<p>This first question is directed towards students of color:
I am an accepted African American student who will be going on the welcome weekend trip later this month, but I am afraid that I won’t get honest answers. So please tell me, did you ever feel like you were accepted for the wrong reasons; that you were just a token?</p>
<p>Not so specifically, just how difficult is the relationship between Barnard and Columbia? Barnard is a college of Columbia University, yet it seems as if Columbia students go ballistic if Barnard students even attempt to mention the connection.
I think Barnard students should be proud for going to Barnard, but I don’t think its okay to just ignore that Barnard is a part of Columbia.</p>
<p>Also, what are the facilities like at Barnard? From what I have found, it seems like a lot of stuff is only available on Columbia campus. I want to be a biophysics major, and it seems as if I will spend the majority of my time on Columbia’s campus instead of Barnard’'s.</p>
<p>One last thing, is there anyone out there who applied to both Columbia and Barnard, and got accepted only into Barnard. If so, how did you handle that? That, again, seems to be something that Columbia students press about.</p>
<p>I could really use some good answers to this soon, because I have a hard decision to make.
Thanks!</p>
<p>you may find your answers in some of the most recent threads.</p>
<p>I can’t answer your questions too well, but I really resent it when people tell me a snob for saying that I got into Barnard college of columbia. “don’t say barnard of columbia, just barnard. u sound like a snob” <– gee I really resented that because I obviously said BARNARD of columbia for a reason; I wanted to make sure ppl know it’s barnard, not just columbia. </p>
<p>At home, my family thinks I got into columbia, but I made sure they know that I am in an all girls college called barnard that is part of columbia. <–yes? no?</p>
<p>I’m proud of getting into barnard, but I’m proud of getting into a college affiliated with columbia. I don’t know why I’m like…avoiding the word “columbia” now.</p>
<p>Domi, I am a mom of a senior at Barnard and can address your questions from my second-hand info…</p>
<p>Well, I can’t really speak to your question about feeling like some sort of “token” other than to say that I have never, ever gotten any sense of that sort of attitude from my daughter or from her friends. There are people of all sorts of races and nationalities there…</p>
<p>My daughter has had absolutely no difficulty with the Barnard/Columbia thing. She loves and is very, very proud of being a Barnard student. It has served her well, indeed. The animosity you see on the Columbia board here at CC is NOT characteristic of what you find on campus. And taking classes at Columbia will not be an issue at all. There will be no difference between you and all the other students in the class. No way to tell who is from Barnard and who is a CC student (unless they are male, of course!). Same deal with Barnard classes…</p>
<p>My d applied to both Columbia (ED) and to Barnard and was only accepted into Barnard. After she sent in her ED app to Columbia she actually interviewed at Barnard and, at that point, regretted applying ED to Columbia because she realized barnard was the better situation for her. She was so happy to get into Barnard! You need not feel any discomfort in that situation. NOBODY has “pressed” her about that. You only find that sort of garbage from insecure people on the Columbia boards.</p>
<p>These are real concerns and I’ll try to answer them honestly. Unfortunately, I am not African American and am not qualified to answer the first one. All I can say is that I have not heard my African American friends complain about being treated differently and I don’t imagine they are. At Barnard, everyone, rich or poor, white, black, or asian, is treated exactly the same. That said, I can’t vouch that there has never been anyone who has said an insensitive comment. </p>
<p>The Barnard-Columbia relationship isn’t as difficult as it seems at first. Admittedly, no one can really explain it to you because it’s complicated, legal, and makes absolutely no sense. However, after the first month, when you make a bunch of Columbia and Barnard friends, you kind of forget about it. On the Barnard side, most Barnard women are very proud of being specifically Barnard students and this pride grows proportionally to time spent as Barnard. They are, however, also very happy to be part of the Columbia community and certainly don’t mind getting a Columbia degree and taking Columbia classes. It’s an odd relationship, I admit, but you get used to it. :)</p>
<p>I did not apply to Columbia (I dislike the core) but those people who did originally apply to Columbia seem pretty happy on this side of the street.</p>
<p>I’ve never encountered any anti-Barnard hostility from Columbia students… other than on this message board/from prospective students. So all I have to say is don’t worry about it, it’s really nothing.</p>