Bard College Simon's Rock

Date: Jul 01 2007
Major: Art & Design Department (This Major's Salary over time)
Simon's Rock College is a diminutive liberal arts college surrounded by secondary forest and fields. The campus is tiny, and likewise it is easy to become acquainted with its faculty, student body, and, of course, its pros and cons.

PROS

Some of the funniest, most insightful and helpful teachers in the world work here

The student body is easily approachable and most students know one another by the end of your first Freshman semester

Students consider themselves to be young intellectuals, resulting in endless debates

By the end of sophomore year you will love 5% of the kids with a passion

PROS/CONS depending on your particular view:

The campus is dogmatically liberal. Moderate liberals and conservatives will note far-left fundamentalists from the get go

Drugs are fairly widespread, but not rampant, and hard to get caught for

Drinking is HEAVILY discouraged. If you drink, gear up for trouble.

Students can be interesting, and sometimes straight up batty

The sports program is endearingly bad

CONS

Cliques that develop throughout the years are vicious as well as inappropriate (Kids who invest in looking good will be called frat kids, for instance)

Psychological harms of independence are brutal for some

Classes can be surprisingly limited

Unpleasantly liberal attitudes abound (radical second-wave feminism for instance) and may put off moderates

The cold is brutal

The rooms ARE TERRIBLE, smelly and cold

2 years at SRC costs more than some small African nations

Diversity is a hoax and the "ethnic gems" embracing their diversity bring surprisingly little actual diversity

You will hate 95% of the student body at the end of sophomore year

That's the run-down. Academics are HARD but faculty is helpful with transferring.

Make your choice. If you loved most of your high school experience but still want a community of intellectuals, I discourage SRC.