11th Grade Montclair High School Student Accepted to Early College

It’s not every day that 11th graders are accepted to college before finishing high school. But for one Montclair, NJ junior, that’s exactly the case. Mira Tesla earned a place in the Bard College at Simon’s Rock fall 2014 entering class.

Tesla’s academic and personal achievements secured her a spot at Simon’s Rock this fall. The campus in Great Barrington, Massachusetts is home to over 400 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.

“Simon’s Rock receives a number of impressive applications every year,” Chandra Joos deKoven, Director of Admission said. “After a thorough and holistic review, Mira’s readiness to engage in a highly rigorous college curriculum, potential for academic and personal success, and ability to enrich our campus community were evident in her application.”

About Bard College at Simon’s Rock

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, Princeton and Yale. For more information visit www.simons-rock.edu.

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