<p>I was surprised at the variety of people I found at Bard. There are a fair number of musicians and artists but I know many more people who have majors in the social sciences. As far as drugs, there are people who do and don’t participate and it’s not hard to choose not to. People also tend to do work and study so there’s not a huge party culture, only if you make an effort to be part of it. </p>
<p>As far as money goes keep in mind that the current trend for private liberal arts schools is to increase tuition by a thousand or two each year.</p>