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Bard College Simon's Rock

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA- Faculty AccessibilityA
Useful SchoolworkB+ Excess CompetitionA
Academic SuccessA- Creativity/ InnovationA-
Individual ValueA- University Resource UseB
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyA- FriendlinessA
Campus MaintenanceC- Social LifeD+
Surrounding CityD- Extra CurricularsC
SafetyB
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Arrogant, Approachable

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful, Condescending

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She cares more about Campus Maintenance than the average student.
Date: Apr 26 2009
Major: Computer Science (This Major's Salary over time)
Simon's Rock is good at one thing - getting you out of a tough situation at age 15-17. If life at home is just too much, and for whatever reason your high school isn't working…or if you've been on leave…Simon's Rock is a great way to show some future employer or college that you were, in fact, doing something. Simon's Rock sounds a lot better than "sat on my couch".

But don't get your hopes up…Simon's Rock is adequate. Each department has minimal funding and 1 or 2 professors. Sabbatical is debilitating. Food and housing are subpar and optionless.

I suggest you get out of here once you get back on your feet…and your AA.

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responseThe departmental funding is actually quite large, you can ask to see a breakdown. most is spent of the professors, for conferences, continuing education, etc, the faculty retreat gets a snippet from every dept. the rest goes to field trips, equipment (science gear, theatre stuff, art supplies, books for profs, making those fraking anthologies). and 1-2 profs is a lie, there are 3 physics profs, 6 theatre profs, 3 dance, and more than you can shake a stick in every humanities dept. some profs pull double duty as well, two of the 6 in theatre teach other subjects, and nearly every prof there taught a politics related class during my years (there were 3-5 theatre/poli's offered in 3.5 years. and about the food/housing. THAT SUCKS EVERYWHERE! i'm from NY state and i've been to a bunch of the suny schools, the second best state school system in the country (Cali has #1), and the dorms at most of them are older than our whole school. my friend nick was an ra at SUNY Plattsburgh, and he lived in a room that was considered a double. it was barely larger than a crosby single. 1/4 of the floor tiles were straight up missing, another 1/4 didn't match, and all were damaged. half the lights/electrical outlets didn't work, and the ones that did had a 50/50 chance of electrocuting you. there was no phone jack in the room. the bed was broken, and the chair was close to, and ended up breaking within a week. this is what a SENIOR ra had…and don't get me started on SUNY food. if you hate the food at SR, suck it, you aren't alone, go into town and buy some real food to make yourself. welcome to life, nothing is handed to you on a silver platter, you have to make the best of what you have. and really, i think SR should get a kudos for not losing a penny of the endownment on the stock market unlike Harvard (25-35% loss, HAHAHAHAHA, and they're supposed to be smart!)
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