<p>Hey there… I’m pretty confident that I’ll be applying early to Barnard this fall. It’s only very occasionally that I have doubts about this, and it’s usually with regard to the social life there. I consider myself a very social person, and it’s hugely important to me that I’m able to be social very often and go out all the time. The social scene played a huge role in my search for the right college, and I figured that it would be easily to socialize at Barnard because of the awesome location. However, I have been having a little bit of second thoughts. Is it REALLY, definitely easy to go out and … well, yeah… meet guys? Or is it frequently the case that there is too much work to leave the dorm on weekends?</p>
<p>Relax.. I see many people giving excuses for making errors in forums but this is just a forum, not a formal e-mail or anything. If they won't let you edit your earlier posts, you can only prevent such errors by going over the entire post before posting or immediately after posting and sometimes you just aren't upto it.</p>
<p>Hey there. I am actually a pre-frosh, but no one answered your question so I thought i would give it a shot with whatever i do know; take it with a grain of salt! i have visited and talked extensively with friends there so thats where this is coming from :)</p>
<p>What I've heard from my friends, and the impression I got when I visited, is that there is always tons of stuff going on socially. I think that's true at most colleges, but at Barnard there's also just more to do because youre in NYC !There is a lot of homework - I was deciding between tufts and barnard and I definately got the impression there was more work at Barnard. But, everyone still goes out on weekends and has time to socialize during the week if you manage your time - there's a lot more time over all in college than in high school for most people (though more distractions, too!). </p>
<p>About guys - it better be easy! but no. Well. Ok. So , Ive visited my friends at other schools, and often their best friends were those living on their floor/suite/whatever. So obviously its a little harder to befriend guys because theyre not actually living with you. But all of my friends at barnard have guy friends at CU. You just have to be a little more outgoing, but After all, youre taking classes there, going to parties there... and extracurriculars are a great way to get to know people, as well. I was really worried about the meeting-guy thing , and initially adverse to the idea of an all-girls school for that very reason. But, I feel assured it won't be an issue. Maybe someone who actually goes there can comment in more detail though!</p>
<p>Also, youre in the city, so that helps! Odds are youll have other friends going to school in the city and you can hang out with them and their friends too :)</p>
<p>You can be as "social" as you like at Barnard. That being said, the academics are rigorous and you probably could be more "social" at a less challenging school. My daughter just completed her second year there and is currently doing a summer research fellowship at Columbia. There are always fun, free, and interesting things to do in the City...you just will need to learn to make good choices on how to spend your time. I know she often considered her "social" time with her friends to be time spent studying together. Not all the time, mind you, but quite frequently.</p>
<p>cool guys, thanks for the responses. i've been getting a lot of "if you're social, you'll find ways to suit your needs" back at home which definitely sounds feasible. i think it'd totally be worth it if it meant i could go to a place like barnard.</p>