VDS Admissions

We’ve shifted here at Vanderbilt. The arboretum covers campus in green and the spring energy tantalizes as it builds summer humidity. The graduates have presented their theses at the Theses Fair, culminating years worth of soul-work and field education, community building, and the representation of an arc — who they… Read More

After a hurricane made landfall along the east coast of the American South in 2011, the remnants of the storm’s arms swung toward the Gulf of Maine where coastal and island communities prepared for tropical storm conditions. The sky over the harbor was dark and the rain was thick when… Read More

This is for those who have submitted their applications, waded into the ankle-deep waters around their home or on the street, looked up through the trees, and turned down the music on the drive home to find the way around the neighborhood of their heart (see previous blog post). Read More

There’s no singular “personal statement” required in the Vanderbilt Divinity School application.   However, there is a series of short essays that gives you a space to answer the questions a traditional personal statement would ask of you.   The application questions concern subjects… Read More

The Admissions Team is excited to announce the revival of Vanderbilt Voices: a blog written by students about their experiences leading up to, during, and following VDS. Some of the topics readers can expect to be addressed in the coming months will be: the… Read More