Vassar

One of the original ‘Sister Schools’, after over a century as an all-girls college, Vassar only became co-ed in the 1960’s. Currently, they claim their 2400 students to be about 60% female. Almost all students live in campus housing all four years (unless they are studying abroad) and seem to really love their school and their classmates. An interesting fact about Vassar; the bathrooms are co-ed!
On average, students only need to take 4 classes per term. Faculty members are said to be extremely available. There is no core curriculum, so students have a lot of flexibility to take courses that appeal to them.
I had a chance to eat lunch in one of the dining areas with 2 student tour guides who felt that everyone there was very smart, very hard working but maybe too liberal. One of the student guides was VHS grad Austin Saddlemire. Austin is currently a junior and just reurned from a semester in Madrid. He also bought me lunch!
Did I mention that we dined with Kyra Sedgewick and her daughter?! That’s Kyra and Austin in the photo. She wanted me to star in her TV show, but I told her, “No Kyra Sedgewick, I have a lot of other colleges to visit.”