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By Gender Male C Female C-   By Major Art & Design Department F Biology C Chemistry C- Economics C- Education B- English C Geography and Geosciences B History/Histories (art history/etc.) C Language - French/Spanish/etc. C- Math C+ Music Education F Neuroscience/Cognitive Science B- Other D+ Philosophy D+ Physics C Political Science C PreMed and Medical F Psychology C Religion/Religious C- Undecided C

Against similar schools Surrounding City compared with similar schools in class. Vassar College  C- Average of All Schools  C+ Average of schools in class  B+ Brown University  B+ New York University  B+ George Washington University  A- Columbia University in the City of New York  B Boston University  B+ John Brown University  C- Harvard University  B- F A+

Quotes touching on Surrounding City

“... There is basically nothing going on - one needs to hop an hour and a half long train to get to new york for major cityish excitement ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Definitely more good here than bad, but I do have my reservations about that chicky-faux-british dude with the "cityish" longing ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Parts of New York City such as Brooklyn and Queens where many of these Asians, particularly Koreans come from are not idyllic, SUV suburbs but ur...” [Read full comment]

 

“... The city of Poughkeepsie is actually a great resource once you get into it and go beyond the immediate surroundings ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... It costs less than $20 for a round-trip train ticket to New York City, and the train takes about two hours each way -- it's completely doable and...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Although the surrounding city of Poughkeepsie leaves much to be desired, Vassar is still a great place to spend your undergraduate years ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Poughkeepsie is an awful dump of a city, and the college is located in a crappy section ...” [Read full comment]

 

“... I try to gain some perspective by visiting friends at Bard and in New York City and keeping myself busy with what I love to do (my on-campus job...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Poughkeepsie kind of sucks, but Vassar is a city to itself--there are a million things to do on a weekend that never involve leaving Main gate .....” [Read full comment]

 

“... Also, the town around has been falling apart since it was ruined by IBM's manufacturing departure, but as an off-campus student, I would say that...” [Read full comment]

 

“... Additionally, I found that the students have a very NY city type of attitude, very cold, and self-absorbed ...” [Read full comment]

   

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