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Vanderbilt University - Basic Information

Nashville, TN

Total undergrad enrollment: 6,330

Ranked #17 - National Universities (US News)

48% male/52% female

Application deadline - Jan. 3

Early decision deadline - Nov. 1

Application fee: $50 

Acceptance rate: 20.1%

Range SAT Critical Reading: 630-720
Range SAT Math: 650-740
Range SAT Writing: 630-710
Range ACT Composite: 28-32

Required standardized tests: either SAT or ACT

Admissions interview: neither required/recommended

SAT subject tests: recommended 
Common App

Tuition and fees: $39,932

Room and board: $13,068

35% in fraternities, 50% in sororities

Most popular majors: engineering, foreign languages, multi/interdisciplinary studies, psychology, and social sciences

Average freshman retention rate: 96.2%

NCAA I

Vanderbilt University - PROS

Academics

• Merit scholarships, 200 athletic awards
• Study abroad program - 25 countries
• Honor system
• Good faculty
• Student-faculty ratio - 8:1
• 65% of classes have fewer than 20 students

Student Life

• Relaxed friendly culture
• Mix of both conservatives and liberals
• Freshmen live in one of 10 houses in the same area (the Commons): sense of community among freshmen, workout facility, dining hall
• Close to Music City USA
• Nashville
• Great Smoky Mountains
• State parks - picnic facilities, beautiful lakes, skiing in the winter
• Best road trips: Memphis, New Orleans, Louisville (Kentucky Derby), and Atlanta
• Good off-campus food
• Popular student publications
• Opportunities for jobs, internships, and service in Nashville
• Centennial Park
• Nice weather

Vanderbilt University - CONS

• Students can have narrow world view
• Undergraduate requirements
• Bad parking
• Dorms are only good freshman year, upperclassmen housing - bad
• Food menu is repetitive
• "Vander-bubble"