Secrets and Lies: The ED Acceptance Rate.

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<p>(Anybody like the thread title? lol)</p>

<p>The ED acceptance rate for the class of 2011 was 22.5%. However, looking at the number of deferrals among the class of 2012, something occurred to me:</p>

<p>Does the 22.5% refer to the percentage of applicants accepted amid the ED pool, or the percentage of ED applicants admitted (including those deferred to the RD pool)?</p>

<p>If the former, then does anybody know the acceptance rates for those deferred? And if the latter, does anybody know the acceptance rates for those admitted amid the ED pool?</p>

<p>On their website (<a href="http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/stats.php)&lt;/a>, they say that c.450 out of 2,000 applicants were accepted, and c. 900 were deferred. However, these numbers could overlap. It could be that only 50 of the 450 admitted were actually admitted in December and the rest in April. Or entirely the opposite, that all but 50 were admitted in December and the remaining 50 were subjected to the 6% acceptance rate of the RD pool.</p>

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Were you looking at statistics or just on these boards? These boards only represent a small portion of the applicants, so you shouldn't base any assessments off just this board.

The 22.5% statistic is referring to the ED pool. If you are deferred, you are placed in the RD pool. Columbia makes note that you applied ED, so you are still given a special advantage within the vast RD pool, but you are not committed to attend like you are with ED.

Nope. I'd be curious to know, though. Keep in mind that Columbia would not defer anyone who they thought had <em>NO</em> chance during RD; they defer only candidates who would do well in the RD selection process.</p>

<p>Also, you may be interested in this: Early</a> Decision Admit Rates Fall | Columbia Spectator</p>

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<p>If you're deferred, you'll historically have a similar RD acceptance rate to those who apply RD. So, you're chances are at <10%. But you're no worse off than the RD people.</p>