<p>I think the chances of being accepted ED are 22.5% or something, but does anybody know what the chances of being deferred are? Thanks.</p>
<p>According to Columbia's own site, 33% of ED applicants last year were deferred.</p>
<p>Which means about a 44% chance of (gulp) rejection...again, going by last year's statistics.</p>
<p>At least that means there's a less than 50% chance of rejection on average, though I don't know where I'd be compared to that average...I figure as long as I'm deferred I'm going to be somewhat happy.</p>
<p>Okay, so basically last year 2011 people applied ED, and 454 were accepted, 667 deferred, and 890 rejected.
:(</p>
<p>That seemed like more of a :) to me...</p>
<p>890 rejected is a :(
but yes, 1121 accepted/deferred is a :)</p>
<p>So, 2011 ED applicants for the class of 2011...kewt lolz.</p>
<p>I have a question though, now that I look at that figure again--I've seen someone on CC say that this year's ED pool was around 2,500, maybe more. Yet that would mean a shocking 24% growth from last year. Huh?</p>
<p>I remember reading (can't remember where) that this year's ED pool at Columbia only grew 4% from last year, which would put the number at about 2,100. And the recent NYT article about early admissions said that Columbia only had "modest" growth in its ED pool, certainly a description more in line with that 4% growth rather than the huge 24% growth mentioned above.</p>
<p>So what gives? I'm guessing it is in fact closer to 2,100 applicants this year. Am I right?</p>
<p>Anyone know the number of ED applicants to SEAS this year? It seems to increase by a significant percent each year</p>
<p>"I have a question though, now that I look at that figure again--I've seen someone on CC say that this year's ED pool was around 2,500, maybe more. Yet that would mean a shocking 24% growth from last year. Huh?"</p>
<p>I believe someone said that the 2500+ ED applicants includes all applicants, so that means those applying to Fu and to the college. So it would be around a 4% increase from last</p>
<p>NightOwl, maybe the 2,500 figure took into account ED applicants to SEAS too?</p>
<p>Erm...DUH.</p>
<p>Sorry I, uh, totally forgot about all you SEAS people. I'm better now.</p>
<p>it's good that the increase was so low, unlike Yale, which was like 25% higher.</p>
<p>I heard Chicago (my third choice school, I think) was up 42%, but that was EA not ED...I feel the same about Columbia's low increase, especially when compared to stats like that.</p>
<p>Admissions rates aren't "chances" or "odds." It's not like playing the lottery where 1-2-3-4-5-6 has a good a chance as 45-46-47-48-49-50.</p>
<p>I know; I was just wondering what the approximate divisions were. No statistics can tell exactly what chance of being accepted/rejected/deferred I'll have, but a deferral rate of 33% (last year) does mean I have less of a chance of being rejected than a 5-10% deferral rate would (assuming acceptance rate stayed the same for both instances).</p>
<p>This is just my thought.. haha an ideal one.. is it possible that they admit more during the ED round.. fearing that lots of regular applicants will choose H and P over them? This may sound silly as Columbia and H,P are not even exactly overlap schools.. but at least it could lessen the level of anxiety here..</p>
<p>Apologies in advance if this question was already answered at some point... but I was wondering what percentage of waitlisted students (33% of last year's ED applicants) were admitted during the RD process?</p>
<p>"is it possible that they admit more during the ED round.. fearing that lots of regular applicants will choose H and P over them?"</p>
<p>no, they usually admit the same number of kids ED, and fill the same % of the class ED. if they think accepted students will turn down their offers they'll take a few more people RD and waitlist a ton, it's the uncertainty that has gone up.</p>
<p>^oh ok.. thanks..</p>