Vassar College

Date: Aug 30 2008
Major: Economics (This Major's Salary over time)
What is good about Vassar is the individual support from faculty and staff. One can always see a professor, even if the office hours are bad, and they are usually very helpful. I had only one professor- who was a new hiree and was subsequently fired- whom I thought was an awful professor, but he was still very approachable and friendly, he just did not deserve to be a teacher. Other departments, like athletics and residential life are also very student-friendly.

What is bad about Vassar is the poor quality of the dormitory rooms and bathrooms (besides Jewett, and, presumably, Davison once it is finished). The common areas are beautiful and well-equipped, but the rooms are very small, especially some Freshmen doubles in the quad dorms, and often have doors which do not properly fit, so that noise travels easily into the room. The beds have terrible mattresses and the furniture is inconsistent between rooms and old. Also, the students tend to be very loud and ill-informed about political events and the economy.

But besides those complaints, I really love being at Vassar- even the radically-minded students are very friendly and approachable. The only reason I say I would attend a different university is to go to a research school for the last two years, to be able to take grad-level courses.