Andrew Clark

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@TD_Meyers @BussinWTB Exactly!!

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

Over the last few years, Vanderbilt has become one of the most desired and admired schools in the country. At a time when only 42 percent of Americans say they have a lot of confidence in higher education, and as other schools face a spate of crises — an increasingly antagonistic White House, the existential threat of AI, administrative uncertainty about how to handle student protests — the university has emerged as a bit of an apolitical fantasy land.

It accepted just 2.9 percent of regular-decision applicants, and although its overall acceptance rate won’t be available until late August, a university official said it’s expected to be about 4.8 percent, which would make Vanderbilt almost as hard to get into as Yale was last year. And in about a month, the university will take over most of a city block in Chelsea, which will allow roughly 90 undergraduates to “study abroad” in New York, interning for such beloved local institutions as JPMorgan and McKinsey.

“I’m not exaggerating when I say it’s on 85 percent of my students’ lists,” said Christopher Rim, a college-admissions consultant who works primarily with the ultrawealthy in Manhattan. “It’s the Ivies, MIT, Duke, Stanford, Vanderbilt.”

Claire Suddath reports on how Vanderbilt’s reputational makeover — making the school less fancy and southern, and considerably more selective and popular — has been in the works for decades: https://t.co/dZedb1gzJS

[Carnell Tate @carnelltate]

Next week or depending on shipment. I will post a spot for y’all to get FREE jerseys. Small through Extra Large. A gift from me to the city of Nashville. Thank y’all! #titanup

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@BrilliantMaps Deep South isn’t part of Oklahoma, sorry. If most of Tennessee isn’t the Deep South then Oklahoma definitely isn’t the Deep South.

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@MilitaryDouble @TheCinesthetic Because it feels like John Leguizamo is playing John Leguizamo as whatever character he’s playing. It’s hard to get past his accent when he plays a historical character, that probably limited his castings.

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@hobday_jon I think Tennessee has the most caves, lots of caves in Kentucky though

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@teameffujoe I said the same thing about the dialogue in the inconsistency use in the accents it felt contrived

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

HELLO NASHVILLLLEEE!!!!🤠🤠🤠

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@fiago7 🇺🇸 MUSIC CITY, USA🇺🇸

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Tennessee❤️

When people told us at the beginning of our road trip that people in the South are different, we didn’t really know what they meant. But after spending several weeks here, we finally understand.

The hospitality here is just something else. Everyone knows everyone, and it feels like people are living one big shared life. Someone is always stopping by, doors are always open, and everyone is welcome.

One guy told us he hasn’t locked his house in 23 years. When we were out on the lake, we met some people who immediately invited us to their lake house to hang out. They offered us drinks, chicken wings, and made us feel completely at home. It’s a kind of hospitality I’ve never experienced before.

When we got back to the dock late that night, one of the guys on the boat said something that really stuck with me:

“You don’t have to live in some big, exciting city. What matters is the people who live there. That’s what makes you happy. I’ve lived in many places around the world, but nothing comes close to Ocoee, Tennessee. And you know the best part about living here? We’re going to do the exact same thing again tomorrow.”

We will be back.

[Nashville Predators @PredsNHL]

@FreddyLA7 are you a hockey fan too by chance? check your dms 👀👀

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@FreddyLA7 Free concert tonight on Broadway , Chris Jansen.

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Good morning from Cherokee, North Carolina. Home of the Cherokee Indian Reservation. We’re running a bit low on sleep today because we might have stayed a little to long in the casino of our hotel last night. Nevertheless, the trip continues.

Direction: Nashville🤠

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@FreddyLA7 Rest up before you hit Nashville you’ll need your energy

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@elsathora Oh yeah, get outside of downtown around dusk if you want to see some lightning bugs….Radner Lake might be a good area for viewing…

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@cpa_sac @elsathora Agreed!

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@elsathora Broadway (@ night)
The Ryman
The Grand Ole Opry
Opryland Hotel
General Jackson Showboat
The Hermitage
The Parthenon
Country Music HOF
Burgess Falls/Fall Creek Falls
Leipers Fork/Franklin
Bluebird/Listening Room

[Freddy🇩🇪 @FreddyLA7]

Hello again.

We’re currently in Clemson, South Carolina. I’ve decided to come back here to document the final part of our road trip.

The main reason I deactivated my account two weeks ago was that things became increasingly toxic. For some people, it’s unfortunately unfathomable that a good story can exist without some kind of hidden agenda behind it. There was even a Reddit group going through my entire account trying to find anything they could use to reveal my identity.

I know this was only a small percentage of people, but after a while it became exhausting. During the last two weeks, I received so many kind messages on Instagram, and they really made me realize how many people genuinely enjoyed following the trip. Some people even told me that their grandparents regularly ask them, “What are the Germans up to today?” I think that’s really cool.

I decided to continue because I realized that the overwhelming majority of people loved following along. A small group of very loud people shouldn’t be able to ruin something that brought so many others joy.

I also want to clear something up, as people who follow me on Instagram already know.

I’ve been to the United States before. This is not my first visit, and I’ve never claimed that it was. The last time I was here was in January 2022, when I visited New York and Philadelphia.

A lot of people shared my Raising Cane’s post from November 2025 to make it look like I was secretly American. That post wasn’t from the United States, it was from my trip to Saudi Arabia.

This is my first time back in the U.S. in more than four years, and apart from Boston, I’d never visited any of the places we’ve been to on this trip before. That’s probably why many people assumed it was our first time in America, because for all of these places, it actually was.

And let me tell you, Ohio and Alabama are very different from New York City or Los Angeles.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Thanks for reading.

[Andrew Clark @drew05vette]

@Vandy_Nation @MichaelWBratton @thatSECpodcast Heisman runner up at 12… Should be accurate this year though…