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Bard College at Simons Rock

84 Alford Rd, Great Barrington, MA 01230

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Bard College at Simons Rock School Description

No other college in the country does what we do.

We’re a small, selective, supportive, intensive college of the liberal arts and sciences in the middle of the Berkshires, one of the nation’s cultural and natural treasures. All of our 400 students come to us after 10th or 11th grade in high school. We give them a broad-minded, paradigm-shifting education; faculty trained in the country’s best universities; inspired and inspiring classes; first-class facilities for the sciences, the arts, and athletics; and an astonishing range of opportunities for conducting specialized research and gaining hands-on experience. We offer 43 concentrations, many of them interdisciplinary; our academic program leads to an AA or a BA.

Simon’s Rock was founded by Elizabeth Blodgett Hall in 1966. In 1979 we became part of Bard College (established in 1860), one of the country’s outstanding (and most innovative) liberal arts colleges, located 50 miles away, in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

We offer an education with immediate practical value and lasting implications for our students’ minds and hearts and hands: their intellect, their imagination, the work they’ll do in the world.

We’re a college of the liberal arts and sciences. What does that mean? At Simon’s Rock, it means our students become conversant in the languages of science and math, the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts. It means they’re able to translate from one language to another, to find commonalities, connections. We also expect our students to write (and write, and write) in every class, tangible proof of their ability to think clearly and coherently and to develop a complex, persuasive argument. Finally—and crucially—we ask our students to take responsibility for the shape and scope of their education, working with advisors and professors to choose (or design) courses, independent projects, and off-campus opportunities.

Our education, in other words, isn’t just a series of isolated classes; it’s part of the fabric of our students’ daily lives. Wrestling with unfamiliar and complicated ideas, dreaming about improbable solutions, finding a new language to describe the human condition—this is the kind of thing we do at a seminar table, in the dining hall, in the meadow, and in a friend’s room in the darkest hours of the morning.

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Bard College at Simons Rock

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Bard College at Simon's Rock, more commonly known as Simon's Rock and previously as Simon's Rock College of Bard (see below), is a small, residential, selective four-year liberal arts college located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The foremost of the many unusual things about Simon's Rock is that it is an "early college", designed for students to enroll immediately after completing the tenth or eleventh grade, rather than after graduating from high school. Students who attend Simon's Rock rarely earn a high school diploma, and matriculate, on average, at the age of 16.

The college's founder, Elizabeth Blodgett Hall, had formerly been a private girls' school headmistress at Concord Academy. She concluded from her experience, and that of her colleagues, that for many students the latter two years of high school are wasted on repetitious and overly constrained work. Many young students, she thought, are ready to pursue college-level academic work some time before the usual system asks it of them.

While Simon's Rock is the only accredited four-year early college to date and still the singular college or university to take this approach with all of its students, it is now one of a number of early college entrance programs that provide opportunities for students to enter college one or more years ahead of their traditional high school graduation date.

Because Simon's Rock provides this accelerated program, it also attracts many students who might not consider a "liberal arts" education if they had to wait two more years. Computer science, pre-med, and math students read Plato, Dante and Nietzsche, alongside dancers, artists, and literary students. A majority of students transfer to larger institutions after receiving an Associate of Arts degree degree after two years, although many stay for four to receive a Bachelor of Arts.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Northeast
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
394
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
100%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 37,075
Students Receiving Aid:
86%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 50
Selectivity:
Selective
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Bard College at Simons Rock Degree Programs

Associate Degree Programs

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Bachelor’s Degree Programs

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Bard College at Simons Rock Students & Campus Life

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 60%
Men 40%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 59%
Other 24%
African-American 7%
Hispanic 6%
Asian 4%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 88%
In-State 12%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
New York 17%
Massachusetts 12%
New Jersey 7%
Connecticut 6%
California 5%
Percent of Students International: 4%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 100%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No

Bard College at Simons Rock Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 37,075    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 36,795    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 2,496 39%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 1,509 6%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 15,574 78%  
Student Loans:
 $ 3,158 58%  
Any Aid:
   86%  

Bard College at Simons Rock Admissions

Acceptance Rate: 89% (Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 25%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 620, Math: 535
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 730, Math: 680
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 8%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 24, Verbal: 26, Math: 25
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 29, Verbal: 31, Math: 30

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 50.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Recommended
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Not Required
High School GPA: Recommended
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Not Required

College Advice on Bard College at Simons Rock

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George M
George M

Question: bard college simons rock..?

can i go at age 18-19?
10 months ago
gossip_palms
gossi...

Best Answer

Actually you could. Most kids will be about 16, but you absolutely can. I know they have an upper college to which most kids are 18. I would call and ask if the requirements are the same for you. I would also check out Live Journal (simonsrock2) for more info and you should ask questions. I am thinking of applying this fall and I would be 16 if I end up going.You may also check Bard College (one in NY) and you may feel like their more kids your on age. Good Luck!
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80999

Question: Simon's Rock College at Bard? Anybody know anything about it ? PLEASE HELP!?

if u know any info or anything about this college or if u go there please tell me! It's very important to me!
39 months ago
penpallermel
penpa...

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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