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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Vassar College is 26%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020, _____ students were offered admission.
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What is the stereotype of students at your school?
Most would describe Vassar as a small liberal arts school with a spectacular campus.
Some stereotypes I have heard iabout the students include academically inclined, free thinking, and very liberal. I have also heard that we are all tree hugging hippies who don't shave, are stuck up, and smoke weed all day - oh, and that everyone is gay.
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Is the stereotype of students at your school accurate?
Only partly. As far as the pot smoking goes it's pretty huge but partying in general kind of encompasses that, the people here are more inclined to smoke up when it's social. Everyone is liberal though, that is definitely true. I've yet to meet a true conservative on this campus. As far as Vassar being gay... well yeah, it kind of is. The gay population is definitely present and accounted for but so is the straight population.
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Describe the students at your school.
Very friendly people who do not hesitate to help and challenge me to go one step further in learning something new and accomplishing new goals.
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What is your overall opinion of this school?
The best thing about Vassar is definitely the feeling of community. The fact that the professors live with us and their kids park their tricycles next to student's bikes makes for a very unique college experience. It's a good size for making sure you feel like you know people but very difficult to remain anonymous. The town-college relationship sucks, not because Poughkeepsie is so awful but because Vassar tries very hard to keep the students on campus all the time, which gets very smothering. The reaction I get when I tell people I go to Vassar is either "where?", "ooh, a smarty", or "good luck finding a husband", which is kind of representative of the experience here, strangely enough.
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What are the academics like at your school?
Professors 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} know your name. They may not be the best professors in the world but they will definitely take the time to get to know you. My favorite teacher of my life is Abigail Baird of the psych department... check her out. Class participation is a big deal here, there aren't very many big lecture classes. Intellectual conversations outside the classrooms are quite common. I'd say students are competitive but only because everyone wants to do well, but most people don't discuss grades. I love that Vassar has such a teeny required course load, sitting in a class you don't enjoy is a useless practice.
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What are the most popular student activities/groups?
There is a pretty wide range of groups with a strong grouping of athletes and theater kids.
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What should every freshman at your school know before they start?
It's a big world out there. Take your time and breath. You will face things you can't control, remember that. You like to plan every little detail of your life and enjoy knowing what the future holds- be prepared to let that go- once you hit the mainstream you'll have to roll with the punches. Don't give up on your dreams or let anyone else tell you who you are!
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Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
Vassar is really good at selling itself. Be careful not to buy too much into what they say at the info session and the pretty tour under the longest no longer free standing branch by the hogwarts-esque library. Vassar is a great school with great opportunities but it's not the happy rainbows and cupcakes fairyland admissions makes is out to be.
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What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
The worst thing about my school is its location. Poughkeepsie does not compare with big cities, which have much more resources for learning and expanding curriculum material. If only Vassar were in a city like New York, where museums and art galleries, among so many other attractions, enhance the quality of education just by the unique resources they make available to students!
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Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
Vassar is an invitation to explore parts of yourself and your world that you had never knew existed.
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What kind of person should not attend this school?
Close minded, bigoted, extremely career focused
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What's unique about your campus?
The availability of faculty (and their knowledge) and the openness of staff and students to consider alternative paths after graduation. Although many of my friends from Vassar went on to the typical internship/corporate drudgery work, many of them also went on to be Park Service Naturalists, starving actors, publishing agents, and other slightly more exciting and unique pursuits.
Furthermore, my current attendane at a large state university for graduate work has allowed me to appreciate the small classrooms that encourage thinking and problem-solving, with no one answer looked for. Discussion is paramount. I miss it.
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What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
I brag about the cool on campus events; we had MIA come perform a concert!
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What kind of person should attend this school?
Someone who attends Vassar should be highly motivated to do well in school. They should willing to listen to a diverse set of views and not be bothered by them. They should not be bothered by cold weather and should love to go sledding. They should be outgoing and willing to put themselves out there in order to meet knew people and learn new things. They should be bold. They should be accepting. They should either like to party or be able to find alterative means to have fun other than the party scene.
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What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
That the professors were nicer and more helpful than I assumed.
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What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
Vassar tends to project an image that it doesn't really hold true to. Financial Aid is not as generous or helpful as they make it seem, administrative officers are not really willing to listen to student input, and the Vassar Student Associationis more like an elite group of students that work with the President's goals in mind, and rarely genuinely consider the student body at large. Social life here is what you make it, but it's not that easy to find fun activities that don't involve dancing and alcohol. People are not that friendly or open.
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Describe your favorite campus traditions.
English, Theatre, Art, Art History, Being Liberal
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Describe the dorms.
A tour of Noyes Dorm, and the Jetson Lounge
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Why did you decide to go to this school?
A student tells us why Vassar was her first choice and what she wishes she knew before coming here.
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What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?
Full of hipsters, stoners, rich elitists, musicians, Artists and incapable of sports.
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