vassar

[Anonymous]

Many people apply to Vassar AND Wesleyan AND Bates. Different people prefer each of them but they have a lot in common. (My kid preferred Wesleyan over those two and all other East Coast LACs, but we know other kids who preferred the other two). Vassar has a stunning campus, smart students, a great art/music/theater scene, and fairly easy access to NYC. I'm not a huge fan of Poughkeepsie though.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't the feminists do away with single-sex higher education?

It's co-ed.

+1 since 1969 no less

Still something like 60% female though with a large population of gay males. I’ve heard this makes for a rather depressed dating scene.

For whom? Oh you mean just the hetero-females.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't the feminists do away with single-sex higher education?

It's co-ed.

+1 since 1969 no less

Still something like 60% female though with a large population of gay males. I’ve heard this makes for a rather depressed dating scene.

For whom? Oh you mean just the hetero-females.

Who are, somewhat incredibly, more over-represented on this board than at Vassar!

[Anonymous]

This is OP. I asked bc my junior DD is interested in it, but she mentioned that no one else (meaning, other students) seems to talk about it at her school. She knows of it because her cousin went there (long ago, in the 80s) and she talks it up. She says when she mentions it other kids don't seem to know it.

I realized then it doesn't seem to be mentioned on this board a ton relative to some other schools that come up all the time. We are relatively new transplants to DC and wondered if maybe it just wasn't popular around here, and if so, why that might be.

Just curious. It is a great school and I am glad my DD is interested, and her main concern is location. She loves the campus and liked the people when we toured, the size is what she is looking for, etc. She is also looking at Colgate (where the location also concerns her), Davidson, Wesleyan as reaches/targers and for safeties places like Connecticut College, Skidmore, Furman. Obviously she has time so a lot of this might change.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP. I asked bc my junior DD is interested in it, but she mentioned that no one else (meaning, other students) seems to talk about it at her school. She knows of it because her cousin went there (long ago, in the 80s) and she talks it up. She says when she mentions it other kids don't seem to know it.

I realized then it doesn't seem to be mentioned on this board a ton relative to some other schools that come up all the time. We are relatively new transplants to DC and wondered if maybe it just wasn't popular around here, and if so, why that might be.

Just curious. It is a great school and I am glad my DD is interested, and her main concern is location. She loves the campus and liked the people when we toured, the size is what she is looking for, etc. She is also looking at Colgate (where the location also concerns her), Davidson, Wesleyan as reaches/targers and for safeties places like Connecticut College, Skidmore, Furman. Obviously she has time so a lot of this might change.

Surprised she would be interested in Colgate....it's very greek and quite a different culture than Vassar, Wes and Skidmore. But you're right, Vassar doesn't get a lot of love here. I think part of it is that the Nescac schools are thought of as a group and get more visibility. If Conn College wasn't in the Nescac I don't think it would be on many people's radar.

[Anonymous]

The reputation is that it's for very artsy and dare I say, somewhat nerdy, girls and gay boys. It seems absolutely lovely for the right studens, but that isn't the vibe for everyone.

[Anonymous]

Hi, OP again. I agree there is some inconsistency in her selections so far. I think she will refine things as she goes along. Between us, I don’t think Conn College is really her speed either. She is nerdy and a little artsy too, she knows she is a nerd and owns it. I could totally see her at Vassar, though who knows if that will emerge as her first choice. We have a lot more places to see.

Her college counselor wants her to at least visit some mid-sized schools to make sure she isn’t limiting herself in her search. She is going to do some online research this weekend and get back to her counselor with 3-4 she would like to talk about. She is definitely not a state school kind of kid or huge campus like NYU.

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Anonymous wrote:The reputation is that it's for very artsy and dare I say, somewhat nerdy, girls and gay boys. It seems absolutely lovely for the right studens, but that isn't the vibe for everyone.

It's a fantastic school. If your, dare I say, unartsy, somewhat unlearned, girls and boys are looking for a less sophisticated vibe, that's fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The reputation is that it's for very artsy and dare I say, somewhat nerdy, girls and gay boys. It seems absolutely lovely for the right studens, but that isn't the vibe for everyone.

It's a fantastic school. If your, dare I say, unartsy, somewhat unlearned, girls and boys are looking for a less sophisticated vibe, that's fine.

Do you know someone who goes there, PP?

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We visited. It felt overwhelmingly LBGTQ+.

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Anonymous wrote:The reputation is that it's for very artsy and dare I say, somewhat nerdy, girls and gay boys. It seems absolutely lovely for the right studens, but that isn't the vibe for everyone.

It's a fantastic school. If your, dare I say, unartsy, somewhat unlearned, girls and boys are looking for a less sophisticated vibe, that's fine.

Do you know someone who goes there, PP?

Know several. Strong students. Smart and confident.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reputation is that it's for very artsy and dare I say, somewhat nerdy, girls and gay boys. It seems absolutely lovely for the right studens, but that isn't the vibe for everyone.

It's a fantastic school. If your, dare I say, unartsy, somewhat unlearned, girls and boys are looking for a less sophisticated vibe, that's fine.

Do you know someone who goes there, PP?

Know several. Strong students. Smart and confident.

DP And you’re leading with Vassar students are sophisticated? Lol……no.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Didn't the feminists do away with single-sex higher education?

It's co-ed.

+1 since 1969 no less

Still something like 60% female though with a large population of gay males. I’ve heard this makes for a rather depressed dating scene.

When I was a teen in the nineties that is one reason I turned it down.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The reputation is that it's for very artsy and dare I say, somewhat nerdy, girls and gay boys. It seems absolutely lovely for the right studens, but that isn't the vibe for everyone.

It's a fantastic school. If your, dare I say, unartsy, somewhat unlearned, girls and boys are looking for a less sophisticated vibe, that's fine.

Do you know someone who goes there, PP?

Know several. Strong students. Smart and confident.

DP And you’re leading with Vassar students are sophisticated? Lol……no.

Where are college students sophisticated? You could find a lot lower brow than Vassar.

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Anonymous wrote:The reputation is that it's for very artsy and dare I say, somewhat nerdy, girls and gay boys. It seems absolutely lovely for the right studens, but that isn't the vibe for everyone.

It's a fantastic school. If your, dare I say, unartsy, somewhat unlearned, girls and boys are looking for a less sophisticated vibe, that's fine.

Do you know someone who goes there, PP?

Know several. Strong students. Smart and confident.

DP And you’re leading with Vassar students are sophisticated? Lol……no.

Where are college students sophisticated? You could find a lot lower brow than Vassar.

Vassar prides itself on its number of pell grant students which is great but not at all sophisticated. Way to misread a school.