<p>Actually, GS=Columbia’s GSP, but they also can’t transfer between colleges without external application. Neither can CC-SEAS. </p>
<p>Student to faculty ratio is a terrible measure for comparing an LAC to a University, considering that Universities have graduate students who take up a lot of professors’ time and attention. But still, I think (s)he meant being treated like an individual in regards to red tape and bureaucracy.</p>
<p>About Columbia… would you like them to pretend the connection doesn’t exist? It is a huge advantage for students who want to attend an LAC to have access there. What you quoted is literally halfway down the page and in a section entirely dedicated to explaining the relationship with Columbia, which many people are confused about.</p>
<p>Undergraduate departments aren’t ranked; graduate programs are. Barnard has as many excellent departments as any LAC. Key difference between the VERY DIFFERENT liberal arts colleges and universities. LACs want to teach, U’s want to produce scholarship.</p>
<p>(but the joy of Barnard is that our professors have to pass Barnard’s selection process–based a lot on student feedback and teaching–and then Columbia’s tenure review, so none of them are scholarly slouches, just not all “big stars”)</p>