<p>Proud Dad, I’m not sure what “Vassar seems to be an easy match” means –
could you explain?</p>
<p>if you mean easier to get into Vassar (and SLC, even more so, if you’re a boy, I guess that’s true, but I’ve heard that Vassar’s entering class is more like 50/50 boys/girls this year – I think Vassar might be too isolating for my son (having gone there myself, I know how “bubblish” it can be)).</p>
<p>I like the idea of my son having a nice campus life at SLC and also easy access to the city. But it would be nice to know that the dorms weren’t isolated, that there were people to hang with on the weekends if that’s what you wanted to do.</p>
<p>(as far as getting in, College ******* says my son has a 42% chance of getting into Vassar and something like a 70% chance of getting into SLC. And SLC this year (according to the statistics on their own website) accepted 60% of applicants. I didn’t look up the percent accepted at Vassar, but I would imagine it was much lower. Bard gave him an even lower than 42% chance! However I have no idea if College ******* 's statistics mean anything.)</p>