<p>My daughter was just accepted at Barnard and rejected at Columbia. Let’s be honest: She loves Columbia and followed advise that applying to Barnard would be a girls-only second chance or a back way in. Neither she nor I are especially enamored of Barnard, but she’s thinking now that she could spend enough time taking Columbia classes to make it worthwhile, and afterward she could say she went to “Columbia”.</p>
<p>Specifically, would it be deceptive for her to put on a resume that she graduated from “Columbia University”? More generally, is this a viable strategy?</p>