is there any alum on here who knows some legitimate waitlist numbers from past years

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<p>People keep posting unbelievable numbers on this forum. I know this year's stats are not known yet but is there any information on # of students admitted from the waitlist in the previous years? I heard 148 once but I dont know how legitimate that is. Trolls dont put false, misleading data please.</p>

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<p>^I posted the 148, because that is number of students whom columbia took off the waitlist, compare admitted students here:</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)
<a href=“http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/admissions_2006-2008.htm[/url]”>http://www.columbia.edu/cu/opir/abstract/admissions_2006-2008.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Last year was an outlier because of H and P’s ending EA/ED.
Historically they’ve taken 20-50 kids off the waitlist. This year should be more than 50 because there is still a lot of uncertainty, but less than 148, my guess is they’ll take off between 50 and 100 kids. I’m just using historical yield for CC&SEAS.</p>

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<p>concoll, does that extra 148 count people who defer a year? that could also skew the numbers higher than what admissions says. and as an alum interviewer i can say they don’t tell us anything, so unless someone can read between the lines - it is not really clear how many they admit off the waitlist.</p>

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<p>I’ve read that Columbia College admitted 200+ more students this year than last, and plans to increase the size of the college by 50 students. (No data on SEAS.) If one assumes a yield of 50% (which is likely too low), more than 100 students will accept admission over last year. If 148 is the correct number from last year, less than 100 college waitlist students will be admitted.</p>