Anonymous wrote:Barnard shares attributes with schools such as Sarah Lawrence, Vassar, Bard and Skidmore.

I wonder what you mean specifically? I have a dd at Barnard and her good friend from way back is at Vassar. Very different school atmospheres. The other schools you list are not selective.

Barnard shares attributes with schools such as Sarah Lawrence, Vassar, Bard and Skidmore.

It starts with the letter B!

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Anonymous wrote:I always want to pronounce it bernard or barn yard

That's what columbia students called it back in the day--the barnyard.

No, that's BS

Anonymous wrote:I always want to pronounce it bernard or barn yard

That's what columbia students called it back in the day--the barnyard.

My child is a freshman there and loves it. It seems Greta to have access to 2 campuses, tons of dining, Columbia clubs and events that a smaller school does not have. She is straight btw. Columbia kids are in her Barnard classes— lots of crossover. She is really loving it for school and beyond (so much going on I the city obviously)

There are so many threads on Barnard. Do you have any specific questions, OP?

My niece went to Barnard. Some people I know of love it. She didn’t. It is for the seriously studious and seriously ambitious.

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Anonymous wrote:Barnard is having financial difficulties. Tread carefully

Can you elaborate?

Here's an article from the Columbia Daily Spectator:

With $252 million in projected debt, Barnard makes cuts to faculty and staff benefits https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/12/03/with-252-million-in-projected-debt-barnard-makes-cuts-to-faculty-and-staff-benefits/

In 2025, Harvard has also laid off staff, so has Johns Hopkins. So has the University of Central Florida and probably dozens of other universities. That doesn't mean the institutions are insolvent, any more than Barnard is.

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Anonymous wrote:Barnard is having financial difficulties. Tread carefully

Can you elaborate?

Here's an article from the Columbia Daily Spectator:

With $252 million in projected debt, Barnard makes cuts to faculty and staff benefits https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2024/12/03/with-252-million-in-projected-debt-barnard-makes-cuts-to-faculty-and-staff-benefits/

Anonymous wrote:Tell me everything you know about Barnard

Are you unable to use Google and read about the school online? Because you won’t get in if you can’t do that and can’t write well enough to formulate an intelligent question.

Anonymous wrote:It's actually 8 percent.

I graduated from Barnard in the 90s. A great college then and has only gotten better. Barnard women are sharp, savvy, independent, and driven, and well represented in law, sciences, politics, and literature.

It was about 10 pct for the class of 2029.
https://barnard.edu/news/barnard-welcomes-its-class-2029

Anonymous wrote:Barnard is having financial difficulties. Tread carefully

Can you elaborate?