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Mailing address:
Office of Admission
Vassar College, Box 10
124 Raymond Ave
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0010
USA

Financial Aid contact information

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Office: Kautz Admission House

Office hours: See our Campus Visit Schedule

Telephone: 845-437-7300 or 800-827-7270

Fax: 845-437-7063

Email: admissions@vassar.edu

Our Staff

Sonya K. Smith
Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services

David Toomer
 Director of Admission

  • Regional Responsibilities: District of Columbia, Maryland, New York (Brooklyn)

Donelle Durham
 Associate Director of Diversity Outreach

  • Regional Responsibilities: New York (Manhattan), Texas

  • International Responsibilities: Caribbean

Kim Lord
 Associate Director of Admission

  • Regional Responsibilities: Massachusetts (eastern), New York (Rockland, Westchester) 

  • International Responsibilities: Europe, Eastern Europe, Middle East

Denise Walden
 Associate Director of Admission

  • Regional Responsibilities: Southern California (East San Fernando Valley, West Los Angeles), New York (Bronx)

  • International Responsibilities: East Asia, South Asia

Melanie Poston
Assistant Director of Admission

  • Regional Responsibilities: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah

Aremi Tapia-Torres
Assistant Director of Admission

  • Regional Responsibilities: Northern California, Southern California (San Diego, Imperial Valley), Florida, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico

  • International Responsibilities: South America

Xue Yan
Assistant Director of Admission

  • Regional Responsibilities: Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, West Virginia

  • International Responsibilities: Australia, Central Asia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Southeast Asia

Jerrod Ames
Admission Counselor

  • Regional Responsibilities Illinois, New Jersey (northern)

  • International Responsibilities: Africa

Michael Garcia 
Admission Counselor

  • Regional Responsibilities: Alaska, Southern California (minus San Fernando Valley East, West Los Angeles, and Imperial Valley), Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

  • International Responsibilities: Central America, Mexico

Kamil Lungu
Admission Counselor

  • Regional Responsibilities Maine, Massachusetts (western), New Hampshire, New York (Staten Island, Long Island, Queens), Rhode Island, Vermont

Kevin Strong 
Admission Counselor

  • Regional Responsibilities: Delaware, New Jersey (central and southern), New York (upstate, Albany, central Hudson Valley), Pennsylvania

  • International Responsibilities: Canada

 

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