Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 13:58     Subject: Re:Vassar vs. W&L
Anonymous wrote:DCUM Mainstream:
DCUM "edgy, scary alternative students":



Well, at least you make your bias clear. 3 pics from Vassar v 1 from W&L?
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 13:57     Subject: Re:Vassar vs. W&L
A greater than usual proportion of students at each college own horses.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 13:56     Subject: Re:Vassar vs. W&L
DCUM Mainstream:
DCUM "edgy, scary alternative students":

Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 13:40     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who is now at Vassar. A bit "quirky" but fairly mainstream - boy who is into sports, dresses pretty normally, etc. But definitely not your mainstream frat boy type either.

That being said, most Vassar kids are like Lena Dunham's character in Girls (I hated that show). Artsy St. Ann's alums who think they are edgy but can be that way because they have daddy's bankroll behind them. Mixed in with lots of diversity which makes them feel good about themselves.


How exactly do you know all of these Vassar kids?
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 13:39     Subject: Re:Vassar vs. W&L
Anonymous wrote:Op - How did you find these two schools? Did friends suggest them to you? neither one of the schools are defaults for DCUMs to apply to: UVA, VT, WM, JMU, GMU or HYPSM.

The schools you mentioned have something particular that appeals to you. Curious what they are?


Wait. People can research and find schools outside of DCUM?!?!? That's nuts.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 13:32     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
Anonymous wrote:Another difference: The NY Times recently reported that W&L is one of 38 colleges that have more students from the top 1% income bracked than the bottom 60% bracket.

In the same article, Vassar was listed as one of the elite schools that enrolled the highest percentage of low and middle income students.

W&L has a very generous financial aid policy, so if you lower income you will probably go there for free. I'm not sure about Vassar's financial aid.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html

Clearly a lot of low income students are making Vassar work.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 13:29     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
Another difference: The NY Times recently reported that W&L is one of 38 colleges that have more students from the top 1% income bracked than the bottom 60% bracket.

In the same article, Vassar was listed as one of the elite schools that enrolled the highest percentage of low and middle income students.

W&L has a very generous financial aid policy, so if you lower income you will probably go there for free. I'm not sure about Vassar's financial aid.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/18/upshot/some-colleges-have-more-students-from-the-top-1-percent-than-the-bottom-60.html
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 10:55     Subject: Re:Vassar vs. W&L
Op - How did you find these two schools? Did friends suggest them to you? neither one of the schools are defaults for DCUMs to apply to: UVA, VT, WM, JMU, GMU or HYPSM.

The schools you mentioned have something particular that appeals to you. Curious what they are?
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 08:19     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
Anonymous wrote:Which entering class has higher STATS?


Both have mediocre numbers. All lacs are test optional, a large percentage of admits did not submit scores, so the reported numbers are not as meaningful.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 07:49     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
Which entering class has higher STATS?
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 07:48     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
I know a kid who is now at Vassar. A bit "quirky" but fairly mainstream - boy who is into sports, dresses pretty normally, etc. But definitely not your mainstream frat boy type either.

That being said, most Vassar kids are like Lena Dunham's character in Girls (I hated that show). Artsy St. Ann's alums who think they are edgy but can be that way because they have daddy's bankroll behind them. Mixed in with lots of diversity which makes them feel good about themselves.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 07:34     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Vassar is non-binary, blue-haired students who major in Comparative Literature with a concentration in Queer Theory. After graduation, they move en masse to Brooklyn to take up the avant garde poetry scene.

W&L is fratty bros and broettes who play sports and binge drink like crazy (especially with their frat/sorority friends during their infamous Spring Term). After graduation, they'll ask their sorority/frat "Big" for a job in finance/consulting where they'll live in up in Manhattan's Murray Hill with all of their bro-y coworkers.

Kidding. Kind of.


I think you were spot on.


Rather than deal in out of date stereotypes, here are some links. Here’s the freshman class profile at Vassar. Most kids are from New York or New England:

https://www.vassar.edu/admission/quick-facts/class-profile/#:~:text=Here%20are%20some%20demographics%20for%20the%20Class,Class%20of%202028%20also%20speaks%2049%20languages.
Here it is for W&L:

https://www.wlu.edu/admissions/apply/new-class-profile/

W&L has more kids from the southeast and south, more private school students. Vassar has more international students, Both have a majority receiving aid and a substantial percent of Pell grant recipients.
Anonymous
Post 10/28/2025 06:39     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
Anonymous wrote:Vassar is non-binary, blue-haired students who major in Comparative Literature with a concentration in Queer Theory. After graduation, they move en masse to Brooklyn to take up the avant garde poetry scene.

W&L is fratty bros and broettes who play sports and binge drink like crazy (especially with their frat/sorority friends during their infamous Spring Term). After graduation, they'll ask their sorority/frat "Big" for a job in finance/consulting where they'll live in up in Manhattan's Murray Hill with all of their bro-y coworkers.

Kidding. Kind of.


I think you were spot on.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 23:24     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
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Anonymous wrote:There are no similarities other than size.


Seriously. They’re polar opposites.


How so? This isn’t obvious to immigrant families.


Well to start, one is located in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and the other is located in New York. The cultures of those two places are very different.


And most students are not locals. How are the students different?


I don’t even know where to begin.


You can start by saying 80%+ white at W&L, and her tech immigrant son will have a difficult time fit in.
Anonymous
Post 10/27/2025 23:22     Subject: Vassar vs. W&L
Vassar is non-binary, blue-haired students who major in Comparative Literature with a concentration in Queer Theory. After graduation, they move en masse to Brooklyn to take up the avant garde poetry scene.

W&L is fratty bros and broettes who play sports and binge drink like crazy (especially with their frat/sorority friends during their infamous Spring Term). After graduation, they'll ask their sorority/frat "Big" for a job in finance/consulting where they'll live in up in Manhattan's Murray Hill with all of their bro-y coworkers.

Kidding. Kind of.