Barnard Transfer Fall 2023

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Hi all, I haven’t yet seen a thread for barnard transfer for fall of 2023 and thought it’d be nice to make one!

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glad this is here

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Does anyone know whether they are looking for a general subject for essay two or a specific class? I want to give a very specific and niche answer that I came up with, but the wording of the prompt is so formal that it is throwing me off.

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Hey, I think the more specific/detailed you are the better. It would show you have a very clear focus for the seminar and there is certain field within a general subject that you are really interested in. If anything you could mention the general field and then go into the specific area you want to talk about.

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for transfer credits, do classes that align with Columbia courses count?

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also, do they accept AP credits?

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Here the credit transfer policy (incl. AP):
https://barnard.edu/transfer-credits

Here a list of AP classes and their equivalent courses:
https://barnard.edu/apscores
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/getting-credit-placement/search-policies/college/34#

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Barnard accepts AP tests, but mostly what they do is exempt a student from an easier class so that they can take a higher level. For example, my first year used her Calculus AB score to place into calc 2. She needs 1 and 2 for her major. But she will still need another course to meet the “Thinking Quantitatively” requirement.

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AP credits will also help satisfying some general education requirements, thus freeing up your weekly schedule so that you’re able to take more interesting/desirable courses, or courses from specific professors, that otherwise might clash.

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Is anyone applying with aid? also, did anyone log into their applicant portal yet? mine is saying i haven’t started an app yet even tho i submitted everything on common app already - I’m so confused…

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Hey, it takes a little bit of time for the financial aid and a couple of other documents like your supplemental, course descriptions, etc. to upload. It should process soon, but if it takes over a week or two I would email them about it.

Good luck to everyone applying!!

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I just got mine today.

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Does anyone know what the acceptance rate is and when decisions come out? It is rolling right?

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In the latest Common Data Set (which covers Fall 2021 transfers), 191 out of 865 were admitted (22%), in the year prior 232 applications out of 841 (27%) were admitted for the Fall 2020 transfers.

They list 5/1 as decision date and do NOT list rolling decision.

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Does anyone know where we should submit Midterm reports? I tried to through the portal but the upload section did not have this as a category and they are not responding to my email :frowning:

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i’m so nervous for results. i’m looking back on my essays and they’re worse than i thought when i submitted :frowning:

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You need to send it to them via email, it’s a self-report. I emailed mine to the transfer@barnard.edu address and I received an email that they accepted it today.

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But they said online that its supposed to be completed and emailed by the professors. I was planning on reporting the scores and emailing them myself but now im confused.

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Do we have a discord for Barnard Transfer fall?

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I emailed it to them and they accepted it with no problem. It’s shown as completed now too on the application status portal.

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