<p>So, I'm pretty unique in that I am incredibly open to new experiences regarding college. I seriously do not have any preference at ALL. I have loved every college I have seen, but I have sort of shortened my list, and am now facing a problem. </p>
<p>Barnard College is one of my target schools. So is Middlebury, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, UMicigan, etc. My reaches include the ivies, Northwestern, Duke, etc. </p>
<p>I absolutely love Barnard college, and am leaning toward EDing there, because at the end of the day, you get a Columbia University degree, and in my mind that tops any of my other target school and even a reach like Northwestern. Am I making a mistake? Since I love all the schools I've talked about, I would be happy to attend any of them, but I mean purely reputation wise, am I making a mistake? This has been killing me and I would really appreciate any advice from you all!</p>
<p>Regardless of what your diploma says (and for the record, it is issued by the Board of Trustees of Columbia but does mention Barnard College), you will need to state on your resume that you attended Barnard College of Columbia University. Which isn’t the same as Columbia College of Columbia University. In other words, if you go to Barnard, you will not graduate from an Ivy League school (and cannot represent yourself as such). If there was no distinction, it would be just as difficult to gain admission to Barnard as it is to Columbia. Bottom line: don’t go to Barnard because you think you can say you went to Columbia.</p>
<p>Thanks, I needed to hear this. So in regard to the rest of my question, do you think I should be aiming for the other schools on my list instead of chasing down a backdoor ivy?</p>
<p>If you go to Barnard, you cannot simply say you went to Columbia. If your read the Wiki page it says "Barnard describes itself as an official college of Columbia, and advises students to state “Barnard College, Columbia University” or “Barnard College of Columbia University” on r</p>