Vassar College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 94% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 78% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 78% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 8% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 3.1 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• English
• political science
• art

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Special non-credit programs offered in summer.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in late August.

• 25% continue immediately.
• 80% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 9%
• Medical School: 5%
• Graduate Business Programs: 3%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 13%

• Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, New York University, Stanford University, Yale U.

• Prudential-Bache, Marine Midland Bank, IBM.

• Meryl Streep, actress; Elizabeth Bishop and Mary McCarthy, authors; Edna St. Vincent Millay, poet; Dr. Mary Calderone, Planned Parenthood; Vera Cooper Rubin, astronomer; Rick Lazio, U.S. senator; Jon Tenney, actor; Brian Loew, executive director, Habitat Conservaiton Agency.