Posts tagged common application

in addition to the online application, would you recommend submitting a portfolio? — Asked by Anonymous

Yeah, certainly! While portfolios are not by any means a required aspect of our application, we do welcome any opportunity we can to get to know you better. If you think your art/acting/dancing etc. is something that will give us better insight into what you’re passionate about, then submit away.

Good luck with the application!

-Evan ‘13

Where do I request a tangible application as opposed to an online one? — Asked by Anonymous

We no longer have paper applications! All our applications are now handled online via the Common App. Yay trees!

-Evan ‘13

I feel like this has been answered before, but where else did Bennington students typically apply? — Asked by Anonymous

A quick, totally un-scientific primer: Bard, Hampshire, Sarah Lawrence, Vassar, Skidmore, Clark, Reed, Eugene Lang, Oberlin, and NYU seem to be pretty common places for other applicants to apply to - often, when I’m touring prospective students, those are schools they mention visiting and/or considering applying to. There’s definitely a specific slice of liberal arts schools that people seem to gravitate towards, but then, I think it’s pretty typical for applicants to also be considering state schools from their region and often a few larger universities as well. 

Personally, I transferred to Bennington, and this was the only school I applied to as a transfer. Out of high school I applied to a lot of New York-area schools like NYU, Iona, Hofstra, Syracuse, and Ithaca (as well as Wesleyan). I never really knew that schools like Bennington existed.

Kevin says that aside from Bennington, he applied to places like UVM, Missouri, University of Maryland, St. Mary’s, Marist, Quinnipiac, and UMass-Amherst. He mentioned a few others, but he applied to like 12, and my attention span is not that great, and I’m only human.

Liam only applied to Bennington. Now there’s a man who knows what he wants.

Anyway, I hope this was helpful!

-Evan ‘13