Teen Wins Early College Admission at Nation's Only Early College

TIVERTON, RI -- Isabelle Long may be just 16, but she has secured a spot in the entering Class of 2016 at Bard College at Simon's Rock.

That makes her an "early college student," according to Karen Anderson, spokeswoman for the college.

If Isabelle keeps pace with the rest of her college class, she'll earn her degree "one or two years ahead of her peers," Anderson said.

The Tiverton teen made the grade due to her outstanding "academic and personal achievements," Anderson said.

The Simon's Rock campus in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Anderson said, "is home to over 400 bright and highly motivated students engaged in a rigorous college education." In fact, it's 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," she said. Not to brag, Anderson said, Bard College at Simon's Rock beat out Harvard and Princeton, according to The Princeton Review's Best 380 Colleges.

Photo Caption: Isabelle Long of Tiverton; Courtesy Isabelle Long.