<p>Thanks you, everyone, for the replies. Mysteryflavored came up with a wonderful analogy of what I expect from UIowa in the Animal House experience, but I’m wondering if there is more to it. I wonder if there IS Animal House at Barnard or if there IS elitism at UIowa. I know these worlds don’t match up often. 502W, thank you for pointing out my mistake. I should have caught that. (This is why I want to go to college :D). Phedre, I will do anything in my power to get into UIowa Writers Workshop and that is why I am thinking about Iowa Honors, also. I could easily make connections there whereas Iowa would see Barnard as a name and not me as a writer. This is where the conflict comes further.</p>
<p>I have a question that does mean a lot to me: What to Barnard girls do for FUN? Is fun something that I must seek out there or does fun come to me? The only thing I fear with Barnard is that I’ll do what I’ve done my whole life and push away going out in favor of staying in and working on homework to get good grades. I want college to be a whole new, independent experience where people will accept me as both a soul and a brain, not the letter I get on my report card.</p>