More to the point, why the F does OP care his neighbor’s daughter characterizes her college? Whether it’s just “Barnard” or “Barnard-Columbia” has exactly zero effect on your life. DCUM obsession with being the self appointed guardian of fencing off certain colleges as “elite” is mind boggling.

Oh great. The annual Barnard isn't Columbia thread.

Once Columbia became coed, Barnard was not the same. Barnard could have merged with the all-male Columbia but chose not to, unlike Radcliffe, which merged with Harvard.

No.

Close enough now.

Anonymous wrote:Wife attended and always claims she went to Columbia. No, it was Barnard. But the two seem synonymous in NYC.

No, they are even less synonymous in NYC and it is even more frowned upon. You married down.

Same to me

Barnard is part of Columbia university and they get the diploma so they aren’t wrong

Barnard is better than Columbia for undergrad. All the resources of Columbia in a smaller community. Students there are incredible — they become powerful women.

Wife attended and always claims she went to Columbia. No, it was Barnard. But the two seem synonymous in NYC.

Anonymous wrote:Getting out my popcorn for this thread.

My thoughts exactly! My neighbor has a MB but it’s only a C class 😂😂😂

DC's classmate was accepted to "Barnyard" but told other kids she was going to Columbia. It seems like many Barnard students attend Barnard so they can say they attend Columbia and justify it by saying the diploma has both schools on it. They seem embarrassed about the Barnard brand because it is relatively unknown outside the US.

Anonymous wrote:Getting out my popcorn for this thread.

Barnard is better than Columbia GS but way worse than Columbia proper! But, no, kid should just be saying going to Barnyard.

Getting out my popcorn for this thread.

A neighbor got accepted to Barnard, which is great. They sometimes say they are attending Barnard - Columbia.

Are the schools the same entity?