<p>Whoa, letitbe18! Drew isn't perfect, but no school is. Your BF's experiences (and yours) are clearly colored by the nasty experience he's having with his roommate. Freshman year is hard enough without having to put up with that!</p>
<p>A few particular responses:</p>
<p>"I know, one could say it's one person and not the whole school. But i met close to all of his class and they were all carbon copies of his disrespectful roommate."</p>
<p>Seriously? You met most of the 400 students in the freshman class over a few weekends? WOW! (Even meeting most of the students in a single class with 25 people would be quite an accomplishment! If you can bottle that ability, you'd be rich!)</p>
<p>"Most of the time they were brats from long island..."</p>
<p>You don't think there are spoiled kids aplenty at every well-known LAC (including Bard)? Good one!</p>
<p>"His RA and others are realllyyyyy really dumb. to say the least. one didn't even notice a girl on her hall was slowly slipping into a coma due to alcohol poisoning."</p>
<p>Based on what I've heard/seen, the RAs are mostly smart, savvy, interesting people. But again, there are always exceptions.</p>
<p>"The theatre students are convinced that Drew trumps Tisch, clearly students just trying to comfort themselves."</p>
<p>FWIW Princeton Review has consistently placed Drew in the top 10 for theater programs. Whether or not it "trumps Tisch" is irrelevant. No "comfort" needed.</p>
<p>I assume you're in the market for a college next year. If you are shooting for Bard, I wish you luck; but I've also got some news for you. First, it has MANY good points. But students there complain about the food, the dorms, etc all the time. Also, while it's beautiful there, it's in the middle of nowhere. I can appreciate why your BF wanted to be near NYC. My D (who got into Bard BTW) went into the city several times freshman year. Getting to NYC from Bard is a time-consuming, expensive proposition. In contrast, it's a 50 minute train ride from Madison. So when you apply to schools and then sign on the dotted line, remember that every school has it's pluses and minuses.</p>
<p>MSUDad, I assume your comment is tongue-in-cheek, yes? Sometimes subtlety is missed online. ;-)</p>