BARD COLLEGE

BARD COLLEGE

OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS, ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, NY 12504 • ADMISSIONS: 845-758-7472 • FAX: 845-758-5208
FINANCIAL AID: 845-758-7526 • E-MAIL: AOMISSION@BARD.EDU • WEBSUUE: WWW.BARD.EDU

STUDENTS SAY

Academics

Bard College, a small school that excels in the liberal and fine arts, takes “progressive approach” to academics, allowing students “the opportunity control your own education and learn more than you would at most other ac demit institutions.” It doesn’t make for a walk in the park, though; studies claim that the workload can get heavy, “But if you’re passionate about you classes, as most people here are, time often goes quickly as you study. This not the place for anyone who is not intellectually motivated.” A “relaxed, pr sure-free environment” makes Bard “a great place to learn” and takes some the stress out of the hard work, as do the “great professors, who are passion ate about the subjects they teach and have often just written a book about material in a class they are currently teaching.” Bard doesn’t do as much hand holding as do comparable liberal arts schools; here “The academics rely heavily on the motivation of the individual student,” although “Once you beg coming up with your own special projects and supplementing the recuing reading, professors bend over backward to help you.” The relaxed atrophic does have its downside, though; students claim that “things are extremely d orgaited, and you can easily find yourself being told five different thin from five different people.”

Life

“People are really involved, both inside and outside of the classroom” at Bar where “There is a really active club life. We have everything from U International Student Organization to the Surrealist Training Circus and U Children’s Expressive Arts Project. There are always dance, theater, music, ax art events every weekend,” and “The shows are really popular, both those the axe student-run and those put on by professionals.” Bard undergrads al indulge in” a lot of after-hours discussion about what we’re all doing in class My friends and I talk about experiments, theories, literature, and various api tic/scientific installations.” The Bard campus “is gorgeous, so some people take advantage of amazing hiking and outdoor sports. Other people enjoy( Blythewood, a hill that overlooks the Catskills, in a more passive fashion, so bathing or lounging with friends.” Students tell us that they “always feel as here, even walking in the middle of the night.” Bard’s party scene is primary confined to weekends; one student explains, “People party a lot on the wee ends but during the week everyone seems to be working.” The quaint towns the surround Bard appeal to some, but many prefer “the 2-hour train ride to Ne York City. It’s convenient when you have nothing else to do on the weekend.’

Student Body

“Hippies, hipsters, and geek chic” are common sights on the Bard campus, are “people who have that ‘I’m on the cutting edge of underground fashion look.” However, while Bard might appear to be “all about fight designer jeans indie rock, and everything else NYC or LA,” the reality is “There are really lot of normal college kids here—people seem to think everyone here was social outcast in high school, but most people here are friendly, social, an pretty normal (although certainly a bit cerebral).” Undergrads tend to b “politically conscious and left-wing-activist types.” One student notes, “F you’re uncreative or conservative you probably wouldn’t fit in. Other than that just about anything works.” Another agrees, “A large percentage of people an extremely talented and creative and express themselves best through creativi writing, music, art, dance, or theater.” In short, Bard is about “a lot of kid being different together.”

ADMISSIONS

Very important factors considered include: Academic CPA, application essay, character/personal qualities, extracurricular activities, recommendation(s), rigor of cindery school record, talent/ability. Important factors considered include:
volunteer work, work experience. Other factors considered include: Alumni/ae diction, class rank, first generation, geographical residence, interview, level of applicant’s interest, racial/ethnic status, religious affiliation/commitment, andradite test scores, state residency. TOEFL required of all international applicants. High school diploma is required, and GED is accepted. Academic nits recommended: 4 English, 4 math, 4 science (3 science labs), 4 foreign language, 4 social studies, 4 history.

The Inside Word

because Bard boasts healthy application numbers, it is in a position to concentrate on matchmaking. To that end, Admissions Officers seek students with dependent and inquisitive spirits. Applicants who exhibit academic ambit while extending their intellectual curiosity beyond the realm of the classroom are particularly appealing. Successful candidates typically have several honors and Advanced Placement courses on their transcripts, as well as strong titers of recommendation and well-written personal statements.

FINANCIAL AID

Students should submit: FAFSA, CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, state aid form, business/Farm Supplement. Regular filing deadline is February 15. The rinceton Review suggests that all financial aid forms be submitted as soon as possible after January 1. Need-bused scholarships/grants offered: Pelt Grant, SEOG, late scholarships/grants, private scholarships, the school’s own gift aid. Loan 11 offered: FEEL Subsidized Stafford, FEEL Unsubsidized Stafford, FEEL PLUS, èderal Perkins Loan, college loans from institutional funds (for international ludents only). Applicants will be notified of awards on or about April 1.

FROM THE ADMISSIONS OFFICE

alliance with Rockefeller University, the renowned graduate scientific ?arch institution, gives Bardians access to Rockefeller’s professors and lab- tories and to places in Rockefeller’s Summer Research Fellows Program. nost all our math and science graduates pursue graduate or professional dies; 90 percent of our applicants to medical and health professional schools accepted. le Globalization and International Affairs (BGTA) Program is a residential gram in the heart of New York City that offers undergraduates a unique ortunity to undertake specialized study with leading practitioners and olars in international affairs and to gain internship experience with ?rnational-affairs organizations. Topics in the curriculum include human its, international economics, global environmental issues, international jusmanaging international risk, and writing on international affairs, among ers. Internships/tutorials are tailored to students’ particular fields of study.
udent dormitory and classroom facilities are in Bard Hall, 410 West Fiftyith Street, a newly renovated H -story building near the Lincoln Center trict in New York City.
sd College does not require SAT scores, new or old, to be submitted for nissions consideration. Students may choose to submit scores, and, if sub- ted, we will consider them in the context of the overall application.”