<p>I thought I had replied in this thread, but I guess not. I am so excited to hear from ED! A lot of people from NYU heard today, so hopefully barnard is just around the corner!</p>
<p>Kiwi
ch0c0lat3
Wej
ih3artthou
College101
23p
Peaches_Cream
Emilina/Emilina’s friend
AdeleZ
ACarter
Angelath
Collegeready2010
Bes508
Vkfeb
Rebama
Gerfthesmurf
Gloriachristmas
sunnydays
piccolostella
dainty
glowzo</p>
<p>Hi glowzo! Welcome! (P.S. Maybe you have replied. We do miss people . . .)</p>
<p>Me too! Honestly, for the past 3 months college has been all I can talk about and it’s making me nauseous!</p>
<p>Kiwi
ch0c0lat3
Wej
ih3artthou
College101
23p
Peaches_Cream
Emilina/Emilina’s friend
AdeleZ
ACarter
Angelath
Collegeready2010
Bes508
Vkfeb
Rebama
Gerfthesmurf
Gloriachristmas
sunnydays
piccolostella
dainty
glowzo
Pantoufle92</p>
<p>That makes 22 of us! Squee!</p>
<p>And I know exactly what you mean, Pantoufle. I can’t imagine not getting into Barnard and having to deal with this whole college thing for another four months. Hahaha . . .</p>
<p>"that they have already looked at all ED candidates. "</p>
<p>!!!</p>
<p>i know right. cant have 4 more months of waiting… one is enough.</p>
<p>I actually want to die right now. I’ve been shaking all day because I’ve finished all of the work that was distracting me from Barnard. </p>
<p>I was counting on watching House to alleviate my stress, BUT ITS NOT OUT TODAY. </p>
<p>This makes me want to vomit.</p>
<p>That’s weird; I can’t do any of my work right now because I’m so worried.</p>
<p>ONE MORE WEEK - 7 MORE DAYS TO GO.</p>
<p>Oh, I meant to do this earlier, but I forgot. Another way to pass the time while simultaneously obsessing about Barnard:</p>
<p>Why did you pick the school?</p>
<p>why did i pick barnard?
- read about it in a novel in 8th grade (A NORTHERN LIGHT - protagonist goes to barnard in the end to study writing, sorry for spoiling the book) - looked it up, fell in love with its writing program
- always wanted to go to a women’s school 'cause all women on my mom’s side for the last 3 generations went to a korean women’s college affiliated with barnard
-location in new york city = thumbs up for creative writing AND socioloy AND cheap food.</p>
<p>I have always known that I wanted to go to college in the States (and most likely live there after), and I have always felt at home in New York. It’s like, the second the plane touches the runway, I’m home.
My grandmother went to Barnard, and has been talking about the school for ages. I wasn’t sure, though. Mostly because I didn’t want to go just because my family thought I should. I wanted to go to a school where I felt like I belonged.
The past three-ish years, I started thinking more seriously about Barnard, and I visited last February, and it just felt right.
I then did the Pre-College Program, which was just amazing.
I also really like the size and the fact that it’s a women’s college, without being totally isolated.</p>
<p>Should go, I guess.</p>
<p>I wanted to go to a liberal arts college, without the rural isolation that seems to be a accompany nearly every good liberal arts school I looked up. I’ve always loved culture and the arts, and Barnard, with its intimate academic haven within the boundless city was just a perfect match. </p>
<p>I also looked at Columbia but decided it was not for me. It’s a fantastic school, but I didn’t click with the student body. Everyone there is smart, of course, but there was also this hyper-competitive, slightly bland atmosphere that I didn’t like. Now at Barnard, you have the same caliber of education, and everyone just seemed more easygoing. These threads, chatting about Paris, books, Disney movies, etc. are proof in itself. </p>
<p>The student body is my first and foremost criteria for a college, and I was just massively impressed with the Barnard girls I met this summer. Friendly and fun, but also sophisticated, articulate and professional. I looked at them and thought, “that’s who I want to be in four years.”</p>
<p>And of course, NYC is the home of my heart.</p>
<p>Kiwi, you pretty much nailed why I want to go. I’ll just add the great literary history and programs as well as the numerous internship opportunities for publishing in NYC.</p>
<p>One week. <em>sigh</em> I don’t think that I’ll be able to check here that week. If I read that someone’s gotten in/gotten their envelope and I haven’t, I’ll make myself sick.</p>
<p>Kiwi, everyone, you have completely captured my sentiments! This winter I spent the weekend in New York City with a friend of mine who is a sophomore at Barnard now (then a freshman). I left my dad after a tour of Columbia and spent the next two days unofficial touring Barnard. I fell in love. Everything that she showed me, everything that we did made me so much more excited about learning. Any other school that I visited paled in comparison. I want to be a strong, beautiful Barnard woman… ahhhhh… a week!</p>
<p>I’m afraid that my why barnard essay didn’t fully capsulize my feeling though. I felt so limited in 1000 characters, especially for that essay!</p>
<p>And wej, I completely agree about the internships! I would love to intern with publishing or at a magazine. New York is ideal for networking and opportunities.</p>
<p>Well first and foremost, I knew I wanted to go to a women’s college. I come from a very, very traditional/communist Asian family and have been taught my whole life to be this suppressed little thing. I ended up being instead this loud, sometimes obnoxious, opinionated person and my family couldn’t be more disappointed. For once in my life, I wanted to experience the feeling of being surrounded by people who believe int he strength of women. </p>
<p>As to why Barnard specifically, I think it’s a combination of being in new york city with all of the cultural diversity along with the fact that Atoosa Rubenstein, my pre-teen hero, went there. </p>
<p>And the internship opportunities are beyond my wildest dreams. One of my main passions in school right now would be Model United Nations and to be able to even be at the UN building would be one of the greatest moments of my life. </p>
<p>Also, I have my heart set of Columbia’s MUN team, which I’ve heard is one of the best teams in the country.</p>
<p>I would love to write for the Barnard Bulletin. (I’m almost positive at least half of us do as well!)</p>
<p>Oh, yes. I wrote about that in my “Why Barnard?” essay. That, and the Nine Ways of Knowing, and the faculty, and . . . everything.</p>
<p>hello!
i applied to barnard ED too!
so, i’m basically panicking every single day of my life with my other friend who applied to barnard ED.
and when i came across this forum, i panicked a bit moreeee.oyyyy
i hope all of you hear great news soon! GOODLUCK:)</p>
<p>Welcome, saetbyul. Way to post right on the hour!</p>
<p>haha, i didn’t even realize:)
i’m up, studying for ap bio. OYY.</p>
<p>are there a lot of ny people here?</p>
<p>adelez - i know what you mean by the whole “conservative asian” family shindig. my dad still can’t grasp why i chose barnard over columbia.</p>
<p>hello saetbyul! nope, not from NY. but that does raise up a good question:</p>
<p>where is everyone from?</p>