re: Do you get a true SEC experience at Vanderbilt??

Big Greek and party scene for an elite school. Geographically diverse student body, some of whom follow Florida, Penn State or the Patriots and don't care all that much about Vandy sports, if they care about college sports at all. BUT, at the end of the day we have a major D-I athletics program and the sports scene is bigger and better than that of 90% of schools. Big basketball games are a blast.

Obviously most students are very serious about school and professional development, and there are a lot of classic nerd types and cut throat competitors. Like anything, it is what you make of it; you can party hard if you want, do the Greek thing, be a diehard Vandy fan (yes they exist) and go to all the games or live in the library. Once you are 21 Nashville is going to be way funner than Oxford or Gainesville.