Admission Information

The Office of Admission at Bard High School Early College II (BHSEC II) is committed to recruiting highly motivated young adults from the five boroughs of New York City. It is our goal to provide these students who are ready for the rigor of our early college program with a challenging curriculum one that will foster and cultivate their intellectual curiosity. In order to ensure the success of individual students and of our early college program, we invest a significant amount of time and effort into our admissions process.

Students who gain admissions to BHSEC II can look forward to completing most of the high school program and the required New York State Regents Exams in the first two years. Students with a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for the ninth and tenth grades are eligible for entry into the early college program. At the end of four years, students have completed 60 college credits and receive the Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree in the liberal arts and sciences from Bard College as well as a New York State Regents diploma.

For more information on applying to the 9th and 10th grades