DD had been to Colby and was there for a summer. They have a great Enviro studies program but isnt a fan of the small size and party culture but knows it has a great reputation.

Barnard has phenomenal program in her interest area too and loves all women and network for future and its also not a super party culture.

Mcgill has exactly her interests too -- super cool programs that are small in a big school. Loves Montreal, will learn French, dorms extra good. She absolutely loves the idea of this option but not sure about giving up well regarded small lacs for McGill. We see her looking for reasons to choose McGill over Barnard/Colby but wonders if it is as highly regarded as the others and if launching from Barnard would be much much better

Anonymous wrote:PS i agree Barnard seems Like an opportunity not to be missed. Students seem so nice!

It might be worth noting that Colby appears in this Princeton Review survey-based site of colleges with the friendliest students:

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=friendliest-students

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Anonymous wrote:This is very helpful input -- and we'd welcome other thoughts, experiences, ways to consider the opportunity. DD also considering McGill (I know all seem different but they all have elementa she likes or wants).

New poster to this thread.

OP: Very difficult to make a strong recommendation among urban McGill, urban Barnard, and rural Colby College without more information about your daughter's preferences,desires,and intended major/course of study.

If she is a resident of NYC,then a change of location for college may be a good idea.

+1 Plus any preferences if she would consider living in Canada post graduation etc. It’s like comparing apples to bread to chicken. All are fine but everyone has their own preferences.

Has your daughter visited Colby? It’s definitely pretty far from pretty much everything…which some kids love and some kids don’t.

Colby, of course. Barnard has severe rank inflation.

Anonymous wrote:This is very helpful input -- and we'd welcome other thoughts, experiences, ways to consider the opportunity. DD also considering McGill (I know all seem different but they all have elementa she likes or wants).

New poster to this thread.

OP: Very difficult to make a strong recommendation among urban McGill, urban Barnard, and rural Colby College without more information about your daughter's preferences,desires,and intended major/course of study.

If she is a resident of NYC,then a change of location for college may be a good idea.

PS i agree Barnard seems Like an opportunity not to be missed. Students seem ao nice!

This is very helpful input -- and we'd welcome other thoughts, experiences, ways to consider the opportunity. DD also considering McGill (I know all seem different but they all have elementa she likes or wants).

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Anonymous wrote:There’s nothing Colby has Barnard doesn’t. There’s a lot Barnard has access to, that Colby doesn’t.

Maybe try, just a little, to be a useful contributor to the discourse.

If you can't tell the monumental difference between going to college in NYC right next to Columbia University and access to Columbia resources while retaining a liberal arts college identity to Colby, I really don't know why you think you have much important to contribute at all.

Barnard is a great school but it doesn't have a liberal arts college identity like Colby, Bates, Hamilton, etc. It is basically Columbia without the core.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s nothing Colby has Barnard doesn’t. There’s a lot Barnard has access to, that Colby doesn’t.

Barnard has a 4-acre campus; Colby has a 714-acre campus.

There aren’t a lot of employers or cultural opportunities near that 714 acre campus. I have a family member who is a Colby grad and it’s an excellent school, but I would hated living in Waterville, Maine.

However, in the WalletHub analysis posted earlier (and, for convenience, below), Barnard placed 97th nationally by Career Outcomes, while Colby placed 54th. I'd infer from this that post-graduation opportunities from Colby are not hampered by the dearth of employers in the vicinity of Waterville.

https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750

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Anonymous wrote:There’s nothing Colby has Barnard doesn’t. There’s a lot Barnard has access to, that Colby doesn’t.

Maybe try, just a little, to be a useful contributor to the discourse.

If you can't tell the monumental difference between going to college in NYC right next to Columbia University and access to Columbia resources while retaining a liberal arts college identity to Colby, I really don't know why you think you have much important to contribute at all.

Anonymous wrote:There’s nothing Colby has Barnard doesn’t. There’s a lot Barnard has access to, that Colby doesn’t.

Maybe try, just a little, to be a useful contributor to the discourse.

Go Barnard! Congrats on her admittance!

Was a great school for me. Though I’m incredibly mad at Columbia for caving to this administration.

Both schools are great, but given current circumstances, I'd argue that women's empowerment is all the more important in an era that has rolled back R v. W. Attending Barnard is not an opportunity to be passed up.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s nothing Colby has Barnard doesn’t. There’s a lot Barnard has access to, that Colby doesn’t.

Barnard has a 4-acre campus; Colby has a 714-acre campus.

There aren’t a lot of employers or cultural opportunities near that 714 acre campus. I have a family member who is a Colby grad and it’s an excellent school, but I would hated living in Waterville, Maine.

Anonymous wrote:I dont' think there is anything we can tell you that you wouldn't learn by visiting these two. They seem very different and a kid who likes one would not obviously like the other

+1. These are not two similar schools. Single sex vs coed. NYC vs Maine.