<p>Our midterms are in the sence of…being in the middle of the second semester (we have what we call ‘midterms’ at the end of the first qarter of a semester and have finals at the end of the second half of the semester). I hear we might get exempt from our second semester finals in all honors/regular classes (if our senior privleges are approved). </p>
<p>The financial stuff was for FAFSA, tax returns, W2’s and all that good stuff for my financially needy self. But it sounds like that not supposed to be up there, so I’ll stop worrying about it. </p>
<p>Out of curiosity, how did you find out about Barnard and are you applying to any other women’s colleges?</p>
<p>I wish you good fortune in your wait and pray that it will go faster than it feels right now. haha.</p>
<p>Meanderer, if the financial aid office needs anything more from you, they will contact you and ask for it. That happened to us a few weeks before admissions decisions were out…they needed a bit more info from us.</p>
<p>So, trust me: if they do not have what they need, they will ask you for it!</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice, I’ll sit tight then because I’ve definately had enough of emailing fin aid offices for the past three weeks. (relaxes*) </p>
<p>Um…could you tell me about your daughter’s experience with Barnard in terms of her stats and how well Barnard prepared her for her intended job? Thanks!!</p>
<p>oh well good luck on your exams! oh as for the financial stuff, I have no idea but it sounds like churchmusicmom knows what she’s talking about </p>
<p>I found out about Barnard because I really wanted to go to college in nyc and heard about it multiple times so I started looking at the website and learning about it and fell in love haha…you?</p>
<p>no i’m not applying to any other women’s colleges. i wasn’t even going to consider barnard b/c it was all women, but i decided that was a stupid reason to nix it and now i see it as a plus. i just think that it’s perfect because you’re going to school with all girls (someone compared it to a big sorority) but you have columbia and the whole city at your fingertips. it’s amazing! did you apply to any other all women’s colleges?</p>
<p>same, good luck to you too!! it will be here before we know it, but it does seem like forever!</p>
<p>Meanderer, my d was admitted to Barnard in 2005, so I don’t remember her stats all that well. Plus, I don’t think she ever posted them here, so I’d feel awkward doing that for her.</p>
<p>But I can tell you she had very good grades with pretty much the most challenging course load in a large public school in GA. She was in the to 10 (people, not percent) of a graduating class of nearly 600 people. i believe she is the first person to go to Barnard from her school (the school was only about 10 years old at the time). Her extracurriculars were good and all about dance and theater. Her SATs were good, not great and math was lower than verbal, I believe.</p>
<p>She is currently working on her PhD in neuroscience at her top choice school, Emory. We consider that her undergraduate experience in the neuroscience at Barnard is the reason she was admitted into pretty much every PhD program to which she applied. She was an Amgen scholar one summer, spent another summer working in a lab with a Barnard prof, and actually helped her set up the lab. All this PLUS the requirement to complete an original research thesis to graduate from Barnard put her in a great position when applying to grad schools. </p>
<p>She never, ever dreamed of being a scientist before going to Barnard. She planned to perform (dance, musical theatre) and perhaps major in English. That is what going to a place like Barnard…where your boundaries are definitely pushed…does for you!!</p>
<p>I know you will end up somewhere where YOUR boundaries are also stretched!! Best to you!</p>
<p>I first heard about Barnard from my mother, well, from my mother who was on the phone talking to my very exasperated older sis. From what I still remember, she had been dining out with my nasty grandfather (yes, nasty is the best word to describe him) that evening and she brought up colleges that she thought would serve as a good guidline for me as I began my college searching. He retorted many of her picks, including Vassar and Sarah Lawrence, saying that they were for preppy rich girls and that they wouldn’t be my friends and probably wouldn’t admit me based off of my financial need. This, coming from a guy who is loaded. It gets even more rediculus though.
Keeping face in the midst of his rebuttals, my sister went on to name the rest of the schools she had considered, Barnard being the last that came to mind.
My. grandfather. went. ape. “You can’t tell Meanderer to go to BARNARD! That school is for Jewish princesses! They’ll invite her to their bar mitzvahs!” (word for word his actual dialogue) -and apparently they wouldn’t be my friends either. Now, he happens to be an incredibly racist, sexist, egotistical, (insert any other negative word you like here) and I knew this from a lot of past experience. So the first thing I did when my mom got off the phone, was, of course, to check the school out myself. My logic was basically, hey, if HE hates it, its gotta be something real neat. And then, well, I fell in love like any other Barnard applicant. </p>
<p>I haven’t told that story to anyone before actually, hahah it is pretty weird. </p>
<p>I didn’t plan on applying to women’s colleges either, but I did submit applications to Smith and Mount Holyoke. Barnard has NY though and that mean film internships!</p>
<p>When three weeks are out, I think we deserve a pat on the back and something delicious for being so patient. </p>
<p>Wow, it sounds like you daughter definately made the most of her time at college and no doubt helped seal the deal with Emory come grad school. Thanks a lot for giving so much background on her involvement with Barnard. They seem to be doing things right over there. </p>
<p>And hopefully those stretched boundaries will serve well. :D</p>
<p>I think that most of the Jewish women at Barnard probably had their Bat Mitzvah’s long before they got to college. (Boys traditionally get Bar Mitzvah’s at the age of 13, with girls, the tradition is either age 12 or 13). So it’s too late for an invitation. I doubt that the hispanic women at Barnard will be able to invite you to their Quincea</p>
<p>Yeah, you’re right. It would really be best for all planning and stratigizing to wait till we knew for sure that we have actually been ACCEPTED, but I think that gets harder to do as school starts to slow down and allows more time for daydreaming (or daytourture). I will try to stick to your advice though. </p>
<p>It makes me happy that you hope I will get accepted </p>
<p>@lorrainedelis </p>
<p>I was thinking the same thing! That’s why I said good luck ‘passing the time’ and ‘wished you good fortune’. I’ve really just been trying to say “GOOD LUCK” without being too redundant by just saying that over and over. Especially because you’re great and I really do want you to find some good luck waiting for you in the mail one sunny March afternoon. What would be the point of going to Barnard if all the awesome people are going somewhere else?! </p>
<p>This is really random, but I had a dream last night that I had gotten accepted to Barnard and, in my dream, I refused to believe it for what felt like half an hour. Then I was jumping-off-the-walls and out-of-my-mind happy and resolved that I should go see the campus immediately. </p>
<p>I got there, searched for the underground swimming pool and woke up. </p>
<p>Took me five minutes to realize I hadn’t gotten in yet. </p>
<p>I checked my Barnard account and it said they received my Feb ACT scores on March 10th. Do you think these were factored into the decision? (I had submitted my SAT and subject tests before, but I had told my admissions counselor to really look at my ACT)</p>
<p>I’m sure it would be in Barnard’s best interests (as well as yours) for them to go with whatever scores are better. If they notified you about the ACT, I’m guessing they have everything now and are using whichever looks best to them. </p>
<p>@naomikt</p>
<p>Ahhahahah. I know! I’m starting to attribute my lack of homework preparation and sleep to dumb college stagnation. My mom keeps telling me to be a ‘leaf in the stream’, but that’s just not going to happen.</p>
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(relaxes*) </p>