The Barnard Difference

Each Pre-College student enrolls in one CORE course as a part of their summer program experience. CORE courses are held in 90 minute interactive sessions on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursday, and Fridays. On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, students participate in extended afternoon sessions.  Faculty and Student Course Assistants facilitate enriching activities for students to engage with the course material.  Our Faculty and Student Course Assistants have created immersive experiences from recorded tours of NYC's greatest cultural institutions, to guest lecturers, to online labs where students have the opportunity to engage in more hands-on and personalized learning. 

Students in Barnard’s Pre-College Programs have the unique opportunity to utilize New York City as a classroom from anywhere in the world. Enjoy Broadway show streaming nights, a NYC virtual scavenger hunt, private recorded tours of famous cultural institutions, and so much more from your own home. Our students have the opportunity to experience programming across institutes and be part of a community of like minded  young women from all around the globe, led by our Course Assistants and Program Assistants, who are current Barnard students.  

On Wednesdays students spend their afternoon in Beyond the Gates, our career and college guidance programming. Workshops are led by esteemed educators, organizers, entrepreneurs, and coaches who work with students to cultivate essential skills like self-branding, goal-setting, networking, time management, and professional etiquette. Rising Seniors also participate in Junior Junction, a four part college preparatory workshop series designed to educate them on the college process and empower them to find their best fit school.