As a high school student, I knew very early on in ninth grade that I had aspired to attend a prestigious college or university for my undergraduate experience. However, I did not attend a high school where very many of my peers had this same aspiration, so it was, at times, a challenging thing for me because not only did my friends and classmates not have a complete grasp of exactly what it was that I desired, my school's guidance...

As a student who starts at Vassar this fall, I can not speak too extensively about exactly what students are like nor dictate who will fit in best because I myself have not even lived on campus yet. However, I can say that I have seen some common trends among the students and classmates I have interacted with. The five adjectives I would use to most accurately describe the Vassar College student body would be edgy, fashionable, intellectual, diverse, and well-rounded. Edgy because students at Vassar are forward-thinking, alternative, and at times, counter-cultural. Passion is edgy, and in Vassar students,...