Bard College Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Bard College?

Mike

Bard is thought to be a school full of hipsters and hippies, where all the students do drugs and don't really work too hard.

Quinn

Many people think that Bard is a stoner school and that most students are hippies and that couldn't be farther from the truth. Most students are artistically minded and liberal and are incredibly motivated.

Kendall

All Bard kids are hipsters who sit in their room doing coke while listening to old Pavement B-Sides and counting their parents' money.

Tristan

The few people who have heard of Bard, most of whom reside in the tri-state area, seem to perceive our student body as communist, pot-smoking, affluent, Caucasian, outcast artists. We're supposedly a blend of hipsters and hippies.

Winnie

It's a hipster haven where the smart but too cool for school kids go. No jocks allowed. Self-motivated learners thrive here. It's where people go to get away from it all, really.

John

That bard students are very liberal, almost to the point where it is obscene.

Megan

Bard is thought of as an off-beat, but fairly respected liberal arts college with srong arts programs and a unique atmosphere.