I come from an essential school that does not rank. :]
1.) Collegeboard's statistics are outdated. This year, Barnard only accepted 22% of its applications (RD and ED averaged). The Dean of admissions informed all accepted Barnard students at the open house of this fact.
2.)
Barnard - "3.9" PRINCETON REVIEW
Barnard College
Columbia - "3.4" PRINCETON REVIEW.
Columbia University
"3.7"
Columbia University - Columbia College - MSN Encarta
and yes, I am a defensive barnard student. i'm sick of online columbians' condescending attitude towards our academic institution. in all honesty, i wish we could break our ties with columbia because this relationship has left us in an undeserved identity crisis. if columbia didn't benefit so much from the barnard-columbia relationship, then why wouldn't they just break the relationship? that's the point. they do benefit.
this is a ridiculous argument - columbian women are in no way more "intelligent" nor "better than" barnard women.
and as for the other response - this is the first year that the cross registration has reached an equilibrium. prior to this year, barnard students took about 7000 classes at columbia and columbia students took 6600 at barnard. The new statistic has not been added to the internet. as soon as it is, i'll be sure to let you know :]
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