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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wellesley is a stand alone LAC, Barnard is deeply integrated with the larger Columbia University experience. Barnard students say they have the best of both worlds- at Barnard, they can have the social experience of a women's college and intimate connections with Barnard affiliated faculty. Through Columbia, they get access to their classes, world class faculty members and associated researchers, Ivy league networking, and a larger undergraduate student body and extracurricular activities reflecting 12000 students.

Wellesley historically has a better reputation as the crown jewel among the women's colleges, but currently Barnard is seen as more desirable due to the Columbia/Ivy relation. Barnard actually has the highest yield of any LAC in the country, and it is considerably harder to get into vs. Wellesley these days.[/quote]

I'm a Barnard alumna. My cousin is a Wellesley grad. PP is right on many things. I would like to add the following:

1. Barnard's popularity is also due to its location. Friends and Sex in the City really popularized NYC.
2. Wellesley has more space due to its urban location. Barnard's campus is very crowded due to its urban location.
3. Wellesley probably was more prestigious historically, but Barnard's alumnae list is pretty impressive. Fact is, if you see any woman out in the world doing something interesting with her life, good chance is she's a 7S alumna.[/quote]

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