Official Barnard Early Decision 2017 Results

Bound4Barnard
Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:44:15 +0000

Pick one:
[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown): 2080 (710 CR, 700 W, 670 M)
[ *] SAT II: 710 Lit, 660 US History
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma Candidate

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Human Rights Club (Secretary), Gender Equality Club (Founder and President), French Honor Society (President), random other clubs/activities
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutor
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: Receptionist
[ *] Summer Activities: Reading, watching tv, traveling (?)
[ *] Essays: I loved them! My advice: be genuine, and don’t try too hard to *amaze anyone. Just try and represent yourself honestly, that way they’re evaluating the real you- or at least as close as they can get.
[ *] Teacher Recommendation: Good enough I guess?
[ *] Counselor Rec: She barely knows me.
[ *] Interview: I didn’t do one.

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *] Intended Major: Undecided (maybe Urban Studies?)
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: lol
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None really. Maybe that no one else from my school has ever gone to Barnard? (I doubt that matters though)

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths: Course load, Essays
[ *] What you tried to focus on in your application - any hooks you tried to make for yourself: I worked really hard on my essays because they were the only things that were completely in my control. I made it clear that I’m a passionate person.
[ *] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars maybe? I also doubt my counselor recommendation was all that dazzling considering all she knows about me are my grades/what classes I’m taking.
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Luck, honestly. But I do feel like Barnard is the right place for me and I guess that the admissions office agreed!