<p>thank you both so much for your answers!!</p>
<p>It’s true that the art world in NYC is very hard to turn down! I’m from DC so I love cities and NY in particular. I loved my visit to Barnard. The students I met were wonderful, the class I visited was great, and the campus is lovely. My main concern (and probably what’s holding me back from saying yes right away!) is Barnard’s relationship to Columbia. Going to a small school is very important to me. I think having smaller class sizes really allows you the opportunity to form relationships with professors and I find that environment to be more inspiring/motivating as a student. That’s why I was excited by the prospect of Barnard in the first place, it being the only small, liberal arts school in NYC. I’ve talked to current students and to faculty from the Art History Department. It seems since Columbia has SUCH a strong art history department (which I’m totally not complaining about) Barnard’s department isn’t very strong/large. This means I would be taking a lot of my classes at Columbia, which I’m not sure I’m comfortable with. </p>
<p>That is pretty much my only qualm about Barnard though. As I said I love the city and I loved Barnard when I visited! Plus, my sister is currently attending Wellesley and though I love Wellesley for its academics, sisterhood, campus, and proximity to Boston, I do feel it would be cool for me to have the experience of going off of on my own. And in NYC no less! How romantic!</p>