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-if you're the frat or sorority type, you're shit out of luck. -no one is too weird. like i said, nothing shocks a vassar student. -every group is fluid. no concrete cliques. -sometimes people are a little socially awkward, but they're the minority. -very diverse student body -very liberal, with a few bitter dissidents

As I've said, the hipster and LGBT populations predominate (and overlap) but you can pretty much find whatever crowd you're looking for, and the good news is that pretty much everyone is intelligent and interesting. People here have a way of revealing talents months after you get to know them that will give you a whole new perspective on their personality.

People are nice and they care about the environment.

We are ALWAYS busy. Join as many activities, groups, and sports as possible, or get prepared to feel left behind. As a student body we are ridiculously stylish and caffeinated. Lots of type A's masquerading as hippies.

It's pretty whiteywhitey here, but there's a decent international community. Everyone's painfuly liberal that I wish that sometimes there were more Conservatives around to make classes a little but more interesting.

As I said before, the Vassar student body is changing very rapidly.Ten years ago Vassar was considered a very politically active, progressively minded school. I would say that is changing. The study body is getting much more culturally heterogeneous. More much moderate, like-minded, politically apathetic, and socially straight-edge kids are being admitted. The older Vassar generation tries continuously to "Keep Vassar Weird" but that truth is, Vassar is getting more and more "normal" every year. Vassar is defined by its cliques. People establish these small groups early on in their freshman year and then never stray too far. People are always nice and accepting (especially when it comes to the LGBT community) but it is difficult to make good friends with people once you move on past your freshman year. Vassar students are very conscious about trying to be P.C. but I often feel like that leads to a whole lot of boring and dishonest conversations. What I find most disturbing about Vassar, however, is this new "popular" group of hipsters that seems to be emerging. Vassar never had a "popular" group until very recently but it is starting to develop one and, frankly, I've never met a more self-obsessed group of kids.

People for the most part are very open-minded and the diversity is pretty good. An out of place student at Vassar would be one who wants the media-portrayed college life i.e. Greek system, football games, and business students. For most people though, everyone will find their niche. Different groups of people interact well and most groups of friends have diverse interests. Students are definitely more left-oriented politically, although there are a few conservatives on campus. Most students are from the east coast, but a large group come from California as well. For the most part, people are well off financially, although the school's cost is always a concern.

While most represented States at Vassar are New York, California, New Jersey, and Connecticut, there are students representing over 150 different nations around the world. Even though we have less than 3000 students at Vassar any given year, the student body is extremely diverse and worldly. Most students are from upper-middle class families, and most of the campus is very liberal, but any other classification is hard to describe. There are a variety of racial, religious, and LGBT groups at Vassar.

-Conservatives usually do not feel comfortable at Vassar, simply because our curriculum and social scene is completely liberally minded.

Open, fairly accepting Full of crazies and hipsters Boys wear skinnier jeans than girls Wear things that look like they came from the dumpster, but complete the outfit with one ridiculously expensive item Liberal

Students at Vassar are a lot more varied than people think. You can find at least one of everyone here. It's also a lot more cliquey than some people would like, but it isn't hard to find friends you are comfortable with. There are a lot of really rich kids here, who can be somewhat obnoxious about their financial background, but there are also totally normal people and people here on a ton of financial aid, like me.

Everyone is very tolerant of "minority" groups. There is a lot of LGBT love here. Many students are from the northeast. There seems to be an alliance against trendy clothes.

Vassar was recently ranked as one of the most accepting communities of the LGBT population. Not only are there clubs and organizations geared towards every kind of sexuality and/or sexual preference, everyone here is very welcoming of different kinds of people. I think a very preppy, homophobic student would feel out of place here: Vassar is not a place where people pop their collars. Even though there are the typical sports' teams cliques, there are not really cliques in general. I have friends on every sports team, from volleyball to squash, and I play a club sport with a slew of different people. In general, most people come from New York, California, and Connecticut/Massachusetts, although I think every state is represented here by at least one student; there is also a big international community with students hailing from Denmark, Ghana, Colombia, and Australia (to name a few). Because Vassar is a highly selective (and expensive) college, the general population comes from upper middle class families, although I personally am on a lot of financial aid. I have some friends who are on complete scholarships and come from very poor backgrounds, but I also know some people who are heirs to fortunes. There is a Republican group on campus, but we never hear about them really: Vassar Democrats are awesome.

Most students are pretty wealthy, but Vassar's student body and administration are at the forefront of liberal arts colleges that are finally dealing with classism as a major issue. LGBT and racial groups are well represented, though there is a small stigma for Christians.

People wear what they want here, and everybody talks to everybody. If there's four tables of students in the dining hall, one of them is probably the ultimate team, two of them are probably just random groups of friends, and the fourth is most likely myself and another atheist league member in a debate with the Christian Fellowship. Students come from all backgrounds, though until this year we had a relatively high concentration of wealthy caucasians. I suspect that by next year we'll be about 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} minority groups and 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of our student body will be on financial aid.

Students at Vassar are very accepting of all types of diversity, however there is not much diversity on campus. This is a very white school. Most students are from the East, but there is a large California population as well.

I don't have much experience with this issue, although from the experience I do have (in class and outside) I think that students are moderately intolerant towards other students that express Moderate and Conservative viewpoints.

A lot of rich white kids that think the school is diverse. Very clique-y, which can be okay depending what clique you happen to get in.

There are big LGBTQ groups on campus that are quite prominent, clubs for minorities, etc. You can meet so many different kinds of people and the experience is wonderful. A significant portion of students are from NY, a LOT of them from Long Island, liberal, white, and from well-off families. But that doesn't mean to say there aren't people from different backgrounds.

there's a lot of left-winged people here