Columbia v. Yale

vouloirrusse
Tue, 23 May 2006 15:49:42 +0000

"Also, the students themselves are great at both Columbia and Yale, but Yale has an edge in getting the very top students (e.g., nearly 1/5th of Yalies are National Merit Scholars, the highest rate in the United States, versus less than 5% of Columbia students). "

posterx said that^

I’m wondering how big of an admission factor is National Merit Scholarship, then? I didn’t know a school could have such a edge just by its percentage of NMS. I’m wondering in regards to my application, and how much my NMS will boost my application (especially since my GPA and rank are lacking).
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