Hampshire Students vs. Bard Students

BTMell
Wed, 04 Jun 2014 00:12:23 +0000

Hi - he loves Hampshire and couldn’t imagine himself any other place now. I think the student bodies at both schools probably are similar - that’s the feel we got visiting both. They seem to attract intelligent, quirky, not-out-of-the-box kind of students. He was also accepted at Sarah Lawrence (and also Bennington College). For a time he was sure that SLC was his “dream school” then we visited on accepted students day and he didn’t like it at all. He said it was “too hipster” (my husband and I were ready to enroll at all four places!). SLC was not generous with financial aid at all which mattered to us. In the end, the decision was between Hampshire and Bennington. We really loved Bennington and it was hard to say no to them but he made the right decision. Bennington is really tiny and in a rural (albeit beautiful) town whereas Hampshire is part of the consortium which brings a lot to the table. And Amherst and Northampton are fabulous towns. If you have other questions, let me know. What are you interested in studying?