008—At some point last evening, while watching the 2008 NBA Draft, my mind wandered to memories of my middle-school days and my friendship with Freddie Johnson. He was a Caucasian blonde-haired, lanky, but cool kid from the upper middle class side of Houston. I, on the other hand, was an African American kid of slight...
Al Gore is our co-pilot . . .
Dec. 13, 2007—What’s up blogland? This is Thom and I’m a member of the freshly minted Vandy Admissions Blog Team. Like Chick-fil-a says, “We didn’t invent the chicken, just the chicken sandwich” so say we. “We didn’t invent the Admissions Blog, but Al Gore invented the internet and he’s a Vandy guy . . . so yeah.”...