Dates and Deadlines
Early Applications Due Early Action, Early Decision, Immediate Decision Plan, Bard Entrance Exam | Nov. 1 |
Bard College Aid Scholarship Applications Due (optional and if applicable): | Nov. 1 |
Immediate Decision Plan (IDP) Applicants: Financial aid forms for all IDP applicants to receive early notification of the financial aid estimate are due by this date. | Nov. 1 |
Financial Aid Application Due for Early Applications (FAFSA and CSS Profile) FAFSA and CSS Profile must be filed by all Early Decision applicants by this date. | Dec. 1 |
Decision Notification for Early Applications (IDP applicants receive decision notification on the next business day after IDP date in November.) | Mid December |
Deposit Due: Early Decision, Early Decision 2-Immediate Decision Plan | Within a month after receipt of decision and/or financial aid package |
Deposit Due: Early Action, Early Action 2-Immediate Decision Plan, Bard Entrance Exam | May 1 |
Regular Decision Application Due: | Jan. 1 |
Bard College Aid Scholarship Applications Due (optional and if applicable): | Jan. 1 |
Equity and Inclusion Scholarship Applications* Due (optional and if applicable): | Jan. 1 |
Financial Aid Application Due: (FAFSA and CSS Profile) | Feb. 1 |
Decision Notification: | Late March |
Deposit Due: | May 1 |
* This scholarship form is to be completed if a student qualifies for one of the following: Bard's High School Early College Opportunity (ECO) program; the New York State Higher Education Opportunity (HEOP) program; or Bard's Opportunity (BOP) program. More information about these programs can be found within the scholarship form or on the Office of Equity and Inclusion website.
Bard allows students admitted via the Early Decision binding process to take one gap year. Students may make this selection by responding to their offer of admission on their Bard portal. Students must still withdraw their applications from other institutions should they be admitted to Bard via the ED application.
Please note that if you are 24 years or older, or will be turning 24 during your first year at Bard, you are not eligible to apply to the College as a first-year applicant. You may apply as a transfer candidate through our Returning to College Program; this requires that students have at least one semester's worth of college credits (12 or more credits) from a previous higher education program that can be transferred to Bard College.
NOTE: Candidates who are placed on the wait list are invited to submit supplemental information. Those who are not offered admission are usually required to wait a full academic year before reapplying.