<p>just wondering if there's a huge difference</p>
<p>i'm applying to the engineering school</p>
<p>[Admission</a> Statistics | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php]Admission”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php)</p>
<p>SEAS overall rate = 14.4%
CC overall rate = 8.9%</p>
<p>(by overall rate I mean the rate for applicants regardless or whether they applied early or regular)</p>
<p>^^That is a noticeable difference in acceptance rate, but the seas applicant pool is self-selective (like most engineering schools around the country), for admitted students, seas SAT scores and % of high school students in the top 10% of their high school class is higher than Columbia college, because seas gets a much smaller proportion of under-qualified applicants. So comparing acceptance rates is comparing apples to oranges. Basically don’t get your hopes up by looking at the acceptance ratio.</p>