My daughter is interested in Vassar but I have a few questions

Colleges & Universities Vassar College
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<li><p>Do you mean, compared to the level of support for their men’s athletics? Yes, absolutely. You know that it is a DIII school, and does not have a football team, right?</p></li>
<li><p>Social scene is (from what I gather from D2, conversations with the other college D’s ,and their pals) pretty much the same as most colleges. I’m not sure what you mean by “opportunities for dating”- you throw a group of 18-22 year olds together and I don’t know how you don’t have dating! D2 certainly has been happy on that front (and we like the guy). Like many LACs, Vassar has an amazing array of activities on campus- enough that despite an easy train ride into Manhattan many, perhaps most students go through an entire term without leaving campus (not counting the ones who go out hiking in the area).</p></li>
<li><p>Econ is a current hot major, and seen as one with good economic (sorry!) prospects:</p></li>
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<p>I don’t know enough about recruiting at Vassar (D2 is only in 2nd year), but I doubt that it would fit your idea of “strong on-campus recruiting” - it certainly wouldn’t be the giant fairs you see at state universities. The little I do know first hand is that there is great support for building your cv, for identifying opportunities, for bringing together potential employers and students, starting in first year. So far D2 has been to two events with alums in her field, participated in 2 conferences in her field, and is going to the national conference in the spring, and gets regular notices of employers coming to do on-campus presentations and interviews. Vassar is also a member of something called SLAC (Selective Liberal Arts Consortium), which is a group of 12 LACs that run a joint recruiting operation as well. </p>