<p>...have risen to a total of 3217 from last year's 2983, reflecting a 7.84% increase. </p>
<p>Link here: Some</a> Early Returns on Early Admission - NYTimes.com</p>
<p>Now the question is, how many for RD? Guess we have another 5 months to find out. :D</p>
<p>Does the number of applicants rise this much every year? Or is it just this year in particular?</p>
<p>I think they rise every year, but because Columbia started using the Common App this year, it was more of a significant rise.</p>
<p>I would think that Common App would not affect ED that much, since a first choice is a first choice whether or not its on common app.</p>
<p>Only new people coming because of Common App are people who abuse ED for the sake of have a better chance at any random reach, rather than actually liking the school in particular. </p>
<p>Those people may have picked a different school in the past thinking “Columbia is a waste of time cause I can’t reuse the app for other schools”</p>
<p>But you don’t need to worry about these people cause they probably aren’t very strong candidates anyways. Otherwise, they’d be taking ED much more seriously.</p>
<p>I applied ED to Columbia. I think it was very smart of columbia accepting the CommonApp, it makes applying to the institution a bit more accessible. can you guys chance me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1039434-chance-me-columbia-ed-ill-chance-back.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1039434-chance-me-columbia-ed-ill-chance-back.html</a>
:D</p>