| Location: | Northeast |
| Type: | Private |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Raptors |
Bard College, founded in 1860, is a small, selective four-year liberal arts college located in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
Bard has a 600-acre (2.4-km²) campus in Annandale-on-Hudson, near the town of Red Hook, overlooking the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, within the Hudson River Historic District, a National Historic Landmark. The hamlet of Annandale-on-Hudson has no downtown center and consists of the college and nine other non-associated houses. The village is neighbored by the villages of Red Hook and Tivoli, and is across the Hudson River from the small cities of Kingston and Saugerties. Shuttles run between the college and the two villages.
The college was originally founded under the name St. Stephen's, in association with the Episcopal church of New York City, and changed its name to Bard in 1934 in honor of its founder, John Bard. While the college remains affiliated with the church, it pursues a far more secular mission today. Between 1928 and 1944, Bard/St. Stephen's operated as an undergraduate school of Columbia University. Bard/St. Stephen's ties with Columbia were severed when Bard became a fully coeducational college.
By the 1930s Bard had become atypical among US colleges in that it had begun to place a heavy academic emphasis on the performing and fine arts. During that time, a substantive examination period was introduced for students in their second year, as well as what the dean at the time called the "final demonstration." These two periods would come to be known as Moderation and Senior Project, respectively (see below).
During the 1940s, Bard provided a haven for intellectual refugees fleeing Europe. These included Hannah Arendt, the political theorist, Stefan Hirsch, the precisionist painter; Felix Hirsch, the political editor of the Berliner Tageblatt; the violinist Emil Hauser; the noted psychologist Werner Wolff; and the philosopher Heinrich Blücher.
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| Percent of Students International: | 6% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 60% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | Yes |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Basketball (Independent Northeast Region) Track (Independent Northeast Region) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 32,490 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 31,850 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 640 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,522 | 15% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 3,304 | 11% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 18,269 | 44% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 3,252 | 42% | |
Any Aid: |
48% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 32% (Highly Selective) |
| Application Fee: | $ 50.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Recommended |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Recommended |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Not Required |
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Question:
Is Bard or Cornell hard to get into?
what should i aim for on my SATs? what can i do as a junior to increase my chances to get into my dream college.
15 months ago
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Both are hard to get in to - Cornell is Ivy League. Shoot for 1500+ on your SAT.
As a junior, get good grades, take lots of AP, volunteer, extracurriculars, and make sure there's at least one thing about you that really stands out and is unique.
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Simon's Rock College of Bard?
Can anybody who attends or has attended or works there as faculty tell me a bit about the school? I'm going to apply next year and i want to know about the science department specifically.
Thanks in advance!!
17 months ago
Best Answer
Since you asked for a former/current student or faculty member, I thought I'd respond (being a student).
Quite a few people visit the school but they often get a limited persepective or are somewhat confused as to the structure (although visits are still very good). There's so much to say and yet I have essays that need to get written...
(Obviously, given the length of this answer, I have my priorities wrong.)
=)
Before I mention anything else, about 2/3 of the students transfer out to other universities by the end of their sophomore year (it's just how things go, I'm going to be one of them). They almost always enter their transfer school as a junior. I also assume you already know that it usually accepts people starting at the age of 15 (average freshman enters after sophomore or junior year of high school).
This is also NOT Bard College (you probably already know this but some other people might get confused). While Simon's Rock has financial associations with Bard (and there's a very simple transfer process into Bard), the two schools are barely related in terms of faculty and administration (the schools share just two of the same officers).
In particular regards to the science program, its strongest areas are physics and environmental science although biology, chemistry, and computer science (more engineering, but...) still have some amazing faculty members. A lot of people transfer out to good sciency schools after two years OR, if you stay for three years at Simon's Rock, you can go to Columbia University, Dartmouth, or Washington University in St. Louis for two years and get a BA from Simon's Rock and a BS from one of the aforementioned universities (five years total, two Bachelor's degrees). It's called the "3/2 Engineering Program" (although most sciences are included) and almost everyone chooses Columbia. This year, 100% (four) of the juniors who took the 3/2 route were "accepted" at Columbia (acceptance is a formality as long as you've completed required courses and maintained a 3.0+, B, GPA).
If you like Apple computers, you will have lots of company. For the people like me, you can gloat that your Windows machine runs all those new video games and programs perfectly (sorry, I had to throw this in).
The science people, by the way, are more sane than the artsy people. I usually like the science people better.
As a whole, Simon's Rock is a really, really liberal school which is to be expected of a primarily liberal arts school. If you cannot stand the thought of living in the boonies, you will be in for a rude awakening. The town of Great Barrington is nice but it's pretty small and quiet. The campus is set on a little over 200 acres, most of it undeveloped, and usually has about 350 students on campus at any given time (with about 50 studying abroad).
The faculty are the single greatest aspect of Simon's Rock (this is this hardest part to gauge from visiting). Almost all of the professors hold terminal degrees in their fields and are willing to take time out of their personal lives to help students through problems (both academic and not-so-academic personal issues). Classes average about 9-11 students with a few introductory science courses reaching 20 people while a number of classes have less than 5 people.
Students are usually bright although some of them are a little arrogant and conceited. You should make some really close friends, though. You also get to live with a roommate you first (and probably second) year. I've had one awesome roommate and one rather strange (i.e. bad) roommate. Either way, roommates are "fun."
As transfer student, we've been accepted into almost any college/university you can think of. Everything from Julliard to Stanford and all the state schools inbetween. Ditto for graduate and professional schools (whether you transfere or stay for all four years). You can contact the Admissions people for a much more complete list.
This is a real college. Not just in terms of accreditation but in the sense you're given the freedom do what you like (no curfews, mandatory study halls, etc.) as any other "normal" college. While people are usually willing to help you through tough times, nobody's going to track you down at 10:50 to make you show up at your 11:00 class.
Simon's Rock is sadly, also uber-expensive, something like $50,000 comprehensive for each year. The cafeteria food definitely isn't worth the price but they force you to buy ia full meal plan during your first year. If I were you, I'd apply to the Acceleration to Excellence Program Scholarship (AEP) as you can get a full-tuition merit scholarship good for your first two years (I'm on this scholarship).
And that's the short summary.
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if u know any info or anything about this college or if u go there please tell me! It's very important to me!
20 months ago
Best Answer
It's geared towards high school students who finish a few years earlier (16 and 17). They have really small classes and seem to have a lot more time to devote to each individual student. The curriculum also looks pretty intense.
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