Barnard vs. Wellesley and Smith

churchmusicmom
Sun, 27 Mar 2011 21:54:13 +0000

Shadowhunter, you asked about grad placement. I can speak to my d’s experience as a neuroscience major. She graduated form Barnard a couple of years ago and found the faculty to be very helpful and supportive through the grad school application process. She was successful and is currently working on her PhD at her first choice school.

I can also say that she got great experience in labs, both as a Columbia Amgen Scholar one summer and then at her advisor’s lab at Barnard (where she completed work for her Senior Thesis). Oh, and the fact that, as a Barnard graduate, you will have completed an original research project and then written your thesis, seems to be a great thing for grad school applications…

About safety: I never, ever felt concerned at all about my daughter when she was at Barnard. NYC is a very safe place.