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Arrival Dates: January 22 and 26–29
New transfer students for the spring 2021 semester will arrive on January 22 and 26–29. Your exact arrival date will depend on whether you are required to quarantine and whether you will be living on or off campus. Please visit Bard's COVID-19 Response website for detailed information about arrival.

Welcome, Transfer Students

The contents of these webpages are intended to help you familiarize yourself with Bard prior to your arrival on campus. If you have any remaining questions, don’t hesitate to call Timand Bates at 845-758-7454, or email tbates@bard.edu.

Transfer students have ample time to complete their Moderation. (Watch this video for more on the Moderation process.) You will work closely with your faculty adviser to create a program of study that makes sense for you.
 

Bard's COVID-19 Response

Visit the COVID-19 Response website for comprehensive information about arrival on campus and the spring semester.

COVID-19 Response

Arrival and Check-in

Arrival and Check-in

Please arrive as early as possible if you plan to move into a residence hall.

Arrival Day begins with check-in at the Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation (RKC). You will receive a packet that contains an orientation schedule, a copy of the current course list, and a tote bag full of gifts from the Bard Office of Sustainability. If you plan to reside on campus, you’ll also receive keys to your residence hall and room. Representatives from Health Services, the Office of Student Accounts, Financial Aid, Office of Residence Life, Safety and Security, and Office of Student Affairs will be on hand to welcome you.

Send Bard Your Transcripts

Transcripts from your previous institution(s), which include final grades, should be sent as soon as possible to Registrar Peter Gadsby, who determines how many credits will transfer and which of Bard’s distribution requirements you have satisfied. If you have questions, contact him directly at gadsby@bard.edu or 845-758-7458. Send Transcripts to Office of the Registrar, 30 Campus Road, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000.

Meet the Dean of Transfer Students

Meet the Dean of Transfer Students

Timand Bates ’02, Associate Dean of Students

Timand, an alumnus of 2002, works with sophomores, juniors, and seniors (last names Q–Z), offering social and academic support for students who may be struggling, are unsure about their program of study, want help with course selection, or have questions about how to improve their academic skills and time-management strategies. He coordinates programming and support for incoming transfer students and students who live off campus. Timand is also a field supervisor for the Bard MAT program, where he works with graduate students who are in pre–service training to become public school English teachers. When Timand is not supporting Bardians, his preferred use of time is exploring deep in the Catskills with his two fierce daughters, Alice and Hazel, and wife, Monica, who is also an educator. Despite Timand’s lifelong commitment to literature and literacy, he is quite proud that his family’s first initials spell MATH—an homage to the logic of love! 

Questions? Contact Timand by email at tbates@bard.edu or by phone at 845-758-7454. Or come by Sottery Hall and visit the Center for Student Life and Advising.

Transfer Student Academic FAQs

  • What is the First-Year Program?

    What is the First-Year Program?


    The First-Year Program consists of the following elements of the common curriculum:
    • the three-week Language and Thinking Program that takes place in August;
    • the First-Year Seminar, a two-semester course that presents seminal intellectual, cultural, and artistic ideas in the context of a historical tradition; and
    • the three-week Citizen Science Program that takes place during winter break in January.
  • Am I exempt from the First-Year Program?

    Am I exempt from the First-Year Program?


    Transfer candidates with less than a year of college coursework may be required to participate in Bard’s First-Year Program. Transfer candidates who have been full-time students and will have completed at least one year of college coursework at the time of matriculation at Bard are exempt from the College’s First-Year Program. They also have the option to take First-Year Seminar. Exemption status will be determined by the registrar.
  • What else do I need to know about Bard’s curriculum?

    What else do I need to know about Bard’s curriculum?


    Even if a transfer student arrives at Bard with 64 transferable credits and junior-class standing, transfers may not be prepared to moderate into the Upper College by the end of their first semester at Bard, and are therefore granted two semesters in which to complete their Moderation.

    Learn more about Moderation and the structure of the curriculum.

Your House Librarian

Stevenson Library has partnered with the Bard Houses Faculty in Residence Program to provide a liaison librarian for each of the four houses. House librarians will be available to first-year and transfer students who have questions about research, citing sources, and using library resources and services. They will hold office hours for drop-in questions—often with cookies—and partner with House faculty on other programs throughout the year.

Meet the Librarians

Coulter ’51
Kate Laing
claing@bard.edu
Stevenson 303
758-7312

McKenzie ’52  
Betsy Cawley
cawley@bard.edu
Stevenson 103
758-7064

Amber Billey
billey@bard.edu
Stevenson 005 (Lower Level)
758-7619

McWilliams ’44
Alexa Murphy
amurphy@bard.edu
Stevenson 304
758-7409

Yauch ’86
Jeremy Hall
jhall@bard.edu
Stevenson 103
758-7675

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