Official Barnard Early Decision 2017 Results

Colleges and Universities A-Z Barnard College
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<p>To follow up on artobsessed, for all potential and current INTERNATIONAL applicants who read this thread:</p>

<p>It’s important to realize that Barnard is NOT NEEDS BLIND for international students, and therefore a lot of tremendously qualified applicants who need a full-ride (or a substantial amount of financial aid to attend) are often not accepted. </p>

<p>A student at my school applied to Barnard College two years ago through the Early Decision program. She was an International Physics Olympiad gold medalist, she had attended university courses in mathematics, chemistry, physics, and philosophy since her junior year of high school (and had achieved As on all courses taken), she had conducted and published scientific research in an undergraduate journal, and was a concert pianist who had toured with European orchestras. She was, however, in need of a full ride and was (quite shockingly) rejected. </p>

<p>To future and current international students who receive a letter of rejection from Barnard, and who felt that they were competitive applicants, please recognize that it may not have been due to any deficiency in your application. Barnard College does not have an endowment that allows them to exercise needs blind admissions for international students (indeed, only a TINY number of schools do). </p>

<p>The student I referred to above ended up gaining admission to Yale, Princeton, and Cambridge (amongst other schools). The first two are needs blind for international students, and will meet the demonstrated need of all admitted students. Cambridge does not take the financial situation of a student into consideration when making an admissions decision. A rejection from Barnard College does not necessarily indicate that the outcome at other schools (whether they be as or more competitive) will be the same. </p>

<p>PLEASE DO NOT GET DISCOURAGED. Be realistic when making an application to Barnard College, and make sure you research which schools are either needs blind for international students (i.e. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, ECLA Bard), or who have a history of being generous with financial aid for international students (i.e. University of Rochester)</p>

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<p>Sad statistics for international students…but there are more than 3 scholarships yearly, read barnard’s formspring;)</p>

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<p>@skvorocova
that’s good to hear :slight_smile: but i think barnard is saying that the number simply varies year to year. so i guess it can mean that sometimes there can be less than 3 scholarships!</p>

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<p>@chillychilly, yeah I know, but I’m trying to be optimistic…hah
do you compete for one of those 3 scholarships?:D</p>

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<p>@skvorcova - yesh D: but it’s so competitive… hbu?</p>

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<p>I am also competing for these three scholarships. I hope there will be more than three this year!!!
does anyone know if being from an under represented country help ? or is it based more on scores and stats ?</p>

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<p>i think so. especially if Barnard doesn’t have a student from that country.</p>

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<p>ohh where are you from girls? what are your stats? I think underrepresented country must interest them definitely…</p>

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<p>By the way, one of the international applicants girl I know received a deferrance letter from Barnard - it considered the same text as in her e-mail but there was one intriguing sentence added, which said: “Please know that you are being strongly considered for one of our international scholarships”
Does anyone know, considering that scholarships for internationals are very competitive, should she consider that note as a compliment and a likely acceptance? Or they write it to every deferred international girl in a mail letter?</p>

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right.

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pretty good.