<p>In fact, Columbia wanted to fully absorb Barnard and Barnard did not want that to happen. So, yes, again NOBODY here has ever tried to say that Barnard is the same as Columbia. Just that there exists an affiliation which allows Barnard to maintain separate admissions processes and a separate endowment while still existing within the Columbia University umbrella. </p>
<p>It is also correct to say that Barnard students do not have “legacy” status for admission to Columbia College if their relative attended Barnard after Columbia College began admitting women and Barnard refused to be absorbed by the University. Again, nobody here has tried to say they do. </p>
<p>The only point that you tried to make that is not true is that the Barnard degree is “not recognized as full Columbia degree”. The seal of Columbia University and the President’s (of Columbia University) signature on the diploma states otherwise. A Barnard undergraduate degree is not THE SAME as one from Columbia College. Nor are degrees from SEAS the same as ones from CC or from Jewish Theological Seminary. People attend those different institutions because they have differing expectations and desires for their undergraduate education.</p>
<p>The existence of this affiliation is a fact, albeit a complex and nuanced one. Sometimes those sorts of things are difficult for some to comprehend, apparently.</p>