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Doug Fraker, also a second year student, says, "In college you could go into just about any dorm on any night of the week and see kids smoking dope and partying, but at Vanderbilt that just doesn't happen." He adds, "Things are always pretty quiet--there are very few stereos and nobody plays them loud...
Only in its architecture does Vanderbilt resemble a dorm. It has a couple of suites, but most of the rooms are singles off long corridors. Not many third- or fourth-year students live here. They could, of course, if they wanted to, but it's just not in the game plan of most third- and fourth-year students, almost doctors, to stick around with a bunch of classroom jockeys. It would be like spending your senior year of college in Hurlbut. By their third year, most med students have moved into apartments in Boston or Cambridge...
...Ryan, a first-year student, says that Vanderbilt residents do their best to avoid competition but admits a certain amount is inevitable. "You're always around people who are studying the same exact things--sometimes it seems like you can't get away. At least in college when you get back from classes you can be around people who are doing a lot of different things. You can't do this a Vanderbilt," says Ryan, a Brown graduate...
...rooms and the rest of the students scatter. "Sometimes residents get together in little groups to do things, but there is definitely not the desire for big parties here the way there was in college," first-year Princeton graduate Michele Hamilton says. Once in a while--a long while--Vanderbilt stages large parties and dances, but, according to Hamilton, they are usually pretty bad. First year student John Hammond, who heads back to Williams when he can afford the time off from studying, says, "On weekends this place is dead, I mean, you can just about see tumbleweeds blowing across...
Aside from the somewhat awkward social atmosphere, students say another problem with Vanderbilt is its cafeteria. Soupcon, its caterer, is not subsidized, so the food is usually expensive, Ryan says. The cafeteria is also closed on weekends. Since there are no cooking facilities in the rooms, students are forced to eat out in a city not known for its gastronomical bargains. Why do people choose Vanderbilt then? First-and second-year students are not required to room there, yet more than 250 each year do. Many students, particularly those who are unfamiliar with the area, have trouble finding housing...