<p>"The college saw a 38% increase in early applications, from 397 to 550. The college also received 5,154 applications, more than ever before; up from 4,618 last year, for a gain of 12%!</p>
<p>This sets their admission rate at 24.9%, also the lowest ever, down from last years 27.8%.</p>
<p>Dean Fondiller attributes the success to targeted recruitment worldwide and the opening of The Diana Center."</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone who’s been accepted! To those who didn’t - it’s been a tough year and I know you’ll all end up at schools you’ll love. I’ve glanced at some of the essay/stats threads and I’m very impressed.</p>
<p>It’s the blog of the Blue and White, a kind of satirical student magazine at Columbia, but it’s pretty much where everyone gets their CU/Barnard-related news and odd bits, along with the Columbia Daily Spectator. Most of the time they report on snarky and frivolous items, but they also occasionally showcase some pretty damn good student journalism - for instance, their coverage on the CU drug bust earlier this year was fantastic. Expect to read it constantly when you get to Barnard. Though their report came out right after an earlier item reporting that Columbia’s acceptance rate was now 6.7 percent or something like that, so that punctured the BC pride a bit Nevertheless, it’s a nice trend to be had.</p>
<p>Oh, I see, thanks. I’ve come across Bwog, just never really read it. I find it kind of funny that the Columbia - Barnard relationship seems so hostile there but everyone puts up with it anyway.</p>
<p>Nanaba – Barnard and Columbia College are two separate schools. However, they both fall under the umbrella of Columbia University (along with the School of Engineering and Applied Science, School of General Studies, Law School, Business School, Med School, etc)</p>
<p>Nope. Barnard is an affiliate of Columbia U., and does indeed have separate admissions from Columbia College, SEAS, School of General Studies, etc. Each of these undergrad schools have separate admissions. Barnard and Columbia College also have different basic academic requirements (Columbia Core and Barnard 9 ways of knowing); however these two schools pretty much share classes seamlessly for enrollment purposes, and some majors are duplicated in each school while some are housed only at Barnard and some only at Columbia (for Barnard and Columbia College students).</p>
<p>It’s a unique and pretty cool arrangement that cannot be summed up in a single sentence (or even paragraph, for that matter).</p>
<p>Barnard is legally separate and financially independent from Columbia University. They ARE TWO separate schools. Barnard College pays Columbia University every year for class and library access. New agreements between two schools worked out every few years. But I definitely agree that Barnard is part of CU community. Social life is almost seamless.</p>
<p>This whole argument is kind of boring and ridiculous. I do think, however, that the reason for a high number of applications to Barnard is people latching onto the Columbia connection. If you go to Barnard, you’re going to Barnard, not Columbia. End of story.</p>
<p>Actually, Barnard is not legally separate, at least not entirely. It is bound by the terms of the agreement with Columbia and Columbia maintains ultimate control over what is arguably the most important aspect of running a college: faculty hiring and tenure.</p>
<p>Barnard could become legally separate if the agreement with Columbia were not extended but there historically has never been a time when Barnard operated wholly independently from Columbia.</p>
<p>What “fact” do you dispute in Calmom’s post #14 or in any of mine, for that matter?</p>
<p>Nobody is trying to say that Columbia College and Barnard are the same. Our daughters (and every Barnard student I ever met) are very, very happy to be Barnard alumni, and they are very glad that those two undergraduate colleges are different. Yet Barnard and Columbia are closely intertwined in that many (most!) classes are available to both student bodies, clubs involve both groups of students, sports teams have members of both, etc. </p>
<p>This is a very, very tired discussion. Involving not only the same statements and links (from 2-3 “different” posters), but using the same (awkward) syntax.</p>
<p>Have I ever said that Barnard College and Columbia College are the same? You said Barnard College and Columbia University are not two separate schools, and I said they ARE! That’s it.</p>
Nevertheless, it’s a nice trend to be had.</p>