<p>“Catty”, Joycell?..umm, it was you who used the term “baloney”. I’ve never stated that NYU and Barnard were the same type of school, please be my guest and point it out if I did. </p>
<p>The original question here was about educational quality, not individualism or which has smaller classes. Quality entails a wide array of concepts. So yeah, if one wants a LAC atmosphere, its obvious, take Barnard over NYU (though nobody on this thread indicated that they wanted that per se). But NYU has more top departments, more well known profs., better scholarship, and most of Barnard’s “prestige” comes from the Columbia affiliation (as oppossed to a LAC like Williams which stands on its own). I know this because I attended both NYU and Columbia (thats non-Barnard Columbia). Many Columbia students and faculty view Barnard as the back door in…and this is very well known. </p>
<p>“Barnard has as many excellent departments as any LAC” </p>
<p>So are you saying that Barnard is on par with schools like Amherst, Swarthmore, and Williams? I don’t think it is at all. Neither is Barnard the top all-girls school—that would be Wellesley. Even with the Columbia affiliation, Barnard is a notch below the top LACs. </p>
<p>But I digress, yes, both are very different schools (large research U vs. LAC).</p>