Reggie
You will discover your destiny at Bennington, just don't expect to have ten million boyfriends.
Aubrey
There is free coffee and tea on campus in Admissions and Student Life every day. You cannot understand how amazing and important this is until you get here.
alex
You'll know right away whether you belong here or not. This place definitely isn't for everyone. Even if you fall in love with the college based on reviews you read, or a brief tour of campus during our Field Work Term, you may realise you don't want to be here. Fourteen freshmen left during Orientation this past fall.
Caitlin
Grades aren't required.
You can pick your own area of study, not just choose from a list of set majors.
Professors are active in their fields and very bright.
There is in internship semester to ge experience in your area of interest.
The students have a say in waht they learn and how they learn it.
The students have a huge impact on what happens in the school, from activities to dinig hall food.
Angela
Definitely our system of Concentrations and graduating. We don't have specific requirements for all students, but instead faculty work with students to develop a "Plan" which combines student interests with the amount of learning that faculty and administration think should be required for graduating with a degree in something.
Natalie
Bennington is more than an education-- it's an experience. Here you will have all your beliefs, ideals, and concepts about the world you live in challenged, ripped apart, and put back together again. It is truly a place of self-discovery and since your educational trajectory is for you to monitor alone, it is not for the weak of heart.
Andy
Sometimes you just gotta jump in.
Tim
Bennington is not for everyone, but for the people it is for, there is nothing that can come close to it. If you are interested in the school, I suggest contacting a student via admissions, or coming up for a visit. If you do visit, come in the spring when the weather is beautiful, and you won't be able to help but falling in love with the campus.
Sarah
We know how to have a good time.
Amanda
Bennington is full of flaky people it will make you feel flaky, uncentered, depressed, lonely and unsure of the path you should take.
But it sparkles like the underside of a clam shell and once you decide that no, Bennington College, I am a bigger person than you, then you can use it like somebody would use a plow and make your education and begin your life.
Your education at Bennington will never be ordinary and unlike classes that force you to cram and follow a textbook, you will be all over the place with all kinds of proffessors (I have taken African Dance, physics, Metalshop and Italian) learn all kinds of things (I know how to stage combat, I know how to roll my hips and weld with acetalyne and I can tell you all about torque, 16th century counterpoint and what an idiolect is).
If you do choose Bennington, be fucking prepared. Its a wild, wild place.