why are the pps so invested in saying barnard is not columbia? the insistence is weird and hysterical.

If you don't care about the brand, and are flexible in terms of urban/suburb experience, which one is better outcome wise? Success rates for pre-med, pre-law, PhD, or even wall street.

The biggest factor is if you want to be in NYC and part of a large university or a LAC in a small wealthy suburb 45 minutes from downtown Boston. Those are two different experiences. If they want NYC, Wellesley will not be the same. Wellesley is probably going to be a tighter community because it’s more isolated.

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Anonymous wrote:All I can say is that if Barnard is chosen, and the student introduces herself as going/having gone to Columbia, and it is found out to be Barnard, a significant portion of people will think poseur.

unfortunately, parents also brag that their kid got into Columbia when it is Barnard. Don’t be that parent. smh

Don’t be that kid/recent grad either. Some won’t care when they look up your linked in profile, but many will.

Anyone keep remembering Jamie Gleicher from that MTV show Rich Girls who got into Barnard, who kept saying something like “I don’t care about that drama, I have great things for myself I am going to my Ivy League university.”

Can you really call it a LAC if the only part that is separate is a dorm? It’s part of a university and Barnard students can take Columbia classes and even live in Columbia dorms. It’s probably going to go the way of Radcliffe soon and be fully dissolved.

Barnard is a top college on its own. Seriously no Barnard student is bragging about its association with Columbia. So many women leaders are graduate from Barnard. It has emerged as the #1 women's college. Should be ranked top 5 imho.

Barnard is over-hyped. Wonder why its ranked #11 LAC, it should be out of T25

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Anonymous wrote:All I can say is that if Barnard is chosen, and the student introduces herself as going/having gone to Columbia, and it is found out to be Barnard, a significant portion of people will think poseur.

unfortunately, parents also brag that their kid got into Columbia when it is Barnard. Don’t be that parent. smh

Don’t be that kid/recent grad either. Some won’t care when they look up your linked in profile, but many will.

Barnard acceptance rate 7%
Wellesley acceptance rate 13%

Much much harder to get in Barnard.

Anonymous wrote:All I can say is that if Barnard is chosen, and the student introduces herself as going/having gone to Columbia, and it is found out to be Barnard, a significant portion of people will think poseur.

unfortunately, parents also brag that their kid got into Columbia when it is Barnard. Don’t be that parent. smh

Anonymous wrote:All I can say is that if Barnard is chosen, and the student introduces herself as going/having gone to Columbia, and it is found out to be Barnard, a significant portion of people will think poseur.

That is why the yield and stats have improved, though. It's for all intents and purposes, part of Columbia. Do Barnard students have their own classes or is it all mixed with Columbia so there is no educational difference, other than dorms?

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Anonymous wrote:Check out Bryn Mawr as well. Smaller than Wellesley, suburban but easy access to Philly.

But less prestigious and rigorous.

Not a prestige wh*re but peers are different by gpa and test score. Wellesley and Barnard take top 5% of the class, Bryn Mawr top 50%.

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Anonymous wrote:Check out Bryn Mawr as well. Smaller than Wellesley, suburban but easy access to Philly.

But less prestigious and rigorous.

hahaha, no.

I wanted to mention Scripps college, also an all-girls college, part of 5C.

The best thing about Scripps is its location. Southern California.

Anonymous wrote:Check out Bryn Mawr as well. Smaller than Wellesley, suburban but easy access to Philly.

But less prestigious and rigorous.