<p>My HS has a senior class of 75 and this year we had 8 National Merit Semifinalists (last year I believe was around 5 finalists). Last year we only had one person applying ED and he got in. </p>
<p>Who knows what they really look for in these admissions things anyways. All I wish is the best of luck to all of those that are applying, both ED and RD.</p>
<p>I don't know about columbia, but out of a graduating class of 550 (2004), 4 of them were accepted to harvard, but one of them ended up attending stanford. about 5 or 6 others ended up going to various ivies.</p>
<p>Well I'm one of 10 national merit semi finalists and my grade has 80 kids. My grade is way too smart.</p>
<p>my school has 160 kids in every graduating class...this year 37 are national merit semifinalists...last year no one got into columbia...the year before 4 students were admitted...so go figure</p>
<p>last year 6 ATTENDED columbia from my school lol .. more might have been accepted .. yeah this improves my prospects w00t</p>
<p>I go to a really small orthodox jewish high school (graduating class size of 40) where we get out of school around 8 PM, so most of the kids do not have a lot of EC's, but every year a bunch of people with strong grades and sat's are getting into top schools like columbia, harvard, and penn. </p>
<p>explanation?</p>
<p>I have seen many kids from a highschool get into a select college. However, sometimes it can get dicey. If there is a run at a particular highschool for a small, selective college such as Amherst, it can pose a problem, and may be an issue.It is entirely possible that someone who would have gotten in had they applied from a different get rejected in that scenario. </p>
<p>Columbia is kind of on the line for that scenario. I have seen large numbers get in from a given class. However, as the smallest ivy, it does not have a lot of "regular" spaces left once it fields its sports teams, specialty clubs and activities, gets a comfortable number of URMS and legacies, takes a few development and celebrities. It strives for diversity and I don't think it wants to be mainly New Yorkers and others within an hour or so of the school. How much of an impact this would have in admissions, though, I would not know, and I doubt if the school will give us the info. If 90% of the applicants accepted on a geographically blind basis happen to come from NYC, would the school stick with that batch, or would it make sure this cannot happen?</p>
<p>That's a good point, jamimom. I really would like to know what they do about the whole geographical thing.</p>
<p>I'm from North Carolina. I know that just being from NC wouldn't be too big of a help because of Raleigh and Charlotte, but I'm from a small rural town. Would that fact give me an advantage, even if it is slight? I wouldn't expect many applicants from this region, no one else from my school. It's probably even been years since someone's applied from my county to CU. Thanks</p>
<p>my normal public hs in suburb maryland had 2 students at columbia last year 1 ed (minority) and 1 rd (white male). As far as i know, not many more applied.</p>
<p>Hey like 20+ students go to columbia from my school each year (out of ~180)</p>
<p>Why revive a thread that was dormant for 9 years?</p>
<p>Bump 4 mekrob’s question.</p>