I knew I missed one! Dartmouth became need blind for internationals in Jan. 2022.
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Since the chances for anyone to get into an Ivy is slim, I suggest you take a look for other schools that offer what you are looking for. The first one that came to mind was the Honors program or the Honors Tutorial program at Ohio University. While it isn’t on the east coast, it has a very New England feel and it has everything you are looking for.
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If you decide to look at Ohio University, you probably also want to take a look at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Both are great public universities in Ohio. The Ohio State University is great too…but it is huge.
Would you consider colleges in Pennsylvania and Ohio? Lots of good options there!
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They call themselves the “Harvard on the Hocking”. Very tongue in cheek of course.
Sounds like Brown.
Safety is - you have to watch yourself no matter where you are.
You have city crime, rural crime, you even had professor sexual crime at Dartmouth.
How is your rigor? How many Honors/APs? How many were available?
Lucky for you, there will be lots of colleges out there for you, Ivy or otherwise.
Ivy is an athletic conference…it’s not a reason to pick a school academically. And depending on your overall profile, you may not be competitive anyway. Your test score isn’t.
Correction: Barnard’s degree is actually from Columbia and is all female. Technically, not Ivy, but if OP is looking for all female, non-sporty school, Barnard fits.
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Covering wide demographics 
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Actually - that is incorrect from both perspectives. (The “league” only references the universities, not each of their individual schools/colleges individually!)
If looked at it from the Athletic League perspective, then, yes, Barnard women literally do participate in the Ivy League (as all peer colleges of Columbia University).
If looked at it from the academic perspective, then, these are the four undergraduate colleges of Columbia (Ivy League) University:
- Barnard College
- Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (Columbia Engineering)
- Columbia School of General Studies
- Columbia College
All these students factually graduate together from the Ivy League university, having taken courses together from the same course catalogue taught by the same university faculty.
(just a generic "Barnardini "sample)
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I’m unsure why this is addressed to me. I never brought up Barnard.
All true. But the Barnard grads I’ve known and worked with all say they graduated from Barnard. They don’t say Columbia University.
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Yes - because it elevates them above the other 3 colleges.
The “official” advice for writing applications/CV’s (e.g., for internships, grad school) is to use “Barnard College of Columbia University”.
Yes, you’re right - it hadn’t been mentioned in this thread at all, until the post that attempted to “correct” you.
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You’re a much better match for a “little Ivy”, like Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, plus there are some good liberal arts colleges that are not quite as selective as the three mentioned above.
From the original post (especially before the spelling of “Ivy” was corrected) I also thought the OP is international and looking for colleges that are considered prestigious in her country. So suggestions in the thread for SLACs, even though they might be a better fit, are probably a non-starter
Any chance you can clarify? Are you a U.S. citizen or green card holder…or are you an international student wishing to study in this country!
And do your parents have an annual amount they can spend on your college education?
Sorry DadOfJerseyGirl. I mean to reply to @thumper1 who stated “all of the Ivies are coed so this really won’t matter.” Just pointing out that if one considers Barnard an Ivy because the degree comes from Columbia, then there is an all female ivy
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I see. Thanks for clarifying.
Well, as you correctly pointed out:
therefore this statement isn’t true:
Now, back to topic, and hoping OP (@Midoritori2020) makes a re-appearance.
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Besides GPA and test score, do we really know anything about OP? Rigor, classes taken, etc. to know whether Ivy, NESAC or otherwise?
The Ivy League consists of eight universities (in function) - which indeed are all “co-ed”, even if their many tens of individual schools/colleges need not all be.
But I fail to see how this tangent is helpful to this student, who expressly stated they
“Love a beautiful small city around the campus.
Like towns that look old in the U.S., more European feeling”,
neither of which remotely describes Manhattan (at least since Stuyvesant) - which is why the Barnard College of Columbia University had never been a topic?
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Barnard is not an Ivy in and of itself.
In short, Barnard is a college of Columbia University, meaning your diploma will be from Columbia University, Barnard College. However, Barnard has a completely separate admissions and financial aid process, separate housing, meal plans, and administrative offices
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Please move on from debating about Barnard!
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It’s possible that Barnard is right for this student if they want an all women’s option. But it’s highly competitive, and still a reach for this student.
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