Bard College Simon's Rock

Date: Sep 28 2014
Major: Undecided (This Major's Salary over time)
The school advertises itself as a place where it is easy to transfer to ivys no problem. Once you are here you are STUCK. Most have no SATs, high school diploma, and AAs are pretty much worthless. So make sure you want to go here rather than coming here expecting to go somewhere else.

Below is how I feel about the school. I came here because I wanted to graduate two years early and I felt ready. Nobody is ready for college at sixteen (even if you think so), and it is a very big and stressful adjustment.

Pros: Amazing academics, the professors have time to really get to know you and genuinely care, the few friends i've made have been great.

These are very big pros and do not need much more explaining.

Cons: My biggest cons are the people, location, and administration

people- this place is very cliquey. Group dynamics in these cliques are not healthy and get pretty toxic. The people here also think they are extremely intelligent just because they got into college two years early (80%+ acceptance rate) when in reality they're privileged idiots. Also, most people are either druggies or the kind that play dungeons and dragons. The student body is also very liberal and does not respect republican views. I am liberal, but it upsets me when people's arguments are automatically disregarded due to the fact that they are conservative.

location- this place is in the middle of nowhere. The town consists of old people and heroin addicts. There is absolutely nothing to do on the weekends and it can feel extremely isolating. There are not many job opportunities, internships, or school organizations to join.

administration- the school spends more money on trying to look good to the outside world than to catering to the student's needs. For example, the first year dorms are disgusting. There is little to no phone reception or internet, toilets are always clogged, no lighting, lack of singles for people with serious needs, the hallways smell terrible, etc. Money could have been spent on this but instead, administration used it on useless shelves and tables in public areas to make the place look nice on tours. The administration is also insensitive about serious topics such as rape and depression. If you get put yourself in danger and it gets serious, they will want to get you off their hands as fast as possible so they won't have to deal with it. Also, last year there was a rapist here that they let stay because they were paying full tuition.