<p>The question is in the title, just looking for general feedback from people inside and outside of the Barnard/ Columbia circle?</p>
<p>One of my really good friends is going to Barnard. I’ve heard nothing but good things about the school.</p>
<p>Bump…
It’s really hard to get feedback here (in FL) becuase many haven’t heard of it</p>
<p>friend of mine’s sis goes there. According to him, it turned her Jewish (I’m Jewish, so that sounds good to me, we need more female)</p>
<p>Alot of kids at my highschool are jewish, I know some hymns.
That’s weird though? Maybe because of the Jewish theological seminary in a close proximity?</p>
<p>Barnard has one of the highest proportions of Jewish students in the country, about 40% IIRC. Metro NYC of course has a large Jewish population, and is well represented there no doubt. Percentage is high at NYU as well, same reason at least in part. Total number at Columbia is quite high, but as percentage is actually materially lower.</p>
<p>Maybe a question substantially more specific than “what do you think” might generate some useful responses, just a thought.</p>
<p>Well, mainly pertaining to academics and how it compares to other schools, it wasn’t really meant to be a specific question, but just for any general input on the school (good and bad) as I was accepted and am looking to go there?</p>
<p>Is it hard to get in? (I don’t know if I should be surprised or feel lucky that I got in, or if its just a midly selective school)</p>
<p>"Is it hard to get in? "</p>
<p>Define “hard”. It is less selective than Harvard, and more selective than State University of New York at Oswego.</p>
<p>2007 US News listed it as #9 in LAC selectivity; admit rate was 27% and SAT 25-75%iles were 1290-1450, 83% in top 10% of HS class.</p>
<p>I’m sure you can get more up to date comparative info from current college books, magazines, or on-line someplace.</p>
<p>As for academics, that same US News shows a peer assessment score of 3.9, ranking about 24th among LACs. However, many at least there believe that this is unduly harsh, a lingering after-effect of the tough stretch Barnard experienced in the years immediately following Columbia’s coeduation in the 80s, when some people,including faculty, may have been concerned about Barnard’s future and there may have been some departures. The college has actually thrived since then though, as it happens.</p>
<p>Moreover, Barnard students on average take 30% of their courses at Columbia, and Columbia’s peer assessment rating was tied for 9th among national universities at 4.6.</p>
<p>Scores aside, there are departments of particular greater and lesser strength, as everywhere.</p>