Vassar College
- Campus Strictness

Not Strict at All

You can pretty much get away with anything at Vassar as long as you're respectful and not stupid about it. Even if you get caught with an open container of alcohol, you need 3 strikes to actually get in any sort of formal trouble and getting kicked off campus is extremely hard.

Hit or Miss

You can either get really lucky with security or really unlucky. For example, I was once at a party and they told anyone who looked like they were under 21 that they had to throw their drinks out but they didn't write up a single person. But I have also been at a party where everyone got written up. So it really depends on which security person you are dealing with. In general they are pretty relaxed though as long as you aren't too loud or belligerent.

Fair.

Vassar campus security can sometimes get a bad rap, but with a very limited number of exceptions, they have the student's best interests in mind. That being said, the atmosphere is changing and I think they are recalculating their approach to combating a perceived alcohol problem on campus. Only time will tell where that goes. It seems in recent times there has been a much stronger security emphasis, but with less of an emphasis of getting people in trouble \ writing them up and more of an emphasis on making sure everyone is behaving safely. I'm sure some people would disagree with me though.