Bard College Simon's Rock

I loved attending Simon's Rock. Though it is a small school, and we live in a bit of a little bubble, everyone I've met is brilliant, and interesting each in their own way. I feel at home here.

2nd Year Female -- Class 2013

Education Quality: A+, Surrounding City: C

This school builds critical thinking and leadership. It has gotten smarter over time in its approaches to these things and the more recent graduates are more likely to be financially successful than earlier students. Simon's Rock will challenge and excite you. This is true academically but often also true socially. A small and isolated (but beautiful!) environment, the Rock can be intense and intimate. The student body does indeed tend towards the liberal and creative, but experience has shown that all types of folks can find a place and be happy here so long as they are willing to get along with all ways of getting along in the world.

Alumnus Male -- Class 2000

I was one of those people with the brightly colored hair, pretty openly bisexual, and kind of socially deviant kids some of these folks talk about. Now, 15 years later, I have a PhD and a real career and wear a suit and everything! It's amazing how I still got let into the business club, considering I acted like a teenager when I was one. ;)

In any case, SRC is the only place I was challenged academically until I went to graduate school. I transferred because the department my major was in was very small (circa early 90s), and I wanted more professor diversity. I went to a first tier school, but wasn't challenged again until I went into a PhD program.The town is lame. The winters are cold. Often, there isn't enough social to do. However, you will get one hell of an education and learn to think critically, and I absolutely intend to send my own kids there.

2nd Year Female -- Class 1995

Faculty Accessibility: A+, Surrounding City: F