COLUMBIA admits 11.42% of CC,SEAS applicants for 2010

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<p>By Josh Hirschland</p>

<p>Spectator Staff Writer</p>

<p>March 30, 2006</p>

<p>Columbia College’s class of 2010 represents the second-most competitive applicant pool in Ivy League history, according to numbers released Wednesday.</p>

<p>The admissions offices of Columbia College, the School for Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Barnard College each received a record number of applicants, making this the toughest round of admissions in the respective schools’ histories.</p>

<p>“The applicants whom we have selected for admission to Columbia represent a truly awe-inspiring group of young men and women from around the world,” Jessica Marinaccio, dean of undergraduate admissions for Columbia University, said in an e-mail.</p>

<p>Of 17,148 Columbia College applicants, 1,653 students, or 9.6 percent, were admitted, down from 10.7 percent last year.</p>

<p>This year’s number is second only to Harvard College’s 2005 figure of 9.1 percent for the lowest ever in the Ivy League, though that does not include this year’s yet-to-be announced results from the most selective Ivies.</p>

<p>Those who applied to the College during regular decision, 7.9 percent of whom were admitted, faced significantly worse odds than the 1,956 applicants who applied early and got in at a rate of 23.2 percent.</p>

<p>For SEAS, 614 students were admitted out of 2,700 applicants for an admit rate of 22.7 percent, which, at 3.6 percent below last year, sets a record for the school. E-mails will be sent to all CC and SEAS applicants today at 5 p.m. Packages and envelopes were sent out yesterday via FedEx.</p>

<p>Early indications last year showed it to be a record-breaker for CC ; however, after large numbers of students were admitted off of the wait list, the rate creeped slightly above numbers for the class of 2008.</p>

<p>Barnard College mailed out acceptance letters last week to 1,350 students out of 4,587 applicants for an overall acceptance rate of about 25 percent.</p>

<p>“I think it’s a really strong class,” said Jennifer Fondiller, dean of admissions for Barnard. The class is “very, very strong in regard to GPAs and APs—very, very strong all around.”</p>

<p>“I was really not expecting to get in,” said 17-year-old Jill Janofsky, who received her acceptance letter earlier this week. The suburban Baltimore native said that when she received the letter, “I was really excited and my sister was here too, so we were doing what you would expect—the whole yelling, jumping up and down thing.”</p>

<p>This was the first year that applicants were eligible for the newest version of the SAT. However, according to Marinaccio, Columbia continued to review students’ SAT scores primarily based on a 1,600 point scale, focusing on the Critical Reading and Math sections.</p>

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<p>lol.</p>

<p>Actual headline: The Envelope, Please
Columbia College Admits Record-low 9.6 Percent</p>

<p>I realize the point your are trying to make, Byerly. But for students who applied to the college, 9.6 is the percentage they want to know. SEAS and CC applicants are not compared against each other, and they cannot apply to both.</p>

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<p>***? That irritates me so much. I spent just as much time on my writing as the V and M sections in hopes of them grading the new SATs better. I ended up wiht a higher writing than the verbal. MY investment of time was waste....</p>

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<p>actually 7.9 and 23.2 percent should be looked at seperately as ED and RD rates. so basically, people who got in RD rock the hizouse... sorry, still shocked and thrilled!</p>

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<p>True. Congrats to the RDers.</p>

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<p>man, i'd say this is a great achievement and honor to be admitted into this year's class.</p>

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<p>This year must have been the most competitive in Ivy history for a lot of schools...Yale's admit rate was in the 8% range this year, which is insane!</p>