My daughter is considering Vassar and loves its diverse population and how open and accepting it is. She has one concern as a straight female: Since there are less males (40%) and a good percentage of the males are gay, will it be more difficult to find a boyfriend?
My straight Vassar daughter had no trouble with that! It’s looking like the college bf is going to be a keeper, and the bf’s pack of guy friends (many of whom we now know) is full of straight guys you would be happy to have your daughter date.
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D22 had same concern. Good to know; the LGBTQ community there seems to be welcoming and well represented across identities, so maybe it all evens out for everyone? Btw, most LACs are 60/40 m/f these days in any case.
My straight son is considering Vassar. While browsing their website, I ran across a recent “campus climate” report. It surveyed several hundred students. 12.9% self-reported as Trans/Queer/Another, see p. 5 of
which doesn’t strike me as an unusually large percentage. Don’t know how accurate this is, but thought I would share it.
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No matter what school your child goes to she will find her peeps and be exposed to others as well.
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@nidoite Gender identity is not the same thing as sexual preference.
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She may. It depends. Many straight women graduate from Vassar without dating. It makes sense from the math—60% female, 40% male, and I would guess a higher % of Vassar males than females are gay, skewing that % even further. Not a reason to not go there, but the imbalance is absolutely felt in the social life by the % of girls who are not dating. Vassar is a great ego boost for straight boys. There’s actually something called VassarBi—females who want to date become bi while at Vassar. But it’s a wonderful education, and there’s all those beautiful buildings and trees to look at!
Gablesdad, no way that “. . . most LACs are 60/40 m/f these days . . .” (I think you actually meant f/m.)
I think somewhere around 55/45 f/m is in fact common, but 60/40 takes it to an extreme. As a point of fact, there are more young women in college generally today.
GanAinm, your observations are born out in the study described in the article I’ve linked here:
@Bill_Marsh Correct, I unintentionally reversed.