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Breakdown of “Social Life” at VU By Gender  | | Male | A- | | Female | B+ |
| By Major | | Astronomy | F | | Biology | A- | | Business - Management and Administration | B | | Chemical Engineering | A | | Chemistry | A- | | Civil Engineering | A+ | | Communications | A | | Computer Science | A | | Economics | A | | Education | A- | | Electrical Engineering | A- | | Engineering Department | A- | | English | B | | Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | B- | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | A | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | C- | | Math | C | | Mechanical Engineering | A | | Music - Performance | C+ | | Other | A | | Philosophy | A | | Physics | A+ | | Political Science | A- | | PreMed and Medical | B- | | Psychology | A- | | Religion/Religious | B- | | Sociology | A | | Undecided | B- |
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Against similar schools Social Life compared with similar schools in class. | Quotes touching on Social Life | “... I love the academically challenging classes and the social atmosphere ...” |
| “... on a side note, the diversity is alright but the majority of african americans keep to themselves and have a totally secluded social circle ...” |
| “... Admissions may downplay it, but campus social life does revolve around fraternities and sororities ...” |
| “... The classes and teachers are disappointing, the social life is non-existent if you aren't very into drinking, and the student body is so homogeno...” |
| “... Vanderbilt is a very unique school in the fact that is extremely challenging, but has a great social scene that draws in students who balance soci...” |
| “... Although on the surface it appears that the Greek system dominates the social life, you realize after freshman year that this is not the case ...” |
| “... Vanderbilt is a great place for someone wanting to major in the social sciences ...” |
| “... The only requirement for succeeding here socially is that you try ...” |
| “... While it does have a large presence it is most definitely not necessary for a rich social life ...” |
| “... It is the only school in the country where there is both intense social and academic pressure, but that comes when students are pretty, smart an...” |
| “... I do a lot of work and studying, but I balance it out with a great social life ...” |
| “... This university provides the greatest mix of academics and social opportunities of any universities I have seen or heard of ...” |
| “... In addition to my fantastic social experience (plenty of non-Greek parties, white-water rafting with the Asian students association [and i'm not ...” |
| “... In North or South, it offers one of the best balances between academics and social freedom ...” |
| “... I reccommend not spending large on undergraduate education as in the ivy league (unless you really want to be surrounded by rich socialites--th...” |
| “... If I could do anything different, I would have gotten more positively engaged socially, instead of just finding excuses to drink beer and eat pi...” |
| “... It's a heck of a lot of fun, academically and socially ...” |
| “... The social scene is extremely competitive, and since many of the students here come from very wealthy backgrounds, there is always competition t...” |
| “... Vanderbilt has the best combination for social and academic purposes ...” |
| “... The courses are demanding yet leave students able achieve a preferred combination of grade point average and social activity ...” |
| “... If you are at the top of your game academically and socially, check it out ...” |
| “... It will help/hurt your social life ...” |
| “... I am from the North and I felt totally out of place socially ...” |
| “... Greek life dominates the social scene ...” |
| “... I am headed up North to a more intellectual social atmosphere and more challenging curriculum ...” |
| “... As for the environment and social life, Nashville is a very safe and clean town ...” |
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About the social life - if you don't have a car of your own (ie parents bought you one for HS grad present) you can forget Nashville ...” |
| “... Drinking is a huge part of social life ...” |
| “... I tried to be social here my first year but it wasn't my style so I fly out of this place every other weekend ...” |
| “... awesome school, great social life, great academics, I strongly recommend this school ...” |
| “... Social life: Of course anyone can find SOME friends at college,whether they go to Hampshire or Hillsdale, there will be someone that they can rela...” |
| “... Since the social scene seems to be getting all of the attention, I'll have a go at it too ...” |
| “... Greeks are a big part of the social life here as 40% of the campus is Greek, but its an open Greek scene (meaning all parties are open to all of ...” |
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Social Life/Greek Life ...” |
| “... The social life here is so dependent upon the Greek system that joining feels like our only real option ...” |
| “... Vanderbilt is the perfect balance of academics and social life ...” |
| “... As with anything, what you put into your education/social life=what you get out ...” |
| “... The university has a great wealth of resources, and while there is definitely a great social scene, the quality of education available to those ...” |
| “... I made friends last year and they are great, but it is a tough, competitive social scene and there are just a lot of people there who are not ve...” |
| “... I thought this was the campus where I could explore and grow into an intelligent, developed individual, but I've found that individual is more th...” |
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Vanderbilt has arguably the best social scene out of any Top 20 school ...” |
| “... However, you can still enjoy yourself and have a social life without being Greek ...” |
| “... This carries over in to the social realm as well ...” |
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Frat parties are the main form of social interaction at Vanderbilt ...” |
| “... It has a great social scene and the best looking coed's in the SEC bar none ...” |
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