75 Quests to Complete Before You Graduate Vassar

From the basics and must-dos, to random sidequests that you can complete, making a bucket list is a great way to make sure you’ve made the most of your years at Vassar. Below are 75 ideas for quests to complete throughout your time here! 

Quests: 

1. Go to the watering hole 
2. Explore the library to find a new staircase, room, or book you’ve never seen before 
3. Star-watch or go to the observatory 
4. Make something at the ceramics studio 
5. Watch a Vassar Department Play 
6. Go to a Vassar sports game 
7. Go to Rocky Horror Show 
8. Play a game of “Rage Cage” or “Pangea”  
9. Ask to have a piece brought to you to examine from the Loeb collection 
10. Go to special collections in the library 
11. Build a snowman with friends
12. Go to the Halloween tent 
13. Go sledding by Sunset Lake 
14. Play frisbee on the quad 
15. Go to a ViCE concert 
16. Watch a comedy show on campus 
17. Listen to a WVKR show 
18. Do a clothing swap with friends 
19. Hurricane Grill $5 Monday Margaritas  
20. Go to a Vassar drag show 
21. Participate in a study 
22. Go on a sunrise hike (Outing club hosts them if you want someone to go with!) 
23. Walk through the preserve 
24. Film a vlog/music video 
25. Make dinner with your friends 
26. Take a class that has nothing to do with your major 
27. Go to the Sunset Lake party  
28. Pull an all-nighter 
29. Visit every building on campus 
30. Host a dinner party, if you have the space 
31. Sneak into a party/event (Bonus points if you pretend you know the host!)
32. Submit to a magazine/publication on campus like Her Campus, The Miscellany News, Grey Matters, or Conspiritu 
33. Visit a different college 
34. Try a sport like rugby, tennis, ice skating, or dance (Bonus points if you’re terrible!) 
35. Attend or host a traveling party (Plan a route from dorm to dorm, or spots around campus) 
36. Create a time capsule/letter to your future self 
37. Make signs to support your friends at their games 
38. Attend the Yule Ball or Davi Prom in a dazzling outfit 
39. Visit the Innovation Lab in Main and make stickers 
40. Do a photo shoot with your friends on campus 
41. Host a party or event 
42. Go to the Poughkeepsie Galleria/Plaza 
43. Wear a crazy costume to a party 
44. Draw something in the “Boobth” 
45. Go to Baldwin with the worst illness of your life (preferably during midterms or finals) 
46. Send your friends awful photos of them from over the weekend 
47. Read up on Vassar history and legends
48. Try karaoke 
49. Make a playlist of songs that make you think of Vassar 
50. Volunteer on campus (Hunger Action is a personal favorite!)
51. Travel with friends, whether it’s studying abroad, visiting a friend in their home state, or taking a trip to Beacon 
52. Go for a late night walk around Sunset Lake 
53. Go to a SWAPR event
54. Have a movie night with friends 
55. Dress up for Founder’s Day 
56. Ring the bell as a senior 
57. Awkwardly avoid someone in the Deece 
58. Attend the Serende the weekend before classes 
59. Watch the sunrise/set 
60. Visit your freshman year dorm senior year 
61. Sit in on a random lecture 
62. Get Sunday brunch at Crafted Kup 
63. Write someone a valentine 
64. Dye or cut a friend’s hair, or let them do your own 
65. Go to Raymond Haunted House 
66. Add to the Graffiti art in Joss Basement 
67. Decorate your room/house for the holidays 
68. Meet one of your campus celebrities  
69. Go to Latin Mug night 
70. Attend one of your department events 
71. Go to office hours 
72. Create a signature drink 
73. Attempt DJing 
74. Attend the Cushing Carnival
75. Go to late night at the Loeb 

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