<p>I heard it’s highly unlikely for bard graduate to find a job after they graduate, true? If you choose to go to grad school that might also not gonna be easy as it is not well-known but the grade deflation is serious. And last year of which major(some social science I’m not sure) only one graduate got the job… Any inside opinion??</p>
<p>I’d say it’s unlikely if only because most people who come here don’t exactly major in anything that’s EASY to be. It’s hard for any artist, writer, dancer, filmmaker to find work. I’ve heard it’s fine getting into grad school if that’s what you want. Coming from an LAC apparently gives you an upper hand because people want others to be educated in more things than just their own discipline.</p>
<p>But what do I know? Neither I, nor anyone I know, have graduated from here yet.</p>
<p>If you are unable to write intelligibly, you will unlikely find a meaningful job; it doesn’t matter where you go to school.</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>At Parent’s Orientation, we were proudly told that Bard is not in the business of training young people to get jobs. There was a distinct snub to the concept of commercializing one’s art.</p>
<p>That said, I think a Bard student who is able to succeed in a rigorous curriculum ought to be able to transfer those skills to some sort of socially valuable paid employment.</p>
<p>There is a career center on campus, but I’m not aware of its focus.</p>
<p>My neice attends Bard and honestly, listening to the classes she is taking… I wonder. My son is at a traditional school and is taking Calc, Physics, Bio, etc…As a freshman he is already working with a career counselor. I see a stark difference at Bard. That being said, it is a great place for my neice as she is extremely liberal and very talented and creative. She feels very comfortable there, but I do wonder how she will fare once she graduates. Time will tell!</p>
<p>I know this surprises many, but there are plenty of Bard students who major in mathematics, biology, economics, etc. And they get plenty of attention because it’s such a small school.</p>
<p>I know people at “traditional” schools (Trinity, Williams, and Middlebury) who are majoring in art history, music, and French, respectively. Shall we extrapolate on where they’ll end up?</p>
<p>To mumof2boys: I am currently a freshman at Bard with the intention of majoring in biology and am taking biology, chemistry, and a 300-level human rights class (on Reproductive Health) in addition to the mandatory first-year seminar. I am not unusual, either; there are two chem majors, two bio majors, a math major, and a physics major in my dorm alone (and I live in a dorm of 12 people). Like a traditional university, we also have people that are grounded in the sciences. It’s also important to keep in mind that Bard has strict distribution requirements in every area, including science, though they don’t have to be fulfilled in the first few years.</p>
<p>To kongregate: Every department sends out e-mails to majors in regards to prospective job offerings and internships that they hear about. I get e-mails from the biology department at least once a week in this regard.</p>
<p>mooleynerf, Thank you for addressing our concerns in such an informative and respectful manner! Your coursework seems like a very strong foundation and I wish you a great future!</p>
<p>Two good friends of mine graduated from Bard a few years ago. One is a high school math teacher, the other one is in medical school.</p>
<p>My friend who graduated from Yale the same year is currently unemployed.</p>
<p>I can’t remember who said this but I agree with it entirely: You don’t go to college to get a job; you go to get educated.<br>
Okay, I know that’s idealistic but I truly believe that learning how to think and how to write are important for whatever career one pursues.</p>
<p>I graduated from Bard years ago(26) and was never unemployed…under employed perhaps but I found my path and have done well. Does Bard prepare you for a job? Well, at Bard you are expected to be self motivated, intellectually curious and advocate for yourself. You are expected to be responsible, flexible, available and capable of rigorous debate. I can think of few things you need more in the workforce!</p>
<p>people have different choices and the choices they made later would have weighted impact on their lives. employed/unemployed isn’t really a question and there are plenty of people choose not to work immediately after college. people deserve what they’ve worked for. a better way to look at this problem is what do you expect from college education. if you want the college with a big name to open doors for you, don’t choose schools that aren’t on CC top colleges/universities list or Ivy League.</p>
<p>^The CC “top” colleges/universities list does not determine what schools are door-openers. There are lots of schools not on that list that are widely recognized and respected. CC, on the other hand, is not widely known outside this community of college-admissions focused people.</p>
<p>^Fine. But the fact is most of the CC top colleges/universities have great reputation in opening doors. I don’t understand why do you put a doble quote on "top’. Kongregate, my point is, if you are a career focused person, go to school where corportion recruiters actually come to campus to recuit students or visit a company website that have a list of target schools, pick one of them. Does it make sense?</p>
<p>Yes, most do have great reputations but they are not the only ones. I used double quotes for “top” because it is, in my view, silly to think of CC as determining which coleges and universities are in fact top.</p>