Bard vs Sarah Lawrence

lilygraces
Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:14:00 +0000

Bard has one of, if not THE best, photography department in the country. The school is famous for writing and photo. I don’t find it that isolated here, but I come from downstate so I’m not exactly itching to see the city all the time because I can do that whenever I’m home. Art history here is also excellent if you’re into it. I’m not, but everyone who likes art history has said it’s great. We have an equestrian team? Cool! I’m sorry I don’t know anything about it.

Going back about the isolation, it’s not THAT hard to get to the city from here, but it’s expensive if you take Amtrak from Rhinecliff, and MetroNorth is in Poughkeepsie which is 30 minutes away. You can usually get people to give you rides for free to Rhinecliff and typically for $20 to Poughkeepsie unless they’re good samaritans and do it for free.

But Bard’s a beautiful rural campus that’s ~600 acres. Lots of trees and waterfalls and hiking trails and fields. We’re in our own town so our only “law enforcement” is security unless local law enforcement is called for serious problems (emergencies, legal problems like theft, etc.). We’re like a little intellectual, collegiate bubble in NY. We also have shuttles that go to the surrounding towns, Tivoli and Red Hook many times a day, and shuttles going to Kingston, Rhinecliff, Rhinebeck, and Poughkeepsie a couple times a week. It’s not hard to get off campus by any means.