<p>Congrats pixiesticker! 
After your first couple months, can you come back and write about some of your experiences? I’m considering applying ED to Barnard.</p>
<p>I’m strongly considering applying early decision to Barnard. I love the idea of being in nyc while also attending a small liberal arts colleges. can anyone honestly address my main hold ups:</p>
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<li><p>Currently in high school all my main friends are boys. I don’t mind Barnard being an all girls school as it would allow more of an opportunity to make close girl friends however how accessible are boys both as friends and romantically?</p></li>
<li><p>I see all these threads on Barnard Columbia hostility. Obviously since I want to apply early to Barnard this is the school i want to go to (less of a core, better advising, smaller classes) but I do strongly value the fact that all Columbia classes are open to students should there be a class at Columbia that interests me. One of the moms on my tour guide asked about possible hostilities and the tour guide admitted that although these forums talk about rivalries shes never experienced or heard of anyone who experienced prejudice for being a Barnard student. She explained she has Barnard friends and Columbia friends and no one would know the difference. How are things really?</p></li>
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<p>You don’t need to post this repeatedly. And you can find a lot of references to these issues all over these boards if you search for them…</p>