<p>my daughter would love to attend a NYC school. Can you describe life at Barnard?</p>
<p>Very hard to be admitted?</p>
<p>Interaction between Columbia students and Barnard girls…classes/social etc.?</p>
<p>Competition?</p>
<p>If a girl never attended an all womans school before would she fit in?</p>
<p>Is the honor code something hard to get used to if you have never been exposed to it before?</p>
<p>Compare to NYU?</p>
<p>Compare to Fordham ( Lincoln Center campus)?</p>
<p>Look up some of the postings by Primefactor over the past year. She has answered most of the questions you have asked. I believe she has just graduated, so she has lots of experience.</p>
<p>Barnard is much more selective and academic than Fordham.</p>
<p>NYU has no self-contained campus, so students get involved in activities all over the downtown area and are not so much involved in a "campus community". Barnard provides a community setting for interaction among its students. NYU requires greater independence, autonomy, and self-direction. In general, women's colleges provide a feeling of "sisterhood" among their students and require more initiative for meeting men. NYU life would be co-ed 24/7.</p>
<p>We visited Barnard and found the students articulate, friendly, and engaged in their multiple activities with enthusiasm. Somewhat less artsy and more pre-professional than the typical NYU non-business student, but still fairly urban and sophisticated. Atmosphere seemed less competitive than over at Columbia.</p>
<p>Selectivity for Barnard and Fordham:</p>
<p>Barnard College
Approximately 5,000 Applications
Approximately 27% Admitted
Fills approximately 1/3 or more of class through binding Early Decision
Median SAT I for Admitted Students: 1400
% of Admitted Students in Top 10%: 80%</p>
<p>Fordham University
Approximately 15,000 Applications
Approximately 50% Admitted
Fills approximately 20% or more of class through non-binding Early Action program
Median SAT I for Admited Students: 1260
% of Admitted Students in Top 10%: 50%</p>
<p>Yep, just graduated. :-D And now back from vacation to answer questions.</p>
<p>The one question I don't think I've ever answered is the honor code one... which really should NOT play a big role in your life as a student. Don't cheat, don't plagiarize, don't turn in the same work for two different classes wtihout permission, and turn in people you DO catch doing this stuff. Mostly common sense stuff for your own behavior, and I'd never known of anyone cheating. I like to think the Honor Code is just a formality most people would abide by, regardless.</p>
<p>Thanks for answering primefactor. </p>
<p>I am new to this site, and from what I see, the people on here really value your advice. Congratulations on your graduation!</p>
<p>I really did not know what the honor code was. That sounds respectable and yes I agree that people should abide by these principles regardless of a code enforced or not in a school.</p>
<p>But this is different from a "customs" tradition? I saw on Haverford 's or it may have been Bryn Mawr's ( not sure, may have been both) that they have a "customs" week that initiates first year students into the college.</p>
<p>Just wondering if Barnard has something like that and if so, can you describe what that is?</p>
<p>I had walked past Barnard a few years ago while visiting Columbia once and thought to myself, what a nice school for my daughter when she's ready for college. ( I think she was still a freshman then)</p>
<p>Now she is telling us she wants to attend school in NYC.</p>
<p>I am not surprised.........she always said she wanted to live in a city.</p>
<p>We plan to visit Barnard this summer and I am looking forward to it.</p>
<p>I think she may have to do a little more work to be admitted though.</p>
<p>We will see how strong her application is by the fall when it's time to apply. Looks like EA or ED could be an advantage for applicants?</p>
<p>Good luck to you with your post graduation plans, and thanks for taking the time to talk to a newbie mom.</p>
<p>Oh, it's quite different from that sort of thing. <a href="http://www.barnard.edu/dos/honor.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.barnard.edu/dos/honor.html</a> for the actual text of the code. Students sign a copy of the Code on all tests given in Barnard classes.</p>
<p>Barnard of course has an orientation with the usual get to know your classmates, campus, and city activities, and a few little ceremonies to welcome students to the college, but most of the history and traditions are learned of on the fly. Compared to other colleges of its age, though, Barnard doesn't have nearly as many nice old traditions going for it. I do hear Bryn Mawr is great for feeling connected to the school's history that way.</p>
<p>ED is a huge advantage (something like 41% admit rate compared to 26% regular), and the financial risk isn't AS great as schools that don't meet "full need." What year is your daughter in now (sorry if you've already said and I missed it)?</p>
<p>I think it's a good idea to live in a big city for a little while, and college is a nice transitory way to deal with the scarier parts of moving to one alone. And NYC's hard to beat as cities go. Says this completely impartial source...</p>
<p>Thanks for the good wishes. My plans for the next few years have finalized exactly as I'd hoped, so please excuse my frequent goofy emoticon grins. :-D</p>
<p>Thanks primefactor.</p>
<p>She is a rising senior ( is that the correct term for someone who will enter her senior year this fall?)</p>
<p>I am looking forward to our visit so much. I hope she loves the school too.</p>
<p>Do you mind if I ask you what you studied while @ Barnard ( favorite classes and subjects?)</p>
<p>What plans do you have now after graduating?</p>