<p>mythmom,</p>
<p>While working on his MFA at Columbia, my son took some courses at Barnard and spoke very highly about them. Please reassure your D that she is getting one of the finest education that anyone could hope for and remind her that the USWNR rankings were created to sell magazines and are total bull****. No one in academia respects them, although schools play the game because it brings in applicants. </p>
<p>Sad, sad commentary on our society’s hang ups with “labels” and perceived “prestige.”</p>