Bard High School Early College?

Hey! Congrats on getting into Bard! I'm going to be a junior at Bard this coming fall, and could not imagine myself in another school. As for the supplies, don't worry about that just yet. Every teacher is different and will require you to get different things. If you really want to get started on that then just get notebooks, loose leaf, folders, and a binder. For the first week of cles (or less-maybe 3 or 4 days, we don't know yet) the entire school will have Writing & Thinking. This means that cles won't actually start till the second week of school or such. In Writing & Thinking each student is igned a room and spends the week or so with the people in that room. The people range from freshmen to seniors. There are about 15 students in each room. Honestly, I don't like Writing & Thinking because I love starting cles, but it's nice for freshman to meet upper cl men and especially read and hear their writing. Everyone writes, and then shares, etc. The school year has two semesters, and depending on what your schedule is you might have some of the same people in your cles. You definitely won't have multiple classes with all the same people. At most you will probably have 3 of the same classes with someone. In the second semester of freshmen year your schedule and the people you have classes with might change because you choose your language at that time. Personally, I love Bard! The teachers and students are great and very caring. The teachers are extremely smart and the classes are VERY interesting! Too many exciting things happen throughout the year-so many that it's too long to list. Truthfully, the work load in Bard is insane-I go to bed around 2 am every school night, but after a year one gets used to it. It's A LOT of pain, but the results are so worth it! If you have anymore questions feel free to e-mail me. Have a good summer and good luck at Bard!