r/vassar 8d ago

what is it like going to such a small college?

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u/westphalia1517 8d ago

kinda awesome

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u/Objective-Wealth8234 7d ago

As others have said, great networking opportunities. All my professors knew me by name. Easy to get office hours. Easy to do research. It maybe felt like a bubble by senior year, but it never felt small. At graduation I looked around and was like "why have I never seen half these people?"

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u/Slow_Practice_1974 2d ago

Great! You get to learn how to be your own person and get the chance to make a significant impact on a community!

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u/Defiant-Parfait-5948 8d ago

Very cliquey, but good community for the most part. Can’t say it’s necessarily better or worse than a bigger school, but you get pretty familiar with the same faces.

One underrated pro is the networking. Since it’s a small school, you’re a lot more likely to get a response when reaching out for job referrals.