Required Materials
- Apply using the Common Application.
- Teacher recommendations: We prefer that one recommendation come from an English or humanities instructor and one from a math or science instructor.
- Guidance counselor recommendation
- School Report
- High School transcript (Include mid-year senior grades if available at the time you apply.)
- Portfolios and Awards: Supplemental materials are not required for admission to Bard; however, if a portfolio is included in an application, students who submit their application by the application deadline have a grace period of 5 days from the deadline to submit supplemental materials such as portfolio materials or to encourage teachers and counselors to submit their recommendation letters.