@FutureWordsmith Not true. Barnard is only ranked #27 because the rankings do not factor in the shared Barnard/Columbia facilities. For example, Barnard uses all of Columbia’s sports facilities and Barnard women play on Columbia’s teams. According to rankings, however, Barnard does not have sports facilities of its OWN, which lowers the Barnard ranking. The same is said with dining halls, classes, activities, greek life, and etc. None of these University wide things are factored into Barnard’s ranking. Because the Barnard-Columbia relationship is so unique, rankings exclude all the CU classes and facilities that Barnard uses and, therefore, hurts Barnard’s ranking. Also, Barnard is tiny compared to Wellesley since its in NYC and property is super expensive. If rankings included the Barnard-Columbia relationship, it would surely be ranked MUCH MUCH higher.
Also, there is a lot of Barnard pride for Barnard women. Everyone is sooo proud to go to Barnard. People aren’t using it for a back door. 14.8% acceptance rate is something to be proud of. I agree that you should go with what your heart is telling you though.