<p>I got accepted to Barnard And NYU. Idk which one to choose btwn...I'm so confused. Barnard academically is the obvious choice but I have a stupid reason for recondsidering it for NYU. I feel that the student body is much better at NYU. People are more relaxed and down to earth than those at BC/ CU since people seem to be a bit snooty because of the Ivy affiliation. What would you do?</p>
<p>Barnard students are treated in a disparaging way by some Columbia students, but unlike NYU actually has a campus and student body cohesion.</p>
<p>Barnard isn’t necessarily the better choice, with regards to academics, but other factors such as student body size, class size, the fact that it is a women’s college, may make it the better academic experience.</p>
<p>Although Barnard is affiliated with Columbia, you could avoid Columbia students if you really wanted to (you shouldn’t). Besides, are you going to let a few snooty elitist schmucks decide what the rest of your life will look like?</p>
<p>Go to Barnard.</p>
<p>Can you equally afford each school? Do you need to compare FA packages?</p>
<p>I would DEFINITELY go with Barnard.</p>
<p>i am leaning torwards barnard myself. </p>
<p>i got barnard HEOP…so its a full ride, and im still waiting on my fin aid from Nyu, and even if its HEOP for NYU i doubt its a full ride. This is another stupid reason to turn down a college, but NYU has boys and Barnard doesnt. That isnt the make-it-or-break-it factor but I would list that under negatives for Barnard.</p>
<p>Barnard for sure. Barnard girls are involved with the college (in a democratic government sense because they are involved with the Board) and Barnard is certainly better than NYU (in my biased opinion) and gives better aid according to my research. Barnard seems to have more of a college atmosphere, since it has a campus and all.</p>
<p>I also plan on commuting… So that does play a role in my decision. It would take mea just as much time to get there btw.</p>
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<p>Much more school spirit and sense of belonging at Barnard. Easy to feel lost at NYU. Lots more NYU kids consider a transfer for this reason. Student body will be academically stronger and (as is so often the case) more up tight at Barnard. </p>
<p>Hope you find a way NOT to commute. Not the same experience as living on campus (at least at Barnard, less of an issue at NYU which is so spread out and large it can feel like a commuter school even if you live “on campus.”) Know this will mean $ but may well be worth a bit of debt in the long run.</p>
<p>If you’re commuting, I’d pick NYU just because you won’t feel like the odd one out since NYU’s “campus” is spread out anyway. But why commute? You lose so much of the freshman experience.</p>
<p>I cannot afford dorming, straight up</p>
<p>well at least in new york city, you’ll have to male/female ratio of the real world so it’s not like boys are an endangered species :P</p>
<p>i’d wait until you hear from nyu- it might not be a terrible experience commuting there. hopefully you can find a way to dorm at either school</p>
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<p>I have almost never encountered this in three and a half years, a small minority of Columbia students dislike that Barnard is sometimes considered a “part of Columbia” but that’s about it. While the official relationship between Barnard and Columbia is complicated, unofficially the schools co-exist and interact very well. Barnard students are very much a part of the community on campus.</p>
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<p>I wouldn’t consider Barnard students to be uptight at all, sometimes a little insecure, sometimes a little feminist, but overall quite likable. I haven’t found NYU to be uptight either. </p>
<p>NYU has more renowned departments than Barnard and definitely much more name recognition. </p>
<p>Overall though, I would give the edge to Barnard, because you feel part of college campus and college community at Barnard. At NYU finding that large community is difficult, students tend to have a small set of close friends and tend to be more cliquey. I’ve also heard that tons of NYU courses in their college are taught by TAs, which is probably a negative. </p>
<p>Definitely visit both again, to get a better idea of where you will fit in.</p>
<p>Also the all girls thing, makes dorming different but not too much else. You eat with guys, are in clubs with them, are in classes with them, go to the same bars and restaurants. I’d say Barnard is effectively a 80:20 or 90:10 girl:guy school, you could make it 70:30 or 95:5 if you wanted, but not much better than that.</p>
<p>“I have almost never encountered this…”</p>
<p>My daughter did, during her 1-1/2 years attending Barnard, it was one of the issues that led to her transfer.</p>
<p>“Also the all girls thing, makes dorming different but not too much else.”
Again, she felt otherwise. </p>
<p>Every school has upsides and downsides, she found the reality of it being an all-girls school, and the nature of the interaction with columbia students, to be downsides.</p>
<p>NYU has huge downsides as well- no campus, dorms removed from campus, people living all over, essentially making it almost a commuter school. It is huge and beaurocratic. Pick your poison, of the two I would vote Barnard. More options for classes, given the acccess to Columbia as well as Barnard. If you’re just commuting, in either case it is going to be difficult to meet people.</p>
<p>NYU may be functionally not much better than an all-girls school either, it has a lopsided M-F ratio.</p>
<p>So far a lot of ppl told me Barnard. Is there any dissenting opinions?</p>
<p>Going to Barnard is the “same” as going to Columbia…you get the degree from Columbia. So, when comparing between NYU vs Columbia…the answer is pretty clear.</p>
<p>I would pick Barnard in a heartbeat!</p>
<p>There’s no need to even think about it. Barnard all the way.</p>
<p>Lol my instincts are telling me to go to Barnard but for superficial reasons I start to think NYU. I haven’t heard any people argue for NYU which would be helpful just so I get a good sense of pros and cons in both schools. Or… Maybe that’s a sign that Barnard is the obvious better choice</p>