<p>I cannot decide!!! At all. Please give me any input. Everything is appreciated!</p>
<p>Do you really want us to decide where you will spend the next four years of your life? I’m sure you don’t, but your post just comes across that way.</p>
<p>I also have a dilemma between Vassar and Tulane. I’ve been to Tulane, so now I’m going to see the Vassar campus. That’s the only thing you can do really, besides comparing the quality and content of the curriculum, or lack thereof.</p>
<p>But I can’t really give you any input, because I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what your goals are, what talents you have, what kind of person you are. Any advice I’d give wouldn’t be that helpful and appropriate to you. You know who you are better than anyone, so you’re the only one who can make a truly informed decision.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>I can’t help you on the academic side but I think some of the facilities may be better at Vassar. My daughter shares a large room with large closets and very gracious common rooms and renovated bathrooms in a 1920’s brick and stone building that has mixed freshmen, sophmores and juniors. My partners daughter’s freshmen dorm at Tulane reportedly has miniscule rooms and no character.</p>
<p>We were at Vassar again for parents weekend last week and the campus, library and some of the performing arts facilities truly are glorious.</p>
<p>As a Tulane Alum, I can tell you that the University Center is brand new. The Reiley Center (the student gym) is ‘state of the art’ and amazing, and all of the Science Lab buildings, with exception of the physics labs, are less than 10 years old and are also “state of the art.” The overall facilities at Tulane are great (Vassar may be as well.) Dorm wise, I had been in a few smaller dorms like SEGA mentioned while at friends’ dorms. I think the smaller dorm rooms are from the older dorms that Tulane is tearing down. Most of my classmates had large dorms. So I would say it just varies. Tulane has many different Dorm building setups/designs spread throughout campus. Upperclassmen are given priority at most universities including Tulane. Academically, I know Tulane is really competitive, and I’m pretty sure Vassar is atleast as competitive. I think the best advice would be to visit both Tulane and Vassar and take a tour of both as well as site see in their respect cities. I don’t think either one has an advantage unless one school is well known for a certain major, like Latin American Studies and Finance at Tulane. Tulane is older, slightly larger for undergrad, has a larger endowment, and has a Law School and Med School ect. But Vassar is in NY. If you don’t like warm to hot weather year round, pick Vassar. If you don’t like really cold weather, pick Tulane. Tulane does have a football team which I don’t think Vassar does. Both have good reputations in NY for job recruitment. Tulane has a pretty campus, and after just looking at some photos of Vassar’s, they have a gorgeous one as well. One advantage of Tulane is that it is on the Streetcar route into the city, and New Orleans is a walking city, meaning you don’t need a car. I’m not sure about Poughkeepsie, NY. New Orleans is certainly the most unique city in the country too with great food and festivals year round including Jazzfest, French Quarter Fest, Mardi Gras, ect. I would highly recommend visiting both and their cities. You can’t go wrong with either, and always consider the cost. Good luck!</p>