Help me decide! Barnard or Dartmouth?

crystallixx
Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:08:30 +0000

I am currently choosing between two schools: Barnard and Dartmouth. Barnard is extremely different from Dartmouth, as you all probably already know. My parents didn’t give me much choice with choosing colleges, and insisted that I apply to the typical Ivy leagues in the middle of nowhere. After getting into Dartmouth, my parents are really pushing me to go. I know that Dartmouth is a very prestigious school and I’m honored to be accepted, but somehow I can feel that it is just not the place for me.
That being said, Barnard is exactly what I want in my college education. I love the city, and I love that there are fantastic opportunities everywhere. Also, I felt so much more at ease with the artsy Barnard girls than with the frat guys at Dartmouth. My dream has always been to be a magazine editor, which I can see myself attaining should I go to Barnard. However, if I go to Dartmouth, I will almost certainly enter medicine (which of course, is not a bad field - just not my preferred one).
The “realistic” choice seems to be for me to go to Dartmouth. Even so, I can’t seem to give up my dream of attending Barnard.

Please, help sway my decision!