Bard College Top Questions

Bard students are known for being passionate, and very open-minded. There is a large population of hipsters smoking cigarettes, as well as many socially awkward and well-meaning nerds. One will also encounter plenty of vegans, vegetarians, paleo-dieters, and raw food advocates. There's a sense that everyone is unique, but in being that unique person, they end up finding a whole group of people unique in the same way as them.

Privileged white idealist hipsters.

My classmates encompass a multitude of young intellects thinking within no boundaries.

Engaged, interested, intelligent, eager to pursure their interests and able to express their ideas.

Very into politics, helping others, but also social life

Opinionated, self aware, relaxed

Everyone at Bard has an abstract mind, a focus on passion, and a love of beauty and creativity; in short, they are hopeless romantics -- even though some go well out of their ways to hide it.

Bard's student population consists of alot of liberal, artistically motivated individuals and international students but is afflicted by a sizeable quotient of ineffectual students from wealthy backgrounds, or students from whom Bard was a second choice to NYU.

Creative, connected, and inspiring individuals.

Sometimes I feel they are pretentious, but mostly good-natured