I have a transportation question. I live in Maine and from what I gather I would need to go into NYC and then take a train to get home. Are there ride board posted on campus that one could find a ride during holidays/school breaks. I don't have a car. I love the school but fear that it may just be too difficult to get home.
There are indeed ride boards posted on-campus for car-pooling purposes. Most of the time, it's pretty easy to find a ride to major cities (Boston, New York, Philadelphia, etc.); however, I'm not sure how many people there are that go all the way to Maine. That being said, in your case, you could probably take the train the entire way home without worrying about the ride board.
One of the benefits about being located in Poughkeepsie is that it is the last stop on the Amtrak commuter train line into New York City. In addition, Vassar provides a shuttle service to and from the train station both during the school year and during the holidays. All you'd have to do is sign up for a place on the shuttle, take the shuttle to the Poughkeepsie train station, take a train from Poughkeepsie to New York City, and transfer trains to go from New York to home.
I have a friend who has done this a couple of times to get home, and she says it's really easy: according to her, it's even possible to get a student discount from Amtrak.
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I'm a potential applicant and from the Boston area. I was also concerned with the difficulty of getting home. It's only about a 31/2 to 4 hour ride home to Boston but if I were to take the train it could be well over 6 hours. Unfortunately I don't have a car. So you think that I would have no problem finding a ride to Boston during breaks? Are there many students from the Boston area? As long as I can get close enough to get on the T I'd be happy. I would be willing to help pay for gas, etc. This is all that is keeping me from applying as I absolutely love the school. I visited a few weeks ago.
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