Barnard College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 93% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 73% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 73% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 11% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 3.2 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• English
• biological sciences
• psychology

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• 4 summer session(s)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August and early September.

• 28% continue immediately.

• Law School: 7%
• Medical School: 7%
• Dental School: 1%
• Graduate Business Programs: 1%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 3%
• Theological School/Seminary: 1%
• Other: 11%

• Columbia University, Harvard University, Yale U.

• Citibank; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; Goldman-Sachs; J.P. Morgan; Shearman & Sterling; Weil, Gotshal & Manges.

• Erica Jong, author; Twyla Tharp, dancer, choreographer; Margaret Mead, anthropologist; Jeane Kirkpatrick, former U.N. ambassador; Anna Quindlen, columnist, New York Times; Judith Smith Kaye, chief justice, New York State Court of Appeals; Martha Stewart, designer and author.