<p>i know that the ratio of women to men at vassar is something like 60:40. is that noticed on the campus or does it not really have any impact?</p>
<p>I'm not sure how to answer that . . . I guess be more specific with your question?</p>
<p>If the question is Vassar over-run by cosmo magazines and no one likes to watch football/Basketball/baseball because everyone is too busy painting thier nails and talking about their period (you take my point), then well . . . I think my sarcasm speaks to that concern.</p>
<p>I always find this question a little odd because most people went to highschools that are similarly distributed (unless you went to a single sex school) give or take 5% so no you won't notice it. </p>
<p>From an academic perspective, Vassar does strive to give equal time to the work of female acadmics and perspectives but this is pretty standard practice in 2007. </p>
<p>The more significant difference is the absence of Greek life, which I think helps keep guys and girls groups of friends more integrated (but some people are into the whole Frat/Sor. scene in which case Vassar ain't the place to be)</p>
<p>Also, If you're looking at small Liberal Arts schools that's the standard percentage.</p>
<p>In the interest of full disclosure, my perspective is that of girl whose group of friends was composed of a majority of guys (and who would have gone nuts if there wasn't sufficient guy-energy around) But maybe a Vassar guy can respond as well . . .</p>
<p>Like a lot of things, you don't notice it unless you look for it.
What I do notice is that there are not really huge packs of boys roaming the campus, they're more mixed in with a larger group that includes girls. The most boys I've seen walking around is like three or four together.</p>
<p>Is it harder then for a male to get into Vassar!?</p>
<p>^Hmm, no, I would think that while typicaly your gender has little affect in your application to any college (except maybe SLC), a male applying to Vassar would have a tiny bit easier time getting in.</p>
<p>At the Vassar information session on campus, the speaker stated that while 80% of the applicants are women and only 20% are men, they purposely select a more balanced class (60f-40m). You do the math.</p>
<p>Did anyone know that Boston University undergrad is 70 percent women? Vassar feels totally coed because it is.</p>
<p>I am a (straight) male at vassar and I do notice the ratio. I know it sounds wierd to say, but I sorta wish there were more guys. The feminism can be overwhelming sometimes.</p>
<p>I would like to add that my daughter and son-in-law met at Vassar. There was also the question of the 60-40 ratio...which my daughter did not notice. There were plenty of boys, and she had lovely relationships and friendships. Plenty of schools have a large differential between the numbers of boys and girls, it is just less publicized or spoken about than at Vassar, which went coed almost 40 years ago rather than merging with Yale, its brother school, in the same way that Radcliffe merged with Harvard,</p>