<p>I'm kinda unsure about the whole deal surrounding Bard College at Simon's Rock. I know its an early college, but I'm not totally sure if its a reputable school.</p>
<p>So, on their website, it says that kids from Simon's Rock transfer easily to top schools like Harvard, Yale, Penn, Berkeley and Stanford. </p>
<p>Is it common for Simon's Rock students to transfer to other schools easily, or are these examples just anomalies? </p>
<p>Thanks a lot guys, I really need this cleared up, and a lot of other prospective students are confused about this too.</p>
<p>I go to Simon’s Rock, and there are a lot of kids who transfer to top tier schools, but DO NOT say that they made it there easily. I know of one kid who was accepted to MIT and another who was wait-listed, and I think they are easily the two most brilliant on this campus. We do have a program with columbia, 3 years here 2 there for engineering only. </p>
<p>Look, transfer admissions are always harder than freshman admissions. Colleges look at what transfers have done; they look at freshman for their potential. If you think you can pull off a 4.0 here (I only know two, one is a Physics major-he got into MIT, and the other is Poli Sci or something not as difficult–in my eyes), and you think it is worth it, then by all means don’t waste your time in high school. However, Simon’s Rock has just as rigorous of academics as many of these schools people are transferring to–the only difference is that there are less professors, less money, and less students, so we don’t get as good of a rep. as we should. This means it IS still difficult to get into many schools.</p>
<p>If I had the chance I would’ve waited my two years in high school and kept my stellar record, but that’s swiped now. I can’t have any regrets because I’m much smarter than I would’ve been after junior year of high school had I stayed, but it still would’ve been nice if someone had told me, you can go somewhere better if you graduate. Whatever you do, just make sure you have no regrets.</p>
<p>Yes, it definitely is a reputable school. And, yes, students are able to transfer to excellent schools, though more and more are deciding to stay for 4 years. I personally know of students who were accepted for transfer to Brown, Stanford, and Swathmore. There are many more, but I don’t know that many that transferred. Look at the website. It lists the schools most frequently transferred to. The students are amazingly smart and engaged.</p>