What do you really love/hate about Barnard?

churchmusicmom
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:16:05 +0000

Parent of a recent graduate here:
What I LOVE about Barnard: the excellent education that my daughter received; the environment there which seems to have instilled in her a sense of confidence as well as competence to focus upon her goals; the truly individual support and attention she received in all settings there, from advising to establishing lab experiences, to her on-campus work experiences, all the while knowing that she could and would step out on her own and do it well!

Things I did not like about Barnard: It was expensive. A sacrifice, but well worth it since we are confident that her undergraduate experience at Barnard in the sciences directly resulted in her getting into the fully funded PhD program of her choice; also, Barnard is a long way from Atlanta…but we LOVED getting to travel to NYC for visits, so that is not all that bad; the only other slightly negative thing I can think of is that the student body is very, very liberal and, particularly during the Presidential election, it was at times a bit annoying for my fairly conservative/libertarian daughter.

Sorry this sounds kind of cliche’, but there you go. Barnard was definitely the best possible place for my daughter. of that I am sure…