@dooly same here, totally understand how you feel, it’s awful.
My D was waitlisted so I think it’s gonna be BMC for her! Congrats to those getting in!
Daughter denied. SAT 2150 (CR 730 M 700 W 720). SAT II Literature 750 U.S. History 710. GPA 3.82/4.3. All honors level classes, rigorous private Catholic school for girls. 4 on AP US History junior year. AP English Literature and AP French senior year. National Merit Commended Student. Editor in chief of school newspaper. Editorial staff of award winning school literary magazine. Mock trial team. NHS and French NHS. Serves on teen advisory board of local public library. Stage crew for school shows and performer in local youth summer theater program. Visited twice. Interviewed on campus. Excellent essays and recommendations. Caucasian, from PA, no hooks. Mystified but moving on. To those admitted: Congratulations and best wishes. It is a wonderful school. To those denied: Shake it off and hang in there. There are other wonderful schools.
DadUndaunted - I feel for you. Your daugher has great stats but the Ivy League colleges are quirky. Don’t waste time asking why. We recorded acceptances from Barnard, UC Berkeley and UChicago but rejections from USC. So it goes.
After being deferred ED I got ACCEPTED RD!!! Also taken as one of the B.O.P Scholars!! Everything happens for a reason, whether you got into Barnard or not, be proud and know it’s all for a reason and you will do spectacular things! Hope to see some of you in a few weeks at the open house!!
I was accepted. Based off the stats of people who were accepted in the other column, I’m kind of surprised. This school was a reach for me. I had a 600 math 600 writing 560 reading and 26 on my act (26 math 29 English 25 reading and 24 science). 4.1, but val of my class.
I think that Barnard strongly values grades (GPA & class rank) over test scores. So congratulations!-- but as you are class val, the results may not be as surprising as you think.
I don’t know about that even though they said it in the tour. My D had 4.0 UW 4.8 W and is val of her class this year and was waitlisted. She was really bummed…
The admissions is highly competitive and holistic in any case – so it’s definitely not just grades. It’s just that a student with strong grades and comparatively weak test scores probably has better chances at Barnard than the student with very strong test scores and weaker grades - whereas that would not be true at many other colleges that place greater emphasis on scores. But holistic admissions means that they are looking at everything, and they have to make hard choices in the end that are often influenced by things outside the student’s control.
My daughter had some unique qualities that would have made her stand out from others wherever she applied, but were things that we expected some schools would value more than others. Barnard was specifically targeted for that reason. She got into the schools that we felt would place high value on those qualities, but was waitlisted at schools which she considered matches but did not have any particular reason to want what she had to offer. So there’s no way to really know.
I was just replying to JDCarter because it always has bothered me on CC when students who post in chances thread are told their test scores are too low, when often it is clear that the scores are well in range for their school. Imagine if JDCarter had thought, “why bother?” - I think everyone who feels they have something to offer as a Barnard student should apply, but a waitlist or rejection shouldn’t be taken personally.
I’ve noticed on the results threads that just about all of the the waitlisted or rejected students seem to also have admissions to excellent colleges other than Barnard-- a lot of women who didn’t make Barnard’s cut but are being welcomed with open arms at Smith, Mount Holyoke, Bryn Mawr - as well as many other excellent schools. One young woman who was turned down by Barnard posted that she received a likely letter from Columbia – so she may very well end up across the street. You just really can’t know. I do know that down the line it doesn’t really matter much --the kids go off to different schools and most end up quite happy with wherever they have ended up. And many students – my daughter included-- have second thoughts about a top choice college along the way.
There recently was an article in the New York Times saying that highly competitive colleges were ignoring class rank and “valedictorian” status given an explosion in the number of valedictorians. It quoted one high school in Fairfax, Virginia that had 18 valedictorians. Moreover, many highly competitive private schools no longer rank students. So colleges look at GPA courses and what makes a candidate “different” or "unique. Being “best” doesn’t guarantee admission any more.
This school just seems so stuck up. I was rejected by e-mail, then they sent me the letter in the mail (which I know is standard). But yesterday in the mail I got this thick black book all about the school and with it came a letter of how “delighted” they are that I’m considering the school, and with this letter was the instructions of how to fill out the common application! They basically just ignored that I already applied and must assume they’re so great that I’ll just reapply next year or something. Geez. I wasn’t upset about the rejection because I’m going to NYU anyway, but quit saying how great you are and move on.
It was just a clerical error. Enjoy NYU!
Hi all,
I was waitlisted at Barnard. I sent in an update and a letter of continuing interest the second week of April.
Im wondering if anyone else has heard about people getting off the waitlist or have gotten off the waitlist themselves? How many people do they normally accept off the waitlist?
Thanks!