Vanderbilt University Top Questions

a

kjbl

Much of Vandy's social life is determined by the freshman campus, the Commons. This community is separate from the rest of the campus, with its own dining hall, athletic facility, and dorms. When I arrived as a freshman, I found the Commons to be an extremely welcoming environment. Everyone is open to making friends and meeting new people. My best friends at Vanderbilt are people that I lived with my freshman year. The most popular student groups on campus are Greek organizations. About 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of women and 35{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of men are affiliated. Fraternities host regular bar nights on Tuesdays and Thursdays and house parties on the weekend, so they determine much of the social calendar at Vandy. In addition to going out, fraternities and sororities also host philanthropic events, sports activities, and performances regularly. On any given week, there might be anywhere from 5 to 10 different Greek events occurring on campus. I'm in Pi Beta Phi, a Panhellenic sorority. Every semester, we host 3 parties, 2 philanthropic events, and 3 values seminars. All students enjoy attending sporting events. In the past few years, Vanderbilt has begun a big push to encourage student attendance at football and basketball games. Admission has always been free, but now the administration offers additional incentives for students to come - free food, prize giveaways, and games. Basketball games are more popular, probably because our basketball team is stronger than our football team. Beyond the Greek scene and sports, Vanderbilt hosts a lot of programming to engage students. There are lots of theater groups, guest speakers, and a cappella groups.

There are so many organizations for students to join. Numerous clubs, fraternities and sororities, school organizations such as the newspaper or yearbook, religious organizations and more. Students tend to be friendly and are open to meeting new people. Sport games are always fun and there is a lot of school spirit if you want to become involved. Weekends often feature theater shows, movie nights, off-campus activities featured through Vandy, and fraternity parties. There is an endless amount of options, it is a very rare occurrence to be bored while at school.

Recently, we were ranked as having the number one Greek life in America. 40{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students participate in the Greek system. Even for those who don't, there is plenty to do. Go to concerts, walk in Centennial Park, throw a frisbee, join a gaming club, go to a game, go on an Outdoor Rec rafting trip. If you drink, go out to the clubs during the week and hit the frats on the weekend. If you don't, like me, hang out with friends or find other things downtown that don't involve drinking. Hallmates become best friends and eat together, play sports together, take classes together, and sometimes end up living near each other all four years.

The cultural clubs are the most popular. However, Model United Nations, Vanderbilt Student Government, and several others are very popular. I belong to the Asian American Student Association, MUN, VSG, and many other groups and they are all full of people. Athletic events such as basketball and baseball are popular-ish. Football is still not as popular as it should. It's hard to find great things to do if you don't drink, and spending time at fraternities is a big part of social life.

It is hard to say what the most popular student organization on campus are simply because there are so many. Greek life definitely has the highest number of students involved, but most of these students are also involved in other activities as well. Some of the activities that people I know are involved include: Vandy Spoken word, Vanderbilt Student Government, Reformed University Fellowship, Navigators, Interfaith Council, Hillel Jewish Center, Manna, Big Brothers and Sisters, dancing and singing groups, College Republicans and Democrats, Vanderbilt Programming Board, and so many more. The organizations are there for students to get involved in. At the very beginning of your freshman year there will be a student organizations fair that will begin to introduce you to the huge number of organizations on campus and how you can get involved in them. Of course student activities also feature a broad range of things as well. For one, your in Nashville, so you have the whole city to explore. Student Government runs a downtown shuttle that can help you get to other parts of the city and your Commodore card will give you access to the Nashville bus system to get you just about anywhere in the city. On campus there are always activities going on at the fraternities and you have college athletics. Football and basketball games are always great activities to attend with your friends. Then you have performance that are being put on by Vanderbilt students including concerts and plays of every kind. There will even be activities in your dorm so you can get to know the community that you are becoming a part of for the next four years. You definitely will never be at a loss of things to do at Vanderbilt.

It is hard to say what the most popular student organization on campus are simply because there are so many. Greek life definitely has the highest number of students involved, but most of these students are also involved in other activities as well. Some of the activities that people I know are involved include: Vandy Spoken word, Vanderbilt Student Government, Reformed University Fellowship, Navigators, Interfaith Council, Hillel Jewish Center, Manna, Big Brothers and Sisters, dancing and singing groups, College Republicans and Democrats, Vanderbilt Programming Board, and so many more. The organizations are there for students to get involved in. At the very beginning of your freshman year there will be a student organizations fair that will begin to introduce you to the huge number of organizations on campus and how you can get involved in them. Of course student activities also feature a broad range of things as well. For one, your in Nashville, so you have the whole city to explore. Student Government runs a downtown shuttle that can help you get to other parts of the city and your Commodore card will give you access to the Nashville bus system to get you just about anywhere in the city. On campus there are always activities going on at the fraternities and you have college athletics. Football and basketball games are always great activities to attend with your friends. Then you have performance that are being put on by Vanderbilt students including concerts and plays of every kind. There will even be activities in your dorm so you can get to know the community that you are becoming a part of for the next four years. You definitely will never be at a loss of things to do at Vanderbilt.

The social life at Vanderbilt is great. There's always something going on around Campus. Any interest there's a club for it. Depending on your floor your door may be open or not. Most people leave their door unlocked though, so kids popping in and out of rooms is common. There is a hook up culture and you'll have to accept that if you come. Very few people stay in long relationships. Grad school is for that! Commodore Quake and Rites of Spring are our huge music festivals always selling out. Greek Life is big for those who participate in it. Weekends start on Thursday with the students going going downtown to bars/clubs, Friday and Saturdays are frats that are usually themed. Tuesdays are bar night. Saturday night you can find a lot of activities that dont involve drinking whether it's on campus or off.

most popular organizations are the greek ones. students leave their doors open all the time-- we're incredibly social. athletic events draw the biggest crowds, especially basketball. there's always somewhere to go out and party if you know where to look (generally the frat houses). people party up to 5 nights a week. downtown nashville is a great place to go off campus; there are lots of clubs and nightspots there if you're 18+ or 21+.