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Bard College

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Academics

“There are winners and losers at Bard. Some professors shouldn’t be teaching, while others are great. I always try to find out about my professor before I take a class. I’ve had a few professors who ruined a class that could have been amazing. But most are...”

Diversity

“It’s not very diverse. Bard has a lot of interesting people, but most of them are actually pretty similar. There’s a lot of people from New York and LA. On the flip side, I also have friends from the South, Midwest, and Alaska. Maybe in a few years, the...”

Guys & Girls

“You can be sexy without being hot. I think there are a lot of sexy Bard students, even if they aren’t hot in a classical sense. Walking around campus, you can see that we have no shortage of unique and beautiful people.”

Athletics

“Bard never was, and never will, be a sports school. I don’t even think some of the varsity athletes take it seriously. I get into watching the soccer games, though. There are a lot of skilled players.”
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Academics

Bard offers a unique, diverse blend of structure and choice when it comes to academic exploration. Courses with an enrollment of no more than a dozen Bardians allow for the intimate discussion and one-on-one student-professor interaction that wouldn’t be feasible in a larger, more impersonal lecture hall setting. Whether students are mulling over philosophy or working closely with a professor on a particular painting or musical piece, they will always receive the attention affordable in a close-knit...

Diversity

On the surface, Bard sports the racial variety of an NHL hockey team. Most students come from similar racial and cultural backgrounds (it seems like everyone you meet is somehow white, ultra-affluent, and from the Northeast). Upon further inspection, however, you’ll find that Bard houses a fair amount of diversity, and is home to students from different social, economic, cultural, and racial backgrounds. Bardians come from all over the globe; people from everywhere between Holland and China fly to Annandale...

Guys & Girls

Bard is not brimming with attractive people. While a lot of students take pride in dressing well and taking care of themselves physically, there’s an equal number who throw personal hygiene to the breeze (and if at any moment you happen to be sitting downwind of these people, you’ll get a personal whiff of what I’m talking about). Dirty, grungy clothes, and unkempt hair do little to increase the sexual appeal of anybody, especially sallow-looking college students. Unshorn armpits, a natural avoidance of...

Athletics

When you take into account that the majority of students here couldn’t catch a gently-lobbed softball, it’s not surprising that the college suffers from a lacking sports scene. Most Bardians thus opt toward more academic and less physically-rigorous pursuits. However, athletics do hold a tenuous place on campus, and a solid number of enthusiasts continue to participate in sports like soccer, basketball, and rugby. While the spectator turnout for these games usually borders on negligible, students...
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