Is This A Realistic List for High Test/Lower GPA Son?

amtc
Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:02:01 +0000

ClassicRockerDad - this might cause some controversy but our recent experience is that Bard is extremely high pressure and intense, not what it’s image is at all. Their prereqs and competition to get into your “concentration” (or whatever they call their major) is intense, so it’s not until Junior year that students can relax a bit more. Definitely not the place for an anxious student or someone who has slight doubts about their abilities.

As a matter of fact after our admitted student day I gave such a scathing review I received a call from Admissions and we discussed the whole image vs reality and they have revamped all their tours from the first time tour to the admitted student tour to better reflect the program. (Our daughter LOVED the school from the first tour, it was her top choice. By the end of the Admitted Student day it was off the list totally.)