Bard vs Sarah Lawrence

UNYMom
Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:00:18 +0000

My daughter applied to both Bard and Clark. Haven’t been to Sarah Lawrence, but know several people there. Bard and Sarah Lawrence are more similar in feel than Clark. Both have bucolic campuses, although Bard is much more isolated. Both are artsy/intellectual. Clark has a very different feel. It is right in the middle of a gritty city, which is exactly what my daughter liked about it, but isn’t for everyone. All give students good support and attention, but Clark is more outward facing, a lot because of its location and a lot because of conscious decisions by the school. Bard is doing some incredibly amazing things with the community, low income students, non-traditional students, etc. but most are off-campus, so don’t have the same direct effect on students as similar, but smaller scale activities do at Clark. Clark is not as artsy/writer oriented as the other two, but you can get a good education at any of them.