Columbia Recieved Record High Apps- Spectator

<p>7.7% Total Increase from 2009, Bulk of increase in RD round. Lots of interesting conclusions can be drawn.</p>

<p>Admissions Office Reports Record Stats Yet Again
Over 20,000 Prospectives From Around the World Apply for Fewer Than 1,500 Spots in the Class of 2010</p>

<p>By Josh Hirschland
Spectator Staff Writer</p>

<p>January 25, 2006</p>

<p>Columbia College and the School of Engineering and Applied Science both received a record number of applications this year, with nearly 20,000 students applying for fewer than 1,500 slots open to undergraduates in the class of 2010.</p>

<p>In total, Columbia’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions received a new high of 19,730 applications, nine percent more than last year. Both the College, with 17,061 applications, and SEAS, with 2,675, posted new records, with jumps of eight and 14.7 percent over last year, respectively, according to numbers released yesterday by the admissions office.</p>

<p>“This larger applicant pool continues to represent the academic strength and diversity of background, experience, interest, and thought that we seek at Columbia,” Jessica Marinaccio, director of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, said in a statement.</p>

<p>International students contributed to the upsurge. Marinaccio noted that the office received 23 percent more applications from international students, including 26 percent more applications from Asia than last year.</p>

<p>While both schools saw modest gains during early decision, the bulk of the increase in applications came during regular decision, where CC and SEAS saw increases of 8.6 and 16 percent over last year, respectively.</p>

<p>More than a third of the slots for next year’s class were filled under early decision, during which Columbia admitted 26 percent of its applicants. Now, the 26 percent of CC and 14 percent of SEAS early applicants who were deferred will be lumped with the 15,104 and 2,395 regular decision applicants in what promises to be the most competitive pool in history.</p>

<p>Last year, 10.7 percent of College applicants and 26.7 percent of SEAS applicants were admitted from the total pool for an overall admit rate of 12.8 percent.</p>

<p>Barnard College also had a record number of early applications, 457, this year, admitting 38 percent of them. The number of regular decision applications received by Barnard has not been announced, but Jennifer Fondiller, dean of admissions at Barnard, has stated that early indications show that they should be up from last year.</p>

<p>The deadline for Columbia applications to be postmarked was Jan. 2. However, the announcement of total applications was delayed as latecomers rolled in over the past few weeks. Admissions decisions for all remaining applicants will be announced in early April.</p>

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<p>Hot damn! Columbia is certainly doing something right...the question is, what?</p>

<p>Where's the over 20K? I'm not following the headline.</p>

<p>What is Columbia doing right? They're trendy and popular with many people who aren't qualified but send in an app anyway. NYC is in, the NYC economy is robust, the slums are largely gone, the campus is very safe, etc.</p>

<p>Wut is hurting me is the sharp increase in international applications....see the headline in front page of Columbia's web</p>

<p>wowww... guess no way I get in now</p>

<p>holy crap...legacy wont even save me now.</p>

<p>Apps are up all over the place......hang tight you guys. Still time to pray for success.</p>

<p>great, i just read apps are up 8% at penn, MIT received a record 11321, and now 7.7% at columbia...It just keeps getting more competitive</p>

<p>apps are also up at Northwestern...</p>

<p>it's the population boom thing. ends around 2010. things are more competitive everywhere just because there are more people.</p>

<p>Could it simply be that people are applying to a greater number of schools?</p>

<p>More people, of whom a greater % also apply to more colleges.</p>

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Over 20,000 Prospectives From Around the World Apply for Fewer Than 1,500 Spots in the Class of 2010</p>

<p>...In total, Columbia’s Office of Undergraduate Admissions received a new high of 19,730 applications, nine percent more than last year.

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It's not a big deal, but why'd they have to fudge the numbers in the headline?</p>

<p>Dear Columbia Applicants...</p>

<p>Please withdraw your applications</p>

<p>Love,
bobbobbob</p>

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Dear Columbia Applicants...</p>

<p>Please withdraw your applications</p>

<p>Love,
bobbobbob

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hehehe, i was thinking the same thing bob^3</p>

<p>o man
thanks for the downer confucian
:( but i guess that's just the way it is w/ almost all schools now</p>