Vassar - Vibe for Boys

mygirl
Wed, 29 Oct 2025 18:33:16 +0000

My son is currently a sophomore at Vassar and loving it! He’s not a recruited athlete and not LGQBT+ and has a fantastic friend group - a mix of males and females. His roommate last year was an athlete so met a number of his teammates, and this year he’s in a single. The house system there is really like Hogwarts - you get sorted and put into a house. Lots of house spirit, house Olympics, mix of class years is great to get advice/meet some people from other classes. A faculty family lives in each dorm (often with kids/pets!) and hosts events so it feels very warm and welcoming. There is a real sense of community and most first years are on halls with lots of other first years. I wouldn’t worry about the dorm system - I think it’s a real plus! My son is a math/stats major and also taking a lot of economics, and I feel like both might lean a bit male, as he mentions most of the people he studies with are male friends. Overall the ratio has been a non-issue. He has lots of male friends, but most of his friend groups are a mix of male/female. These are groups outside his core group of friends, and he’s found them through a music ensemble, club and intramural soccer, the house team in his dorm, etc. His core group of friends are kids he met the first month on campus, and I think it helps that they have a great week-long orientation. I went to Vassar (as did my husband) and it was the same ratio back then, roughly. Happy to answer any other questions!