What Gets a Kid on the Simon's Rock College of Bard Mailing List?

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<p>As I recall, there is at least one parent on CC whose child enrolled at Simon’s Rock College of Bard, </p>

<p><a href=“http://www.simons-rock.edu/[/url]”>http://www.simons-rock.edu/&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>a college that aims its program at early college entrants (that is, at young people who haven’t reached the usual college-starting age when they enroll in college). My son just got his first ever piece of entirely unsolicited college mail today, a mailing from Simon’s Rock. He took the PSAT as a tenth grader only last Wednesday, so if this mailing is generated by PSAT participation, the mail response is RAPID from that. Is there some other way to get on the Simon’s Rock mailing list?</p>

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<p>Don’t know the answer to that, TokenAdult, but get ready for your mailbox to be flooded!</p>

<p>Off subject, when did you become a moderator? :)</p>

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<p>I became a mod roughly a month ago. It was in the works for a while behind the scenes before it was officially announced.</p>

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<p>My (now college jr.) S got all kinds of mailings from Simon’s Rock. His PSAT’s (taken in 7th,9th,10th.11th grades) were pretty good but not genius level or anything. He did participate in the Duke University TIP program and reached the state recognition level. I figured maybe he got the Simon’s Rock mail due to the TIP program.</p>

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<p>The working hypothesis seems to be that any college mail for younger students arriving this week is NOT from the PSAT but from one of the regional Talent Search programs. My son tests through the MATS program, and that could explain the Simon’s Rock mailing. I’m warned that the flood of mail will start soon–even before we have seen his PSAT scores.</p>

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<p>The mail that you get will give you a good clue as to what his PSAT scores will look like!</p>

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<p>What gets a kid on the Simon’s Rock mailing list? Being a sophomore and breathing.</p>

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<p>That doesn’t sound like a very stringent cut. I’m just glad I have a little longer before the PSAT-related mailings start.</p>

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<p>“As I recall, there is at least one parent on CC whose child enrolled at Simon’s Rock College of Bard”</p>

<p>That would probably be me. My daughter went through the program and had a wonderful experience there. I’ve posted my basic comments on other threads in the past but if you have any questions please feel free to ask.</p>

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<p>We’ve had a second mailing since the first was sent. And, no, we still don’t know our son’s PSAT scores as of the time I type this. It looks like the Simon’s Rock mailing list relies heavily on the Talent Search mailing lists.</p>

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<p>My daughter didn’t do the talent search, but likely got on their mailing list last year from 9th grade PSAT scores.</p>

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<p>Token,
Congrats on ecoming a mod! I always enjoy your posts</p>

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<p>Token,
Congrats from me, too…I always try to read the threads you start, even if they have nothing to do with our personal college research, because you pose such interesting questions.</p>

<p>Re Simon’s Rock: When my D went to the IDP (accepted!) at Bard, the President spoke to our group of parents. He detailed his philosophy that for some students beginning college level work in the 11th grade can help them to reach their potential and stay engaged in school. He spoke of the success of the Bard High School programs and it’s expansion in NYC. I found his discussion very interesting and agree that this is a great option for some students. Wish I would have known about it when I was in high school instead of graduating early and going directly to an engineering school…it definitely would have been a better option. I don’t remember about the mailings, my girls got so much mail that I only paid attention to what I thought would be interesting for them.</p>

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<p>I do believe S-R gets names from the talent searches and probably from PSAT’s as well. A fair number of the students used to come through the Johns Hopkins programs. My daughter discovered it through a high school friend whose sister had attended the college, and then took the initiative herself to learn more about it and apply for scholarship assistance. By the way, they changed their name now to Bard College at Simon’s Rock, but it is the same early college program, and is still a distinctly different campus and culture from Bard.</p>