Bard Application Process: FAQs
Our Application Deadlines 2024–2025 Application Cycle
- The Early Action (EA), Early Decision I (ED I), Immediate Decision Plan (IDP), and Bard Entrance Exam (BEE) deadline is November 1, 2025
- The Spring Transfer deadline is November 1, 2025
- The Early Decision II (ED II) deadline is January 15, 2026
- The Regular Decision (RD) deadline is January 15, 2026
- The Fall Transfer deadline is March 1, 2026
- Students who submit their application by the application deadline have a grace period of five days from the deadline to submit the optional supplemental materials such as portfolio materials or to encourage teachers and counselors to submit their recommendation letters.
- All students receive login details for their Bard portal shortly after submitting their application.
- If you are having trouble accessing your Bard portal, please call the Office of Admission at 845-758-7472 during our regular office hours (Monday–Friday 9 am – 5 pm ET, 4 pm ET from June 1 to September 1 (except select holidays), and we will work with you to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
- If you notice that you have missing materials on your Bard portal checklist, know that you can upload your materials directly to your application via your Bard portal.
- Note that it can sometimes take up to a week for materials to be reflected on the materials checklist, so if the materials have been submitted recently, they may just be in processing.
- While we cannot begin to read incomplete applications, we will continue to follow up with early round applicants about missing required materials until early round decision release in mid-December in an effort to complete student applications. We will also follow up with Regular Decision and Early Decision II applicants through the month of January.
- Please know that we can also accept supplemental materials after the application deadline as long as the application has been submitted by the appropriate deadline. However, we cannot guarantee that late supplemental materials (not required) will be read with the application.
- First Year and Spring Transfer/RCP interview slots are available from early September through early November. Please know that interviews for First Year and Transfer applicants are simply a layer of our holistic application review process, and you will not be disadvantaged in the application process if you were not able to schedule an interview.
- Fall Transfer and Return to College interviews take place in February and the interview schedule is available on our website starting in January. We require interviews for Return to College applicants.
- All questions about financial aid and financial aid documentation can be directed to the Financial Aid Office. They can be reached at [email protected] or 845-758-7526.
- Our campus tour page includes information about a range of visit options including virtual and in-person campus tours. This page also includes information about our self-guided tours: a self-guided driving tour with audio guide component, a self-guided walking tour, and a virtual 360 campus tour. Both self-guided tours can be completed by visitors in their own time (even outside Office of Admission open hours) and maps and information for both of the self-guided tours are available outside the admission office on campus. Please note that bathroom access is only available to visitors in the admission office during open hours. More information about ways to visit Bard can be found on our campus tourpage.