Have heard several people now mention that Vassar females are LBGTQ or athletes. My D has friends in both categories but wants a college with more diversity.
Is the Vassar female student body diverse?
There are roughly 1500 female students at Vassar. How could it even begin to be true that they all fall into only two these categories (which are, of course, not mutually exclusive)? In any case, in my very limited experience (my daughter is a freshman) there is good diversity of kids of all types. I would suggest if your daughter is concerned that there is such narrow representation she go for a visit and see for herself. The student body seems very friendly from the times I’ve been on campus and I think she could pretty quickly see if they are her people.
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Yes, stereotypes are almost perfectly accurate, putting 1000+ people into exactly 2 buckets.
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Whatsa vassarfemale?
The undergrad population is close to 2500 students. Your post must have a typo.
The stereotype is incorrect. I attended, and while it is very accepting of a variety of students, this stereotype is just silly.
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The simple answer to your question is no. Vassar students (male and female) are unique and impossible to describe or characterize so simplistically.
With that said your seeming desire or capacity to define people in such a fashion may serve as a reason that you (or someone who thinks in such a way) wouldn’t be a good fit at VC. The Vassar student body tends to be a group that doesn’t seek to pigeon hole others or self define themselves narrowly. Vassar is a place where you can be an academic, athlete, artist and or activist if you are so inclined, all of the aforementioned or none of the above and more importantly your social network isn’t limited by these abstract and societally imposed definitions.
I am not being critical but suggesting you really consider your approach to school selection. Some of your other threads seem to indicate a desire to summarize a schools environment and or students in a sentence. This is ironic because Vassar (and several of the others you asked about) would describe their greatest defining characteristics as the uniqueness and eclectic nature of their campus communities.
If you have the time you may want to watch the iconic movie the Breakfast Club. Not entirely applicable but it does highlight the fallacy of seeking simplistic answers when defining people.
“Dear Mr. Vernon. We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. What we did was wrong, but we think you’re crazy to make us to write an essay telling you who we think we are. What do you care? You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, the most convenient definitions. You see us as a Brain, an Athlete, a Basketcase, Princess, and a Criminal. Correct? That’s the way we saw each other at 7 o’clock this morning. We were brainwashed.”
Good luck.
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For future reference, you would have more success posting under College Search & Selection asking for advice. You should include sentences like:
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My daughter is interested in …
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She is looking for a college that offers …
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Our budget is …
You should avoid sentences that include your stereotypes of a student group or university.
As written, I find that the OP does not comply with the Forum Rules. Closing
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