The Vanderbilt Advantage

In this intensive, fast-paced, four-week summer immersion in business, designed exclusively for undergraduates and recent college graduates, students receive “grab-it-and-go” instruction and apply their new knowledge immediately as consultants for real-world clients that include some of the world’s best-known companies. The program, led by Vanderbilt MBA faculty, puts students on an accelerated track from the academic world to the business world and provides the confidence and skills they need to land highly desirable internships and jobs.

Here are 8 reasons why our students say the Accelerator®—Vanderbilt Summer Business Institute is an advantageous choice.

1. Quickly develop the business skills that will help you land an internship (or a full-time job).
   
   
2. You’ll get hands-on experience solving real-world problems for real-world companies.
   
   
3. Through special networking events that are part of the program, you’ll build valuable connections with business executives who make actual hiring decisions for their companies. In addition, corporate partners often offer summer internships to Accelerator students who worked on projects for their companies.
   
   
4. Making presentations to senior executives and applying your classroom knowledge to tackle real issues for major companies will build invaluable confidence as you prepare to transition to the working world. After completing Accelerator, students consistently say they achieved more in 30 days than they ever imagined. Many describe the program as one of the best experiences of their lives.
   
   
5. You’ll learn from the best that Vanderbilt has to offer—the same world-class faculty who teach the business courses in Vanderbilt’s prestigious MBA program.
   
   
6. The program is focused on you. You’ll receive one-on-one career counseling, with coaching and instruction focused on your personal strengths and weaknesses.
   
   
7. It’s fast-paced—and fun. You’re constantly on the go, from a networking breakfast to classes to project work to a client presentation to a group outing. The pace is part of the pleasure, and Accelerator alums tell us that working hard and playing hard amounted to a lot of fun.
   
   
8. The Accelerator program consistently receives exceptionally high satisfaction scores from students.