It's not every day that students start college early, but for this Ridgefield student, that's exactly the case. Ajeya Sathyagal earned a place in the fall 2018 entering class at Bard College at Simon's Rock after completing 10th grade.
Sathyagal's academic and personal achievements stood out, securing Ajeya a spot at Simon's Rock this fall. The campus in Great Barrington, Massachusetts is home to about 450 bright and highly motivated students engaged in a rigorous college education. Early college students are on track to graduate from college one or two years ahead of their peers.
Bard College at Simon's Rock, founded in 1966 and nestled in the bucolic Berkshires, is the only college in the country specifically designed for bright, highly motivated students ready to enter college early, usually after the 10th or 11th grade. Simon's Rock offers a challenging program in the liberal arts and sciences, taught exclusively in small seminars by a supportive, highly-trained faculty. Degrees are granted in more than 40 majors. The Princeton Review's Best 378 Colleges rates academics at Simon's Rock higher than Harvard and Princeton. For more information visit www.simons-rock.edu.