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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In all seriousness, there are a lot of gay/bi men there. It’s a former woman’s college. I would investigate with actual students. Nothing wrong with this but it’s going to be different. I get avoiding frat bro scene but this is maximum other direction. Hard pressed to imagine a gayer college (other than perhaps an art school) [/quote]

It hasn't been a women's college for over 50 years at this point, time to get past that. And we don't think that way about most former men's colleges.[/quote]

A former woman’s college is always going to have a dominantly feminine culture. Schools like Vassar and Sarah Lawrence remain predominantly female, more so than peers. Former men’s colleges embody masculine values and virtues. One of the reasons Vassar is so progressive, in the sense of free speech and robust dialogue being restricted, is that women are often more concerned about inclusivity than the rugged pursuit of truth. This isn’t me acting like Archie Bunker but rather the result of survey work: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-antisocial-psychologist/202104/the-gender-gap-in-censorship-support?amp

If my child wanted to apply to Vassar, I would refuse to pay for it. Plenty of better choices out there. The drug culture also bothers me- I was peripherally aware of the alternative/LGBT drug scene back in the 90s. Lots of synthetics which is scary in the context of fentanyl contamination. We aren’t talking about dead heads smoking joints here.  A friend of a friend who was part of that scene at another NY state school ended up dying in the streets of Manhattan. If it makes Vassar folks feel any better I also know a Wes grad who died of a few years ago of drug related issues in his 50s

So caveat emptor with that Vassar transfer app. [/quote]

Are you a Vassar grad yourself? Where exactly were you "peripherally aware of thie alternative/LGBT drug scene" 30 years? Not at Vassar, I'm betting.

You sure do seem determined to paint the school today as drug-addled, but based on what? Let's see your evidence: One, "[i]A friend of a friend[/i] who was part of that scene at [i]another[/i] NY state school" and died, and two, a Wesleyan grad who died due to drugs when he was [i]in his 50s[/i]. So, 30 years after he was at a college that isn't even Vassar. Your credibility is nil. [/quote]

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