<p>The social scene has been covered extensively in the “what would you like to know” thread, but the short answer is that Vassar is not a particularly hard-partying school, and you should have no troubles on that front.</p>
<p>The financial aid question is trickier: even if you could get the statistics, it wouldn’t help much because you wouldn’t know how strong the applications were. It couldn’t hurt to contact the financial aid office and ask about it, but before you do I would suggest spending some time doing a little homework. Take a look at the students profiles that Vassar includes in its marketing materials. Consider what about Vassar, in particular, makes you really really want to go there instead of any other similar school. Take a hard look at your application: how competitive is it? and then, putting all of those together: what would you add to the school community? Remember that the admissions team looks at how strong each candidate is, but also how they fit into the class that is being put together- a strong class will have a range of people who are good at different things, have different life experiences, etc. Where are you from?</p>