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Quick Stats

Female Undergrads 59%
Male Undergrads 41%
Birth Control Available? Yes
The Women's Center provides many forms of birth control at a discounted price for students once they have been examined by a physician in the Women's Center. Emergency Contraceptive (the morning-after pill) is also available. CHOICE, a student-run organization that promotes safer sex, offers free safe sex supplies including condoms, dental dams, lubricant, and latex gloves; students can even sign up with CHOICE to have these items delivered to their personal mailboxes. Free condoms and safe-sex supplies also are posted in envelopes on most dorm hallways by CHOICE and AIDS Education members, as well as by Student Fellows.
Best Places to Meet Guys & Girls
  1. Town Houses
  2. The gym
  3. All-campus parties
Best Places to Hook Up
  1. Town House parties
  2. Your roommate's bed
  3. Sunset Hill
  4. The library
  5. The golf course
  6. The Shakespeare Garden
  7. The laundry room

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

No, Vassar isn’t still a girl’s school. In 1969, before most liberal arts schools, Vassar rejected an offer from the Yalies to merge and went coed instead. Today Vassar has slightly more girls than guys. Most students would describe Vassar as a sexually-open society. As most of the original buildings on campus were built when there was no need for separate men and women’s lavatories, Vassar’s dorms have coed hallways and coed bathrooms. Most guys are lanky, skinny, artsy types, and girls aren’t your typical girly girls. Vassar has an open homosexual and bisexual community. Many students find the understanding environment a comfortable place to “come out” and be gay.

Most students agree with the ideals of gender equity and gay rights that Vassar’s community attempts to foster. Of course, with sexual openness, cooperation, and exploration, comes the redefining and blurring of gender roles. When guys and girls can pee in adjacent stalls, vomit together after having too much to drink, or take a shower within a couple feet of each other in coed bathrooms, there is an intimacy that is both gained and lost. Still, this sexual openness is also one of the characteristics that draws students to Vassar.

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Guys & Girls at Vassar College

sushitime

Political Science and Government '15

4.6
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Not as Many Gay Guys as You Would Think

There is no such thing as a typical vassar student.

The theatre kids love football, the athletes "bros" are so nice, which is the perfect combination of very masculine bro plus sensitivity and kindness and smartness

Even the athletes are smart, no one gets in solely based on sports or extra-curricular achievements so everyone is smart and tends to be interesting and stimulating

Relationships are not prominent freshman and sophomore year and much more so in the upperclassman years

Random Hookups are a big part of the culture

there are not as many gays as one would think

overall, it is a very attractive campus

Dec 16, 2011

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AnONyMOus21212

English '15

4.6
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Interesting Dynamic

So the thing about Vassar is that it's so accepting of everyone that there is a pretty large, open gay community. Which is absolutely wonderful, but as a girl many guys you might have crushes on may be into guys. There are definitely plenty of straight men though (they just tend to be a little cocky because they are in high demand). In general people at Vassar are brilliant and attractive so you can't really go wrong.

Nov 14, 2011

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dreamswithwings

Sociology '15

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Artsy and Beautiful

For the most part, Vassar students are beautiful and dress like hipsters. If you are into that, that's perfect. Don't expect the bleached blonde, tan sorority type or the uber masculine frat boy... at all.

Oct 21, 2011

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Social Scene

Students at Vassar, on the whole, are unbelievably friendly. Some are more charismatic and outgoing than others, but the all-campus nature of much of the social life, as well as the fact that Vassar can feel exceptionally small at times, tends to make even the most introverted types eager to meet new faces. Social hierarchies are pretty nonexistent; there are no assigned groups, and people move from circle to circle. After sophomore year, students tend to have a more solid group of people who they spend their time with, but students continue to make new friends everyday, whether through classes, student–run groups, or just waiting in line to get coffee.

Hookups or Relationships?

It is extremely easy to hook up at Vassar, though finding a relationship is a bit more difficult. The girl/guy split gives guys a slight advantage at having their pick of available women, but girls seem to have fun with the casual dating scene, too.

Best Places to Meet Guys/Girls

Relationships often begin through friends, extracurricular activities, or at parties. Classes, depending on the ratio of guys to girls in your major, can be a good way to find the people who you make it your business to bump into outside of class. Students also tend to date their hallmates, a.k.a. "commit hallcest," a mistake few do more than once, but many do at least once. If all else fails and you are looking for a quick fix, hit up Town Houses—you are guaranteed to take someone home.

Dress Code

You could say that as long as you're not naked at Vassar, pretty much anything goes in terms of clothing. But that might be a little restrictive, so the unwritten rule at Vassar is that it is a clothing-optional campus. Of course, the topless sunbathers, the drunk boy sheathed only in a sock at a party, the students who go barefoot to class, or the nude bicyclists and fire-throwers entertaining crowds on the quad are not met everyday, and they don't go unnoticed. But like most things at Vassar, the freedom is there for students to express themselves in whatever way they dress or don't dress. Some students do put some effort into what they wear, whether it is to look clean cut, highly fashionable, or as dirty as possible. But the majority of students dress in the way in which they are most comfortable and somehow end up looking well put together. To go out, most people get dressed up. Many girls will wear designer clothing and stiletto heels downtown. Skimpy little skirts and dresses are always popular. Guys get dressed up too, but in more of an Abercrombie sort of way.

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