<p>Isnt Columbia as good as Harvad, Yale, Princeton, and Stanford? I mean, Columbia has an acceptance rate of 11%, the same as Princeton's, and lower that Stanford's (13%)</p>
<p>Who says admissions rate is related to academic excellence?</p>
<p>I think it's just reputation IMHO. Plus there are other variations on HYPS like HYPSM, HYP, and HYPS-MD</p>
<p>columbia colleges acceptance rate is 11%. columbia universitys overall undergraduate acceptance rate is significantly higher (17% for the class of 2009). the question here, though, is where to stop? hyp? hyps? hypsm? hypsmc? hypsmcc? hypsmccaws? hypsmccpdwncjbcrnveccgawswcbphmcdwv?</p>