Barnard - Social Scene and Academics?

octothorpe
Thu, 17 Jul 2014 14:40:51 +0000

I’m also a very extroverted person. I have had no problem meeting people in the city and have a group of wonderful friends that I met outside of school. I’ve always got along with other people pretty well and really a lot of faith in the kindness of strangers, so I guess coming to Barnard was kind of jarring for me because I didn’t necessarily relate to people immediately. I’m not someone who has no friends whatsoever on campus. I’ve met plenty of interesting people especially in my major, but school definitely isn’t my main social outlet. To add information, I guess I’m just kind of a partier and I’m not that into clubs and things like that so I haven’t really found that scene on campus outside of greek life. I’m not as serious or driven as other students and I’m more into learning for the sake of learning without any specific career goal, and that’s obviously not the vibe on campus.
I’m not meaning to generalize but I guess I think that people on the internet and the school itself portray this relationship like it isn’t much of a problem, when in fact it is, and it frustrates me. The relationship also may have been different four years ago because forums on the internet such as this one weren’t as prominent and this type of interaction tends to inflate issues and controversies. I exaggerate a little and I don’t mean that I think ALL Columbia students hate us. That’s just what I view as the general attitude. I’m saying that it’s a better school for those who are independent and extroverted, like your daughter, because there isn’t a very strong support network.
Also since when are sports solely a “guy thing”? I grew up watching baseball with my mom and I know plenty of lady football fans.