<p>The history department has a good reputation. Prof. James Merryl is a legend of the dept. I had prof Pohl for a couple classes before it was cancelled due to medical reasons and it was great.<br>
The dorm question is tough. Noyes definitely has the best (biggest) doubles. Davison is brand-new, so great facilities. Main is the most convenient location. I think those three are my faves.</p>
<p>Awesome! I’m planning to major in history. Art is also a major hobby of mines and I am currently enrolled at the HS of Art and Design in NYC and I want to get an idea of how the transition from art school to a LAC will be. I already know there are a bunch of talented kids at Vassar across a range of things. Do you have an idea of how the visual arts and film & photography are at Vassar?</p>
<p>@HB : Thank you so much for doing this. I love Vassar. How many people take up internships in NYC over the summer or for half-credit? How many graduates go on to work in NYC? Does Vassar have a strong alumni network there or is it spread all over the country?</p>
<p>a late remark re: move in day. We came up the night before and spent the next day at Target, grocery, hardware store, etc. It’s true freshman have a lot of help physically getting stuff to their room, but organizing and putting together furniture, buying lamps for desks, baskets to put energy bars,etc. in, water… I was amazed at how long it took!
If you are from far away (we were, had to fly), definitely plan to spend the entire next day helping with the move. But, also, maybe girls need more help since they might have more stuff??? And, without a car, all those trips to Target, etc. needed to be done when we were there with our rented car.
btw,D. loves Vassar. She is a sophomore and it just keeps getting better and better. Loves her classes and her friends.</p>
<p>@jonr93: I know that there is a basic year-long art course that is a pre-requisite for all other visual arts classes, advanced drawing, any painting, photography etc. The film department is a good program with opportunities to make films within and outside the department (there’s an active film club). Here, again, there is a basic intro course to take, though if you can prove equivalency they will probably let you skip it. </p>
<p>@GAPYEARSTUDENT (;)) I’m not actually sure about the internships, having not looked into them myself and I’m not aware of the figures of graduates working in NYC (though I would imagine it would be a fair number, considering the size of the city and its proximity to the college). Vassar does have a strong alumni network and I believe it is both in NYC and outside it. If you have more questions about internships, you should contact the CDO, career development office. I’m sure they’d be happy and better able to answer those questions.</p>
<p>@HB Thank you so much!! You are an awesome insider!</p>
<p>You’re welcome!! I’m so glad that I can be of some help.<br>
CORRECTION: the VDRT (Vassar Dance Repertory Troupe) performs in a giant 2000 seat theatre twice a year (one weekend, two nights) in poughkeepsie not NYC (that would be crazy). But it’s in this amazing old theatre and is almost full both nights.</p>
<p>^ Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre, VRDT 
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<p>Re: being in drama department shows, technically you have to have taken Drama 102 and 103, but occasionally they will make an exception, particularly for musicals.</p>
<p>lol whoops. inversion. Knew it was something like that.<br>
For dept. shows: actually I know several people who are concurrently in a production/enrolled in 103. I talked to the head of the drama dept and he said it is preferable to have taken both, but you will not be excluded. It’s more than occasional.</p>
<p>Danaaa! Hey.</p>
<p>@Hbananah : Is racial self-segregation prevalent on campus? Do minorities/internationals stick together and not mix with others?</p>
<p>Btw, thanks for your answers!</p>
<p>@gapyear: Racial self segregation on campus is not as prevalent on campus compared to some other schools I have visited, like WashU and Tufts. However, Vassar is less diverse than these schools so racial self segregation might simply not be as visible. I dont find it to be a major problem on campus, but it is a problem. International self segregation is not as pronounced.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I already read an answer to this or not somewhere else, but since I don’t seem to remember one…
Do the freshman writing seminars typically change annually, or do the majority of them remain year-to-year?</p>
<p>I’m not sure, but I think they mostly remain the same, with changes here and there…</p>
<p>The Cleopatra class better stick around.</p>
<p>I think that’s right, the fws have some variations, but there are a core group that remain the same. ps did I say I was in that Cleopatra fws?</p>
<p>Hey there, I’m currently a high school student heavily considering Vassar. 
I am planning on being a teacher, and I am thinking about a double-major in English and Drama. Is this possible? And if so, how would a drama education concentration work, do you think? Would I go in as performance, or tech, and do you know anyone who has done this?</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>Double majoring with drama and something else is EXTREMELY common at Vassar I know lots of people who are doing that. English/Drama is definitely possible, especially because Drama has a slightly lower credit requirement (though this is in deference to the ENORMOUS time commitment of shows). As a freshman, I’m not 100% sure how the declaring process works, but I’m fairly positive that you don’t declare a specific drama concentration, you are just majoring in drama not acting, for example. Drama majors have senior projects and this is generally in your drama area of interest whether that be stage managing, directing, acting, light design, etc. So that’s where you’d be specific. Hope that helped! If you have any more questions, I recommend e-mailing the head of the Vassar drama dept. Christopher Grabowski who will be able to answer any further questions with more detail and authority. You can e-mail him through the Vassar College website.<br>
Hope this helped!</p>
<p>hey! the tech class sounds interesting! could i enroll in it even if i have no intentions of majoring in any drama related field? Also, please look at my thread and see whether or not i have a chance of getting in!!! Thanks, I appreciate it</p>
<p>Of course you can enroll in tech without majoring! One of the goals of Vassar is to foster a broad education. They LOVE it when people try things just because they find them interesting.</p>