Hi all! I’m a regular decision applicant to Barnard & I’m worried about my chances. Looking back, I accidentally submitted a rough draft of one of my supplements (the optional one) instead of the final copy. The rest were great, and I’m pretty confident my stats are up to par. I interviewed as well. The rough draft is awful, imo. Could I get rejected because of this?
One poster on CC submitted a draft by mistake, emailed the school, and the school allowed him to submit the correct version. It might be too late for that. I would not worry too much about this one component of your essays and your total application. Good luck!
The essay is very important to Barnard. Do whatever you can to fix it.
If you’re full pay, it will probably matter less.
How?
By the time it comes down to financial needs, the “very important” factors of the application will have already affected the decision.
The fact that 1 out of 8 students at Barnard are foreign students suggests to me that full pay is a factor to them even if they don’t acknowledge it.
Just the way I see it.
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10 - 15% is typical for Ivy Leagues, when I check Princeton, Yale, Harvard,… so Barnard is simply in line with the other colleges, nothing more.
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Yes, they value full pay students too.
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Barnard directly says they are need aware for international students, and one’s ability to pay is part of the admissions decision.
Barnard has limited funding for International first-year applicants and Fall domestic transfer applicants and students admitted off of the waiting list. Therefore, Barnard is need-aware and does consider financial need as a factor when reviewing these applications.
Barnard is need blind for domestic applicants and level of need is not part of the admissions decision. Note that does not mean admissions doesn’t know one applied for aid, they just don’t know the degree of need, if any.
Barnard practices need-blind admissions for domestic first-year applications and does not consider a student’s financial need when evaluating the admissions application. This means a family’s financial circumstances do not impact the student’s admission decision for first-year US citizens and permanent residents.
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You could be rejected for 101 different reasons. The thing is, it’s March now. Back in January, when you realized your mistake it might have been possible to fix it. Now, it is what it is.
And what it is is that you are in the final countdown days and agonizing over every detail. The rough draft is awful in your opinion- but the AO might even like it better (obviously, that depends on what you polished between the rough and the final).
Do yourself a kindness: find ways to stay really busy between now & decision day. Work hard on doing things that make you happy, that do something for somebody else, that use up the space in your brain that is currently fretting over things you cannot change or control!
Good luck- & come back & tell us how it works out!
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I think it’s too late to rectify this so don’t dwell on it anymore. If you are rejected you won’t know why. It could many factors. Focus on what lies ahead. Hopefully you applied to some safeties and matches and you will have options.
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I will assume that users have moved in from doubling down on the importance of full pay and / or the percentage of international students; that was not the OP’s question.
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Try not to stress too much about it! Good luck with your decision! You’ll end up where you are meant to be!