tryyourbest

I have no problem with it, it's just some opinions i heard about Vassar. Current students, is that true?

senioryr2010

I'm not a current student, I'm applying EDI this year, but I attended the open house last week at Vassar and my tour guide actually addressed this exact question. He said that about 10-20% of the student body is lgbt, and that while it may be easy to find a gay student on campus, it's just as easy (if not easier) to find a straight student. The reason Vassar is stereotyped as have a huge gay population is because it's such an open-minded and accepting community that no one feels the need to hide who they really are.

tryyourbest

10%-20%, that is fantastic. Go vassar! I hope you can get in in ED1!

OldbatesieDoc

My S visits a lot-GF is there- and he was a bit taken aback by the number of "boys" in dresses, corsets, etc. Not the majority, but they DO stand out(their goal, certainly). He has gotten used to it-and his GF is very happy there.

whitecadillac

@oldbatesiedoc: boys wearing dresses and corsets makes them gay? no. just...no.

@everyone: how many bi guys do you think go to vassar? how many bi girls? i'm a bi guy myself and tend to like dating bi's.

and is vassar accepting of its bi students? i know sometimes when schools have large GAY populations, they can be discriminatory towards bi's.

cre90

VC is definitely not discriminating of the bi population. a lot of people are bi, don't label, or end up hooking up with "people" no matter what their sex or gender is. vassar would be a good, open school for you

nmatth

10-20% sounds about right, although i might estimate closer to 20-25% lgbtq students.

oldbatsiedoc: i know people here who crossdress, and some of them are not gay. that's just the way they choose to express themselves and it's definitely not a means to stand out, because here they don't. i don't take a second glance, no one whispers when they pass. it's not something to get used to. it's just the average vassar student understanding that not everyone feels the need to abide by the rules of normalcy.

bi students are definitely very accepted as well. in fact, many people come out as bi when they get here because of the accepting atmosphere. ive even had experiences with straight men here (being a gay man). and people dont turn around and say "oh they are gay they hooked up with a guy." it's sexually open. and the person who explores does feel the need to create some contrived explanation.

mattsaysfierce

"ive even had experiences with straight men here (being a gay man)."

IDK, I think that's very cool.