<p>The internships thing is ridiculous… I think at last count, 60% of BC students do at least one internship before graduating. Almost everyone I know that did at least one did more than one. And you’re pretty much guaranteed funding for at least one.</p>
<p>I scoff at the babysitting comment. <a href=“http://www.barnard.edu/newnews/internindex.html[/url]”>http://www.barnard.edu/newnews/internindex.html</a> I interned for a major economic think tank & worked on a project for the Mayor’s council on working women, friends have interned at most major NYC museums, independent galleries, non-profits, there are the usual boring finance jobs, etc. My friends and I almost all found our internships through career development or postings in our departments, usually put up by alums or former professors looking specifically for Barnard interns.</p>
<p>As far as the rest of her complaints, she’s right about Morningside Heights. But strange that she’d complain about bars being full of frat boys and not seeing guys for days at a time. Still, I think the “I had mostly male friends in high school” thing is a pretty common experience, and I still had male friends and ALSO found female friends with the same experience. I don’t know anything about theater, so she might be right there, too.</p>