<p>jhl,</p>
<p>That is correct. Graduate schools do not care about ECs. Only grades, GREs, research, letters of rec, statement of purpose (and writing sample for many humanities programs) matter.</p>
<p>When it comes time for you to think about graduate school, you will find that it is entirely different from undergraduate admissions. Even the most prestigious schools for undergraduate study may not be at all prestigious in your particular area of research.</p>
<p>Thanks for the explanation of Wellness and Quiet halls.</p>
<p>Any advice on Freshmen Professors/courses to avoid or that are particularly popular?</p>
<p>Also, in relation to courses, what's the normal amount of classes that a freshman takes first semester at Vassar?</p>
<p>How is the Music dept at Vassar? Also, do they have students with dual majors, as in Music plus another major . for example Music-Science (chem, phys.) Thanka for any info.</p>
<p>Could someone further elaborate on the male-female ratio at Vassar and how that ratio affects social life?</p>
<p>For example, I visited SLC in the spring, and though SLC claims to have a ratio of 3 girls per 1 guy, I saw, maybe, only 7 guys during my visit and many more girls. I also picked up a campus newspaper and was turned off by the fact that most off the articles were obsessed with gender ratios and issues, and all this gender clash type stuff...Not to say SLC is not a good school. I'm sure it is.</p>
<p>But how is this handled at Vassar? I've heard stories of feminist teachers being slightly more unforgiving to male students, and other various things that attempt to describe Vassar as a school that, while the student body is physically presented as 60-40, gender and sexual issues make the school feel like a women's school...Idk, my question is really confusing and vague, but I'm just curious, as I am a guy who is really interested in Vassar (most likely applying ED).</p>
<p>thanks professor k! Are you from Vassar?</p>
<p>I should have asked.. 'Were' you from Vassar? Great chances for someone from Vassar or any top 25 LACs to get into top grad schools like Cornell, Columbia (in physics/engineering)?</p>
<p>sorry i misspelled your name,, professor X!</p>
<p>Oni . . Unless the ratio has changed substantially in teh last two years, it was my experience that it feels pretty even. On another thread someone said that unlike some other schools you'll never really see a "herd" of guys - that's true for the most part. Friend groups tend to be very balanced . . . mine were always guy heavy actually. The parties I went to were almost always pretty even. I do think that the LAC's can attract the kinds of girls who . . . how to say this politely . . . never really matured into opposite sex friendships so there's a little bit of that. But odds are, those won't be the people you pal around with.
IT would be unlikely to hang out ONLY with a group of guys but there are whole lot of guys to hang out with . . . make sense? There is deffinately good guy energy at Vassar.</p>
<p>Thanks JVssrGrl05, that explained alot. It's not that I want to go to Vassar and have that sense of guy energy; honestly, I don't want a primarily testosterone fueled male student body, however, nor do I want an environment where there is a low sense of guy energy. Balance is good, and it seems to me that balance is achieved at 60-40, so that makes me happy ^_^</p>
<p>I'll be applying to Vassar ED in the fall, so...yeah...</p>
<p>jhl,</p>
<p>Yes, I am a Vassar alumna. And yes again, superb chances for a Vassar student in physics to gain admission to a top grad school. No question. </p>
<p>Best wishes to you.</p>
<p>thanks professor X</p>
<p>I know there are a lot of double major questions, but I have one more. Is it possible to double major in film and something else? (Say psychology for example?)</p>
<p>PoeticExplosion,</p>
<p>You bet you can. :)</p>
<p>I just wanted to say thank you before I bombard you with my questions, because this thread has been very helpful and has provided me with greater insight. </p>
<p>My question is this:
I know this may make me ignorant or naive, or going off of completely biased opinions I've heard elsewhere, but I've heard that Vassar is an extremely liberal and downright, well...weird, school. I'm not ultra-conservative, however, I'm certainly not liberal. Will I constantly be playing devil's advocate if I'm not a liberal and hold more conservative beliefs? And while I'm my own breed of quirky, do I have to be really out there to get along with people? I'm a semi-conservative jock (I use the term 'jock' loosely--I play soccer, but that hardly defines me) who loves english and history. I realize that sports aren't necessarily huge at Vassar, but I'm also very studious and education-centered (which I've heard many Vassar students are). So I ask these questions because my concern is that I wouldn't necessarily fit in with the 'liberal/nonconformist/quirky' student body. Sorry to ramble, but thank you for your help! :]</p>
<p>are there a lot of pre-meds at vassar</p>