Hey guys,
Sorry its been a while since my last post, I have been ridiulously busy over the past month with Thanksgiving, exams, and the like. I'm ure you guys are probably even more busy than me (I sure don't miss college apps!) BUT...something sweet happened the other day that I think is really typical of a lot of people at Vandy. I was talking to a friend who goes to another college but lives in the same town as me (yeah, clearwater!) and I was talking about how I'd be getting back to Clearwater on the 21st, and then I added that I'd be coming "home" on January 8th. I never really realized it but this place ingrains itself in you and you really do come to view it as home. I think that its a quality that is somewhat unique to Vanderbilt, which is a result of our perfect size because you can really get to know people really well really quickly. If I all ready feel like Vandy is "my home" I can hardly wait for the next 3.5 years!
On that last idea, it's awesome to realize that I have 3 more days of class until my first semester of college is done! It's been an awesome ride, and I'm so excited for any of you who will eventually decide to attend, because it's a decision you won't regret. As finals roll around, I find myself getting even closer to people than I was before; that feeling is definitely not found everywhere. Around finals time a lot of schools tend to get really cut-throat and edgy...NOT HERE! Everybody realizes that they're in it together and we are all just there to help each other out...so awesome!
I hope none of y'all are getting too stressed about college apps and stuff; one piece of advice, be yourself in your applications and things WILL work out for the best. Good luck with your finals and I hope all of you guys have a sweet holiday! I'll try to post one more time before I head home :)
DON'T FORGET TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION!!!!!!
Chris
12.10.2007
10.30.2007
A Crazy Awesome Month
Hey everybody, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you prospectives, but honestly, this is one of the first moments in the past month that I've had to just sit down and breathe. But it's a good busy; I swear.
There's been so much amazing stuff going on here over October that it's hard to list: Homecoming week, Parents' Weekend, the USC game, Halloween, oh...and midterms (not awesome, but they still happened). I'm sure you guys aren't die-hard Dores fans yet, that will come in time, but we've had several interesting football games, like when we played USC and won (who would've guessed?) and a heartbreaking defeat in the least 2 seconds against Georgia. Homecoming week at Vandy is really trippy because Alumni just pour in from all sides of the country and you get to think to yourself "Man, someday I'll be in my mid-40s coming back to 'good old Vandy' and reminiscing about the 'golden years'" but that's a long way away for both you and me.
But as I said, I've been really busy this month, if I'm not rooting on the Dores at a football game, or rushing fraternities, or hosting students for Dore for a Day (y'all should do it, it's an awesome way to see Vandy from a student's perspective) than I've been studying for midterms. It's important to remember that although everyone here is really involved, they are also really committed to schoolwork (this is a Top 20 University after all!) On that note, I'd just like to say that classes here are amazing; the professors are phenomenal, the content is really interesting, and the students are really involved. I think that's the really big thing about coming to a private, middle-sized university like Vandy, you really do get something out of each and every class.
So, like I said, although I haven't had a chance to sit down and relax, I don't really think that's a bad thing, because I'm out making friends, joining campus organizations, and making the grades I came here to make! October has been a crazy (but really awesome month) and I really think that it epitomized life at Vandy.
I hope you all are surviving college app season, I know it was a really stressful time for me last year. Just keep these two things in mind: first, this too shall pass; and second, you'll get into the school where you belong, so don't lose hope!
Signing off,
Climo
There's been so much amazing stuff going on here over October that it's hard to list: Homecoming week, Parents' Weekend, the USC game, Halloween, oh...and midterms (not awesome, but they still happened). I'm sure you guys aren't die-hard Dores fans yet, that will come in time, but we've had several interesting football games, like when we played USC and won (who would've guessed?) and a heartbreaking defeat in the least 2 seconds against Georgia. Homecoming week at Vandy is really trippy because Alumni just pour in from all sides of the country and you get to think to yourself "Man, someday I'll be in my mid-40s coming back to 'good old Vandy' and reminiscing about the 'golden years'" but that's a long way away for both you and me.
But as I said, I've been really busy this month, if I'm not rooting on the Dores at a football game, or rushing fraternities, or hosting students for Dore for a Day (y'all should do it, it's an awesome way to see Vandy from a student's perspective) than I've been studying for midterms. It's important to remember that although everyone here is really involved, they are also really committed to schoolwork (this is a Top 20 University after all!) On that note, I'd just like to say that classes here are amazing; the professors are phenomenal, the content is really interesting, and the students are really involved. I think that's the really big thing about coming to a private, middle-sized university like Vandy, you really do get something out of each and every class.
So, like I said, although I haven't had a chance to sit down and relax, I don't really think that's a bad thing, because I'm out making friends, joining campus organizations, and making the grades I came here to make! October has been a crazy (but really awesome month) and I really think that it epitomized life at Vandy.
I hope you all are surviving college app season, I know it was a really stressful time for me last year. Just keep these two things in mind: first, this too shall pass; and second, you'll get into the school where you belong, so don't lose hope!
Signing off,
Climo
9.27.2007
A Week of Firsts
I’d just like to start off my blogging career with two words that you’ll need to know by heart if you come to Vandy, neither of which is tested on the SAT. What are they? GO DORES! My name is Chris, or Crime Dawg to my friends, I’m a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences here at Vandy and I’m from the great state of Florida (it’s ok to be jealous).
SO I’m supposed to give you future Dores a “taste of life at Vanderbilt from the student perspective,” which means I’ll probly write weekly and just tell you guys about something awesome that’s happened that week. Sound good? Here goes.
The past month or so has been nothing but pure insanity here at Vandy. I got here in late August, pulled up to my dorm (Branscomb, which is the best, but you guys will live in The Commons which is even better) and I was assaulted by three guys in red shirts who took all the stuff out of my car and started walking away with it. That was my first experience with Vandy Move Crew (a bunch of upperclassmen who come to school early just to help freshmen move in, good deal right?) I pretty much knew from then on I’d feel right at home; I mean a place where it’s normal to take all the stuff out of other people’s cars…what more could I ask for?
Over the next week I tried to get settled into college life; one problem: I was too busy meeting awesome people from all over the place and enjoying the new found freedom of college life in one way or another. During the first week there was a bunch of planned programming for freshmen called DoreSteps (clever…I guess?) which basically throws you together with 14 other kids in hopes that you’ll become friends with at least a few of them. Again, you guys will have a whole week of new redesigned orientation centered around the College Halls project; next year will be awesome for the freshman!
Football here is AWESOME, which is what you get when you're a Top 20 university in the SEC! The home-opener against Richmond (which we won by a pretty solid margin, by the way) was crazy to say the least. The cool thing about football at Vandy is that there are always a bunch of different things going on that you can choose to do. Last week I wore a shirt and tie and took a date to the tailgates (an SEC tradition) and it was a blast, but the week before I painted up with a bunch of really crazy guys and it was just as much fun. I think that's what I like most about Vandy: the infinite ways there are to have an amazing time.
GO DORES! (And have a good senior year)
-Chris
SO I’m supposed to give you future Dores a “taste of life at Vanderbilt from the student perspective,” which means I’ll probly write weekly and just tell you guys about something awesome that’s happened that week. Sound good? Here goes.
The past month or so has been nothing but pure insanity here at Vandy. I got here in late August, pulled up to my dorm (Branscomb, which is the best, but you guys will live in The Commons which is even better) and I was assaulted by three guys in red shirts who took all the stuff out of my car and started walking away with it. That was my first experience with Vandy Move Crew (a bunch of upperclassmen who come to school early just to help freshmen move in, good deal right?) I pretty much knew from then on I’d feel right at home; I mean a place where it’s normal to take all the stuff out of other people’s cars…what more could I ask for?
Over the next week I tried to get settled into college life; one problem: I was too busy meeting awesome people from all over the place and enjoying the new found freedom of college life in one way or another. During the first week there was a bunch of planned programming for freshmen called DoreSteps (clever…I guess?) which basically throws you together with 14 other kids in hopes that you’ll become friends with at least a few of them. Again, you guys will have a whole week of new redesigned orientation centered around the College Halls project; next year will be awesome for the freshman!
Football here is AWESOME, which is what you get when you're a Top 20 university in the SEC! The home-opener against Richmond (which we won by a pretty solid margin, by the way) was crazy to say the least. The cool thing about football at Vandy is that there are always a bunch of different things going on that you can choose to do. Last week I wore a shirt and tie and took a date to the tailgates (an SEC tradition) and it was a blast, but the week before I painted up with a bunch of really crazy guys and it was just as much fun. I think that's what I like most about Vandy: the infinite ways there are to have an amazing time.
GO DORES! (And have a good senior year)
-Chris
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