Official Barnard 2015 Decision Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Barnard College
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<p>I will go ahead and start this since some international students are getting their results. Here is a format similar to the one other schools are using for results. … I deleted the gender question;)</p>

<p>DECISION: </p>

<p>STATS
GPA:
Rank:
SAT I:
SAT II:
ACT:
Other Stats: </p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays:
Barnard Essays:
EC’s:
Teacher Rec’s:
Counselor Rec’s:
Major Awards:
Hook (if any): </p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country:
School Type:
Ethnicity: </p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS:
General Comments & reflections:</p>

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<p>DECISION: accepted</p>

<p>STATS
GPA: 96 unweighted
Rank: top 5 percent
ACT: 32
Other Stats: 4s and 5s on aps</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays: very good
Barnard Essays: very good, some of the best my counselor has ever seen
EC’s: decent. theater, various clubs, sports, community service. nothing unusual
Teacher Rec’s: one of them was AMAZING. the other one was also great
Counselor Rec’s: also amazing
Major Awards: theater awards, scholarships, honor society, etc
Hook (if any): probably theater</p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country: New York
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS:
General Comments & reflections: i don’t feel like giving detailed stats, i am just beyond happy right now. good luck to the rest of you!</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted </p>

<p>STATS
GPA: 3.84 UW / 4.18 W
Rank: No Rank for my school
SAT I: -
SAT II: 670 Math I, 690 Bio, 700 World History
ACT: 31
Other Stats: all Honors/AP Classes</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays: Good!
Barnard Essays: Good!
EC’s: leadership roles in some clubs and a lot of community service
Teacher Rec’s: both very good
Counselor Rec’s: good. I’m very close to my guidance counselor and have shown my deep motivation to perform well
Major Awards: NHS, other honors societies, Community Service Award (Presidential)
Hook (if any): None</p>

<p>First Generation Student</p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country: NY
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted!</p>

<p>STATS
GPA: 93 unweighted
Rank: school doesn’t rank
SAT I: 2150
SAT II: Math 2 720, US History 740
ACT: –
Other Stats: 6 APs, all 4’s and 5’s, and Honors classes</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays: Pretty good for me, but I’m not generally a great writer.
Barnard Essays: From the heart; I was truthful so I think they reflected me well.
EC’s: Band, Theatre, and Tutoring were the ones I focused on in my app
Teacher Rec’s: I knew both teachers for 2 years so they knew me well
Counselor Rec’s: Good (but I’m just guessing since I didn’t read any of the recs)
Major Awards: honor society, PSAT finalist
Hook (if any): not aware of any</p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country: NY
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS:
General Comments & reflections: I thought my chance of getting in was 50/50 so I’m extremely happy that the weight was tipped in my favor!! :)</p>

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<p>DECISION: Accepted!</p>

<p>STATS
GPA: 4.0 UW/ 4.78 W
Rank: 4
SAT I: –
SAT II: US History 750, Literature 780
ACT: 33
Other Stats: 4’s and 5’s</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays: Good
Barnard Essays: Very Good
EC’s: lots of theatre. Service clubs (NHS, TRI-M), Mock Trial, DECA, YIG, community service.
Teacher Rec’s: I knew the teachers pretty well. They should have been very good. (hopefully :slight_smile: )
Counselor Rec’s: Great
Major Awards: Presidential service award, DECA competition awards
Hook (if any): wide range of ECs.</p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country: St. Louis, MO
School Type: public
Ethnicity: white</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS:
General Comments & reflections: So happy! Good luck to everyone!</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>(I already posted my stats in the other thread…so I’m just going to go ahead and copy/paste)</p>

<p>Ethnicity: Korean
Citizenship: USA
FA: Did not request FA </p>

<p>GPA: 3.7 W (only took one AP during junior year out of limit of two my high school sets for each year)
SAT I: R: 730 W: 740 M: 620
SAT II: USH: 720 Lit: 740</p>

<p>Extracurricular: the strongest aspect of my application in my opinion.

  • spearheaded a school-wide run to raise money towards brain cancer research
  • Student Council for all 4 years; secretary sophomore year
  • President of school’s literary journal, all 4 years
  • Varsity soccer since 7th grade; Captain, and recognized by Conference I played in
  • Six international conferences for Model United Nations, elected school team’s secretary this year
  • Service trips to Baguio City, Philippines for three consecutive years
  • Leader of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, all 4 years
  • Community Service Club - all 4 years
  • JV Volleyball 2 years
  • coached middle school soccer sophomore year
  • member of high school’s peer counselling club
  • member of high school’s environmental club</p>

<p>Essays: One of the strongest parts of my application: wrote about my mom’s passing for Common App, the Cancer Benefit Run I held in her honor for extracurricular, specifics for Barnard, Narcissa Malfoy for woman, clash of Korean culture and my international school background, and standing up to my friends for “unafraid.”</p>

<p>Recs: very strong as well. Have known my counselor for all four years of high school; three additional recs from teachers who know me from the classroom, the soccer field, and in Model UN. </p>

<p>Wow. All I can say is that I am floating. This IS the best feeling in the world, and I TRULY, TRULY hope that all of you beautiful ladies will experience it as well. I am a firm believer in things happening for a reason, and you guys will do GREAT things. It has been wonderful getting to know you. Thanks for all the support and congratulations :') I have not screamed/cried this much in a very long time…haha</p>

<p>LET’S FIND EACH OTHER ON FACEBOOK!</p>

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<p>I just want to pop in to congratulate all of you young women who have been accepted. </p>

<p>(One word of advice: don’t post your real names or other identifying info online. You can send each other private messages to share that sort of info.)</p>

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<p>hm…calmom that makes me a bit paranoid! Is there any way I can delete my post?</p>

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<p>You should email the moderators. You could just use the “Report Problem Post” link under your own post – and then fill at the form and ask that the line with your name be deleted. (The moderators are usually pretty good about that sort of thing – they can preserve the rest).</p>

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<p>WOW congrats everyone!!! I’m so happy for you!</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED <3</p>

<p>STATS
GPA: 3.9
Rank: 2 (cumulative was 1 for three years)
SAT I: 2150
SAT II: 720 Math 2C 700 Lit 650 Spanish listening (didn’t submit)
ACT:N/A
Other Stats: 6 APs between junior + senior year all honors courses frehsman + sophomore year </p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays: Good
Barnard Essays:Very good
EC’s: Sailing, Tennis, Dance, Golf, Community Service none that seriously though…
Teacher Rec’s: waived my rights
Counselor Rec’s: waived
Major Awards:none
Hook (if any): none</p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country: CT
School Type: boarding
Ethnicity: white</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS:
General Comments & reflections: Very happy. I think the strongest part of my application was my essays, they were from the heart and genuine. My interview also went very well. If you’re interested in Barnard, show it! Very proud to be a barnardian <3</p>

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<p>DECISION: ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>STATS
GPA: 3.76 (UW) 4.4 (W)
Rank: N/A
SAT I: 1970 (CR: 630, M: 620, W: 720)
SAT II: Latin- 590; Literature- 630
ACT: didn’t send
Other Stats: AP Lang and Comp; AP Lit and Comp; AP Gov; AP Latin 5; AP Comparative Government; Honors mostly everything else (Honors geo to on level finite and on level maths until senior year-- I’m taking H stat now; on level physics and chem) I sent in a supplement saying that math isn’t my strong point, but I kept at it throughout high school.</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays: I thought it was witty. PM me if you want to know.
Barnard Essays: Again, I don’t want to give too much away, but I thought it was unique.
EC’s: rowing/crew (every single season since freshman year and a pre-Olympic camp) Central League Semi-finalist 3 years in a row (soon to be 4!) Executive Board of my literary magazine 2 years in a row; National History Day State Semi-finalist
Teacher Rec’s: one teacher that I’ve had all four years (Latin), one teacher that LOVED me last year (AP Lang and Comp), one teacher that I had starting this year who was a Barnard alum
Counselor Rec’s: good
Major Awards: I placed in various national races.
Hook (if any): I was trying to be recruited by Columbia but they wouldn’t support me. I’m pretty sure (although I wasn’t told) that the Columbia recruiter called admissions informally. I also sent in my literary magazine and the first chapter from my latest book that I wrote (Oh yeah, I’ve written four books and a novella!)</p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country: Pennsylvania, US
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS:
General Comments & reflections: This doesn’t feel real, but I am SO happy (I can’t express) and can’t wait (really REALLY can’t wait) to LIVE in Manhattan: THE MIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE (in my opinion) and meet all you fabulous women who are CLONES of me. As for those who were deferred or denied, there are PLENTY of colleges out there for you and the fact that you were even LOOKING at Barnard says that you’re special. Keep working hard!</p>

<p>(PM me your names so we can’t facebook each other!)</p>

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<p>Ahh! I mean CAN facebook each other.</p>

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<p>DECISION: </p>

<p>STATS
GPA: 3.84 W (school doesn’t calculate unweighted, but I generally have B’s and A’s)
Rank: n/a
SAT I: Writing: 750, Verbal: 590, Math: 650
SAT II: [lolz] USHistory: 610, Litt: 550
ACT: [lolz] 24
Other Stats: AP US: 4, AP Lang: 3
Senior Classes: AP French, AP Lit, AB Calc, AP Art, American Foreign Policy, Film Studies</p>

<p>SUBJECTIVE:
Common Application Essays: Made my college counselor cry. PM if you’d like to read it.
Barnard Essays: Had typos, but were very honest. Do some reserch, talk about a professor you’d like to study with.
EC’s: Figure Skating, Yearbook (editor in chief), Art (art club president, photography commissions, school paper photographer), Youth in Government (outstanding statesman, Presider), Community Service Leader, Speech and Debate (speech captain, NFL degree of excellence), School Chorus, NHS, NFHS, Girl Scouts (silver award), French Club.
Teacher Rec’s: One should be good, the other I wrote myself.
Counselor Rec’s: My college counselor loves me.
Major Awards: none really. Art Award, Outstanding Statesman, NFL degree of excellence
Hook (if any): I’ve gone through hell and turned out just fine.
Interview: I talked about how awesome it was that Barnard had access to the resources of an Ivy League school. It’s safe to say I put both feet in my mouth. I kept digging myself deeper and deeper into a hole.</p>

<p>LOCATION
State or Country: SC
School Type: 96 in graduating class, episcopal private school
Ethnicity: did not list, but white</p>

<p>OTHER FACTORS:
General Comments & reflections: I’m one of those people who shouldn’t’ve gotten in but did. I think my essays, my recs, and my extracurriculars got me in. I’m still in shock really. I am very proud of myself. Good luck to those who were deferred/rejected. You will still do great things.</p>

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<p>@figureskater- you didn’t say ‘accepted’ by your decision haha…but I figured it out, congrats!!</p>

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<p>wow. I’m really smart.
well, um
ACCEPTED!!!</p>

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<p>I got deferred :frowning: my extra curriculars were pretty good, my average is a 92, my sats are a 1320 and i had great volunteer work and my essays were very strong. recommendations were good too… what do i do now to get into barnard? is sending a recording of me playing chopin and debussy classics a good idea for supplementary material? help!</p>

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<p>I sent in extra stuff and got in, so I’m a true advocate of it! You should also contact your admissions counselor via email and maybe introduce yourself.</p>

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<p>something to look forward to?</p>

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<p>Firgureskater, ohmygosh I am freaking out. I live in AZ and haven’t received anything yet. My grades and scores are just likes yours and i go to a college prep arts school. I have really good EC’s and essays and I feel good, but then i’m not sure.
Reading yours definitely gives me hope. I worked so hard on my app, submitted supplementary items and a portfolio.
i was wondering if i could read your essay.</p>