<p>In your situation, I think simply Barnard would be best. If word has gotten around that it’s a “back door school”, it’s not like you can go and change the minds of your whole class.
I’d just proudly say I’m going to Barnard and that’s it. It’s one little title in your graduation ceremony, would it really matter years from now? : )
tell them to google it.
I don’t like the negative connotations that Barnard can get with its relationship with Columbia, but I think just as I know what I’m doing, it shouldn’t matter to everyone else.
side note, I’d argue that Wellesley is more well known than Barnard, but when I told people i got in, a lot of responses were “Oh, where’s that?” and “Wesleyan?”
I don’t know where I heard this story, maybe it’s made up, but apparently two Barnard girls were applying for the same job/internship, and one said she went to Barnard and the other said Columbia U. The person deciding between them favored the Barnard only girl. P : /interesting tangent</p>