RD applicants: have you heard back yet?

Proud_Dad_1
Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:20:55 +0000

Well, what stats are important to you at a school that makes SATs optional? Are you still waiting to hear? (She is above Bard’s quoted “average” SAT, FWIW.) GPA: 3.95/4.59 from a rural public HS with mostly honors curriculum and taking one, two, or three APs each of the last three years. Top 10% of class for sure but maybe not the top 10 that gets scholarship from Bard equal to her in-state tuition. Her HS will usually send about two-to-four kids to HYP each year.

What interested her was the ability to pursue a liberal art curriculum and theater at the same time without a conservatory-type concentration or time-wasting auditions prior to admission. Bard’s curriculum of concentration, moderation, and philosophy of student’s controlling their own course choices and direction is what appealed to her most, along with their emphasis on the arts. She’s a good student with a wide variety of interests and wants to be exposed to new interests and ideas in a flexible environment. She’s not looking at any large schools other than two of our state U’s (and they’re not that large) and one small state college that’s as close to offering what she wants as any public ever could get. She’s been accepted at one very selective small LAC (waiting on FA), one selective private U with a merit and scholarship FA offer, and still waiting on decisions from four schools including the three state schools, two of which are very selective. Does that help?