<p>I can tell you that D2 took at least one creative writing course there, and enjoyed it.
The class was limited and selective enrollment, she had to submit writing samples to get in. She said the quality of the work from the people in the class was pretty high. In the end she wrote a reasonably long short story. I could easily see how works started in a course like this could be developed into published works, which has happened before, IIRC.
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<p>She also took “regular” English courses, and liked them.</p>
<p>I found it interesting that my son has read two books by Barnard alums over the course of his high school English program- The Glass Castle and The Namesake.</p>