Brown v. Columbia

swingtime
Sat, 09 Jun 2012 03:08:06 +0000

Calm down NYU2013! The poster who said that Columbia is more selective than Brown is referring, accurately, to admissions statistics. For the past two years Columbia’s acceptance rate has been less than 8% (this year it accepted 7.4%, a lower percentage than Princeton; the previous year it accepted 6.9%). Brown’s acceptance rate IS indeed higher than Columbia’s, though I believe Brown accepted less than 10% of applicants this year. Both schools are superb and both are EXCEPTIONALLY difficult to get into, but in point of fact Columbia is technically more selective based on admissions statistics. Sorry, but that is a fact. “In all reality,” NYU 2013, based on admissions statistics alone, which is what the poster was actually referencing, Columbia is more selective than Brown.

RE: Columbia College v. Columbia Engineering? The acceptance rate to Columbia College is lower than the acceptance rate to SEAS. SEAS accepts more applicants than does Columbia College, but as a more specialized school it also receives fewer, more self-selected, applicants.