<p>I had never considered myself a Columbia worthy applicant, but recently, I was looking at how steep some colleges go to get more URM's to attend, and was just wondering how big Columbia is on that.
I am a URM, 1st gen, low income, hopeful. lol.</p>
<p>Columbia's location - very close to significant minority neighborhoods in NYC - typically attracts a higher number of URM applicants, and a higher yield % of those accepted. As a result, minority enrollment at Columbia is, if I'm not mistaken, top among its peer schools.</p>
<p>(is that right? I seem to remember reading this but I'm not positive on the stats)</p>
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<p>the last statistics page i saw regarding columbia admission -- 53% of students identify themselves as students of color.</p>
<p>anorexic_abe -- they will not accept you if they don't want you, don't rely on race to get in somewhere. i'm assuming they won't be engaging in reverse racism, and just let you in solely because of the color of your skin.</p>
<p>I know, I was just hoping it would be a kind of hook, or benefit me in some way.</p>
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<p>This is the most retarded and misleading "diversity" statistic ever. First, students don't identify themselves as "of color." They say they're white or asian or black or latino or something else. It's someone else saying that an asian is "of color" even though asians may think huh? when you tell them that they're "of color." Second, it's a misleading statistic because asians don't get affirmative action and simply tells how many "non-white" kids go to the school.</p>
<p>If by "URM" you mean "member of an obscure Native American tribe that is about to go extinct", it will help you (but not get you in). If by "URM" you mean Black/Hispanic/Latino, it probably won't help you all that much. Though URM+low income can excuse <em>slightly</em> lower stats in some instances.</p>
<p>What are you guys talking about? A black dude got elected president. Racism is over now, remember? Did you guys not get the memo...</p>
<p>Clearly you haven't been to the south hahaha---I live in NY and campaigned for Obama and STILL had people shout incredibly ignorant things at me. </p>
<p>On the bright side, I prefer to see them as old, stubborn bigots who will eventually die out---though I know sadly some of their children may have similarly closed minds. Alas.</p>
<p>None of which changes the fact of affirmative action. I don't care if Columbia doesn't officially endorse/practice affirmative action. I don't care how unreasonable you think I'm being. I think affirmative action plays a part in admissions.</p>
<p>Columbia's President Bollinger would likely agree with you.</p>
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