<p>@.Masochist – do you even understand the difference between a “college” and a “University”? Because from your post, it appears that you do not. Do you think that every student who gets a degree from Cornell or NYU or the University of California or whatever has come in via the same admission standards, or completes the same set of core or breadth requirements for their degree? Because they don’t.</p>
<p>If my daughter had attended NYU (which she turned down because of poor financial aid) she would have attended Gallatin. As far as I can tell, every undergraduate school at NYU has their own separate admissions committee. </p>
<p>Would you object to a graduate of Gallatin or Stern or Tisch also putting “NYU” on their resume?</p>
<p>I realize that might requires some sort of mental gymnastics to wrap your head around the idea of the college having the same name as the university-- but you might notice that the college is located in a city that has the same name as the state. Are you upset at the idea that people who live in Albany or Syracuse also say that they live in “New York”?</p>
<p>As to the cross-registration stats – yes, of course those are published. Google this phrase: barnard columbia partnership and cross registration trends. There are roughly 42,000- 45,000 cross-registrations per year. In 2012, roughly 20,000 were Columbia to Barnard, and 24,000 were Barnard to Columbia. In 2002-2004, the number of Columbia to Barnard registrations was higher (roughly 23,000 / 20,000) - but in the years subsequent it trended up with more Barnard to Columbia registrations - reaching a peak differential of about 5,000 in 2011. </p>
<p>The agreement between Columbia/Barnard calls for a 0-7,000 “band” for the net differential – but the numbers haven’t ever come close to that. That’s why I called it “wash”-- if Barnard is paying money to Columbia for 4,000 classes, but its students have been able to enroll in 6 times that many – it works out pretty well for Barnard. </p>