<p>I’m a white Jewish female from the Philadelphia area. I attend a public high school, have taken 5 AP classes, and have taken mostly honors/AP all of high school except for some maths and sciences. Because i’m not very good at math and had some bad teachers, my GPA is a 3.2 unweighted(but i hear most colleges re-weigh them? so it should go up). In top 25% of my class. My highest scores on the SAT were 660 math, 700 reading, 740 writing. I don’t do a ton of extracurriculars but I’m involved/have been involved in a few things. This is my list of schools I’m looking at, please let me know if you know any specifics about their admissions and how good of a chance you think I have of getting in.</p>
<p>Also, can anyone who goes to Barnard or knows a lot about this tell me about how your interactions are with Columbia boys/seeing boys in general? I love Barnard and I would love to live in New York and think my best chance of a school in the city is Barnard, but I still have some concerns that I wouldn’t really have any guy friends or have the chnace to gt a boyfriend in college.</p>
<p>You didn’t give us a list of colleges, so I can’t offer any thoughts about that.</p>
<p>In regards to Barnard & Columbia, from what I understand, the interaction is there, and there’s always going to be more of it if you involve yourself in extracurriculars, etc.</p>
<p>Oops, I copied and pasted this from another thread I did with my whole list. but with my stats I want to know how much of a chance I have at Barnard specifically.</p>
<p>Actually, my impression is that the prospects for romance may be better at Barnard than for women at Columbia. (If you are a boy and want to meet girls, where are you going to hang out? )</p>
<p>But your GPA is on the weak side for Barnard, so I would think that Barnard is a reach for you. Of course if you are interested you should apply – I just don’t think you should look at Barnard as a “best chance” school. </p>
<p>I am trying to be honest, not mean – Barnard admitted students tend to have very high GPA’s – and I think you need to be realistic – and you are asking for chances. Top 25% is not so great at a college where three quarters of admitted students are in the top 10%. </p>
<p>Your “best chance” of a school in New York City might be Fordham. Your SAT scores might be strong enough to win you some merit aid there. (I don’t know – my d. applied to Fordham as a last-minute safety and I felt their financial aid offer, including merit aid, was quite generous) </p>
<p>I’d note that my daughter is also Jewish – but I think Fordham is an excellent college, and my daughter also considered (but did not apply) to Georgetown and Boston College. If Fordham is not on your radar because it is a Jesuit college-- I can assure you that there are plenty of Jews at Fordham and the university has a long history of being respectful of the needs of its non-Catholic students.</p>
<p>^^^^What calmom said. I think she is right on the money here. Sure, apply to Barnard as a reach. However, I think Fordham is a good back-up. If you look at the website you’ll see that the college maintains a campus in the Bronx right across from the Bronx Zoo and NY Botanical Gardens and one at Lincoln Center around 60th Street on the West Side.</p>
<p>As all schools become more selective Fordham’s profile has increased too.</p>
<p>Another Barnard mom here: I agree with pretty much everything Calmom said. Do apply to Barnard, but expand your list a bit. I was also going to recommend Fordham…</p>
<p>But not to the same extent, or nature, as at a coeducational college where many relationships, and the most natural meeting settings, occur in coed dorms. Despite cross-registration, the school has a substantially all-female feel, in reality.</p>
<p>So I’m told, by a reliable source expressing her own personal take on it.</p>
<p>It’s true that because that the “natural” interaction with guys is curtailed because they are not living with you. But there are also guys eating next to you in the dining hall (tons of Columbia kids come to Barnard to eat), sitting next to you in class and of course in all the clubs and organizations with you. Perhaps you do have to give a little more effort to make guy friends or to find a boyfriend, but it is neither difficult nor impossible.</p>