<p>“I admit to having something of a sour attitude about those who view Barnard as a back door to Columbia instead of valuing it for its own sake.”</p>
<p>I can understand that. I think the women’s colleges need better marketing/PR to escape the stereotypes that have dogged them since the Ivies went co-ed. </p>
<p>They are indeed “admissions bargains” – and ones which are much needed given the academic achievement of high school girls and the limited number of spots available to them at the elite schools.</p>