<p>I know this is an over tired question that Vassar gets, but I still need to ask it. Coming from a background as a women's school puts the gender ratio at 60:40 women:men...how does that bode on dating scene for straight women? </p>
<p>I'm not heading off to college hoping to major in marriage or anything, but you hate to close off your options, you know?</p>
<p>Thanks, it's been real!</p>
<p>Ok well I’m a rising senior so I can’t give you any details from actual experience, but your chances to date will definitely be better at Vassar than at a women’s school! </p>
<p>Basically what I hear is that there’s a few very serious relationships that form the first few weeks of school, and after that the social scene is mostly random hook-ups. I’m sure there is SOME dating too, it’s just the minority. </p>
<p>Also there’s supposed to be a very large gay and lesbian population, so while there will actually be fewer girls going after the available guys than you might expect, there still won’t be a ton of straight, available guys.</p>
<p>I probably haven’t said anything you don’t already know… but hope that was a little helpful!</p>
<p>Women have made up about 56% of the total number of college students since the late 1980s. If you exclude tech/engineering schools, I would imagine that the average liberal arts college or arts and sciences school at a university would have close to a 60%/40% split. So Vassar is not far from the national average. A relatively small number of uber selective colleges and universities are able to manipulate their admissions procedures to end up with a close to 50-50 split, but they do not represent the average college ratio of women to men.</p>
<p>How is the love life for a bisexual girl, then?</p>
<p>I imagine it increases your chance of getting a date on Saturday night by about 25-30%…</p>
<p>My daughter, a Junior at Vassar, assures me that the social scene is very similar to other colleges she has visited and that there are plenty of dating opportunities at Vassar. Like most LAC’s the ratio does make it a bit easier for the “boys” but the “girls” manage quite nicely. They may be putting on a good show for a parent but all of her friends I have met seem to be in, starting, or ending a relationship…or all of the above at once…</p>
<p>haha that’s good to hear! thanks!</p>