We loved Barnard, and now we don't know...

toughtodecide
Sat, 16 May 2020 21:12:59 +0000

Hello. Thank you to all the contributors to this forum. My daughter got accepted last night. Barnard was her first choice by far. Now it’s not. Now that they dragged us through this process without a returned email or phone call, and hearing how other people had been similarly ignored, we started to sour on them. My daughter is a creative writing major and she learned that she would have to apply and be accepted for her creative writing classes, instead of just taking the classes she wants. Also, the Barnard website looks like my middle-schooler created it, with basic text and not enough information. I heard the mental health support they have isn’t great. It also seems potentially “too” feministy? Meaning, is the culture equal rights and empowering women, or is this a man-hating environment? Finally, do Barnard women get 2nd billing with classes desired at Columbia? Are they 2nd class citizens to CU students? I would love to learn all this by someone other than the people with canned answers.

By the way, my daughter didn’t have great grades or ACT scores, but her writing is excellent and she wanted to have Russian language/culture path as well. So she might have filled a need with her interests. Plus we didn’t apply for financial aid. I’m telling people this in case it’s helpful in understanding a far-from-understandable process. Also, my daughter wants to decide asap, so if we are convinced Barnard isn’t the right place, we will immediately give up her spot in the hopes one of you on the waitlist will benefit.

Could anyone help me in learning more?