{"id":122,"date":"2021-09-15T19:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2023-12-07T12:06:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T18:06:03","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/as.vanderbilt.edu\/physics-astronomy\/faq\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><strong style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">I would like to visit Vanderbilt<\/strong><strong style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">:\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.2rem\">Please contact the <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"mailto:robert.scherrer@vanderbilt.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Director of Undergraduate Studies<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: left\"><strong 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