Barnard ED 2023 Application Pool

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Hey guys! This discussion is for people who plan on applying ED to Barnard College. I think it will be very helpful for people who are unsure about applying ED to understand a small portion of the applicant pool who are applying this year for the class of 2023. This isn’t a discussions about the admissions process. This is a place where students will post the stats they are applying with for ED to Barnard.

I will be posting my stats too since I plan on applying to Barnard College as an ED applicant! Here is the general format that should be followed when posting your stats:

SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[aB]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:

[aB]Other:**

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Strengths:
Weaknesses:

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Hello! I am the person who started this discussion lol:) I plan on applying ED to Barnard this year so here are my stats!

Barnard has been my dream school since Freshman year and I am so nervous to apply this year! I am a rising senior and I attend a very competitive public school in the midwest. I’m an IB student and have taken 14 IB/AP classes, I have achieved all straight A’s (except for freshman year). I am involved in A LOT of activities and the rest is down below! Any feedback would be amazing!!! <3

SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT (breakdown): 33
SAT II: Math 2 (760), World History (780), English (780)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.608 (rough freshman year, but straight A’s after freshman year in all IB/AP/Honors/Regular Courses)
Weighted GPA: 3.902
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geo (freshman yr), AP World History (sophomore yr)
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB English HL, IB Bio HL, IB History HL, IB Psych SL, IB Math Studies SL, Theory of Knowledge
Senior Year Course Load: IB English HL 2, IB History HL 2, IB Bio HL 2, IB Film SL, IB Spanish SL, Theory of Knowledge 2, AP Statistics, AP Physics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing extraordinary. I’ve been awarded a few things here and there, but I’m not a national champ in anything

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
-Started a Non-Profit in India that educates young girls on mentrual hygiene and the important of higher education
-President/Founder of the Girls Learn International chapter at my high school
-Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission
-TASSEL (I teach children English in Cambodia every Monday!! I love them:) )
-National Honor Society
-Spanish Honor Society
-Junior Class Board Officer
-Kuchipudi Dancer (classical Indian dance form)
-Peer Tutor
-Kode with Klossy Summer Program
-Tennis
-Temple Volunteer
-Hospital Volunteer
-MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME SENIOR YEAR!!!

Job/Work Experience:
-Working at a Froyo place

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

  • I have great relations with my teacher and I think they will write exceptional recommendations
    -My counselor has helped me with a lot of personal things throughout my high school career and she has really seen me improve throughout the years!

I am not much of a STEM student. I am more focused towards history/social sciences because I am very passionate about social issues.

If this matters at all, I’m an Indian female. uhhh first gen college student. my parents are upper middle class.

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ACT (breakdown): 30
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.765
Weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.098
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): school doesn’t report but 22/385 (top 6%)
AP (place score in parenthesis): I won’t be reporting my scores to Barnard
Senior Year Course Load: AP Japanese, AP Lit, AP Studio Art, Functions/Stats/Trig (FST), Late Arrival, Ceramics 2, Yoga
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Some Japanese speech contest awards (state/regional placement and national invitation)

[aB]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Japanese Club (President)
A writing club (President & Founder)
Eco Club (Plant Caretaker)
Speech & Debate (no awards or leadership)
Freshman Guide/Helper
Violin (11+ years wowwww)
Japan Bowl

Job/Work Experience:
Babysitting

Volunteer/Community service:
Camp Counselor
Nursing Home

Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Don’t want to jinx it by guessing out loud lol

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

Teacher Rec #1: 7/10 (he doesn’t know me super well, but I wanted a stem rec and it should be decent)
Teacher Rec #2: 9/10 (she’s great, love her, amazing, and I think she’ll say wonderful things)
Teacher Rec #3: (Added to cover all my bases) 9/10
Counselor Rec: 10/10 He knows me super well
Additional Rec: (3rd teacher, see above)
Interview: Likely not doing (location wise it’s inconvenient and I hate talking to people through screens)

[aB]Other:**

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yeahhhh
Intended Major: East Asian Studies (& likely English or Psych)
State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
School Type: Medium-Sized Public
Ethnicity: White as white can be
Income Bracket: 160k ish

Weaknesses: I have a very bad grade in one semester of a class (before I dropped the class)

I really love Barnard, and typing this all out makes me feel a little bit less stressed somehow

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Reading all of these stats makes me feel disappointed about myself(( Why don’t they create a test of “Passion, diligence and curiosity”, without checking all of Math-Critical reading-science things :frowning: Personally, I am not a testy person and I totally hate Math. Don’t know what I’m gonna do with my tests (btw, taking sat next week, lol)

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@MargoMira2001 tbh it’s not like we know what exactly they’re looking for test wise (and I have a 26 in the math portion of the ACT so like… dw dude) but Barnard is test optional, yfeel, and that might be better for your application if your gpa is a better representation of your academic prowess
and like. My very bad grade is a veryyyyy bad grade, and it’s in math. We can hate math together. Hugs!

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Barnard is definitely not test optional!

See: http://catalog.barnard.edu/barnard-college/admissions/

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@calmom sorry, I thought I specified!They’re test optional for sat subject tests and the writing portion of the sat and act! Thanks for correcting me :slight_smile:

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Applying from the east bay in northern california
White
Major: Set design (with possible double major or minor is sociology/english)

SAT I (breakdown): 1230
Eng: 660
Math:570
SAT II: 1320
Eng:670
Math: 650
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.64 (moved across country freshman year which hurt grades, but after that grades improved as class load got harder)

Weighted GPA: 3.81 (w/o freshman year its 4.0)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): info not offered at school
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP U.S. history (B), AP Lit (senior year), AP Comp Gov (senior year), AP art (senior year)
Honors: English Honors (A), Advanced art honors (A)

Knowledge
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Comp Gov, AP art, Stagecraft, Psychology (no ap offered), Physiology
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 1st and second place in art competitions, Award from school for outstanding performance in English (only person in grade to receive)

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):

  • Bay Area Zeta Players
    (5o1c3 non-profit student theater) technical director, set designer
    Hired on the board of directors
    The company prides itself on being able to give back to the community, as well as give students voices through youth arts

    Gr 12 3 hr/wk, 40 wk/yr
    Theatre Department, Acalanes

    Artistic director, set designer, lighting and costume designer Gr 9,10,11,12 8 hr/wk, 36 wk/yr
  • The Bad Rats (band) Drummer, guitarist, singer for all girl punk-rock band Gr 11,12 4 hr/wk, 25 wk/yr
  • BluePrint Magazine Freelance political cartoonist for student paper Gr 11/12, 5 hr/wk, 8 wk/yr
  • Film Assistant Assistant to creative director on The Mentor, assistant set dresser on Cannes award-winning film Big Muddy Gr 9,11 6 hr/week, 2wk/yr
  • Really Awesome Theater Society Co-president of this make your own musical club Gr 12 2 hr/week, 34 wk/yr COMMUNITY SERVICE:
  • White Pony Express Gr 11, 12 8hr/wk, 2wk/yr Volunteer Distributes books, clothing, school supplies, and toys to children in poverty
  • Saint Saviour Church Volunteer - helped deliver food to women's shelters and to hurricane sandy victims as well as with general community fundraisers Summer Gr 9
  • Gowanus Canal Conservancy
    Volunteer - environmental work planting and cleaning up area of Superfund site Summer Gr 9

Job/Work Experience:

  • Nanny, babysitter, pet sitter, house sitter Gr 10, 11, 12 2 hr/wk, 30 wk/yr

Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

  • English Honors teacher (academic) - 10/10 - attended Berkeley for undergrad and Columbia for grad, extremely close and lists me as her most creative student to date
  • Stagecraft teacher (arts/optional teacher) - 9/10 - (the English teacher’s husband) - Four years with this teacher, observed intense leadership on my part, the only reason I give it a 9 is that I’m not sure how well he can write. (also applies directly to my major)
  • Counselor (7/10) - doesn’t know me personally but my app looks good in terms of leadership and improvement throughout high school
  • Politics teacher (8/10) - loved me when he had me as a student, close at the time but haven’t talked in about a year.

Honestly just hoping that my major is niche enough for them to accept!

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SAT I: 1360 690 R&W, 670 M
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.72
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15% 83/522
AP: AP World History (5) AP US History (N/A) AP Human Geography (5) AP Psychology (4) AP English Language and Composition: 3
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Literature, AP Biology, AP Statistics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Government and Politics, Entrepreneurship, Advertisement and Marketing
Major Awards: Qualified to compete in state level DECA competition, but besides that nothing other than AP Scholar with Honors and Academic Excellence Awards given by the school district (9,10,11,12)

[aB]Subjective:**

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Mission Mindfulness, a mental health non- profit organization (Founder and President)
Mock Trial (Team Manager)
Young Women’s Leadership (Secretary)
African Student Association (Historian)
Model UN
Debate
DECA
National Honors Society
National English Honors Society
Rho Kappa National Honors Society

Job/Work Experience: Senior Intern at Congressional Campaign
Volunteer/Community service: 100 Hours at local equestrian therapy program, 30 hours teaching at-risk Indian children hygiene and mathematics in Bangalore, 20 hours at Trust for Disabled recording audio books, & 30 hours for NHS
Summer Activities: Barnard’s PCP: Young Women’s Leadership Institute
Essays (rating 1-10, details): All are really strong. Not sure I could rate them 1-10 after spending as much time and energy on them as I did. They’re really meaningful and personalized, yet passionate on a grander scale.

Teacher Rec #1: My Honors English I/ Honors English II teacher. Had her for two years and am very close to her. 9/10
Teacher Rec #2: My World History AP teacher. Had a 99 in her class and a 5 on the AP. She sponsors the mock trial team that I am on too. Only writes 15 recs out of the 200 students she has a year. 10/10
Counselor Rec: I know her very well. Said she wrote me a good rec. 10/10
Additional Rec: My professor who taught at Barnard’s Young Women Leadership Institute. She teaches at Columbia and Princeton as well. Said she wrote me “an excellent recommendation” 10/10 I think. Haven’t seen it.
The congressional candidate I work for: 10/10 I saw it. Really freaking good.
Interview: Went well. I was confident and comfortable. Really pictured myself in the environment. Talked about my academic potential and achievement, my value for culture/diversity, and my appreciation for Barnard’s activism scene and empowering women environment. I asked good questions at the end.

[aB]Other:**

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Psychology and Political Science
State (if domestic applicant): Texas
School Type: Public Large
Ethnicity: Asian (Indian)
Gender: F
Income Bracket: $250k+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Strengths: Essays and recommendations, ECs maybe?
Weaknesses: SAT and GPA.