<p>Just visited Vassar. Loved parts of it but have some worries: the tour guides made us think there are no straight men at the school, or few at least. Is this a place a shy straight male will fit in? Make friends, get a girlfriend? Are all or most the males gay and into film/drama? How about sciences-- the profs seemed great but facilities looked like 1920s. Not knowing what a good college science dept should look like hinders my ability to see what is really there--but it sure didn't look like Williams or Middlebury or Pomona. Can anyone help me here?</p>
<p>Vassar is kind of notorious for its hookup culture, meaning that most straight males have ample opportunity to get some. Yes, there are a lot of gay guys around, but that really only increases your chances with the straight girls. If your specifically in search of a relationship, that might be slightly more challenging. However, as the girlfriend of a straight, low-key Vassar dude, it seems to me that committed relationships at Vassar are on the rise, so I wouldn’t count it out as a possibility. For most of the straight guys I know, one of the biggest challenges is finding a group of guy friends with similar interests. The best way to find that kind of bro-culture seems to be joining a sports team, though that certainly not the only way. Unfortunately, I can’t really speak for the quality of the labs, etc at Vassar, though I have a good friend who is a biochem major, and she loves both the facilities at Vassar and the personal attention you get from the professors. That kind of one-on-one relationship can also give you the opportunity to do independent research during Vassar’s URSI summer program.</p>
<p>I can say that Vassar’s sciences are definitely not something to scoff at, as evinced by graduates constantly getting into top grads schools and doing well there. You should know the facilities are getting a major revamp and are currently a focus for campus renovations. Also, the gay culture isn’t as big as you’d think, likely barely above average for a college campus. The thing is, it’s such an open community that people feel comfortable coming out and expressing themselves freely so they seem relatively prominent. As a straight male, I can attest to the fact that hookups and relationships are not at all rare and you can definitely get girls here you would never get in the “outside world”. Hope this helped</p>